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.
Jisu ninyigv lvbwlaksu vdwa minto, “Ho hoka nyitvnv nyi ako dooto nw pakbu go dooto hv ninyigv yikungyira nga kaayataya nvgo. Nyitvnv nyi anga ninyigv ogu rungyanv angv ninyigv morko nga mva dukv vla mintamto,
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!’
vkvlvgabv nw rungya nvnga arwnglo goklwkto okv minto, ‘Ngo noogv lvkwng nga tvvdunv si ogu gokula? No ngoogv yikungyira nga kaayataya nama vdw godw ogumvnwngnga ngam kaatam lakubv, ogulvgavbolo no vdwloka ngoogv rungyapayanam gubv rinyu kumare.’
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].’
Pakbu angv nw atu hv minsuto, ‘Ngoogv atu nga ngoogv nokori loka naalin tvduku. Ngo ogu rila kuse gubvri? Ngo dvnam lvgabv rongo ridubv gwlwk doyama, okv giago karse ngaaka yinying yapv.
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!’
Vjak ngo chinduku ngo ogugo risedw! Vbvrikunamv vdwlo ngo nokori lokv linre kudw, ngo ajin jinre bunu nga bunugv naam lo alvbv aamure.’
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?’
Vkvlvgabv nw ninyigv atu gvlo dvdu doonv nyi vdwa goklwk toku. Nw atokchogv anga tvvkato, ‘No ngo atu gvlo vkamgu narpvnv?’
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]!’
Nw mirwkto, ‘Olib tvli vkv pumpa lvngo narto,’ ‘Siinv noogv jise ngv,’ rungyanv angv ninyia minto, ‘dootungto okv chamngu go lvkgapto.’
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].
Vbvrikunamv nw kvvbi akonyi tvkato, ‘Okv no—vdwgo narpvnv?’ Nw mirwkto, ‘Giu vkv tagiam munv hejar go,’ ‘siinv noogv jise ngv,’ rungyanv ninyia minto; ‘lwngpinv go lvkgapto.’
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)
Pakbu mvvlaknv gv Atu hv ninyia vbv rungkup runglik la ridanam lvgabv ninyia hartv toku; ogulvgavbolo nyiamooku so gv nyi vdwv achialvbv bunu rungkup runglik la lounglo rinv nyi vdwa kaiyabv ridu.” (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)
Okv Jisu mimbwngla minto, “Okv vkvlvgabv ngo nonua mindunv: Nonuno atuv nyiamooku so gv yikungyira nga lvkobv ajin jinlaka, vkvlvgabv um vdwlo si topu rikudw, nonua simabv doobwng jiku naam lo alvbv aamu riku. (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].
Yvvdw miangnv yikungyira nga alvbv mvnging dubv ridunv hv kainv yikungyira loka achialvbv kaiyabv mvnging dubv ridunv, okv yvvbunudw miangnv yikungyira lo jwkjwkvrwk bv mvngging dubv rima dunv v kainv yikungyira loka jwkjwkvrwkbv mvngging dubv rima dunv.
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]
Hv bolo, vbvrikunamv, nonu nyiamooku so gv yikungyira nga alvbv mvnging dubv rinyu mabolo oguaingbv jvjvnv yikungyira nga mvnging dubv rinyure?
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]
Nonu nyi kvvbi gvbvrinv yikungyira nga mvnging dubv riji mabolo, yvvla no gvbvrinv yikungyira nga nam jijinv?
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].”
“Pakbuv yvvka atu anyi gv nyirabv rinyu mare; nw akonyi pakre okv akonyi kaanwng mare; nw akonvgv minam a tvvre okv akonvgv nga tvvmare. No Pwknvyarnv nyila morko nga lvkobv rijivngji nyulamare.”
14 There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
Vdwlo Parisis vdwv so mvnwng sum tvvtokudw, bunu Jisunyi nyarjito, ogulvgavbolo bunu morko nga mvngbiuto.
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.
Jisu bunua minto, “Nonuno atubongv nyi vdwgv kaagialo jvjv nvgobv minsunv vbvritola Pwknvyarnv nonugv haapok ha chindu, yikungyira vdwv nyi gv lvgabv kainv arv doonv gubv rinv ngv, Pwknvyarnv gvlo ogu arv ka kaama.”
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].
“Moses gv Pvbv okv nyijwk vdwgv lvknam vdwv Jon Baptist gv dw lobv ribwngto; okv ho koching nga Pwknvyarnv gv Karv gv lvkwng Alvnv Yunying nga mintam raptoku, nyi mvnwngngv ho Karv lo aadu bv gwnglilala nyadu.
17 [All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
Pvbv gv gaam achukguka minggap nama ria jemam svnga nyido gvla kvdw gv nyitv namv nyepu yare.”
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.”
“Yvv nyi akonv atugv nywng nga toa tokula ako kvvbi nyimvmvvga go nywng mvku bolo hv yoomurnv; okv toanam nyimvmvvga anga yvv nywng mvdunv hvvka yoomurnv.”
19 [Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
“Ho hoka nyi nyitvnv ako dooto nw kainv arv doonv vjia kooto okv achialvbv lokia himpukain la svngminto.
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.
Ho hoka heemanv nyi ako dooto aminv Lajaras, ungvtarv ngv rara nvgo, hum nyitv nyi gv naam agi lo vvpvkinamgo,
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.
nyitv nyi gv dvkulo dvala hoolin nama dvpa yare vla mvngnv go. Iki vka aala ninyigv ungngv nga dvriak riakbwngto.”
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}.
“Heemanv nyi angv sitoku okv nyidogindung vdwv ninyia gvvtoku Abrahamnyi lvkobv nyidomooku gv dvpam lo doomuto. Nyitv nyi v sitoku okv nyibung riitoku,
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)
okv uyumooku bolo nw achialvbv hirukaya toku, nw kaadung kunamv adukoyo lo Abraham okv ninyigv lvkobv Lajarasnyi doodubv kaapa toku. (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!’
Vkvlvgabv nw goklin toku, ‘Abu Abraham! nga aya labvka, okv Lajarasnyi ninyigv lakching nga isi lo chibok mogvrila achok godaka ngoogv riu sum chapke molabvka, ogulvgavbolo ngo si vmv arwng si achialvbv hirukaya dvkukv!’
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.
Vbvritola Abraham minto, ‘Mvngpa tokuka, ngoogv kuunyilo nga, noogv turla singrilo nam alvnv mvnwngnga jimiro, Lajaras hoka alvmanv mvnwngnga paariato. Vbvritola vjak nw soka atuv himpu pumin dukunv, no hoka hirukaya rikulo.
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.’
So ogu mvnwng sum kayu tvla, no gvla ngoogv pingko si kairungnv kobung go doodunv, vkvlvgabv yvvdw sokv noogv hoka vngrap dubv ritv nvngv vbv rinyu madunv, vmajeka yvvka noogv hokvkongv ngonugv so linyu madunv.’
27 Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
Nyitvnv nyi angv minto, ‘Vbvrikunamv ngo nam kodwkkrwkla koola mindunv, Abu Abraham, Lajarasnyi ngoogv abu gv naam lo vngmu jilabv,
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!’
v ngo boru angu go doopvnv. Ninyia vngmula okv bunua gamrw motoka, bunuka so hirukayaku so aama dubv.’
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]!’
Abraham minto, ‘Noogv boru vdwv Mosesnyi okv nyijwk vdwa doogv sudu bunua gamrw nvngv; noogv boru vdwv bunugv ogugo minam a tvvrung svngv.’
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.’
Nyitvnv nyi hv mirwksito, ‘Hv pwngmare, Abu Abraham! Vbvritola siro kunv nyi gonv turkur laku okv bunua minbolo, vbvrikubolo bunu bunugv rimur lokv linreku.’
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].’”
Vbvritola Abraham minto, ‘Bunu Moses nyila Nyijwk vdwa tvvmabolo, bunua mintap nyulamare sikunv akonv turkur kujvka.’”
