Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Matthew 1–28 (English → Marathi)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md, citing terms from every chapter of Matthew. Terms already recorded in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked (baseline reuse) and MUST be rendered exactly as recorded there; no alternative is permitted. New terms introduced by the Matthew curriculum are marked (new — Matthew) and are proposed here for entry into an updated, versioned translation memory prior to Phase 2.
Risk tiers follow the baseline definitions: Critical (theologian review, every occurrence), High (theologian review), Medium (native speaker review), Low (automated review).
Section 1 — Baseline Terms Reused Directly in Matthew
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Matthew Passages | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | परमेश्वर | Parameśvar | Critical | Deity of Christ / God | throughout | (baseline reuse) |
| Jesus | येशू | Yeśū | Critical | Lordship of Christ | throughout | (baseline reuse) |
| Christ / Messiah | ख्रिस्त / मसीहा | Khrist / Masīhā | Critical | Messianic Promise | 1:1, 1:16-17, 2:4, 11:2, 16:16, 16:20, 22:42, 24:5, 24:23-24, 26:63-64 | (baseline reuse) |
| Lord | प्रभू | Prabhū | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 7:21-22, 8:2, 8:25, 21:9, 22:43-45 | (baseline reuse) |
| Holy Spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | Pavitra Ātmā | Critical | Sanctification / Trinity | 1:18, 1:20, 3:11, 3:16, 4:1, 12:28, 12:31-32, 28:19 | (baseline reuse) |
| Father | पिता | Pitā | Critical | Adoption / God | 5:16, 5:45, 6:9, 6:26, 7:11, 11:27, 28:19 | (baseline reuse) |
| Son of God | देवाचा पुत्र | Devācā Putra | Critical | Sonship of Christ | 3:17, 4:3, 8:29, 14:33, 16:16, 26:63-64, 27:54 | (baseline reuse) |
| Resurrection | पुनरुत्थान | Punarutthān | Critical | Resurrection of Christ | 12:40, 16:21, 17:9, 17:23, 20:19, 22:23-33, 27:63-64, 28:6-7 | (baseline reuse) |
| Righteousness | नीतिमत्त्व | Nītimattva | Critical | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 3:15, 5:6, 5:10, 5:20, 6:1, 6:33, 21:32 | (baseline reuse) |
| Salvation | तारण | Tāraṇ | Critical | Salvation | 1:21, 10:22, 19:25, 24:13, 24:22 | (baseline reuse) |
| Law | नियमशास्त्र | Niyamśāstra | High | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 5:17-18, 7:12, 11:13, 12:5, 22:36, 22:40, 23:23 | (baseline reuse) |
| Faith | विश्वास | Viśvāsa | High | Faith | 8:10, 9:2, 9:22, 9:29, 14:31, 15:28, 17:20, 21:21 | (baseline reuse) |
| Sin | पाप | Pāp | High | Universal Human Accountability | 1:21, 3:6, 6:14-15, 9:2-6, 26:28 | (baseline reuse) |
| Peace | शांती | Śāntī | Medium | Peace with God | 5:9, 10:13, 10:34 | (baseline reuse) |
| Church | मंडळी | Maṇḍaḷī | Medium | The Church and Church Discipline | 16:18, 18:17 | (baseline reuse) |
| Kingdom of God | देवाचे राज्य | Devāce Rājya | Medium | Kingdom of Heaven | 12:28, 19:24, 21:31, 21:43 | (baseline reuse; see स्वर्गाचे राज्य below for Matthew’s dominant synonymous phrase) |
| David | दावीद | Dāvīd | Medium | Davidic Covenant | 1:1, 1:6, 1:17, 9:27, 12:3, 15:22, 20:30-31, 21:9, 22:42-45 | (baseline reuse) |
| Israel | इस्राएल | Isrāel | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:6, 2:20-21, 8:10, 9:33, 10:6, 10:23, 15:24, 15:31, 19:28, 27:9, 27:42 | (baseline reuse) |
| Gentiles | अन्यजातीय | Anyajātīya | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 4:15, 6:32, 10:5, 10:18, 12:18, 12:21, 20:19, 20:25 | (baseline reuse; note distinct from broader “all nations” of 28:19 — see πάντα τὰ ἔθνη below) |
| Called | बोलावलेले | Bolāvlele | High | Divine Calling / Effectual Calling | 4:21, 9:13, 22:3-4, 22:8-9, 22:14 | (baseline reuse) |
| Election | देवाची निवड | Devācī Nivaḍ | High | Effectual Calling | 22:14, 24:22, 24:24, 24:31 | (baseline reuse) |
| Apostle | प्रेषित | Preṣit | Medium | Apostleship | 10:2 | (baseline reuse) |
| Prophet | संदेष्टा | Sandeṣṭā | Low | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 1:22, 2:5, 2:15, 2:17, 2:23, 5:12, 5:17, 7:15, 11:9, 13:57, 21:11, 21:46, 23:29-37, 24:11, 24:24 | (baseline reuse) |
| Prophecy | भविष्यवाणी | Bhaviṣyavāṇī | Low | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 13:14 | (baseline reuse) |
| Covenant | करार | Karār | High | Davidic Covenant / New Covenant | 26:28 | (baseline reuse) |
| Providence | देवाचे विधान | Devāce Vidhān | High | Providence | 6:25-34, 10:29-31 | (baseline reuse) |
| Seed of David | दावीदाच्या वंशातून | Dāvīdācyā Vaṃśātūn | High | Davidic Covenant | 1:1-17 (conceptual), 22:42-45 | (baseline reuse) |
| Sanctification / Holy | पवित्रीकरण / पवित्र | Pavitrīkaraṇ / Pavitra | High | Sanctification | 6:9 (“hallowed”), 27:53 | (baseline reuse) |
| Mission | मिशन / सुवार्ता प्रसार | Miśan / Suvārtā Prasār | Medium | The Great Commission | 10:5-15, 24:14, 28:19-20 | (baseline reuse) |
| Power of God | देवाचे सामर्थ्य | Devāce Sāmarthya | High | Authority of Jesus’ Teaching | 22:29, 24:30 | (baseline reuse — never शक्ती) |
Section 2 — New Terms Introduced by the Matthew Curriculum
2.1 Kingdom of Heaven
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kingdom of heaven | स्वर्गाचे राज्य | Svargāce Rājya | Critical | The Kingdom of Heaven | 3:2, 4:17, 5:3, 5:10, 5:19-20, 13:11, 13:24, 13:31, 13:33, 13:44-45, 13:47, 18:1, 18:3-4, 19:14, 19:23, 22:2, 25:1 | — | स्वर्ग in popular Hindu cosmology names a temporary, karma-earned celestial realm, not the eternal, personal reign of God; must be taught as synonymous with देवाचे राज्य (baseline), never a way-station en route to मोक्ष. |
| heaven (general) | स्वर्ग | Svarga | High | Kingdom of Heaven | throughout | आकाश (sky, when the literal sky is meant) | Context-sensitive: distinguish the theological “heaven” (God’s dwelling/reign) from the literal sky. |
| the mysteries of the kingdom | राज्याची रहस्ये | Rājyācī Rahasye | High | Kingdom of Heaven | 13:11 | गुप्त विद्या (occult secret knowledge) | Truths graciously revealed, not esoteric knowledge attained by initiation. |
| the kingdom suffers violence / advances forcefully | स्वर्गाचे राज्य बलाने पुढे जात आहे | Svargāce Rājya Balāne Puḍhe Jāt Āhe | High | Kingdom of Heaven | 11:12 | — | Genuinely ambiguous crux; flag for theologian review, record both readings considered. |
| kingdom mission / advance of the kingdom | राज्याचे मिशन | Rājyāce Miśan | Medium | Kingdom Mission | 24:14 | — | (baseline-pattern reuse, adapted for Matthew) |
2.2 Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Son of David | दावीदाचा पुत्र | Dāvīdācā Putra | High | Messianic Promise | 1:1, 9:27, 12:23, 15:22, 20:30-31, 21:9, 21:15, 22:42 | — | Requires OT Davidic-covenant background teaching. |
| Emmanuel (“God with us”) | इम्मानूएल | Immānūel | Critical | Sonship/Deity of Christ | 1:23 | — | Explain gloss “परमेश्वर आपल्याबरोबर” each occurrence in teaching material. |
| virgin | कुमारी | Kumārī | Critical | Incarnation | 1:23 | तरुणी (young woman, too weak) | Anchors the miraculous, unique nature of Christ’s conception. |
| the one who is to come | येणारा | Yeṇārā | High | Messianic Promise | 11:3 | अवतारी पुरुष | Confirmed by fulfilled prophetic signs, not a bare title-claim. |
| Son of Man | मनुष्याचा पुत्र | Manuṣyācā Putra | Critical | Sonship of Christ / Judgment | 8:20, 9:6, 12:8, 12:40, 16:13, 16:27-28, 17:9, 17:22, 20:18, 20:28, 24:27, 24:30, 24:37, 24:39, 24:44, 25:31, 26:2, 26:24, 26:45, 26:64 | मानव (mere generic “human”) | Never flattened to a generic idiom for “a human being”; carries Daniel 7 messianic-authority freight throughout. |
| Son of the living God | जिवंत देवाचा पुत्र | Jivant Devācā Putra | Critical | Sonship/Deity of Christ | 16:16 | — | Combined with ख्रिस्त in Peter’s confession; canonical fixed wording required. |
| the confession: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” | तू ख्रिस्त, जिवंत देवाचा पुत्र आहेस | Tū Khrist, Jivant Devācā Putra Āhes | Critical | Messianic Promise / Sonship of Christ | 16:16 | — | Fixed, canonical rendering across all Phase 2 documents (parallel to Romans 10:9 rule). |
| King of the Jews | यहूद्यांचा राजा | Yahūdyāṅcā Rājā | High | Messianic Promise | 2:2, 27:11, 27:29, 27:37 | — | Must be rendered identically in ch. 2 (Magi) and ch. 27 (mockery) to preserve the ironic link. |
2.3 Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fulfilled / fulfillment | पूर्ण होणे / पूर्ण करणे | Pūrṇa Hoṇe / Pūrṇa Karṇe | High | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 1:22, 2:15, 2:17, 2:23, 4:14, 5:17, 8:17, 12:17, 13:14, 13:35, 21:4, 26:54, 26:56, 27:9 | — | Linear, one-time historical fulfillment; never cyclical yuga or dependent-origination framing. |
| abolish (the Law) | रद्द करणे | Rad’da Karṇe | High | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 5:17 | — | Contrast term for “fulfill,” not “abolish.” |
| sign of Jonah | योनाचे चिन्ह | Yonāce Cinha | High | Resurrection of Christ / Fulfillment of Prophecy | 12:39-40, 16:4 | — | Typological prediction of death and resurrection. |
| the stone the builders rejected…cornerstone | बांधणाऱ्यांनी नाकारलेला दगड कोनशिला झाला | Bāndhaṇāṟyāṅnī Nākārlelā Dagaḍ Konaśilā Jhālā | High | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 21:42 | — | Requires Psalm 118 background. |
| abomination of desolation | उजाड करणारी अमंगळ वस्तू | Ujāḍ Karṇārī Amaṅgaḷ Vastū | Critical | Judgment and the End of the Age | 24:15 | — | Requires Daniel background; historically anchored, not a vague omen. |
2.4 The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| authority | अधिकार | Adhikār | High | Authority of Jesus’ Teaching | 7:29, 8:9, 9:6, 9:8, 10:1, 21:23-27, 28:18 | शक्ती (avoid; see baseline “power of God” note) | Jesus’ own inherent, divine authority, not derived/scribal authority nor guru-attained standing. |
| tradition of the elders | वडीलधाऱ्यांची परंपरा | Vaḍīladhāryāṅcī Paramparā | Medium | Authority of Jesus’ Teaching | 15:2-3 | — | Human tradition subordinated to God’s actual command. |
| hypocrite | ढोंगी | Ḍhoṅgī | Medium | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 6:2, 6:5, 6:16, 15:7, 22:18, 23:13-29 | — | Performed piety for human approval, contrasted with sincere devotion. |
| scribes and Pharisees | शास्त्री व परूशी | Śāstrī va Parūśī | Medium | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 5:20, 12:38, 15:1, 23:2-36 | — | Transliterated proper-noun forms; recurring foils for externalized religion. |
2.5 Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| righteousness exceeding the scribes and Pharisees | नीतिमत्त्व शास्त्री व परूश्यांपेक्षा अधिक | Nītimattva Śāstrī va Parūśyāṅpekṣā Adhik | Critical | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 5:20 | — | “Exceeding” = a different kind (heart-transformation), never “more accumulated merit.” |
| love (agape) | प्रीती (प्रेम करणे) | Prīti / Prem Karṇe | High | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 5:44, 22:37-39 | काम/रस-भक्ती-शैलीचे प्रेम | Willed, self-giving love, including toward enemies; no bhakti-devotional parallel. |
| perfect | परिपूर्ण | Paripūrṇa | Medium | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 5:48, 19:21 | सिद्धी (yogic attainment) | Godlike completeness in love, not ascetic self-attained perfection. |
| defile | अशुद्ध करणे | Aśuddha Karṇe | High | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 15:11, 15:18-20 | विटाळ (ritual pollution alone) | Reframes defilement from ritual-external to moral-heart-centered. |
| the greatest commandment | सर्वात मोठी आज्ञा | Sarvāt Moṭhī Ājñā | High | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 22:36-40 | — | Summarizes Law and Prophets in terms of love, not multiplied rules. |
2.6 The Church and Church Discipline
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| keys of the kingdom | राज्याच्या किल्ल्या | Rājyācyā Killyā | High | The Church and Church Discipline | 16:19 | — | Delegated authority under Christ, never independent priestly power. |
| bind and loose | बांधणे / मोकळे करणे | Bāndhṇe / Mokaḷe Karṇe | High | The Church and Church Discipline | 16:19, 18:18 | — | Exercised through the church community, under Christ’s headship. |
| church discipline procedure | मंडळीला सांग (शिस्तपालन प्रक्रिया) | Maṇḍaḷīlā Sāṅg | High | The Church and Church Discipline | 18:15-17 | — | Reuse मंडळी and पाप exactly; render each procedural step distinctly (private → witnesses → church → treat as outsider). |
| where two or three are gathered in my name | जेथे दोन किंवा तीन माझ्या नावाने जमतात तेथे मी त्यांच्यामध्ये आहे | — | High | The Church and Church Discipline | 18:20 | — | Grounds church practice in Christ’s abiding presence. |
| stumbling block | अडखळण | Aḍakhaḷaṇ | Medium | The Church and Church Discipline | 18:6-9 | — | Causing another to sin or fall away. |
| little ones | हे लहानथोर (धाकटे) | He Lahānthor / Dhākaṭe | Medium | The Church and Church Discipline | 18:1-10 | — | Vulnerable believers; humility as kingdom entry requirement. |
2.7 The Great Commission
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| make disciples | शिष्य करा | Śiṣya Karā | Critical | The Great Commission | 28:19 | — | Root verb of शिष्य (ch. 5); central Commission command. |
| all nations (πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, Commission sense) | सर्व राष्ट्रे (सर्व लोक) | Sarva Rāṣṭre / Sarva Lok | Critical | The Great Commission | 28:19 | अन्यजातीय (too narrow — Gentiles-vs-Jews contrast) | Broader sense than baseline अन्यजातीय; includes Israel; must not be narrowed. |
| baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit | पिता, पुत्र आणि पवित्र आत्मा ह्यांच्या नावाने बाप्तिस्मा | — | Critical | The Great Commission | 28:19 | — | Single, undivided “नावाने” (name, singular) preserving Trinitarian unity. |
| teaching them to observe all I commanded | जे जे आज्ञापिले ते सर्व पाळावयास शिकवा | — | High | The Great Commission | 28:20 | — | Ongoing discipleship formation, not merely initial conversion. |
| I am with you always, to the end of the age | मी तुमच्याबरोबर सर्व दिवस, युगाच्या शेवटापर्यंत आहे | — | Critical | The Great Commission | 28:20 | — | Reuse युगाचा शेवट exactly. |
| disciple | शिष्य | Śiṣya | Medium | The Great Commission / Discipleship | 5:1, 8:21, 9:37, 10:1, 10:24-25, 28:19 | — | Guru-shishya false-friend risk; must be exclusively Christ-anchored. |
| follow (me) | अनुसरणे (मागे येणे) | Anusaraṇe | High | Discipleship and Cost of Following Jesus | 4:19-22, 8:22, 9:9, 16:24, 19:21, 19:27-28 | — | Costly, exclusive, life-reordering allegiance. |
2.8 Judgment and the End of the Age
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the end of the age | युगाचा शेवट | Yugācā Śevaṭ | Critical | Judgment and the End of the Age | 13:39-40, 13:49, 24:3, 28:20 | — | Single, final, linear terminus — never a yuga-cycle transition. |
| the coming (parousia) of the Son of Man | मनुष्याच्या पुत्राचे येणे (पुनरागमन) | Manuṣyācyā Putrāce Yeṇe / Punarāgaman | Critical | Judgment and the End of the Age | 24:3, 24:27, 24:37, 24:39, 25:31 | — | Singular, future, visible, bodily return — not repeating/cyclical, not merely spiritual. |
| this generation | ही पिढी | Hī Piḍhī | High | Judgment and the End of the Age | 24:34 | — | Genuinely ambiguous scope; flag for theologian review. |
| eternal punishment / eternal life | सार्वकालिक शिक्षा / सार्वकालिक जीवन | Sārvakālik Śikṣā / Sārvakālik Jīvan | Critical | Judgment and the End of the Age | 25:46 | — | Final, unending, personal destinies — never temporary karmic consequence subject to rebirth or cessation. |
| judgment | न्याय (न्यायनिवाडा) | Nyāya / Nyāyanivāḍā | High | Judgment and the End of the Age | 7:1-2, 25:31-46 | — | Distinguish everyday interpersonal judging (7:1) from final divine judgment (ch. 25). |
| new world / regeneration | नवनिर्माण (सृष्टीचे नवीकरण) | Navanirmāṇ / Sṛṣṭīce Navīkaraṇ | Critical | Judgment and the End of the Age | 19:28 | पुनर्जन्म (forbidden) | One final, cosmic renewal — never individual rebirth. |
| eternal life | सार्वकालिक जीवन | Sārvakālik Jīvan | Critical | Salvation / Judgment and End of Age | 19:16, 19:29, 25:46 | मोक्ष, मुक्ती, निर्वाण (all forbidden) | Unending, personal, relational life with God through Christ. |
2.9 Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cross (discipleship metaphor) | वधस्तंभ | Vadhastambh | High | Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus | 10:38, 16:24 | ओझे (mere “burden,” too weak) | Costly, potentially fatal self-denial, not general hardship. |
| crucify (literal) | वधस्तंभावर खिळणे | Vadhastambhāvar Khiḷaṇe | Critical | Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus / Resurrection | 26:2, 27:22-26, 27:31-38 | — | Real, historical, bodily execution. |
| worthy (of me) | योग्य | Yogya | Medium | Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus | 10:37-38 | — | Total allegiance to Christ exceeding family loyalty. |
| ransom | खंडणी | Khaṇḍaṇī | Critical | Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus / Atonement | 20:28 | मुक्ती (forbidden) | Price paid to free from sin’s bondage; never rendered with liberation-vocabulary reserved for “salvation.” |
| soul / life | जीव (आत्मा) | Jīv / Ātmā | Medium | Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus | 10:39, 16:25-26 | आत्मा alone (risk of Vedantic ātman) | Prefer जीव (whole-life/self) over आत्मा alone in this context. |
| take up his cross and follow | आपला वधस्तंभ उचलून माझ्यामागे यावे | — | High | Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus | 10:38, 16:24 | — | Combines वधस्तंभ + अनुसरणे. |
| little faith | अल्पविश्वासी | Alpaviśvāsī | Medium | Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus / Faith | 6:30, 8:26, 14:31, 16:8 | — | Wavering trust, gently corrected, not condemned. |
2.10 Additional Load-Bearing Terms (Cross-Cutting)
| English Term | Marathi | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blessed (beatitude) | धन्य | Dhanya | Medium | Kingdom of Heaven / Beatitudes | 5:3-11, 11:6, 13:16, 16:17, 24:46 | आशीर्वादित (reserve for εὐλογέω) | Declared present state, not a wish or act of blessing. |
| blessed is he who comes (εὐλογέω) | धन्यवादित (आशीर्वादित) | Dhanyavādit | High | Messianic Promise | 21:9, 23:39 | धन्य (reserve for μακάριος) | Distinct Greek root from μακάριος; keep the two families distinguishable. |
| repentance | पश्चात्ताप | Paścāttāp | High | Kingdom of Heaven | 3:2, 3:8, 3:11, 4:17, 11:20-21, 12:41 | — | Genuine inward turning to God, not ritual purification or self-driven ethical improvement. |
| baptism | बाप्तिस्मा | Bāptismā | Medium | Great Commission / Repentance | 3:6-16, 28:19 | स्नान (ritual bathing) | Established transliterated Christian term. |
| worship | नमन करणे (उपासना करणे) | Namana Karṇe / Upāsanā Karṇe | High | Deity of Christ | 2:2, 2:11, 14:33, 28:9, 28:17 | — | Worship due to God alone; distinct from bhakti darshan/puja gestures. |
| blasphemy against the Holy Spirit | पवित्र आत्म्याविरुद्ध निंदा | Pavitra Ātmyāviruddha Nindā | Critical | Judgment / Holy Spirit | 12:31-32 | — | The unforgivable sin; requires precise, careful pastoral framing. |
| devil / Satan | सैतान (दियाबल) | Saitān / Diyābal | Medium | Kingdom of Heaven (opposition) | 4:1-11, 13:39 | — | Personal being, not an impersonal principle of ignorance/illusion. |
| magi (wise men) | मागी | Māgī | Medium | Messianic Promise | 2:1-12 | ज्योतिषी (avoid; fortune-telling connotation) | Transliterated proper term for the specific historical group. |
| mammon | धन (मॅमन) | Dhan / Mĕman | Medium | Kingdom of Heaven (ethics) | 6:24 | — | Personified rival master/god of wealth. |
| parable | दाखला | Dākhalā | Low-Medium | Kingdom of Heaven | 13:3-52, 18:23, 20:1, 21:28-33, 22:1-14, 25:1-46 | — | Established Marathi Bible term. |
| harvest / laborers | कापणी / मजूर | Kāpaṇī / Majūr | Low-Medium | Great Commission | 9:37-38, 20:1-16 | — | Sets up sending/mission motif. |
| woe | धिक्कार असो | Dhikkār Aso | Medium | Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees | 11:21, 23:13-36 | — | Mirror-opposite of धन्य; judgment pronouncement. |
| many are called, but few are chosen | पुष्कळ बोलावलेले आहेत, पण थोडे निवडलेले आहेत | — | High | Effectual Calling | 22:14 | — | Reuse बोलावलेले + देवाची निवड; never framed as karma-birth status. |
| tax collectors and sinners | जकातदार व पापी | Jakātdār va Pāpī | Medium | Universal Scope of the Gospel | 9:10-13, 11:19 | — | Universal gospel scope across social/religious marginalization. |
| this is my body…blood of the covenant…forgiveness of sins | हे माझे शरीर आहे…हे माझे रक्त आहे, कराराचे…पापांच्या क्षमेसाठी | — | Critical | The Church / Atonement | 26:26-28 | — | Reuse करार + पाप exactly; flag for theologian review every occurrence. |
| not my will, but yours | माझ्या इच्छेप्रमाणे नाही तर तुझ्या इच्छेप्रमाणे होवो | — | High | Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus | 26:39 | — | Model of costly obedience. |
| temple (literal, Jerusalem building) | मंदिर | Mandir | High | (contextual — not “church”) | 21:12-13, 24:1-2, 26:61, 27:5, 27:40, 27:51 | — | Appropriate ONLY for the literal historical building; never substitute for मंडळी (church). |
| the temple veil was torn | मंदिराचा पडदा फाटला | Mandirācā Paḍadā Phāṭalā | High | Peace with God / Atonement | 27:51 | — | Signifies direct access to God opened through Christ’s death. |
| truly this was the Son of God (centurion) | खरोखर हा देवाचा पुत्र होता | — | Critical | Sonship/Deity of Christ | 27:54 | — | Gentile confession anticipating Great Commission’s universal scope. |
Section 3 — Glossary Governance Notes
- Version control: All new terms in Section 2 above must be entered into a Matthew-specific extension of
translation_memory.json(e.g.,translation_memory_matthew.json) before Phase 2 segment translation begins, following the same versioning and enforcement rules specified in12_ai_translation_requirements.md. - No contradiction with baseline: No entry in this glossary overrides or contradicts any baseline Romans term. Where Matthew’s usage narrows or widens a baseline term’s scope (e.g., ἔθνη in 28:19 vs. baseline अन्यजातीय), the distinction is noted explicitly rather than altering the baseline rendering.
- Forbidden substitutions carried forward: All baseline forbidden substitutions (मोक्ष, मुक्ती, निर्वाण, धर्म, धम्म, पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्भव, अवतार, शक्ति, कर्मफळ, पुण्य, परमात्मा, ब्रह्म) remain forbidden throughout Matthew and apply with equal force to the new Matthew-specific doctrines identified above (Kingdom of Heaven, eternal life, ransom, regeneration, the end of the age).
- New forbidden substitutions established by this curriculum:
- Kingdom of Heaven: never imply a temporary, karma-earned स्वर्ग way-station.
- Ransom (20:28): never मुक्ती.
- Regeneration/new world (19:28): never पुनर्जन्म.
- Great Commission “all nations” (28:19): never narrowed to अन्यजातीय alone.
- Son of Man: never flattened to generic मानव (“a human being”).
- Chapters requiring no new terms: No chapter of Matthew was found to introduce zero new load-bearing theological vocabulary; every chapter 1–28 contributes at least one term captured in Section 1 or Section 2 above, as documented in
analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md.
This glossary must be loaded alongside the baseline translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json before any Phase 2 translation of Matthew segments. See analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md for full contextual argumentation behind each entry.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / God
Rejected alternatives: देव, भगवान
Original: θεός / אֱלֹהִים
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. देव flattens monotheistic exclusivity (Ganpati/Vitthal/village-deity usage); परमेश्वर required in all doctrinally precise Matthew contexts (4:7, 4:10, 6:24, 22:37).
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: Yeśū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. येशू is the Marathi Christian standard throughout Matthew; never ईसा.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीहा
Transliteration: Masīhā
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अवतारी पुरुष
Original: Χριστός / מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. The unique OT-promised deliverer; used interchangeably with new term ‘christ’ (ख्रिस्त) throughout Matthew (1:1, 1:16-18, 11:2, 16:20, 22:42, 24:5, 26:63-68).
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभू
Transliteration: Prabhū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Exclusive, supreme authority (7:21-22, 8:2, 8:25, 21:9, 22:43-45); never one more beloved personal deity alongside Vitthal.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification / Trinity
Rejected alternatives: परमात्मा, ब्रह्म
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Personal, divine third Person of the Trinity (1:18, 1:20, 3:11, 3:16, 4:1, 12:28, 12:31-32, 28:19).
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family / God
Rejected alternatives: निर्माता
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God as personal Father (5:16, 5:45, 6:9, 6:26, 7:11, 11:27, 28:19).
Son Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचा पुत्र
Transliteration: Devācā Putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देवपुरुष, अवतारी पुरुष
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Christ’s eternal, unique, co-equal Sonship (3:17, 4:3, 8:29, 14:33, 16:16, 26:63-64, 27:54). Must be kept sharply distinct from the plural, corporate ‘sons of God’ granted to believers (5:9) — see sons_of_god_plural below.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: Punarutthān
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्भव
Inherited from Romans package. Bodily, historical, once-for-all raising (12:40, 16:21, 17:9, 17:23, 20:19, 22:23-33, 27:63-64, 28:6-7). NEVER पुनर्जन्म or पुनर्भव.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्त्व
Transliteration: Nītimattva
Doctrine: Salvation / Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Right standing with, and right conduct before, God (3:15, 5:6, 5:10, 5:20, 6:1, 6:33, 21:32). Never धर्म.
Salvation
Approved rendering: तारण
Transliteration: Tāraṇ
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष, मुक्ती, निर्वाण
Original: σωτηρία (cognate verb σῴζω, 1:21)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Deliverance from sin through Christ (1:21, 10:22, 19:25, 24:13, 24:22). NEVER मोक्ष, मुक्ती, or निर्वाण.
Grace
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: Kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace versus Merit
Rejected alternatives: कर्मफळ, पुण्य, स्वतःच्या प्रयत्नाने मिळवलेले
Original: χάρις (concept underlying the vineyard-owner’s generosity, 20:1-16)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Unmerited favor, illustrated by the vineyard-owner’s generosity (20:1-16), the curriculum’s prime teaching moment for grace against merit-proportional reading of reward.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: देहधारण
Transliteration: Dehadhāraṇ
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, बोधिसत्त्वाचा पुनर्जन्म
Original: concept underlying 1:18-25 (cf. John 1:14 ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο)
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. The eternal Son’s unique, one-time assumption of human nature (1:18-25). NEVER अवतार; guard also against the Bodhisattva-rebirth false-friend Ambedkar himself invoked.
Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्त
Transliteration: Khrist
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अवतारी पुरुष, प्रबुद्ध गुरू
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Title-name used alongside मसीहा throughout Matthew (1:1, 1:16-18, 11:2, 16:20, 22:42, 24:5, 26:63-68). Never one avatar-figure among Vitthal’s Vaishnav associations, nor an enlightened teacher who attained status by self-effort.
Son Of Man
Approved rendering: मनुष्याचा पुत्र
Transliteration: Manuṣyācā Putra
Doctrine: Son of Man / Messianic Self-Designation
Rejected alternatives: मानव
Original: υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Jesus’ characteristic self-designation combining humble humanity with Daniel 7’s exalted judging figure (8:20, 9:6, 12:8, 12:40, 16:13, 16:27-28, 20:28, 24:27-44, 25:31, 26:64). Never flattened to मानव (generic ‘a human being’); render identically at every occurrence.
Emmanuel
Approved rendering: इम्मानूएल
Transliteration: Immānūel
Doctrine: Incarnation / Deity of Christ
Original: Ἐμμανουήλ
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Transliterated Hebrew name meaning ‘God with us’ (1:23). Explain every occurrence as परमेश्वर आपल्याबरोबर — never one more avatar-descent among many.
Virgin
Approved rendering: कुमारी
Transliteration: Kumārī
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: तरुणी
Original: παρθένος
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Mary’s virgin conception (1:23). Never softened to तरुणी (‘young woman’); a one-time, unique miraculous conception, never assimilated to Vaishnav avatar-descent narratives.
Confession Son Of Living God
Approved rendering: तू ख्रिस्त, जिवंत देवाचा पुत्र आहेस
Transliteration: Tū Khrist, Jivant Devācā Putra Āhes
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ / Messianic Promise
Original: σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Peter’s climactic confession (16:16), Matthew’s structural counterpart to Romans 10:9. FIXED, canonical wording required across all Phase 2 documents — no variation permitted.
Crucify
Approved rendering: वधस्तंभावर खिळणे
Transliteration: Vadhastambhāvar Khiḷaṇe
Doctrine: Atonement, Ransom, and Sacrificial Death
Original: σταυρόω
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. The historical, bodily execution of Jesus (26:2, 27:22-38). Must be conveyed as a real, historical, bodily death, never a docetic appearance or symbolic event.
Ransom
Approved rendering: खंडणी
Transliteration: Khaṇḍaṇī
Doctrine: Atonement, Ransom, and Sacrificial Death
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ती
Original: λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν
Category: Salvation
New — Matthew. λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν, a price paid to secure release from sin’s bondage (20:28). NEVER मुक्ती (the baseline-forbidden Warkari-Hindu liberation term), which would recast Christ as a guru/avatar-liberator rather than one paying a price on others’ behalf.
Righteousness Exceeding Pharisees
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्त्व शास्त्री व परूश्यांपेक्षा अधिक
Transliteration: Nītimattva Śāstrī va Parūśyāṅpekṣā Adhik
Doctrine: Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
Original: ἡ δικαιοσύνη ὑμῶν πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων
Category: Salvation
New — Matthew. 5:20. ‘Exceeding’ (अधिक) must never be read as accumulating more religious merit points, which would collapse the teaching into the karma-merit/rule-multiplication framework Jesus rejects. The exceeding is of kind (a transformed heart), not quantity of deeds. Mandatory teaching gloss required at every occurrence.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: सार्वकालिक जीवन
Transliteration: Sārvakālik Jīvan
Doctrine: Eternal Life versus Eternal Punishment
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष, मुक्ती, निर्वाण
Original: ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Salvation
New — Matthew. Unending, personal, relational life with God through Christ (19:16, 19:29, 25:46). Never मोक्ष/मुक्ती/निर्वाण.
Eternal Punishment
Approved rendering: सार्वकालिक शिक्षा
Transliteration: Sārvakālik Śikṣā
Doctrine: Eternal Life versus Eternal Punishment
Original: κόλασις αἰώνιος
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. Final, unending destiny of the unrighteous (25:46). Must convey a final, unending, personal destiny — never a temporary karmic consequence subject to eventual exhaustion or rebirth.
Regeneration New World
Approved rendering: नवनिर्माण (सृष्टीचे नवीकरण)
Transliteration: Navanirmāṇ / Sṛṣṭīce Navīkaraṇ
Doctrine: Eternal Life versus Eternal Punishment
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म
Original: παλιγγενεσία
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. παλιγγενεσία, the final, cosmic renewal of all things (19:28). NEVER पुनर्जन्म — the Greek root literally means ‘again-birth,’ making this an especially acute false-friend for Hindu individual-rebirth doctrine. Describes one final, cosmic renewal, never a repeating cycle of individual rebirths.
Forgiveness Of Sins
Approved rendering: पापांची क्षमा
Transliteration: Pāpāṅcī Kṣamā
Doctrine: Authority to Forgive Sins / Deity of Christ
Original: ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν / ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας
Category: Salvation
New — Matthew. Jesus’ authoritative pronouncement and accomplishment of forgiveness (9:2-8, 26:28), a direct claim to a divine prerogative. Must not be softened into general pastoral reassurance.
Kingdom Of Heaven
Approved rendering: स्वर्गाचे राज्य
Transliteration: Svargāce Rājya
Doctrine: The Kingdom of Heaven
Original: βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Matthew’s distinctive circumlocution for God’s reign (3:2, 4:17, 5:3, 5:10, 5:19-20, 13:11, 18:1, 19:14, 19:23, 25:1 — ~32 occurrences, the book’s single most frequent theological phrase). स्वर्ग in popular Hindu cosmology names a temporary, karma-earned celestial way-station, not the eternal, personal reign of God. Must be taught alongside देवाचे राज्य as the identical reign, with sustained catechetical reinforcement, not a one-time footnote.
Make Disciples
Approved rendering: शिष्य करा
Transliteration: Śiṣya Karā
Doctrine: The Great Commission
Original: μαθητεύσατε
Category: Mission
New — Matthew. The Great Commission’s central command (28:19). Root verb of शिष्य; must be rendered consistently across all documents.
All Nations
Approved rendering: सर्व राष्ट्रे (सर्व लोक)
Transliteration: Sarva Rāṣṭre / Sarva Lok
Doctrine: The Great Commission
Rejected alternatives: अन्यजातीय
Original: πάντα τὰ ἔθνη
Category: Mission
New — Matthew. πάντα τὰ ἔθνη (28:19), all peoples/nations without exception, including Israel — broader than baseline’s अन्यजातीय (Gentiles-vs-Jews contrast). Must never be narrowed to अन्यजातीय.
Baptismal Formula Trinity
Approved rendering: पिता, पुत्र आणि पवित्र आत्मा ह्यांच्या नावाने बाप्तिस्मा
Transliteration: N/A
Doctrine: The Great Commission
Rejected alternatives: …नावांनी (plural)
Original: εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Category: Church
New — Matthew. Trinitarian baptismal formula (28:19). All three Persons named per baseline terms and rendered as a single, undivided ‘नावाने’ (name, singular), preserving Trinitarian unity implicit in the Greek’s singular ὄνομα. Flag any back-translation returning a plural form.
I Am With You Always
Approved rendering: मी तुमच्याबरोबर सर्व दिवस, युगाच्या शेवटापर्यंत आहे
Transliteration: N/A
Doctrine: The Great Commission
Original: ἐγὼ μεθ’ ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος
Category: Mission
New — Matthew. Christ’s abiding presence undergirding the missionary task (28:20). Reuse युगाचा शेवट exactly; must not be softened into a sentimental farewell.
Abomination Of Desolation
Approved rendering: उजाड करणारी अमंगळ वस्तू
Transliteration: Ujāḍ Karṇārī Amaṅgaḷ Vastū
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Original: τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. Concrete, historically-anchored end-times sign quoted from Daniel (24:15). Requires substantial OT (Daniel) background teaching; flag for theologian review every occurrence.
End Of The Age
Approved rendering: युगाचा शेवट
Transliteration: Yugācā Śevaṭ
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Original: συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνος
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. The definitive, final close of the present age (13:39-40, 13:49, 24:3, 28:20). युग risks evoking Hindu cyclical yuga-cosmology; must be taught as a single, final, linear terminus.
Parousia
Approved rendering: मनुष्याच्या पुत्राचे येणे (पुनरागमन)
Transliteration: Manuṣyācyā Putrāce Yeṇe / Punarāgaman
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Original: παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. Christ’s future, visible, glorious return (24:3, 24:27, 24:37, 24:39, 25:31). Must convey a singular, future, visible, bodily return, not a repeating cyclical event.
Blasphemy Against Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्म्याविरुद्ध निंदा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmyāviruddha Nindā
Doctrine: The Unforgivable Sin (Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit)
Original: βλασφημία εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. The one unforgivable sin (12:22-32). Requires precise pastoral framing; flag every occurrence for theologian review.
Sons Of God Plural
Approved rendering: देवाचे पुत्र (देवाची लेकरे)
Transliteration: Devāce Putra / Devācī Lekare
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ / The Beatitudes
Original: υἱοὶ θεοῦ κληθήσονται
Category: Salvation
New — Matthew. Corporate, granted sonship for peacemakers (5:9), distinct from Christ’s unique singular Sonship (देवाचा पुत्र). Use plural forms and देवाची लेकरे to avoid any reader inferring shared divine Sonship with Christ.
Lords Supper Body Blood Covenant
Approved rendering: हे माझे शरीर आहे…हे माझे रक्त आहे, कराराचे, जे पुष्कळांसाठी पापांच्या क्षमेसाठी ओतले जाते
Transliteration: N/A
Doctrine: Atonement, Ransom, and Sacrificial Death
Original: τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου…τὸ αἷμά μου τῆς διαθήκης τὸ περὶ πολλῶν ἐκχυννόμενον εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν
Category: Salvation
New — Matthew. Institution of the Lord’s Supper (26:26-28). Reuse करार and पाप/क्षमा exactly; among the highest-stakes passages in the Gospel, flagged for theologian review at every translation pass.
Eli Eli Lema Sabachthani
Approved rendering: एली, एली, लमा सबखथानी (माझ्या देवा, माझ्या देवा, तू मला का सोडलेस?)
Transliteration: Ēli Ēli Lema Sabachthani
Doctrine: Atonement, Ransom, and Sacrificial Death
Original: Ἠλὶ Ἠλὶ λεμὰ σαβαχθανι
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Christ’s cry of God-forsakenness quoting Psalm 22:1 (27:46). Retain the Aramaic transliteration alongside the Marathi translation, per established convention (cf. baseline ‘abba’ treatment).
High Risk Terms
Law
Approved rendering: नियमशास्त्र
Transliteration: Niyamśāstra
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy / Authority of Jesus’ Teaching
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, धम्म
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Mosaic Law/Torah (5:17-18, 7:12, 11:13, 12:5, 22:36, 22:40, 23:23). Never धर्म or धम्म.
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: Viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ति
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Personal trust in Christ specifically (8:10, 9:2, 9:22, 9:29, 14:31, 15:28, 17:20, 21:21). Never श्रद्धा/भक्ति.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: Pāp
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Moral transgression before a personal God (1:21, 3:6, 6:14-15, 9:2-6, 26:28).
Called
Approved rendering: बोलावलेले
Transliteration: Bolāvlele
Doctrine: Divine Calling / Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रित
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive across senses in Matthew (4:21 calling to discipleship; 9:13 calling of sinners; 22:3-14 the invited).
Calling
Approved rendering: पाचारण
Transliteration: Pācāraṇ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आवाहन
Inherited from Romans package. Noun form for the act/state of being called; paired with बोलावलेले.
Election
Approved rendering: देवाची निवड
Transliteration: Devācī Nivaḍ
Doctrine: Effectual Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, दैव, कर्मफळ
Original: ἐκλεκτός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. God’s sovereign, personal choice (22:14, 24:22, 24:24, 24:31). Must never echo the karma-birth explanation of social station Ambedkarite Buddhist communities explicitly rejected.
Covenant
Approved rendering: करार
Transliteration: Karār
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant / Atonement
Rejected alternatives: वचन
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Relational, binding bond; used at the institution of the new covenant in Christ’s blood (26:28).
Providence
Approved rendering: देवाचे विधान
Transliteration: Devāce Vidhān
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, कर्माचा नियम
Original: concept underlying μὴ μεριμνᾶτε / πόσῳ μᾶλλον (ch. 6, 10:29-31)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God’s personal, purposive governance and provision (6:25-34, 10:29-31). Must not echo the karma-based explanation of misfortune that Ambedkarite Buddhist communities specifically rejected.
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: दावीदाच्या वंशातून
Transliteration: Dāvīdācyā Vaṃśātūn
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: σπέρμα Δαυίδ (conceptual, cf. genealogy ch. 1)
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Physical Davidic lineage underlying Matthew’s genealogy (1:1-17) and messianic argument (22:42-45).
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: Pavitrīkaraṇ
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धीकरण
Inherited from Romans package. The Spirit’s ongoing work of making believers holy; invoked in the Lord’s Prayer’s ‘hallowed be your name’ (6:9) and of resurrected saints (27:53).
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: Pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध
Inherited from Romans package. Set apart for God and morally pure, not merely ritually pure.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचे सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Devāce Sāmarthya
Doctrine: Authority of Jesus’ Teaching
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती
Original: δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God’s power (22:29, 24:30). Never शक्ती (Shakti/mother-goddess tradition).
Glory
Approved rendering: गौरव
Transliteration: Gaurav
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज, प्रकाश
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God’s radiant honor, manifest at the Transfiguration (17:1-8) and the Son of Man’s return (24:30, 25:31). Avoid light-only imagery merging with bodhi/enlightenment associations.
Gospel
Approved rendering: शुभवर्तमान
Transliteration: Śubhavartamān
Doctrine: Universal Scope of the Gospel
Rejected alternatives: बातमी, खबर
Original: τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. ‘The gospel of the kingdom’ (4:23, 9:35, 24:14, 26:13). Distinguish from Warkari bhakti’s devotional ‘good news’ of Vitthal’s grace and from Buddhist proclamation of liberation through the Buddha’s teaching.
Son Of David
Approved rendering: दावीदाचा पुत्र
Transliteration: Dāvīdācā Putra
Doctrine: Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David
Original: υἱὸς Δαυίδ
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Royal, messianic descent title (1:1, 9:27, 12:23, 15:22, 20:30-31, 21:9, 22:42). Requires OT Davidic-covenant background teaching; no structural equivalent in Warkari or Buddhist frameworks.
King Of The Jews
Approved rendering: यहूद्यांचा राजा
Transliteration: Yahūdyāṅcā Rājā
Doctrine: Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David
Original: βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Royal messianic title spoken sincerely by the Magi (2:2) and mockingly at the crucifixion (27:11, 27:29, 27:37). Must be rendered identically in both places to preserve the ironic link.
Transfiguration
Approved rendering: रूपांतर (गौरवाने प्रकट होणे)
Transliteration: Rūpāntar (Gauravāne Prakaṭ Hoṇe)
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ / Deity of Christ
Original: μετεμορφώθη
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. The visible, temporary manifestation of Christ’s inherent, eternal glory (17:1-8). Must not read as a temporary avatar-manifestation descending and departing; reveals the Son’s own unceasing glory (गौरव), briefly made visible.
Worship
Approved rendering: नमन करणे (उपासना करणे)
Transliteration: Namana Karṇe / Upāsanā Karṇe
Doctrine: Worship of Christ
Original: προσκυνέω
Category: Worship
New — Matthew. Physical prostration/homage directed at Jesus by the Magi (2:11), disciples (14:33), and the risen Christ’s worshippers (28:9, 17). Must not be rendered with vocabulary indistinguishable from Warkari bhakti darshan/puja gestures toward Vitthal.
The One Who Is To Come
Approved rendering: येणारा
Transliteration: Yeṇārā
Doctrine: Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David
Rejected alternatives: अवतारी पुरुष
Original: ὁ ἐρχόμενος
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. John the Baptist’s messianic-title question (11:3), confirmed by fulfilled prophetic signs (11:4-5). Must preserve the evidentiary structure, not a bare title-claim.
Repentance
Approved rendering: पश्चात्ताप
Transliteration: Paścāttāp
Doctrine: Repentance and the Kingdom
Original: μετάνοια / μετανοέω
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Radical inward reorientation toward God (3:2, 3:8, 4:17, 11:20-21, 12:41). Not a ritual purification rite (snana/tirtha-yatra) nor a self-driven ethical-improvement project resembling Buddhist self-cultivation.
Mysteries Of The Kingdom
Approved rendering: राज्याची रहस्ये
Transliteration: Rājyācī Rahasye
Doctrine: The Kingdom of Heaven
Rejected alternatives: गुप्त विद्या
Original: τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Kingdom truths graciously disclosed to disciples, veiled from the hard-hearted (13:11). Must not be read as occult secret knowledge attained by initiation.
Kingdom Suffers Violence
Approved rendering: स्वर्गाचे राज्य बलाने पुढे जात आहे
Transliteration: Svargāce Rājya Balāne Puḍhe Jāt Āhe
Doctrine: The Kingdom of Heaven
Original: ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν βιάζεται
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Genuinely ambiguous crux (11:12): the kingdom’s intense, contested advance since John’s ministry. Flag for theologian and native-speaker review per segment; record both readings considered, do not silently resolve.
Keys Of The Kingdom
Approved rendering: राज्याच्या किल्ल्या
Transliteration: Rājyācyā Killyā
Doctrine: The Church and Church Discipline
Original: κλεῖδας τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν
Category: Church
New — Matthew. Delegated authority to administer access to the kingdom (16:19). Must be framed as delegated authority under Christ’s supreme authority, never independent priestly power.
Bind And Loose
Approved rendering: बांधणे / मोकळे करणे
Transliteration: Bāndhṇe / Mokaḷe Karṇe
Doctrine: The Church and Church Discipline
Original: δήσῃς / λύσῃς
Category: Church
New — Matthew. Authoritative church-governance idiom (16:19, 18:18). Requires careful framing so it is not read as magical or independently priestly power; exercised through the church under Christ’s headship.
Church Discipline Procedure
Approved rendering: मंडळीला सांग (शिस्तपालन प्रक्रिया)
Transliteration: Maṇḍaḷīlā Sāṅg
Doctrine: The Church and Church Discipline
Original: ἐὰν ἁμαρτήσῃ…ἐκκλησίᾳ
Category: Church
New — Matthew. The graduated procedure (18:15-17): private confrontation, two/three witnesses, tell the church, treat as outsider. Reuse मंडळी and पाप exactly; render each step distinctly and in sequence, never compressed.
Gathered In My Name
Approved rendering: जेथे दोन किंवा तीन माझ्या नावाने जमतात तेथे मी त्यांच्यामध्ये आहे
Transliteration: N/A
Doctrine: The Church and Church Discipline
Original: οὗ γάρ εἰσιν δύο ἢ τρεῖς συνηγμένοι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα
Category: Church
New — Matthew. Christ’s promised presence with the gathered church (18:20), grounding church authority in Christ’s own abiding presence, not autonomous human authority.
Follow Me
Approved rendering: अनुसरणे (मागे येणे)
Transliteration: Anusaraṇe / Māge Yeṇe
Doctrine: Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Original: ἀκολουθέω
Category: Discipleship
New — Matthew. The foundational call to discipleship (4:19-22, 8:22, 9:9, 16:24, 19:21, 19:27-28). Must convey costly, exclusive, life-reordering allegiance to Christ specifically.
Teaching To Observe
Approved rendering: जे जे आज्ञापिले ते सर्व पाळावयास शिकवा
Transliteration: N/A
Doctrine: The Great Commission
Original: διδάσκοντες τηρεῖν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν
Category: Mission
New — Matthew. Ongoing discipleship formation tying the Commission to Jesus’ teaching authority (28:20).
Fulfilled
Approved rendering: पूर्ण होणे (पूर्ण करणे)
Transliteration: Pūrṇa Hoṇe / Pūrṇa Karṇe
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy
Original: πληρόω
Category: Scripture
New — Matthew. Matthew’s recurring fulfillment formula (~12 quotations: 1:22, 2:15, 2:17, 2:23, 4:14, 5:17, 8:17, 12:17, 13:14, 13:35, 21:4, 26:54, 26:56, 27:9). Linear, one-time historical fulfillment; never cyclical yuga or dependent-origination framing.
Abolish The Law
Approved rendering: रद्द करणे
Transliteration: Rad’da Karṇe
Doctrine: The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching
Original: καταλῦσαι (τὸν νόμον ἢ τοὺς προφήτας)
Category: Scripture
New — Matthew. Contrast term to ‘fulfill’ (5:17). Never धर्म/धम्म for the associated ‘law’ (νόμος).
Sign Of Jonah
Approved rendering: योनाचे चिन्ह
Transliteration: Yonāce Cinha
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ / Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ
Category: Scripture
New — Matthew. Typological prediction of Christ’s three days in the earth (12:39-40, 16:4). Requires OT (Jonah) background; anchors the resurrection prediction to a specific historical, bodily event.
Cornerstone
Approved rendering: बांधणाऱ्यांनी नाकारलेला दगड कोनशिला झाला
Transliteration: Bāndhaṇāṟyāṅnī Nākārlelā Dagaḍ Konaśilā Jhālā
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy
Original: λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας
Category: Scripture
New — Matthew. Psalm 118:22 applied to Christ’s rejection and vindication (21:42). Requires OT (Psalm 118) background; retain ‘rejected…become’ contrast.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: प्रीती (प्रेम करणे)
Transliteration: Prīti / Prem Karṇe
Doctrine: Kingdom Ethics: Love of Enemies and the Greatest Commandment
Rejected alternatives: काम/रस-भक्ती-शैलीचे प्रेम
Original: ἀγαπάω / ἀγάπη
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Willed, self-giving love extended even to enemies (5:44, 22:37-39). No ready parallel in bhakti devotion directed at a beloved deity; needs positive explanation.
Defile
Approved rendering: अशुद्ध करणे
Transliteration: Aśuddha Karṇe
Doctrine: Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
Rejected alternatives: विटाळ
Original: κοινόω
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Moral defilement relocated from external contact to the internal heart (15:11, 15:18-20). Must clearly convey the move away from ritual/ceremonial impurity categories.
Greatest Commandment
Approved rendering: सर्वात मोठी आज्ञा
Transliteration: Sarvāt Moṭhī Ājñā
Doctrine: Kingdom Ethics: Love of Enemies and the Greatest Commandment
Original: ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου…τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Summarizes the Law and Prophets in terms of love (22:36-40), not multiplied rule-keeping.
Final Judgment
Approved rendering: अंतिम न्यायनिवाडा
Transliteration: Antim Nyāyanivāḍā
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Original: κρίσις (ch. 25 context)
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. The final, divine separation of sheep and goats (25:31-46). Never softened into a provisional, karma-adjustable outcome.
This Generation
Approved rendering: ही पिढी
Transliteration: Hī Piḍhī
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Original: ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. Debated referential scope (24:34). Genuinely ambiguous; flag for theologian review, record alternative readings rather than resolving silently.
Many Called Few Chosen
Approved rendering: पुष्कळ बोलावलेले आहेत, पण थोडे निवडलेले आहेत
Transliteration: N/A
Doctrine: Effectual Calling and Election
Original: πολλοὶ κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί
Category: Salvation
New — Matthew. 22:14, distinguishing universal gospel invitation from God’s sovereign choosing. Must never echo a karma-birth or caste-status framework.
Cross Discipleship
Approved rendering: वधस्तंभ
Transliteration: Vadhastambh
Doctrine: Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Rejected alternatives: ओझे
Original: σταυρός (discipleship metaphor)
Category: Discipleship
New — Matthew. The cross as discipleship metaphor (10:38, 16:24). Established term for the literal cross; must retain weight as costly, potentially fatal self-denial, never softened to ‘burden.‘
Authority
Approved rendering: अधिकार
Transliteration: Adhikār
Doctrine: The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Authority
New — Matthew. Jesus’ own inherent, divine authority (7:29, 8:9, 9:6, 9:8, 10:1, 21:23-27, 28:18). Never शक्ती; never the delegated authority of a scribe or a guru’s attained authority. Render identically at every occurrence.
Temple Literal
Approved rendering: मंदिर
Transliteration: Mandir
Doctrine: The Temple and New Covenant Access to God
Original: ναός / ἱερόν
Category: Worship
New — Matthew. The literal historical Jerusalem temple building (21:12-13, 24:1-2, 26:61, 27:5, 27:40, 27:51). Appropriate ONLY for this literal building; never substitute for मंडळी (church).
Temple Veil Torn
Approved rendering: मंदिराचा पडदा फाटला
Transliteration: Mandirācā Paḍadā Phāṭalā
Doctrine: The Temple and New Covenant Access to God
Original: τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ ἐσχίσθη
Category: Salvation
New — Matthew. The temple veil torn at Christ’s death (27:51), signifying opened access to God.
Blessed Eulogeo
Approved rendering: धन्यवादित (आशीर्वादित)
Transliteration: Dhanyavādit
Doctrine: Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David
Rejected alternatives: धन्य (reserved for μακάριος)
Original: εὐλογημένος
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’ (21:9, 23:39), Psalm 118:26. Distinct Greek root from μακάριος; keep the two families distinguishable in Marathi.
Poor In Spirit
Approved rendering: आत्म्याने दीन
Transliteration: Ātmyāne Dīn
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Recognition of spiritual poverty and total dependence on God (5:3). Must not be read as ritual poverty/renunciation nor as low social-caste status, given Ambedkarite Buddhist rejection of caste-linked spiritual hierarchy.
See God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वराला पाहतील
Transliteration: Parameśvarālā Pāhatīl
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: τὸν θεὸν ὄψονται
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Direct, unmediated eschatological beholding of God (5:8). Must retain परमेश्वर so the promise reads as relational vision of the one true personal God, not merger with an impersonal absolute.
Persecuted For Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्त्वासाठी छळ सोसलेले
Transliteration: Nītimattvāsāṭhī Chaḷ Sosalele
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης
Category: Discipleship
New — Matthew. Suffering that results from living out God’s righteousness (5:10). Must never echo caste-based suffering explained as consequence of past sin/karma.
Reward Heavenly
Approved rendering: प्रतिफळ
Transliteration: Pratiphaḷ
Doctrine: Grace versus Merit
Rejected alternatives: पुण्यफळ
Original: ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς
Category: Discipleship
New — Matthew. God’s gracious reward stored in heaven (5:12; cf. 6:1-6, 19-21). Never पुण्यफळ (karma-style accumulated merit); flows from grace, not earned.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: शांती
Transliteration: Śāntī
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: मनःशांती
Inherited from Romans package. Relational peace, not the inner calm sought through bhakti/meditation practice (5:9, 10:13, 10:34).
Church
Approved rendering: मंडळी
Transliteration: Maṇḍaḷī
Doctrine: The Church and Church Discipline
Rejected alternatives: देऊळ, मंदिर
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. The assembly of believers (16:18, 18:17). Never देऊळ/मंदिर (Hindu temple); मंदिर is reserved exclusively for the literal historical Jerusalem building — see temple_literal below.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचे राज्य
Transliteration: Devāce Rājya
Doctrine: The Kingdom of Heaven
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वरी राष्ट्र
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. God’s sovereign reign (12:28, 19:24, 21:31, 21:43); Matthew’s occasional synonym for स्वर्गाचे राज्य (kingdom_of_heaven).
David
Approved rendering: दावीद
Transliteration: Dāvīd
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Established proper name form (1:1, 1:6, 1:17, 9:27, 12:3, 22:42-45).
Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Isrāel
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Proper name; established form (2:6, 8:10, 9:33, 10:6, 10:23, 15:24, 15:31, 19:28).
Gentiles
Approved rendering: अन्यजातीय
Transliteration: Anyajātīya
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: विदेशी
Original: ἔθνη (contrastive sense, non-Jewish peoples)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Non-Jewish peoples, contrasted with Israel (4:15, 6:32, 10:5, 10:18, 12:18, 12:21, 20:19, 20:25). NARROWER than the Great Commission’s ‘all nations’ (28:19, all_nations term below) — must not be conflated with it.
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेषित
Transliteration: Preṣit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: गुरू, संदेशवाहक
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. One sent with delegated authority; the Twelve (10:2). Never गुरू.
Mission
Approved rendering: मिशन / सुवार्ता प्रसार
Transliteration: Miśan / Suvārtā Prasār
Doctrine: The Great Commission
Original: ἀποστολή / πέμπω (conceptual, ch. 10, 24:14, 28:19-20)
Category: Mission
Inherited from Romans package. सुवार्ता प्रसार preferred given मिशन’s colonial-era connotation (10:5-15, 24:14, 28:19-20).
Little Faith
Approved rendering: अल्पविश्वासी
Transliteration: Alpaviśvāsī
Doctrine: Faith and Little Faith
Original: ὀλιγόπιστος
Category: Faith
New — Matthew. Compound built on established विश्वास (6:30, 8:26, 14:31, 16:8). Wavering trust, gently corrected, not condemned as total unbelief.
Stumbling Block
Approved rendering: अडखळण
Transliteration: Aḍakhaḷaṇ
Doctrine: The Church and Church Discipline
Original: σκάνδαλον / σκανδαλίζω
Category: Church
New — Matthew. Causing another to sin or fall away from faith (18:6-9).
Little Ones
Approved rendering: हे लहानथोर (धाकटे)
Transliteration: He Lahānthor / Dhākaṭe
Doctrine: The Church and Church Discipline
Original: τῶν μικρῶν τούτων
Category: Church
New — Matthew. Vulnerable, humble believers (18:1-10), models kingdom-entry humility.
Disciple
Approved rendering: शिष्य
Transliteration: Śiṣya
Doctrine: Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Original: μαθητής
Category: Discipleship
New — Matthew. शिष्य is the ordinary Marathi word for a guru’s self-initiated student (5:1, 8:21, 9:37, 10:1, 10:24-25, 28:19). Every occurrence must be anchored to Jesus as the specific, exclusive object of following, not a generic guru-shishya transmission.
Baptism
Approved rendering: बाप्तिस्मा
Transliteration: Bāptismā
Doctrine: Baptism as Covenant Sign
Rejected alternatives: स्नान
Original: βάπτισμα / βαπτίζω
Category: Church
New — Matthew. John’s baptism and Christian baptism (3:6-16, 28:19). Established transliterated term; keep distinct from स्नान (ritual bathing).
Tradition Of The Elders
Approved rendering: वडीलधाऱ्यांची परंपरा
Transliteration: Vaḍīladhāryāṅcī Paramparā
Doctrine: The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching
Original: παράδοσις τῶν πρεσβυτέρων
Category: Authority
New — Matthew. Oral legal tradition supplementing written Torah (15:3-9). Keep distinct from नियमशास्त्र (the Law itself).
Hypocrite
Approved rendering: ढोंगी
Transliteration: Ḍhoṅgī
Doctrine: Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
Original: ὑποκριτής
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Performed piety for human approval (6:2-16, 15:7, 22:18, 23:13-29). Must not read as a caricature of any single living Marathi religious community.
Scribes And Pharisees
Approved rendering: शास्त्री व परूशी
Transliteration: Śāstrī va Parūśī
Doctrine: Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
Original: γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Recurring foils for externalized religion (5:20, 12:38, 15:1, 23:2-36). Transliterated proper-noun forms.
Perfect
Approved rendering: परिपूर्ण
Transliteration: Paripūrṇa
Doctrine: Kingdom Ethics: Love of Enemies and the Greatest Commandment
Rejected alternatives: सिद्धी
Original: τέλειος
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Ethical/relational Godlike maturity, not ascetic self-attained perfection (5:48, 19:21).
Woe
Approved rendering: धिक्कार असो
Transliteration: Dhikkār Aso
Doctrine: Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees
Original: οὐαί
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Solemn pronouncement of judgment (23:13-36), structural mirror-opposite of धन्य (blessed_beatitude).
Judge Daily
Approved rendering: न्याय करणे (दोष लावणे)
Transliteration: Nyāya Karṇe
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Original: κρίνω
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Everyday interpersonal, hypocritical judgment warned against (7:1-5). Distinguish from final_judgment (ch. 25).
Mammon
Approved rendering: धन (मॅमन)
Transliteration: Dhan / Mĕman
Doctrine: Kingdom of Heaven (ethics)
Original: μαμωνᾶς
Category: Ethics
New — Matthew. Personified rival master/god of wealth (6:24); retain the sense of exclusive, competing loyalty.
Worthy
Approved rendering: योग्य
Transliteration: Yogya
Doctrine: Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Original: ἄξιος
Category: Discipleship
New — Matthew. Total allegiance to Christ exceeding family loyalty (10:37-38).
Soul Life
Approved rendering: जीव (आत्मा)
Transliteration: Jīv / Ātmā
Doctrine: Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus
Rejected alternatives: आत्मा alone
Original: ψυχή
Category: Discipleship
New — Matthew. One’s whole life/self (10:39, 16:25-26). Prefer जीव over आत्मा alone to avoid importing Vedantic ātman-metaphysics.
Devil Satan
Approved rendering: सैतान (दियाबल)
Transliteration: Saitān / Diyābal
Doctrine: The Kingdom of Heaven (opposition)
Original: διάβολος / Σατανᾶς
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. The personal, malevolent spiritual enemy of God (4:1-11, 13:39). Keep personal and singular; avoid an abstract-ignorance/illusion reading.
Magi
Approved rendering: मागी
Transliteration: Māgī
Doctrine: Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Original: μάγοι
Category: Christology
New — Matthew. Persian priestly-astrologer scholars who worship the newborn king (2:1-12). Avoid ज्योतिषी (fortune-telling connotation).
Hosanna
Approved rendering: होसान्ना
Transliteration: Hosānnā
Doctrine: Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David
Original: ὡσαννά
Category: Worship
New — Matthew. Hebrew loanword acclamation echoing Psalm 118 (21:9, 21:15). Retain transliterated form.
Blessed Beatitude
Approved rendering: धन्य
Transliteration: Dhanya
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: μακάριος
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. μακάριος, a present declaration of the kingdom-belonging state (5:3-11, 11:6, 13:16, 16:17, 24:46). Distinct from धन्यवादित/आशीर्वादित (reserved for εὐλογέω).
Mourn Comforted
Approved rendering: शोक करणारे / सांत्वन मिळेल
Transliteration: Śok Karṇāre / Sāntvan Miḷel
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: πενθοῦντες / παρακληθήσονται
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Godly grief met with God’s own comfort (5:4). Keep distinct from ritual mourning customs; comfort is relational, from God.
Meek Inherit Earth
Approved rendering: सौम्य / पृथ्वीचे वतन मिळेल
Transliteration: Saumya / Pṛthvīce Vatan Miḷel
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: πραεῖς / κληρονομήσουσιν τὴν γῆν
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Submitted strength receiving God’s promised inheritance (5:5). ‘वतन’ conveys covenantal gift, not merit-acquired land.
Merciful
Approved rendering: दयाळू / दया प्राप्त होईल
Transliteration: Dayāḷū / Dayā Prāpta Hoīl
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: ἐλεήμονες / ἐλεηθήσονται
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Active compassion reciprocally met with mercy (5:7). Keep distinct from कृपा (God’s unmerited favor); care needed against a karma-style transactional reading.
Pure In Heart
Approved rendering: शुद्ध अंतःकरणाचे
Transliteration: Śuddha Antaḥkaraṇāce
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Moral and inward purity of motive, contrasted with ritual purity (5:8). Anchored to inward moral sincerity, not ritual bathing rites.
Peacemakers
Approved rendering: शांती करणारे
Transliteration: Śāntī Karṇāre
Doctrine: The Beatitudes and Blessedness of the Kingdom
Original: εἰρηνοποιοί
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Those who actively create/restore peace (5:9), reflecting God’s reconciling character; distinguish from मनःशांती.
Lost Sheep Of Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएलाच्या घराण्यातील हरवलेली मेंढरे
Transliteration: Isrāelācyā Gharāṇyātīl Haravlelī Meṇḍhare
Doctrine: Universal Scope of the Gospel
Original: τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ
Category: Mission
New — Matthew. Jesus’ stated primary mission-focus (10:6, 15:24), later expanded in the Great Commission. Reuse इस्राएल exactly.
Tax Collectors And Sinners
Approved rendering: जकातदार व पापी
Transliteration: Jakātdār va Pāpī
Doctrine: Universal Scope of the Gospel
Original: τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοί
Category: Church
New — Matthew. Social/religious outcasts with whom Jesus shares table-fellowship (9:10-13, 11:19). Distinct from specific Marathi caste categories though the universal-scope principle applies equally.
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Prophet
Approved rendering: संदेष्टा
Transliteration: Sandeṣṭā
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Original: προφήτης
Category: Scripture
Inherited from Romans package. God’s spokesperson (1:22, 2:5, 2:15, 2:17, 2:23, 5:12, 5:17, 7:15, 11:9, 13:57, 21:11, 23:29-37, 24:11, 24:24). Never ज्योतिषी.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: Bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफल
Original: προφητεία
Category: Scripture
Inherited from Romans package. God-inspired declaration (13:14).
Parable
Approved rendering: दाखला
Transliteration: Dākhalā
Doctrine: The Parable as Kingdom Teaching Method
Original: παραβολή
Category: Kingdom
New — Matthew. Standard, well-established Marathi Bible term (13:3-52, 18:23, 20:1, 21:28-33, 22:1-14, 25:1-46).
Harvest Laborers
Approved rendering: कापणी विपुल आहे, मजूर थोडे
Transliteration: Kāpaṇī Vipul Āhe, Majūr Thoḍe
Doctrine: The Great Commission
Original: θερισμὸς πολύς, ἐργάται δὲ ὀλίγοι
Category: Mission
New — Matthew. Metaphor for ripe spiritual opportunity and need for gospel workers (9:37-38).
Talents
Approved rendering: तालांत (धन)
Transliteration: Tālānt
Doctrine: Stewardship and Faithful Service
Original: τάλαντα
Category: Discipleship
New — Matthew. Entrusted resources awaiting the master’s accounting (25:14-30).
Bridegroom
Approved rendering: वर (वधूचा नवरा)
Transliteration: Var
Doctrine: Judgment and the End of the Age
Original: νυμφίος
Category: Eschatology
New — Matthew. Messianic bridegroom imagery (25:1-13).
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