Luke 16
1 Then He said further to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, who was accused to him of wasting his goods.
aparañca yīśuḥ śiṣyebhyonyāmekāṁ kathāṁ kathayāmāsa kasyacid dhanavato manuṣyasya gṛhakāryyādhīśe sampatterapavyaye'pavādite sati
2 So he called him in and said to him: ‘What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be manager.’
tasya prabhustam āhūya jagāda, tvayi yāmimāṁ kathāṁ śṛṇomi sā kīdṛśī? tvaṁ gṛhakāryyādhīśakarmmaṇo gaṇanāṁ darśaya gṛhakāryyādhīśapade tvaṁ na sthāsyasi|
3 Then the manager said within himself: ‘What shall I do? My master is taking the management away from me. I do not have strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg
tadā sa gṛhakāryyādhīśo manasā cintayāmāsa, prabhu ryadi māṁ gṛhakāryyādhīśapadād bhraṁśayati tarhi kiṁ kariṣye'haṁ? mṛdaṁ khanituṁ mama śakti rnāsti bhikṣituñca lajjiṣye'haṁ|
4 —I know what I will do, so that whenever I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses.’
ataeva mayi gṛhakāryyādhīśapadāt cyute sati yathā lokā mahyam āśrayaṁ dāsyanti tadarthaṁ yatkarmma mayā karaṇīyaṁ tan nirṇīyate|
5 Summoning each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
paścāt sa svaprabhorekaikam adhamarṇam āhūya prathamaṁ papraccha, tvatto me prabhuṇā kati prāpyam?
6 And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
tataḥ sa uvāca, ekaśatāḍhakatailāni; tadā gṛhakāryyādhīśaḥ provāca, tava patramānīya śīghramupaviśya tatra pañcāśataṁ likha|
7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and write eighty.’
paścādanyamekaṁ papraccha, tvatto me prabhuṇā kati prāpyam? tataḥ sovādīd ekaśatāḍhakagodhūmāḥ; tadā sa kathayāmāsa, tava patramānīya aśītiṁ likha|
8 The master even ‘commended’ the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. The sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the Light. (aiōn g165)
tenaiva prabhustamayathārthakṛtam adhīśaṁ tadbuddhinaipuṇyāt praśaśaṁsa; itthaṁ dīptirūpasantānebhya etatsaṁsārasya santānā varttamānakāle'dhikabuddhimanto bhavanti| (aiōn g165)
9 “I even say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings! (aiōnios g166)
ato vadāmi yūyamapyayathārthena dhanena mitrāṇi labhadhvaṁ tato yuṣmāsu padabhraṣṭeṣvapi tāni cirakālam āśrayaṁ dāsyanti| (aiōnios g166)
10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
yaḥ kaścit kṣudre kāryye viśvāsyo bhavati sa mahati kāryyepi viśvāsyo bhavati, kintu yaḥ kaścit kṣudre kāryye'viśvāsyo bhavati sa mahati kāryyepyaviśvāsyo bhavati|
11 If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine?
ataeva ayathārthena dhanena yadi yūyamaviśvāsyā jātāstarhi satyaṁ dhanaṁ yuṣmākaṁ kareṣu kaḥ samarpayiṣyati?
12 And if you have not been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?
yadi ca paradhanena yūyam aviśvāsyā bhavatha tarhi yuṣmākaṁ svakīyadhanaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ ko dāsyati?
13 No servant can serve two masters; either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon!”
kopi dāsa ubhau prabhū sevituṁ na śaknoti, yata ekasmin prīyamāṇo'nyasminnaprīyate yadvā ekaṁ janaṁ samādṛtya tadanyaṁ tucchīkaroti tadvad yūyamapi dhaneśvarau sevituṁ na śaknutha|
14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were also listening to all these things, and they were ridiculing Him.
tadaitāḥ sarvvāḥ kathāḥ śrutvā lobhiphirūśinastamupajahasuḥ|
15 So He said to them: “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. That which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.
tataḥ sa uvāca, yūyaṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ nikaṭe svān nirdoṣān darśayatha kintu yuṣmākam antaḥkaraṇānīśvaro jānāti, yat manuṣyāṇām ati praśaṁsyaṁ tad īśvarasya ghṛṇyaṁ|
16 The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the Kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and every one is trying to force his way into it.
yohana āgamanaparyyanataṁ yuṣmākaṁ samīpe vyavasthābhaviṣyadvādināṁ lekhanāni cāsan tataḥ prabhṛti īśvararājyasya susaṁvādaḥ pracarati, ekaiko lokastanmadhyaṁ yatnena praviśati ca|
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the Law to fail.
varaṁ nabhasaḥ pṛthivyāśca lopo bhaviṣyati tathāpi vyavasthāyā ekabindorapi lopo na bhaviṣyati|
18 “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
yaḥ kaścit svīyāṁ bhāryyāṁ vihāya striyamanyāṁ vivahati sa paradārān gacchati, yaśca tā tyaktāṁ nārīṁ vivahati sopi paradārāna gacchati|
19 “Now there was a certain rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
eko dhanī manuṣyaḥ śuklāni sūkṣmāṇi vastrāṇi paryyadadhāt pratidinaṁ paritoṣarūpeṇābhuṁktāpivacca|
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
sarvvāṅge kṣatayukta iliyāsaranāmā kaścid daridrastasya dhanavato bhojanapātrāt patitam ucchiṣṭaṁ bhoktuṁ vāñchan tasya dvāre patitvātiṣṭhat;
21 just wanting to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table—why even the dogs would come and lick his sores!
atha śvāna āgatya tasya kṣatānyalihan|
22 In due time the beggar died and was carried away to Abraham's bosom by the angels. “The rich man also died and was buried.
kiyatkālātparaṁ sa daridraḥ prāṇān jahau; tataḥ svargīyadūtāstaṁ nītvā ibrāhīmaḥ kroḍa upaveśayāmāsuḥ|
23 And in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance, and Lazarus very close to him. And being in torment, (Hadēs g86)
paścāt sa dhanavānapi mamāra, taṁ śmaśāne sthāpayāmāsuśca; kintu paraloke sa vedanākulaḥ san ūrddhvāṁ nirīkṣya bahudūrād ibrāhīmaṁ tatkroḍa iliyāsarañca vilokya ruvannuvāca; (Hadēs g86)
24 he called out, saying, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; because I am tormented by this flame!’
he pitar ibrāhīm anugṛhya aṅgulyagrabhāgaṁ jale majjayitvā mama jihvāṁ śītalāṁ karttum iliyāsaraṁ preraya, yato vahniśikhātohaṁ vyathitosmi|
25 But Abraham said: ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus had bad things; but now he is being comforted, and you tormented.
tadā ibrāhīm babhāṣe, he putra tvaṁ jīvan sampadaṁ prāptavān iliyāsarastu vipadaṁ prāptavān etat smara, kintu samprati tasya sukhaṁ tava ca duḥkhaṁ bhavati|
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone from there cross over to us.’
aparamapi yuṣmākam asmākañca sthānayo rmadhye mahadvicchedo'sti tata etatsthānasya lokāstat sthānaṁ yātuṁ yadvā tatsthānasya lokā etat sthānamāyātuṁ na śaknuvanti|
27 Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
tadā sa uktavān, he pitastarhi tvāṁ nivedayāmi mama pitu rgehe ye mama pañca bhrātaraḥ santi
28 because I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’
te yathaitad yātanāsthānaṁ nāyāsyanti tathā mantraṇāṁ dātuṁ teṣāṁ samīpam iliyāsaraṁ preraya|
29 Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
tata ibrāhīm uvāca, mūsābhaviṣyadvādināñca pustakāni teṣāṁ nikaṭe santi te tadvacanāni manyantāṁ|
30 So he said to him, ‘Oh no, father Abraham—if someone from the dead should go to them, they will repent!’
tadā sa nivedayāmāsa, he pitar ibrāhīm na tathā, kintu yadi mṛtalokānāṁ kaścit teṣāṁ samīpaṁ yāti tarhi te manāṁsi vyāghoṭayiṣyanti|
31 He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone should rise from the dead.’”
tata ibrāhīm jagāda, te yadi mūsābhaviṣyadvādināñca vacanāni na manyante tarhi mṛtalokānāṁ kasmiṁścid utthitepi te tasya mantraṇāṁ na maṁsyante|
