Luke 16
1 AND he spake a parable to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a house-chief; and he was accused to him that his substance he wasted.
And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him.
2 And his lord called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? give me the account of thy house-headship; for thou canst no longer be house-chief unto me.
And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage.
3 And the house-chief said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh from me the house-headship. I cannot dig, and to beg I am ashamed.
And the manager said within himself, What shall I do because my lord takes away the management from me? I am not able to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
4 I know what I will do, that when I shall be put out of the house-headship, they may receive me into their houses.
I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses.
5 And he called one by one from the debtors of his lord, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
And having summoned each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do thou owe to my lord?
6 And he said to him, An hundred metres of oil. He saith to him, Take thy book, and sit down quickly, and write fifty metres.
And he said, A hundred measures of olive oil. And he said to him, Receive thy document, and having sat down, quickly write fifty.
7 And he said to another, And thou, how much owest thou to my lord? He saith to him, An hundred kureen of wheat. He saith to him, Take thy book, and sit down, write eighty kureen.
Next he said to another, And how much do thou owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he says to him, Receive thy document, and write eighty.
8 And praised our Lord the house-chief who was unjust, in that he had done wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser than the sons of light in this their generation. (aiōn g165)
And his lord commended the unrighteous manager because he did shrewdly. Because the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the light. (aiōn g165)
9 Also I say unto you, Make to you friends from this wealth of unrighteousness, that, when perfect, they may receive you into the tabernacles of eternity. (aiōnios g166)
And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. (aiōnios g166)
10 Whoever in the little is faithful, in the great also is faithful; and he who in the little is unjust, in the great also is unjust.
The man faithful in the least is faithful also in much, and the man unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.
11 If, therefore, in the wealth of unrighteousness you have not been faithful, the truth to you who will confide?
If therefore ye did not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is true?
12 And if in that which is not yours you are not found faithful, your own who will give to you?
And if ye did not become faithful in the alien, who will give thine to you?
13 No man can serve two lords; for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or the one he will honour, and the other despise. You cannot serve Aloha and wealth.
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
14 But the Pharishee, when they heard all these things, because they loved money, derided him.
And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered him.
15 But Jeshu said to them, You are they who justify yourselves before the sons of men; but Aloha knoweth your hearts. For, what is exalted among men, before Aloha is abominable.
And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 The law and the prophets were until Juchanon; from thenceforth the kingdom of Aloha is preached, and every one presseth to enter.
The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed good news, and every man in it is treated aggressively.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than one letter from the law to pass away.
But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
18 Every one who looseth his wife, and taketh another, committeth adultery; and every one who taketh the dismissed, committeth adultery.
Every man who divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery, and every man who marries her who has been divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19 NOW there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in byssos and purple, and every day feasted gaily.
Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously daily.
20 And there was a certain poor man, whose name was Loózar; and he lay at the gate of him who was rich, bruised with wounds,
But there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who had been placed near his gate, covered with sores,
21 and desired to fill his belly with the crumbs which fell from the table of that rich. And also the dogs came and licked his wounds.
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. But even the dogs that came licked his sores.
22 Now that poor man died, and angels conducted him to the bosom of Abraham: but that rich man also died, and was buried.
And it came to pass for the poor man to die and be carried by the agents to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died and was buried.
23 And, tormented in shiul, he lifted up his eyes afar, and seeth Abraham, and Loózar in his bosom. (Hadēs g86)
And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom. (Hadēs g86)
24 And he cried with a high voice, and said, My father Abraham, have compassion upon me, and send Loózar, that he may dip the top of his finger in waters, and moisten my tongue; for, behold, I am tormented in this flame.
And having cried out, he said, Father Abraham, be merciful to me, and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.
25 Abraham said to him, My son, remember that thou didst receive thy goods in thy life, and Loózar his evils, and now, behold, he reposeth here, and thou art tormented.
But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.
26 And with all these, there is a great void set between us and you, that they who would pass from hence unto you are not able, nor they also who would pass from thence to us.
And besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those here who want to cross over to you are not able, nor may those go across from there to us.
27 He said to him, I pray thee, then, my father, to send him unto my father's house:
And he said, I beg thee therefore, father, that thou would send him to my father's house,
28 for five brethren have I; let him go and testify unto them, that they also come not to this place of torment.
for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham said to him, They have Musha and the prophets, let them hear them.
But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.
30 But he said to him, No, my father Abraham, but if one from the dead shall go unto them, they repent.
And he said, No, father Abraham, but if some man would go to them from the dead they will repent.
31 Abraham saith to him, If Musha and the prophets they hear not, neither, if one from the dead should rise, would they believe him.
And he said to him, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if some man would rise from the dead.
