John.
2.
anantaraM trutIyadivase gAlIl pradeziye kAnnAnAmni nagare vivAha AsIt tatra ca yIzormAtA tiSThat| 
tasmai vivAhAya yIzustasya ziSyAzca nimantritA Asan| 
tadanantaraM drAkSArasasya nyUnatvAd yIzormAtA tamavadat eteSAM drAkSAraso nAsti| 
tadA sa tAmavocat he nAri mayA saha tava kiM kAryyaM? mama samaya idAnIM nopatiSThati| 
tatastasya mAtA dAsAnavocad ayaM yad vadati tadeva kuruta| 
tasmin sthAne yihUdIyAnAM zucitvakaraNavyavahArAnusAreNADhakaikajaladharANi pASANamayAni SaDvRhatpAtrANiAsan| 
tadA yIzustAn sarvvakalazAn jalaiH pUrayituM tAnAjJApayat, tataste sarvvAn kumbhAnAkarNaM jalaiH paryyapUrayan| 
atha tebhyaH kiJciduttAryya bhojyAdhipAteHsamIpaM netuM sa tAnAdizat, te tadanayan| 
aparaJca tajjalaM kathaM drAkSAraso'bhavat tajjalavAhakAdAsA jJAtuM zaktAH kintu tadbhojyAdhipo jJAtuM nAzaknot tadavalihya varaM saMmbodyAvadata, 
lokAH prathamaM uttamadrAkSArasaM dadati taSu yatheSTaM pitavatsu tasmA kiJcidanuttamaJca dadati kintu tvamidAnIM yAvat uttamadrAkSArasaM sthApayasi| 
itthaM yIzurgAlIlapradeze AzcaryyakArmma prArambha nijamahimAnaM prAkAzayat tataH ziSyAstasmin vyazvasan| 
tataH param sa nijamAtrubhrAtrusziSyaiH sArddhM kapharnAhUmam Agamat kintu tatra bahUdinAni AtiSThat| 
tadanantaraM yihUdiyAnAM nistArotsave nikaTamAgate yIzu ryirUzAlam nagaram Agacchat| 
tato mandirasya madhye gomeSapArAvatavikrayiNo vANijakScopaviSTAn vilokya 
rajjubhiH kazAM nirmmAya sarvvagomeSAdibhiH sArddhaM tAn mandirAd dUrIkRtavAn| 
vaNijAM mudrAdi vikIryya AsanAni nyUbjIkRtya pArAvatavikrayibhyo'kathayad asmAt sthAnAt sarvANyetAni nayata, mama pitugRhaM vANijyagRhaM mA kArSTa| 
tasmAt tanmandirArtha udyogo yastu sa grasatIva mAm| imAM zAstrIyalipiM ziSyAHsamasmaran| 
tataH param yihUdIyalokA yISimavadan tavamidRzakarmmakaraNAt kiM cihnamasmAn darzayasi? 
tato yIzustAnavocad yuSmAbhire tasmin mandire nAzite dinatrayamadhye'haM tad utthApayiSyAmi| 
tadA yihUdiyA vyAhArSuH, etasya mandirasa nirmmANena SaTcatvAriMzad vatsarA gatAH, tvaM kiM dinatrayamadhye tad utthApayiSyasi? 
kintu sa nijadeharUpamandire kathAmimAM kathitavAn| 
sa yadetAdRzaM gaditavAn tacchiSyAH zmazAnAt tadIyotthAne sati smRtvA dharmmagranthe yIzunoktakathAyAM ca vyazvasiSuH| 
anantaraM nistArotsavasya bhojyasamaye yirUzAlam nagare tatkrutAzcaryyakarmmANi vilokya bahubhistasya nAmani vizvasitaM| 
kintu sa teSAM kareSu svaM na samarpayat, yataH sa sarvvAnavait| 
sa mAnaveSu kasyacit pramANaM nApekSata yato manujAnAM madhye yadyadasti tattat sojAnAt|