Lukas 16
1 Eta erran ciecén bere discipuluey- ere, Guiçon abratsbat cen despenserbat çuenic, haur accusa cedin hura baithan, haren onén irioile beçala:
[Jesus] also said to his disciples, “Once there was a rich man who had a household manager. [One day] he was told {[someone] told him} that [the manager] was managing the rich man’s money badly.
2 Eta hura deithuric erran cieçón, Cer dançut haur hiçaz? renda eçac eure despensaren contua: ecen guehiagoric ecin aiçate despensér.
So he summoned [his manager] and said to him, ‘(It is terrible what they are saying about you [(sg)]!/Is it true what they are saying about you [(sg)] [RHQ]?) Give me a written account of [the funds] you have been managing, because you can no longer be my [household] manager!’
3 Orduan erran ceçan bere baithan despenserac, Cer eguinen dut, neure nabussiac despensaren carguä edequiten drautanaz gueroz? aitzurreric ecin daidit, esque ebiltera ahalque naiz.
Then the manager thought to himself, ‘My master is going to fire me, so (I do not know what to do./what shall I do [RHQ]?) I am not strong enough to [work by] digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg [for money].’
4 Badaquit cer eguinen dudan, despensergoatic kendu naicenean recebi neçatençát batzuc bere etchetara.
[Suddenly he had an idea]. ‘I know what I will do, so that people will take me into their houses [and provide for me] after I am dismissed {after my master dismisses me} from my work!’
5 Orduan deithuric bere nabussiaren çordunetaric batbedera, erran cieçón lehenari, Cembat çor draucac ene nabussiari?
So [one by one] he summoned the people who owed his master money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you [(sg)] owe my master?’
6 Eta hunec erran ceçan, Ehun barril olio: eta harc erran cieçón, Har eçac eure cedulá, eta iarriric fitetz, scriba eçac berroguey eta hamar
The man replied, ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down and quickly change it to 400 [gallons]!’
7 Guero berce bati erran cieçón, Eta hic cembat çorduc? eta harc erran ceçan, Ehun neurri ogui. Orduan harc erran cieçón, Har eçac eure cedulá, eta scriba eçac lauroguey.
He said to another man, ‘How much do you owe?’ The man replied, ‘A thousand bushels of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and change it to 800 [bushels]!’ [He did similar things for the others who owed his master money].
8 Eta lauda ceçan nabussiac despenser gaichtoa, ceren çuhurqui eguin vkan baitzuen: hunegatic mundu hunetaco haourrac çuhurrago dirade, ecen ez arguico haourrac bere generationean (aiōn g165)
When his master [heard what the manager had done], he admired the dishonest manager for the clever thing he had done. [The truth] is that the ungodly people in this world act more wisely toward other people than godly people [MET] act. (aiōn g165)
9 Eta nic erraiten drauçuet, Eguin itzaçue çuendaco adisquideac abrastassun iniquoéz falta çaiteztenean recebi çaitzatençat tabernacle eternaletara. (aiōnios g166)
[So] I tell you [(pl)] this: Use the money that you have [here] on earth to help others so that they will become your friends. Then when [you die and] you cannot [take] any money with you, [God and his angels] will welcome you into a home [in heaven] that will last forever. (aiōnios g166)
10 Gauça chipienetan leyal dena, handian-ere leyal da: eta gauça chipian iniusto dena, handian-ere iniusto da.
People who faithfully manage small [matters] will also faithfully manage important [matters]. People who are dishonest in [the way they handle] small [matters] will be dishonest [in the way they handle] important [matters].
11 Bada baldin abrastassun iniquoetan leyal içan ezpaçarete, abrastassun eguiazcoetan nor fidaturen çaiçue?
So if you have not faithfully handled the money that [God has given you here] on earth, (he will certainly not allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven!]/would he allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven]?) [RHQ]
12 Eta baldin berceren gauçán leyal içan ezpaçarete, çuen dena norc emanen drauçue?
And if you have not faithfully managed things that belong to other people, ([God] will certainly not allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you!/would God allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you?) [RHQ]
13 Cerbitzaric batec-ere ecin bi nabussi cerbitza ditzaque: ecen edo batari gaitz eritziren drauca, eta berceari on: edo batarequin eduquiren du eta bercea menospreciaturen. Ecin cerbitza ditzaqueçue Iaincoa, eta abrastassunac
No servant is able to serve two [different] bosses [at the same time. If he tried to do that], he would prefer one of them more than the other one; he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one. [Similarly], you cannot [devote your life] to worshipping God and [worshipping] money and material goods [at the same time].”
14 Eta gauça hauc guciac ençuten cituzten Phariseuec-ere, cein baitziraden auaritioso: eta harçaz truffatzen ciraden
There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
15 Eta erran ciecén, Çuec çarete çuen buruäc iustificatzen dituçuenac guiçonén aitzinean: baina Iaincoac badaçaguzqui çuen bihotzac: ecen guiçoney gora çayena, abominatione da Iaincoaren aitzinean.
But he said to them, “You try to make other people think that you are righteous, but God knows your (inner beings/hearts). [So he will reject you. Keep in mind that many] things that people think are important, God thinks are detestable.
16 Legueac eta Prophetéc iraun duté Ioannesganano: dembora harçaz gueroztic Iaincoaren resumá euangelizatzen da, eta batbederac hura du bortchatzen.
The laws that [God gave Moses] and what the prophets [MTY] [wrote] were ([in effect/what you needed to obey]) until John [the Baptizer] came. Since then [I] have been preaching about how God wants to [rule people’s lives in a new way], and many people are [accepting that message and] very eagerly asking God to control [their lives. But that does not mean that God has abolished the laws that he established previously].
17 Errachago da ceruä eta lurra iragan ditecen, ecen ez Leguearen punctu hutsbat eror dadin.
[All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
18 Norc-ere vtziten baitu bere emaztea, eta berce batequin ezconcen baita, adulterio iauquiten du: eta senharrac vtzi duenarequin ezconcen denac, adulterio iauquiten du.
[For example, because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that] any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery. He also [considers that] any man who marries a woman who has been divorced by her husband {whose husband has divorced her} is [also] committing adultery.”
19 Cen bada guiçon abratsbat, eta veztitzen cen escarlataz eta cetaz, eta egun oroz tractatzen cen vngui eta magnificoqui.
[Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
20 Cen halaber paubrebat Lazaro deitzen cenic, cein baitzetzan haren borthán, çauriz bethea:
And every day a poor man whose name was Lazarus was laid {[some people also] laid a poor man whose name was Lazarus} at the gate of the rich man’s [house]. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores.
21 Eta çuen desir abratsaren mahainetic erorten ciraden appurretaric assetzeco, baina are orac ethorten ciraden eta haren çauriac limicatzen cituztén.
He [was so hungry that he] wanted to eat the scraps [of food] that fell from the table where the rich man [ate]. Furthermore, [to make things worse], dogs came and licked his sores.
22 Guertha cedin bada hil baitzedin paubrea, eta eraman baitzedin Aingueruéz Abrahamen bulharrera: hil cedin bada abrats hura-ere, eta ohortze içan cen.
[Eventually] the poor man died. Then he was taken by the angels {the angels took him} to [start feasting] next to his [ancestor] Abraham. The rich man also died, and his body was buried {[some people] buried his body}.
23 Eta iffernuetan bere beguiac goiti altchaturic tormentetan cela, ikus ceçan Abraham vrrundanic, eta Lazaro haren bulharrean: (Hadēs g86)
In the place where dead people wait [for God to judge them], he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham. (Hadēs g86)
24 Orduan harc oihuz cegoela erran ceçan, Aita Abrahám, auc misericordia niçaz, eta igor eçac Lazaro, busta deçan bere erhi mocoa vrean, eta refresca dieçadan mihia, ecen tormentatzen nauc gar hunetan.
So he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So [please] pity me, and send Lazarus [here] so that he can dip his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it!’
25 Eta erran ceçan Abrahamec, Semé, orhoit adi ecen eure onac eure vician recebitu dituala, eta Lazaroc halaber gaitzac: eta orain haur consolatzen duc, eta hi tormentatzen aiz.
But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that while you [(sg)] were alive [on earth] you enjoyed [many] good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now [it is fair that] he is happy here, and you are suffering.
26 Eta berce alde, gure eta çuen artean abysmo handibat duc: hala non hemendic çuetarát iragan nahi diradenac, ecin baititezque, ezeta hortic hunát iragan.
Besides that, there is a huge ravine between you [(sg)] and us. So those who want to go from here to where you [(sg)] are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we [(exc)] are.’
27 Eta erran ceçan harc, Othoitz eguiten drauat beraz, Aitá, igor deçán hori ene aitaren etchera.
Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
28 Ecen bacitiat borz anaye, hæy testifica diecençát, hec-ere eztatocençat tormentazco leku hunetara.
I have five brothers [who live there]. Tell him to warn them [to turn away from their sinful behavior so that] they do not also come to this place, where [we(exc)] suffer great pain!’
29 Diotsa Abrahamec, Bacitié Moyses eta Prophetác: ençun bitzate hec.
But Abraham replied, ‘[No, I will not do that, because your brothers] are able to [go to the Jewish meeting places where the priests] read what Moses and the prophets [wrote]. They should listen to what Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote]!’
30 Baina harc erran ceçan, Ez, aita Abrahám: baina baldin hiletaric cembeit ioan badadi hetara, emendaturen dituc.
But the rich man replied, ‘No, father Abraham, [that will not be enough] But if someone from those who have died goes back to them [and warns them], they will turn from their sinful behavior.’
31 Eta Abrahamec erran cieçón, Baldin Moyses eta Prophetác ençuten ezpadituzte, ezeta baldin cembeit hiletaric resuscita badadi-ere, eztié sinhetsiren.
[Abraham] said to him, ‘No! If they do not listen to [what] [MTY] Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote], even if someone would become alive again [and go and warn them], they would not be convinced {he could not convince them} [that they should turn from their sinful behavior].’”
