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.
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 “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.’
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 “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.
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 Menya nu si mawɔ! Ele be madi xɔlɔ̃wo fũu, esiwo gbɔ maɖu nu le ne medzudzɔ dɔa.’
I have known what I will do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.
5 “Ale wòyɔ eƒe aƒetɔ ƒe fenyilawo ɖekaɖeka. Ebia gbãtɔ be, ‘Ho neni ƒe fe nènyi le nye aƒetɔ ŋu?’
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 “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, One hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take your bill, and having sat down 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.’
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 “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)
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 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)
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 “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 the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous 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, then, in the unrighteous wealth you did not become faithful—who will entrust to you the true?
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 in the other’s you did not become faithful—who will give to you 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 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 Farisitɔ siwo lɔ̃a ga vivivo la se nya siawo katã, eye woɖo hehe ɖe Yesu ta.
And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding 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.
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 “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 [are] until John; since then the good news of the Kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone presses 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.
and it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than one tittle to fall of the Law.
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.”
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 “Ke ŋutsu kesinɔtɔ aɖe nɔ anyi, ame sia doa awu xɔasiwo, eye wònɔa dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ dzi gbe sia gbe.
And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously 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 poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
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.
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 “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.
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 Eƒe luʋɔ yi ɖe dzomavɔ me. Esi wònɔ fu kpem le afi ma la, ekpɔ Lazaro ɖaa le Abraham gbɔ. (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 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.’
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 “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.
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 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 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 “Ale kesinɔtɔ la gblɔ be, ‘Fofo Abraham, ekema dɔ Lazaro ɖe fofonye ƒe aƒe me,
And he said, I ask, then, father, that you may send him to the house of my father,
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.’
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 “Abraham ɖo eŋu be, ‘Mose kple Nyagblɔɖilawo le wo gbɔ, woaɖo to woawo.’
Abraham says 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.’
and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert.
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.’”
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.”
