Luka 16
1 U Yesu akaaila hange eamanyisigwa akwe, “Aukole muntu ung'wi mgole aukekete, eandiki, na auewe kina umuandiki nuanso ukusapatilya insao yakwe.
[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 Kuite umugole akamiitanga, akamuila, ntuni ekeite nekija kitalako? Pumya ualya wauandiki wako, kunsoko shangaukutu umuandiki hange.
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 Nuanso umuandiki wikatambula munkolo akwe, ntende ule indogoilyo umukulu wane wakanihegelya uwitumi wane nuaundeki? Numugila anga nguluyakulema nukulima kuona minyala.
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 Mine nekituma kuite anganahegigwa muitumi wane nuauandeki eantu ansingilye munyumba yao.
[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 Mukuili wikaitanga awa niadaigwe numukulu wakwe, kela ung'wi aa akamuila nuakwanza, udaigwe keasike numukulu wane?
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 Wekalunga ipimo mia moja niyamakuta wikamuila hola ehati ako ikie halaka andike amusini!
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 Wikamuila numuya nuewe udaigwe kiasike? Wikalunga ipimo mia moja niyautu wa ngano! Wikamuila hola ihati ako andike themanini.
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 Umukulu nuanso wikamulumbilya umuandiki dhalimu kunsoko naumutende kuelewa. Kuite ina aukumbigulu uwu akete uelewe wedu ituma kuhugu neantu nkeka ao kulila neele eana neawelu. (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 Nunene kumuila mitendele kehumba shuya kunsao ya ubee nsoko anga ahita kigela amusingilye mulikalo lukale. (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 Uyu numuhuili kueke nekinino kukila eze muhuili nukueke nekekolo ga nuyu numube kueke nekenino ezemubee nukueke nekekuluga.
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 Ang'wi unyenye shangaaemiahueli kunsao naube nyenyu nukumuhuila munsao natai?
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 Hangi ang'wi shaemiahueli kitumila ensao amuntu numugiza nyenyu nuekamupa unyenye nanyu?
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 Kutile umitumi nuhumile kuitumila eakulu abeele kundogoelyo ukumubepelwa ung'wi nukumulowa numungiza, ang'wi ukuambikana nuyu kumumela numungiza. Shamuhumile kumitumela Itunda ninsao.”
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 Inge i Mafarisayo naeaeze aloilwe impia aiigulye nanso ehi ekamumela.
There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
15 Hange wikaaela, “Unye nyenye nemikulya kutai ntongeela aantu, kuite Itunda uilengile inkolo yanyu. Kunso nelekuigwe kuantu iziibe ndongela ang'wi Tunda.
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 Ilago nianyakedagu aelekole kupuma kung'wa Yohana nauzile. Kupuma imatungo yayo, impola ninziza niyautemi wang'wi Tunda yetanantigwa, hange kila umuntu wegema kiingelya kungulu.
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 Kuite itotu ilunde nihe kuhegigwa kukila atauandeki nuung'wi nuilago kuula.
[All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
18 Uyu nukumuleka umusungu wakwe nukutina musungu mungiza ugooye, nuyu nukumutina uyu nulekilwe numugoha nung'wenso ugooye.
[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 Aukole muntu ung'wi mugole aewitugala ang'wenda alagi azambalao nekitani nikeza hange aeezoloilo kila uluhiku kuugole wakwe nuukulu.
[Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
20 Hange numuhimbe ung'wi lina lakwe Lazaro aewiikwa pawingiilo wakwe, hange aukete nkomele.
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 Nung'we aukete nsula akikuta maminyangulwa nagwie mumeza amugole nuanso ata imbwa yakiza nukulampa inkomele yakwe.
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 Yekatula umuhimbe nuanso nuekasha wikaholwa numalaeka sunga mukikua kang'wa Ibrahimu. Numugole nuanso wekasha wikaekwa.
[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 Nukung'wanso kuulungu naukole mulwago wikahumbu imiho akwe wekamuona u Ibrahimu kukule nu Lazaro mukikua kakwe. (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 Wikalela nukulunga, Tata Ibrahimu, mbuisele umutume u Lazaro wine insonge nashala kakwe mumaze, alubuludishe ululeme lane. Kunsoko kagigwa mumoto uwu.
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 Kuite u Ibrahimu wikalunga, “Ng'wanane kembuka kina mulikalo lako ausengeye imakani ako nemaza, nu Lazaro uu aupatile nemabe. Inge itungo ile ukole papa ukiloelya nuewe ukuaaligwa.
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 Hange kukila nanso leekilwe ikombo ikulu hange ilundu kitaitu, nsoko awa nialoilwe kuputa kunu nukenda kitalanyu aleng'we hange eantu nianyu aleke kuputa keza kitaitu.”
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 Umugole nuanso wikalunga, “Kuulompa tata Ibrahimu, kina umutume mito lang'wa tata ane!
Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
28 Kunsoko nkete aluna ane aatano wahugule, kuwoa kina neensoga nienso azile papa palwago lulu.
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 Kuite u Ibrahimu akalunga, “Akete i Musa neanyakidagu. Aleke aategelye wawo.
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 Umugole nuanso wikalunga, aa tata Ibrahimu, kuite angawaile umuntu nupile kuashi akuungama.
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 Kuite u Ibrahimu wikamuila, “Angaaleke kuategelya u Musa nianyakidagu shanga akumija ataumuntu nuiukile kuashi.
[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].’”
