Luka 16
1 Yesu do lo sia na eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo be, “Kesinɔtɔ aɖe xɔ gakɔntametola aɖe be wòakpɔ eƒe ganyawo dzi nɛ. Eteƒe medidi o la, eva se be gakɔntametola la nye ame fiti aɖe ŋutɔ.
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.
2 “Le esia ta la, kesinɔtɔ la yɔe gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Nya kawoe nye esiawo mese le ŋuwò be èle nye nuwo fim? Wɔ akɔnta le ga siwo katã nèxɔ la ŋu nam, elabena tso egbea dzi la, menya wò le dɔ me.’
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.’
3 “Gakɔntametola la yi ta me sẽe, eye wòbia eɖokui be, ‘Nu ka mawɔ fifia? Nye aƒetɔ nyam le afi sia, evɔ ŋusẽ hã mele ŋunye be mayi aɖawɔ dɔ sesẽ aɖeke o, eye nyemate ŋu abia nu hã o, elabena esia aɖe dzinye kpɔtɔ akpa.
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
4 Menya nu si mawɔ! Ele be madi xɔlɔ̃wo fũu, esiwo gbɔ maɖu nu le ne medzudzɔ dɔa.’
—I know what I will do, so that whenever I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses.’
5 “Ale wòyɔ eƒe aƒetɔ ƒe fenyilawo ɖekaɖeka. Ebia gbãtɔ be, ‘Ho neni ƒe fe nènyi le nye aƒetɔ ŋu?’
Summoning each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 “Eɖo eŋu be, ‘Amitimi kilolita etɔ̃.’ “Gakɔntametola gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Tsɔ wò fegbalẽ gbãtɔ, nɔ anyi kaba, eye nàtrɔe wòazu kilolita ɖeka kple afã.’
And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 “Tete wòbia ame evelia be, ‘Fe nenie wò ya nènyi?’ “Eɖo eŋu be, ‘Lu kilo blaetɔ̃ vɔ atɔ̃.’ “Egblɔ nɛ be, ‘Tsɔ wò fegbalẽ, eye nàŋlɔ kilo blaetɔ̃.’
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.’
8 “Aƒetɔ la kafu nuteƒemawɔla sia le eƒe aɖaŋudzedze ta. Eye enye nyateƒe be ame siwo le xexe sia me la dze aye le nu madzɔmadzɔ wɔwɔ me tsɔ wu ame siwo vɔ̃a Mawu.” (aiōn g165)
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)
9 Mele egblɔm na mi be mitsɔ anyigbadzinu madzɔmadzɔwo dze xɔlɔ̃woe na mia ɖokui, ne wo nu va yi vɔ la, woaxɔ mi ɖe aƒe mavɔ la me. (aiōnios g166)
“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)
10 “Ame si te ŋu wɔ nuteƒe le nu suetɔ me la ate ŋu awɔ nuteƒe le nu geɖewo hã me, eye ame si nye nu madzɔmadzɔ wɔla le nu suetɔ me la anye nu madzɔmadzɔ wɔla le nu geɖewo hã me.
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.
11 Ne amewo mekana ɖe mia dzi ɣe aɖeke ɣi le xexemekesinɔnuwo ŋuti o la, ame kae atsɔ dziƒo nu xɔasi vavãwo ade mia si?
If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine?
12 Eye nenye be mieɖia anukware le ame bubuwo ƒe nu siwo wotsɔ de mia si me ŋu o la, aleke wɔ woatsɔ gã si nye wò ŋutɔ tɔwò la ade asi na wò?
And if you have not been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?
13 “Ame aɖeke mate ŋu asubɔ aƒetɔ eve o. Agbe nu le ɖeka gbɔ, eye wòatsɔ lɔlɔ̃ na evelia, alo aku ɖe ɖeka ŋuti, eye wòado vlo evelia. Miate ŋu asubɔ Mawu kple ga o.”
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!”
14 Farisitɔ siwo lɔ̃a ga vivivo la se nya siawo katã, eye woɖo hehe ɖe Yesu ta.
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were also listening to all these things, and they were ridiculing Him.
15 Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Miewɔa mia ɖokuiwo abe ame kɔkɔe deblibowo ene le amewo ƒe ŋkume, gake Mawu nya miaƒe dzimesusu vɔ̃ɖiwo.” Miaƒe alakpanuwɔwɔ na be amewo tsɔa bubu na mi, gake enye ŋunyɔnu le Mawu ƒe ŋkume.
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.
16 “Hafi Yohanes Mawutsidetanamela nadze mawunyagbɔgblɔ gɔme la, Mose ƒe sewo kple Nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe gbedeasiwo koe kplɔa mi. Gake Yohanes tsɔ nyanyui sia vɛ be mawufiaɖuƒe la gbɔna kpuie. Eye fifia la, ame geɖe ŋutɔ le ʋiʋlim vevie be yewoage ɖe eme.
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.
17 Gake esia mefia be sea ƒe ŋusẽ dzi ɖe kpɔtɔ le mɔ aɖeke nu o. Ŋusẽ gale eŋu, eye wòle te sesĩe abe dziƒo kple anyigba ene.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the Law to fail.
18 “Eya ta ne ame aɖe gbe srɔ̃a, eye wòɖe nyɔnu bubu la ewɔ ahasi, eye ame si hã ɖe nyɔnu si ŋu woɖe asi le la hã wɔ ahasi.”
“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19 “Ke ŋutsu kesinɔtɔ aɖe nɔ anyi, ame sia doa awu xɔasiwo, eye wònɔa dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ dzi gbe sia gbe.
“Now there was a certain rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20 Ŋutsu dahe aɖe si ŋkɔe nye Lazaro, ame si ƒe ŋuti yɔ fũu kple abiwo, eye wònye nubiala la va mlɔa kesinɔtɔ sia ƒe agbo nu.
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
21 Emlɔa afi sia henɔa mɔ kpɔm be nuɖuɖu kakɛ aɖe ava ka ye si tso kesinɔtɔ la ƒe nuɖukplɔ̃ dzi. Avuwo va nɔa eƒe abiwo me ɖuɖɔm le agboa nu.
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!
22 “Mlɔeba la, Lazaro nubiala la va ku, eye mawudɔlawo va kɔe yi Abraham gbɔ afi si ame dzɔdzɔewo nɔna. Kesinɔtɔ la hã ku mlɔeba, eye woɖii.
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.
23 Eƒe luʋɔ yi ɖe dzomavɔ me. Esi wònɔ fu kpem le afi ma la, ekpɔ Lazaro ɖaa le Abraham gbɔ. (Hadēs g86)
And in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance, and Lazarus very close to him. And being in torment, (Hadēs g86)
24 Edo ɣli sesĩe be, ‘Fofo Abraham, kpɔ nye nublanui! Dɔ Lazaro ɖa be wòade eƒe asibidɛ tsi me atsɔ age ɖe nye aɖe dzi be nye dzi nafa vie, elabena nye ve me ƒu kplakplakpla le dzo gã sia me.’
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!’
25 “Gake Abraham gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Ŋutsu, ɖo ŋku edzi be le wò agbemeŋkekewo me la, èkpɔ nu sia nu si nèdi, ke naneke menɔ Lazaro ya si o. Ale le afi sia la, ekpɔ akɔfafa, ke wò ya èle vevesese me.
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.
26 Hekpe ɖe esia ŋu la, ʋe gã aɖe le mí kpli wò dome, ale be ne ame aɖe be yeatso afii ava mia gbɔ la, ʋe la gbɔ ko wòava se, eye ame aɖeke hã mate ŋu atso mia gbɔ ava mía gbɔ o.’
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.’
27 “Ale kesinɔtɔ la gblɔ be, ‘Fofo Abraham, ekema dɔ Lazaro ɖe fofonye ƒe aƒe me,
Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
28 elabena nɔviŋutsu atɔ̃ bubuwo gale megbea be wòagbe nya na wo tso agbe si ƒomevi wole la ŋu be ne woawo hã va ku la, womava dzomavɔ sia me o.’
because I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham ɖo eŋu be, ‘Mose kple Nyagblɔɖilawo le wo gbɔ, woaɖo to woawo.’
Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
30 “Egblɔ be, ‘Ao, Fofo Abraham, nenye be ame aɖe atso ame kukuwo dome ayi wo gbɔ la, woatrɔ dzi me.’
So he said to him, ‘Oh no, father Abraham—if someone from the dead should go to them, they will repent!’
31 “Egblɔ nɛ be, ‘Nenye be womaɖo to Mose kple Nyagblɔɖilawo o la, ne ame aɖe fɔ tso ame kukuwo dome gɔ̃ hã la, mate ŋu aƒoe ɖe wo nu woaxɔe o.’”
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.’”
