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1 Dan Yesus berkata kepada murid-murid-Nya: "Ada seorang kaya yang mempunyai seorang bendahara. Kepadanya disampaikan tuduhan, bahwa bendahara itu menghamburkan miliknya.
[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 Lalu ia memanggil bendahara itu dan berkata kepadanya: Apakah yang kudengar tentang engkau? Berilah pertanggungan jawab atas urusanmu, sebab engkau tidak boleh lagi bekerja sebagai bendahara.
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 Kata bendahara itu di dalam hatinya: Apakah yang harus aku perbuat? Tuanku memecat aku dari jabatanku sebagai bendahara. Mencangkul aku tidak dapat, mengemis aku malu.
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 Aku tahu apa yang akan aku perbuat, supaya apabila aku dipecat dari jabatanku sebagai bendahara, ada orang yang akan menampung aku di rumah mereka.
[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 Lalu ia memanggil seorang demi seorang yang berhutang kepada tuannya. Katanya kepada yang pertama: Berapakah hutangmu kepada tuanku?
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 Jawab orang itu: Seratus tempayan minyak. Lalu katanya kepada orang itu: Inilah surat hutangmu, duduklah dan buat surat hutang lain sekarang juga: Lima puluh tempayan.
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 Kemudian ia berkata kepada yang kedua: Dan berapakah hutangmu? Jawab orang itu: Seratus pikul gandum. Katanya kepada orang itu: Inilah surat hutangmu, buatlah surat hutang lain: Delapan puluh pikul.
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 Lalu tuan itu memuji bendahara yang tidak jujur itu, karena ia telah bertindak dengan cerdik. Sebab anak-anak dunia ini lebih cerdik terhadap sesamanya dari pada anak-anak terang. (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 Dan Aku berkata kepadamu: Ikatlah persahabatan dengan mempergunakan Mamon yang tidak jujur, supaya jika Mamon itu tidak dapat menolong lagi, kamu diterima di dalam kemah abadi." (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 "Barangsiapa setia dalam perkara-perkara kecil, ia setia juga dalam perkara-perkara besar. Dan barangsiapa tidak benar dalam perkara-perkara kecil, ia tidak benar juga dalam perkara-perkara besar.
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 Jadi, jikalau kamu tidak setia dalam hal Mamon yang tidak jujur, siapakah yang akan mempercayakan kepadamu harta yang sesungguhnya?
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 Dan jikalau kamu tidak setia dalam harta orang lain, siapakah yang akan menyerahkan hartamu sendiri kepadamu?
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 Seorang hamba tidak dapat mengabdi kepada dua tuan. Karena jika demikian ia akan membenci yang seorang dan mengasihi yang lain, atau ia akan setia kepada yang seorang dan tidak mengindahkan yang lain. Kamu tidak dapat mengabdi kepada Allah dan kepada Mamon."
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 Semuanya itu didengar oleh orang-orang Farisi, hamba-hamba uang itu, dan mereka mencemoohkan Dia.
There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
15 Lalu Ia berkata kepada mereka: "Kamu membenarkan diri di hadapan orang, tetapi Allah mengetahui hatimu. Sebab apa yang dikagumi manusia, dibenci oleh Allah.
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 Hukum Taurat dan kitab para nabi berlaku sampai kepada zaman Yohanes; dan sejak waktu itu Kerajaan Allah diberitakan dan setiap orang menggagahinya berebut memasukinya.
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 Lebih mudah langit dan bumi lenyap dari pada satu titik dari hukum Taurat batal.
[All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
18 Setiap orang yang menceraikan isterinya, lalu kawin dengan perempuan lain, ia berbuat zinah; dan barangsiapa kawin dengan perempuan yang diceraikan suaminya, ia berbuat zinah."
[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 "Ada seorang kaya yang selalu berpakaian jubah ungu dan kain halus, dan setiap hari ia bersukaria dalam kemewahan.
[Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
20 Dan ada seorang pengemis bernama Lazarus, badannya penuh dengan borok, berbaring dekat pintu rumah orang kaya itu,
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 dan ingin menghilangkan laparnya dengan apa yang jatuh dari meja orang kaya itu. Malahan anjing-anjing datang dan menjilat boroknya.
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 Kemudian matilah orang miskin itu, lalu dibawa oleh malaikat-malaikat ke pangkuan Abraham.
[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 Orang kaya itu juga mati, lalu dikubur. Dan sementara ia menderita sengsara di alam maut ia memandang ke atas, dan dari jauh dilihatnya Abraham, dan Lazarus duduk di pangkuannya. (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 Lalu ia berseru, katanya: Bapa Abraham, kasihanilah aku. Suruhlah Lazarus, supaya ia mencelupkan ujung jarinya ke dalam air dan menyejukkan lidahku, sebab aku sangat kesakitan dalam nyala api ini.
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 Tetapi Abraham berkata: Anak, ingatlah, bahwa engkau telah menerima segala yang baik sewaktu hidupmu, sedangkan Lazarus segala yang buruk. Sekarang ia mendapat hiburan dan engkau sangat menderita.
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 Selain dari pada itu di antara kami dan engkau terbentang jurang yang tak terseberangi, supaya mereka yang mau pergi dari sini kepadamu ataupun mereka yang mau datang dari situ kepada kami tidak dapat menyeberang.
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 Kata orang itu: Kalau demikian, aku minta kepadamu, bapa, supaya engkau menyuruh dia ke rumah ayahku,
Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
28 sebab masih ada lima orang saudaraku, supaya ia memperingati mereka dengan sungguh-sungguh, agar mereka jangan masuk kelak ke dalam tempat penderitaan ini.
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 Tetapi kata Abraham: Ada pada mereka kesaksian Musa dan para nabi; baiklah mereka mendengarkan kesaksian itu.
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 Jawab orang itu: Tidak, bapa Abraham, tetapi jika ada seorang yang datang dari antara orang mati kepada mereka, mereka akan bertobat.
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 Kata Abraham kepadanya: Jika mereka tidak mendengarkan kesaksian Musa dan para nabi, mereka tidak juga akan mau diyakinkan, sekalipun oleh seorang yang bangkit dari antara orang mati."
[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].’”
