Luke 16
1 He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.
耶稣向门徒讲了一个故事：“从前有个财主，有人指控他的管家浪费主人的财物。
2 He called him and said, "'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'
主人把管家叫来，对他说：‘我听说了关于你的事情，怎么会这样？把你管的账目拿来，你不能再做管家了。’
3 "Then the steward said within himself, "'What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.
管家心想：‘主人不让我继续做管家，我又该做什么呢？去锄地没有力气！去讨饭又太羞耻了！
4 I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'
对了，我知道该做什么了。这样做，如果我不再当管家，就会有人让我去他们家做工。’
5 "So he called all his master's debtors, one by one, and asked the first, 'How much are you in debt to my master?'
于是他找来欠他主人债的人。他问第一个人：‘你欠我主人多少？’
6 "'A hundred firkins of oil,' he replied. "'Here is your account,' said the steward: 'sit down quickly and change it into fifty firkins.'
那人说：‘一百桶油。’管家说：‘那快坐下来，拿着你的欠条，把它改成五十桶。’
7 "To a second he said, "'And how much do you owe?' "'A hundred quarters of wheat,' was the answer. "'Here is your account,' said he: 'change it into eighty quarters.'
他又问另外一人：‘你欠多少？’那人说：‘一百包麦子。’管家说：‘给你欠条，改成八十包。’
8 "And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light. (aiōn g165)
他的主人夸奖了这位不诚实的管家，称他做事机警，因为现世之子在对待彼此的时候，比光之子更狡诈。 (aiōn g165)
9 "But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents that never perish. (aiōnios g166)
我告诉你们，用现世的财富去结交你的朋友，这样当你失去钱财后，就可以进入永恒之家。 (aiōnios g166)
10 The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.
如果你在极小的事情上可以获得信任，大事也是如此。如果你在极小的事情上不诚实，大事也会不诚实。
11 If therefore you have not proved yourselves faithful in dealing with the wealth that is tainted with fraud, who will entrust to you the true good?
如果你在现世财富方面不值得信任，谁还会把真实的财富托付给你们？
12 And if you have not been faithful in dealing with that which is not your own, who will give you that which is your own?
如果你们对别人的东西不忠心，谁还把自己的东西交给你们呢？
13 "No servant can be in bondage to two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will cling fast to one and scorn the other. You cannot be bondservants both of God and of gold."
一个仆人不能服侍两个主人，他必会喜欢一人，讨厌另一人，或忠于一人而背离另一人。你们不能同时服侍上帝和金钱。”
14 To all this the Pharisees listened, bitterly jeering at Him; for they were lovers of money.
视财如命的法利赛人听见这些话，便开始嘲笑耶稣。
15 "You are they," He said to them, "who boast of their own goodness before men, but God sees your hearts; for that which holds a proud position among men is detestable in God's sight.
但耶稣对他们说：“你们在人前自称善人，上帝却知道你们在想什么。因为人所看中的，正是上帝所憎恶的。
16 The Law and the Prophets continued until John came: from that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been spreading, and all classes have been forcing their way into it.
律法和先知所写的，持续到约翰为止。此后所传递的就是上帝之国的福音，人人都努力想要挤进上帝之国。
17 But it is easier for earth and sky to pass away than for one smallest detail of the Law to fall to the ground.
但相比天地终会消散，律法文字中哪怕是最小的一个点，也更不容易消失。
18 Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.
如果你休妻另娶，就犯了奸淫之罪。如果你娶了被休之妻，同样也是犯了奸淫之罪。
19 "There was once a rich man who habitually arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and enjoyed a splendid banquet every day,
从前有一个财主很富有，总是身穿紫袍和精致的麻衣，过着奢华无度的日子。
20 while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name,
有个满身长疮的乞丐名叫拉撒路，他经常坐在财主门口，
21 covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.
希望用财主饭桌上掉下的残渣充饥，甚至还有狗跑来舔他的疮。
22 "But in course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and had a funeral.
后来乞丐死了，天使们将他送到亚伯拉罕那里。财主也死了，被埋在土里。
23 And in Hades, being in torment, he looked and saw Abraham in the far distance, and Lazarus resting in his arms. (Hadēs g86)
财主在阴间受尽折磨，于是向上望去，看到了亚伯拉罕和他身边的拉撒路。 (Hadēs g86)
24 So he cried aloud, and said, "'Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'
于是财主喊着说：‘我父亚伯拉罕啊，可怜可怜我吧！派拉撒路来用手指蘸点水，冰冰我的舌头！我在这火焰炙烤的太难熬了。’
25 "'Remember, my child,' said Abraham, 'that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.
但亚伯拉罕回复道：‘我的孩子，想想你生前享过的福，那时拉撒路过着穷苦的生活。现在他在这里过得很舒适，你就要受苦。
26 And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'
不仅如此，我们和你们之间还隔着一道深渊，从我这边根本无法去你那边，你们那边也无法到我们这边。’
27 "'I entreat you then, father,' said he, 'to send him to my father's house.
财主说：‘我父啊，那么求你派拉撒路到我父亲的家里去，
28 For I have five brothers. Let him earnestly warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'
因为我有五个兄弟，他可以警告他们，免得他们最终也到这痛苦之地。’
29 "'They have Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham; 'let them hear them.'
亚伯拉罕说：‘摩西和先知都在他们那边，你的兄弟应该听他们的。’
30 "'No, father Abraham,' he pleaded; 'but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
财主说：‘不行啊，我父亚伯拉罕。如果出现在他们面前的人是死而复生，他们必定会悔改！’
31 "'If they are deaf to Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham, 'they would not be led to believe even if some one should rise from the dead.'"
亚伯拉罕对他说：‘如果他们不听从摩西和先知的话，就算有人死而复生，他们也不会信服。’”
