Luke 16
1 [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.
Et il dit aussi à ses disciples: Il y avait un homme riche qui avait un économe; et celui-ci fut accusé devant lui comme dissipant ses biens.
2 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!’
Et l’ayant appelé, il lui dit: Qu’est-ce que ceci que j’entends dire de toi? Rends compte de ton administration; car tu ne pourras plus administrer.
3 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].’
Et l’économe dit en lui-même: Que ferai-je, car mon maître m’ôte l’administration? Je ne puis pas bêcher la terre; j’ai honte de mendier:
4 [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!’
je sais ce que je ferai, afin que, quand je serai renvoyé de mon administration, je sois reçu dans leurs maisons.
5 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?’
Et ayant appelé chacun des débiteurs de son maître, il dit au premier: Combien dois-tu à mon maître?
6 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]!’
Et il dit: 100 baths d’huile. Et il lui dit: Prends ton écrit, et assieds-toi promptement et écris 50.
7 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].
Puis il dit à un autre: Et toi, combien dois-tu? Et il dit: 100 cors de froment. Et il lui dit: Prends ton écrit, et écris 80.
8 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)
Et le maître loua l’économe injuste parce qu’il avait agi prudemment. Car les fils de ce siècle sont plus prudents, par rapport à leur propre génération, que les fils de la lumière. (aiōn g165)
9 [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)
Et moi, je vous dis: Faites-vous des amis avec les richesses injustes, afin que, quand vous viendrez à manquer, vous soyez reçus dans les tabernacles éternels. (aiōnios g166)
10 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].
Celui qui est fidèle dans ce qui est très petit, est fidèle aussi dans ce qui est grand; et celui qui est injuste dans ce qui est très petit, est injuste aussi dans ce qui est grand.
11 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]
Si donc vous n’avez pas été fidèles dans les richesses injustes, qui vous confiera les vraies?
12 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]
Et si, dans ce qui est à autrui, vous n’avez pas été fidèles, qui vous donnera ce qui est vôtre?
13 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].”
Nul serviteur ne peut servir deux maîtres; car ou il haïra l’un et aimera l’autre, ou il s’attachera à l’un et méprisera l’autre: vous ne pouvez servir Dieu et les richesses.
14 There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
Et les pharisiens aussi, qui étaient avares, entendirent toutes ces choses, et ils se moquèrent de lui.
15 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.
Et il leur dit: Vous êtes ceux qui se justifient eux-mêmes devant les hommes; mais Dieu connaît vos cœurs: car ce qui est haut estimé parmi les hommes est une abomination devant Dieu.
16 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].
La loi et les prophètes [ont été] jusqu’à Jean; dès lors le royaume de Dieu est annoncé et chacun use de violence pour y entrer.
17 [All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
Or il est plus facile que le ciel et la terre passent, qu’il ne l’est qu’un seul trait de lettre de la loi tombe.
18 [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.”
Quiconque répudie sa femme et en épouse une autre, commet adultère; et quiconque épouse une femme répudiée par son mari, commet adultère.
19 [Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
Or il y avait un homme riche qui se vêtait de pourpre et de fin lin, et qui faisait joyeuse chère, chaque jour, splendidement.
20 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.
Et il y avait un pauvre, nommé Lazare, couché à sa porte, tout couvert d’ulcères,
21 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.
et qui désirait de se rassasier des miettes qui tombaient de la table du riche; mais les chiens aussi venaient lécher ses ulcères.
22 [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}.
Et il arriva que le pauvre mourut, et qu’il fut porté par les anges dans le sein d’Abraham. Et le riche aussi mourut, et fut enseveli.
23 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)
Et, en hadès, levant ses yeux, comme il était dans les tourments, il voit de loin Abraham, et Lazare dans son sein. (Hadēs g86)
24 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!’
Et s’écriant, il dit: Père Abraham, aie pitié de moi et envoie Lazare, afin qu’il trempe dans l’eau le bout de son doigt, et qu’il rafraîchisse ma langue, car je suis tourmenté dans cette flamme.
25 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.
Mais Abraham dit: [Mon] enfant, souviens-toi que tu as reçu tes biens pendant ta vie, et Lazare pareillement les maux; et maintenant lui est consolé ici, et toi tu es tourmenté.
26 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.’
Et outre tout cela, un grand gouffre est fermement établi entre nous et vous; en sorte que ceux qui veulent passer d’ici vers vous ne le peuvent, et que ceux qui [veulent passer] de là ne traversent pas non plus vers nous.
27 Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
Et il dit: Je te prie donc, père, de l’envoyer dans la maison de mon père,
28 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!’
car j’ai cinq frères, en sorte qu’il les adjure; de peur qu’eux aussi ne viennent dans ce lieu de tourment.
29 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]!’
Mais Abraham lui dit: Ils ont Moïse et les prophètes; qu’ils les écoutent.
30 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.’
Mais il dit: Non, père Abraham; mais si quelqu’un va des morts vers eux, ils se repentiront.
31 [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].’”
Et il lui dit: S’ils n’écoutent pas Moïse et les prophètes, ils ne seront pas persuadés non plus si quelqu’un ressuscitait d’entre les morts.
