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Wylie | Tibetan

See also curse, judge, judgment

1. zhal che gcod/ 

   p. bcad/  f. gcad/  imp. chod/ 

   Biblical: to judge; God's judging of sinners: dkon mchog gis nyid kyi sras 'jig rten gyi zhal che gcad du ma mngags/  God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world (Jn. 3:17), khong la dad pa de la zhal che mi gcad/,,mi dad pa la dkon mchog gi sras gcig po'i mtshan la ma dad pas/,,zhal che bcad zin to/  whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son (Jn. 3:18), log g.yem gyis sa gzhi bslus pa'i smad tshong ma chen mor zhal che bcad de/  He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries (Rev. 19:2).

   Buddhist: In Buddhism there is no ultimate judgement, although the god of the dead gshin rje/  does exercise limited judgement over those who enter his realm. This judgement is not eternal, and only facilitates the retributive karma of those who are condemned.

   Secular: zhal che gcod/  is to sentence a criminal; meaning the same as khrims gcod/  (AMD).

2. krims gcod/ 

   p. bcad/  f. gcad/  imp. chod/ 

   Biblical: to judge, to condemn judicially: de rnams kyis khong gsad pa'i khrims bcad/  they will condemn him to death (Mk. 10:33), mi chos drang po de khyed kyis khrims bcad nas bsad do/  you have condemned and murdered innocent men (Jas. 5:6 SV).

3. khrims gtong / 

   p. btang /  f. gtang /  imp. thong / 

   Biblical: to condemn judicially: des ci byed par ma brtags par khrims gtong chog gam/  does [our law] condemn anyone without first hearing him to find out what he is doing (Jn. 7:51).

4. 'pham pa/ 

   p. pham/  f. 'pham/  [lit. to be defeated, e.g. in a lawsuit]

   Biblical: to be condemned: khyod kyi ngag gis khyod rgyal bar 'gyur/,,khyod kyi ngag gis khyod pham par 'gyur/  by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned (Mt. 12:37).

   Buddhist: pham pa bzhi/  the four moral defeats: mi bsad pa/  murder, ma byin par len pa/  theft, mi tshangs par spyod pa/  sexual misconduct, mi chos bla ma'i brdzun smra ba/  lying about one's spiritual attainments (TRI 171).

   Cognates: blo pham/  [mind + loss] to be sorry blo pham gyi gnas tshul/  sad news (DLP 1).

Related Terms: 1) chad pa gcod/  p. bcad/  f. gcad/  imp. chod/  to punish: nyes pa gcig gi rkyen gyis mi thams cad la chad pa bcad pa/  the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men (Rom. 5:18 SV), da nas ye shu ma shi ka'i ngang na yod pa rnams la chad pa gcod pa ni med do/  there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:1 SV); 2) chad pa 'phog pa/  p. phog [lit. punish + strike] to condemn to punishment: de lta bu dag la chad pa 'phog par 'os so/  their condemnation is deserved (Rom. 3:8 SV); 3) smad pa gtong /  p. btang /  f. gtang /  imp. thong /  to abuse, revile, speak evil of, verbally condemn: ngas khyed cag la smad pa gtong ba'i phyir de mi smra'o/  I do not say this to condemn you (2 Cor. 7:3 SV); 4) mi glud/  cursed: mi glud yin/  let him be eternally condemned (Gal. 1:8,9 SV), See curse; 5) spyo/  p. spyos/  f. spyo/  imp. spyos/  to scold, blame, or verbally condemn: gtam lhad med cing spyo bar mi rung ba/  soundness of speech that cannot be condemned (Tit. 2:8 SV); 6) gshags 'debs/  to condemn: gshags ma 'debs/,,khyed la'ang gshags mi 'debs/  do not condemn, and you will not be condemned (Lk. 6:37).