Lucam 13
1 Aderant autem quidam ipso in tempore, nunciantes illi de Galilæis, quorum sanguinem Pilatus miscuit cum sacrificiis eorum.
Just at that time some people had come to tell Jesus about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
2 Et respondens dixit illis: Putatis quod hi Galilæi præ omnibus Galilæis peccatores fuerint, quia talia passi sunt?
‘Do you suppose,’ replied Jesus, ‘that, because these Galileans have suffered in this way, they were worse sinners than any other Galileans?
3 Non, dico vobis: sed nisi pœnitentiam habueritis, omnes similiter peribitis.
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
4 Sicut illi decem et octo, supra quos cecidit turris in Siloe, et occidit eos: putatis quia et ipsi debitores fuerint præter omnes homines habitantes in Ierusalem?
Or those eighteen men at Siloam on whom the tower fell, killing them all, do you suppose that they were worse offenders than any other inhabitants of Jerusalem?
5 Non, dico vobis: sed si pœnitentiam non egeritis, omnes similiter peribitis.
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same manner.’
6 Dicebat autem et hanc similitudinem: Arborem fici habebat quidam plantatam in vinea sua, et venit quærens fructum in illa, et non invenit.
And Jesus told them this parable – ‘A man, who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, came to look for fruit on it, but could not find any.
7 Dixit autem ad cultorem vineæ: Ecce anni tres sunt ex quo venio quærens fructum in ficulnea hac, et non invenio: succide ergo illam: ut quid etiam terram occupat?
So he said to his gardener “Three years now I have come to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any! Cut it down. Why should it rob the soil?”
8 At ille respondens, dicit illi: Domine dimitte illam et hoc anno, usque dum fodiam circa illam, et mittam stercora:
“Leave it this one year more, Sir,” the man answered, “until I have dug round it and manured it.
9 et siquidem fecerit fructum: sin autem, in futurum succides eam.
Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.”’
10 Erat autem docens in synagoga eorum Sabbatis.
Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the synagogues,
11 Et ecce mulier, quæ habebat spiritum infirmitatis annis decem et octo: et erat inclinata, nec omnino poterat sursum respicere.
and he saw before him a woman who for eighteen years had suffered from weakness owing to her having an evil spirit in her. She was bent double, and was wholly unable to raise herself.
12 Quam cum videret Iesus, vocavit eam ad se, et ait illi: Mulier, dimissa es ab infirmitate tua.
When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said, ‘Woman, you are released from your weakness.’
13 Et imposuit illi manus, et confestim erecta est, et glorificabat Deum.
He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God.
14 Respondens autem archisynagogus, indignans quia Sabbato curasset Iesus: dicebat turbæ: Sex dies sunt, in quibus oportet operari: in his ergo venite, et curamini, et non in die Sabbati.
But the synagogue leader, indignant that Jesus had worked the cure on the Sabbath, intervened and said to the people, ‘There are six days on which work ought to be done; come to be cured on one of those, and not on the Sabbath.’
15 Respondens autem ad illum Dominus dixit: Hypocritæ, unusquisque vestrum Sabbato non solvit bovem suum, aut asinum a præsepio, et ducit adaquare?
‘You hypocrites!’ the Master answered him. ‘Does not everyone of you let your ox or your donkey loose from its manger, and take it out to drink, on the Sabbath?
16 Hanc autem filiam Abrahæ, quam alligavit Satanas, ecce decem et octo annis non oportuit solvi a vinculo isto die Sabbati?
But this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who has been kept in bondage by Satan for now eighteen years, ought not she to have been released from her bondage on the Sabbath?’
17 Et cum hæc diceret, erubescebant omnes adversarii eius: et omnis populus gaudebat in universis, quæ gloriose fiebant ab eo.
As he said this, his opponents all felt ashamed; but all the people rejoiced to see all the wonderful things that he was doing.
18 Dicebat ergo: Cui simile est regnum Dei, et cui simile æstimabo illud?
So Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what can I liken it?
19 Simile est grano sinapis, quod acceptum homo misit in hortum suum, et crevit, et factum est in arborem magnam: et volucres cæli requieverunt in ramis eius.
It is like a mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden. The seed grew and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches.’
20 Et iterum dixit: Cui simile æstimabo regnum Dei?
And again Jesus said, ‘To what can I liken the kingdom of God?
21 Simile est fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinæ sata tria, donec fermentaretur totum.
It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.’
22 Et ibat per civitates, et castella docens, et iter faciens in Ierusalem.
Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.
23 Ait autem illi quidam: Domine, si pauci sunt, qui salvantur? Ipse autem dixit ad illos:
‘Master,’ someone asked, ‘are there but few in the path of salvation?’ And Jesus answered,
24 Contendite intrare per angustam portam: quia multi, dico vobis, quærent intrare, et non poterunt.
‘Strive to go in by the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
25 Cum autem intraverit paterfamilias, et clauserit ostium, incipietis foris stare, et pulsare ostium, dicentes: Domine, aperi nobis: et respondens dicet vobis: Nescio vos unde sitis:
when once the master of the house has got up and shut the door, while you begin to say, as you stand outside and knock, “Sir, open the door for us.” His answer will be – “I do not know where you come from.”
26 tunc incipietis dicere: Manducavimus coram te, et bibimus, et in plateis nostris docuisti.
Then you will begin to say “We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,” and his reply will be –
27 Et dicet vobis: Nescio vos unde sitis: discedite a me omnes operarii iniquitatis.
“I do not know where you come from. Leave my presence, all you who are living in wickedness.”
28 Ibi erit fletus, et stridor dentium: cum videritis Abraham, et Isaac, et Iacob, et omnes Prophetas in regno Dei, vos autem expelli foras.
There, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while you yourselves are being driven outside.
29 Et venient ab Oriente, et Occidente, et Aquilone, et Austro, et accumbent in regno Dei.
People will come from East and West, and from North and South, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God.
30 Et ecce sunt novissimi qui erunt primi, et sunt primi qui erunt novissimi.
There are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!’
31 In ipsa die accesserunt quidam Pharisæorum, dicentes illi: Exi, et vade hinc: quia Herodes vult te occidere.
Just then some Pharisees came up to Jesus and said, ‘Go away and leave this place, for Herod wants to kill you.’
32 Et ait illis: Ite, et dicite vulpi illi: Ecce eiicio dæmonia, et sanitates perficio hodie, et cras, et tertia die consummor.
But Jesus answered, ‘Go and say to that fox “Look you, I am driving out demons and will be completing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will have done.”
33 Verumtamen oportet me hodie et cras et sequenti die ambulare: quia non capit prophetam perire extra Ierusalem.
But today and tomorrow and the day after I must go on my way, because it cannot be that a prophet should meet his end outside Jerusalem.
34 Ierusalem, Ierusalem, quæ occidis Prophetas, et lapidas eos, qui mittuntur ad te, quoties volui congregare filios tuos quemadmodum avis nidum suum sub pennis, et noluisti?
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to you – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
35 Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta. Dico autem vobis, quia non videbitis me donec veniat cum dicetis: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini.
Verily your house is left to you desolate! And never, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”’
