Luke 16
1 He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
And He also said to His disciples, “A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;
2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you may not be steward any longer.
3 "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I do not have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
And the steward said in himself, What will I do, because my lord takes away the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig, I am ashamed to beg—
4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'
I have known what I will do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.
5 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
And having called near each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe to my lord?
6 He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
And he said, One hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take your bill, and having sat down write fifty.
7 Then he said to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
Afterward to another he said, And you, how much do you owe? And he said, One hundred cors of wheat; and he says to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.
8 "His lord commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness, for the people of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the people of light. (aiōn g165)
And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light in respect to their generation. (aiōn g165)
9 And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it is gone they may welcome you into the everlasting dwellings. (aiōnios g166)
And I say to you, make to yourselves friends out of the wealth of unrighteousness, that when you may fail, they may receive you into the continuous dwelling places. (aiōnios g166)
10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;
11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
if, then, in the unrighteous wealth you did not become faithful—who will entrust to you the true?
12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
And if in the other’s you did not become faithful—who will give to you your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and wealth."
No servant is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one, and he will love the other; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; you are not able to serve God and wealth.”
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding Him,
15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of people, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among people is an abomination in the sight of God.
and He said to them, “You are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God knows your hearts; because that which is high among men [is] abomination before God;
16 The Law and the Prophets were until Yukhanan. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
the Law and the Prophets [are] until John; since then the good news of the Kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone presses into it;
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the Law to become void.
and it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than one tittle to fall of the Law.
18 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
Everyone who is sending his wife away, and marrying another, commits adultery; and everyone who is marrying her sent away from a husband commits adultery.
19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
20 A certain beggar, named Leayzar, was placed at his gate, full of sores,
and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; indeed, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.
22 It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Avraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers into the bosom of Abraham—and the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 In Sheyul, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Avraham far off, and Leayzar at his bosom. (Hadēs g86)
and having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom, (Hadēs g86)
24 He called out and said, 'Father Avraham, have mercy on me, and send Leayzar, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. For I am in anguish in this flame.'
and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.
25 "But Avraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Leayzar, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
And Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and you are distressed;
26 Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'
and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from here to you are not able, nor do they pass through from there to us.
27 "He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;
And he said, I ask, then, father, that you may send him to the house of my father,
28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'
for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
29 "But Avraham said to him, 'They have Mushe and the Prophets. Let them listen to them.'
Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;
30 "He said, 'No, father Avraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert.
31 "He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Mushe and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one may rise out of the dead.”
