Luc 16
1 Il disait aussi à ses Disciples: Il y avait un homme riche qui avait un économe, lequel fut accusé devant lui comme dissipateur de ses biens.
[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.
2 Sur quoi l'ayant appelé, il lui dit: qu'est-ce que j'entends dire de toi? Rends compte de ton administration; car tu n'auras plus le pouvoir d'administrer mes biens.
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!’
3 Alors l'économe dit en lui-même: que ferai-je, puisque mon maître m'ôte l'administration? je ne puis pas fouir la terre, et j'ai honte de mendier.
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].’
4 Je sais ce que je ferai, afin que quand mon administration me sera ôtée, [quelques-uns] me reçoivent dans leurs maisons.
[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!’
5 Alors il appela chacun des débiteurs de son maître, et il dit au premier: combien dois-tu à mon maître?
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?’
6 Il dit: cent mesures d'huile. Et il lui dit: prends ton obligation, et t'assieds sur-le-champ, et n'en écris que cinquante.
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]!’
7 Puis il dit à un autre: et toi combien dois-tu? et il dit: cent mesures de froment. Et il lui dit: prends ton obligation, et n'en écris que quatre-vingts.
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].
8 Et le maître loua l'économe infidèle de ce qu'il avait agi prudemment. Ainsi les enfants de ce siècle sont plus prudents en leur génération, que les enfants de lumière. (aiōn g165)
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)
9 Et moi aussi je vous dis: faites-vous des amis des richesses iniques; afin que quand vous viendrez à manquer, ils vous reçoivent dans les Tabernacles éternels. (aiōnios g166)
[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)
10 Celui qui est fidèle en très peu de chose, est fidèle aussi dans les grandes choses; et celui qui est injuste en très peu de chose, est injuste aussi dans les grandes choses.
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].
11 Si donc vous n'avez pas été fidèles dans les richesses iniques, qui vous confiera les vraies [richesses]?
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]
12 Et si en ce qui est à autrui vous n'avez pas été fidèles, qui vous donnera ce qui est vôtre?
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]
13 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.
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].”
14 Or les Pharisiens aussi, qui étaient avares, entendaient toutes ces choses, et ils se moquaient de lui.
There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
15 Et il leur dit: vous vous justifiez vous-mêmes devant les hommes; mais Dieu connaît vos cœurs; c'est pourquoi ce qui est grand devant les hommes, est en abomination devant Dieu.
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.
16 La Loi et les Prophètes [ont duré] jusqu'à Jean; depuis ce temps-là le Règne de Dieu est évangélisé, et chacun le force.
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].
17 Or il est plus aisé que le ciel et la terre passent, que non pas qu'il tombe un seul point de la Loi.
[All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
18 Quiconque répudie sa femme, et se marie à une autre, commet un adultère, et quiconque prend celle qui a été répudiée par son mari, commet un adultère.
[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.”
19 Or il y avait un homme riche, qui se vêtait de pourpre et de fin lin, et qui tous les jours se traitait splendidement.
[Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
20 Il y avait [aussi] un pauvre, nommé Lazare, couché à la porte du [riche], et tout couvert d'ulcères;
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.
21 Et qui désirait d'être rassasié des miettes qui tombaient de la table du riche; et même les chiens venaient, et lui léchaient ses ulcères.
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.
22 Et il arriva que le pauvre mourut, et il fut porté par les Anges au sein d'Abraham; le riche mourut aussi, et fut enseveli.
[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}.
23 Et étant en enfer, et élevant ses yeux, comme il était dans les tourments, il vit de loin Abraham et Lazare dans son sein. (Hadēs g86)
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)
24 Et s'écriant, il dit: Père Abraham aie pitié de moi, et envoie Lazare, qui mouillant dans l'eau le bout de son doigt, vienne rafraîchir ma langue; car je suis grièvement tourmenté dans cette flamme.
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!’
25 Et Abraham répondit: mon fils, souviens-toi que tu as reçu tes biens en ta vie, et que Lazare y a eu ses maux; mais il est maintenant consolé, et tu es grièvement tourmenté.
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.
26 Et outre tout cela, il y a un grand abîme entre nous et vous; tellement que ceux qui veulent passer d'ici vers vous, ne le peuvent; ni de là, passer ici.
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.’
27 Et il dit: je te prie donc, père, de l'envoyer en la maison de mon père;
Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
28 Car j'ai cinq frères, afin qu'il leur rende témoignage [de l'état où je suis]; de peur qu'eux aussi ne viennent dans ce lieu de tourment.
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!’
29 Abraham lui répondit: Ils ont Moïse et les Prophètes; qu'ils les écoutent.
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]!’
30 Mais il dit: Non, père Abraham, mais si quelqu'un des morts va vers eux, ils se repentiront.
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.’
31 Et Abraham lui dit: s'ils n'écoutent point Moïse et les Prophètes, ils ne seront pas non plus persuadés, quand quelqu'un des morts ressusciterait.
[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].’”
