Lucam 7
1 Cum autem implesset omnia verba sua in aures plebis, intravit Capharnaum.
When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.
2 Centurionis autem cuiusdam servus male habens, erat moriturus: qui illi erat pretiosus.
A centurion in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill – almost at the point of death.
3 Et cum audisset de Iesu, misit ad eum seniores Iudæorum, rogans eum ut veniret, et salvaret servum eius.
And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave’s life.
4 At illi cum venissent ad Iesum, rogabant eum solicite, dicentes ei: Quia dignus est ut hoc illi præstes.
When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. ‘He deserves the favour from you,’ they said,
5 Diligit enim gentem nostram: et synagogam ipse ædificavit nobis.
‘For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our synagogue for us.’
6 Iesus autem ibat cum illis. Et cum iam non longe esset a domo, misit ad eum Centurio amicos, dicens: Domine noli vexari: Non enim sum dignus ut sub tectum meum intres.
So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the centurion sent some friends with the message – ‘Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.
7 Propter quod et meipsum non sum dignum arbitratus ut venirem ad te: sed dic verbo, et sanabitur puer meus.
That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.
8 nam et ego homo sum sub potestate constitutus, habens sub me milites: et dico huic, Vade, et vadit: et alii, Veni, et venit: et servo meo, Fac hoc, et facit.
For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and if I say to one of them “Go,” he goes, and to another “Come,” he comes, and to my slave “Do this,” he does it.’
9 Quo audito Iesus miratus est: et conversus sequentibus se turbis, dixit: Amen dico vobis, nec in Israel tantam fidem inveni.
Jesus was surprised to hear these words from him; and, turning to the crowd which was following him, he said, ‘I tell you, nowhere in Israel have I met with such faith as this!’
10 Et reversi, qui missi fuerant domum, invenerunt servum, qui languerat, sanum.
And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.
11 Et factum est: deinceps ibat in civitatem, quæ vocatur Naim: et ibant cum eo discipuli eius, et turba copiosa.
Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.
12 Cum autem appropinquaret portæ civitatis, ecce defunctus efferebatur filius unicus matris suæ: et hæc vidua erat: et turba civitatis multa cum illa.
Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial – an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.
13 Quam cum vidisset Dominus, misericordia motus super eam, dixit illi: Noli flere.
When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her, ‘Do not weep.’
14 Et accessit, et tetigit loculum. (Hi autem, qui portabant, steterunt) Et ait: Adolescens, tibi dico, surge.
Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said, ‘Young man, I am speaking to you – Rise!’
15 Et resedit qui erat mortuus, et cœpit loqui. Et dedit illum matri suæ.
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.
16 Accepit autem omnes timor: et magnificabant Deum, dicentes: Quia propheta magnus surrexit in nobis: et Quia Deus visitavit plebem suam.
Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. ‘A great prophet has arisen among us,’ they said. ‘God has visited his people.’
17 Et exiit hic sermo in universam Iudæam de eo, et in omnem circa regionem.
And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighbouring countries as well.
18 Et nunciaverunt Ioanni discipuli eius de omnibus his.
All these events were reported to John by his disciples.
19 Et convocavit duos de discipulis suis Ioannes, et misit ad Iesum, dicens: Tu es, qui venturus es, an alium expectamus?
So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask – ‘Are you “the coming one,” or are we to look for someone else?’
20 Cum autem venissent ad eum viri, dixerunt: Ioannes Baptista misit nos ad te dicens: Tu es, qui venturus es, an alium expectamus?
When these men found Jesus, they said, ‘John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask – Are you “the coming one,” or are we to look for somebody else?’
21 (In ipsa autem hora multos curavit a languoribus, et plagis, et spiritibus malis, et cæcis multis donavit visum.)
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.
22 Et respondens, dixit illis: Euntes renunciate Ioanni quæ audistis, et vidistis: Quia cæci vident, claudi ambulant, leprosi mundantur, surdi audiunt, mortui resurgunt, pauperes evangelizantur:
So his answer to the question was, ‘Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard – the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is told to the poor.
23 et beatus est quicumque non fuerit scandalizatus in me.
And blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.’
24 Et cum discessissent nuncii Ioannis, cœpit de Ioanne dicere ad turbas: Quid existis in desertum videre? Arundinem vento agitatam?
When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John,
25 Sed quid existis videre? Hominem mollibus vestibus indutum? Ecce qui in veste pretiosa sunt et deliciis, in domibus regum sunt.
‘What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.
26 Sed quid existis videre? Prophetam? Utique dico vobis, et plus quam Prophetam:
What then did you go to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
27 Hic est, de quo scriptum est: Ecce mitto Angelum meum ante faciem tuam, qui præparabit viam tuam ante te.
This is the man of whom scripture says – “I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.”
28 Dico enim vobis: Maior inter natos mulierum propheta Ioanne Baptista nemo est. Qui autem minor est in regno Dei, maior est illo.
There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.’
29 Et omnis populus audiens et publicani, iustificaverunt Deum, baptizati Baptismo Ioannis.
(All the people, when they heard this, and even the tax collectors, having accepted John’s baptism, acknowledged the justice of God.
30 Pharisæi autem, et legisperiti consilium Dei spreverunt in semetipsos, non baptizati ab eo.
But the Pharisees and the students of the Law, having rejected John’s baptism, frustrated God’s purpose in regard to them.)
31 Ait autem Dominus: Cui ergo similes dicam homines generationis huius? et cui similes sunt?
‘To what then,’ Jesus continued, ‘should I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?
32 Similes sunt pueris sedentibus in foro, et loquentibus ad invicem, et dicentibus: Cantavimus vobis tibiis, et non saltastis: lamentavimus, et non plorastis.
They are like some little children who are sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another – “We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not wept!”
33 Venit enim Ioannes Baptista, neque manducans panem, neque bibens vinum, et dicitis: Dæmonium habet.
For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying “He has a demon in him”;
34 Venit Filius hominis manducans, et bibens, et dicitis: Ecce homo devorator, et bibens vinum, amicus publicanorum, et peccatorum.
and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying “Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and outcasts.”
35 Et iustificata est sapientia ab omnibus filiis suis.
And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.’
36 Rogabat autem illum quidam de Pharisæis ut manducaret cum illo. Et ingressus domum Pharisæi discubuit.
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at the table.
37 Et ecce mulier, quæ erat in civitate peccatrix, ut cognovit quod accubuisset in domo Pharisæi, attulit alabastrum unguenti:
Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
38 et stans retro secus pedes eius, lacrymis cœpit rigare pedes eius, et capillis capitis sui tergebat, et osculabatur pedes eius, et unguento ungebat.
and placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.
39 Videns autem Pharisæus, qui vocaverat eum, ait intra se dicens: Hic si esset propheta, sciret utique, quæ, et qualis est mulier, quæ tangit eum: quia peccatrix est.
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, ‘Had this man been “the prophet,” he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast.’
40 Et respondens Iesus, dixit ad illum: Simon, habeo tibi aliquid dicere. At ille ait: Magister, dic.
But, addressing him, Jesus said, ‘Simon, I have something to say to you.’ ‘Pray do so, teacher,’ Simon answered; and Jesus began,
41 Duo debitores erant cuidam fœneratori: unus debebat denarios quingentos, et alius quinquaginta.
‘There were two people who were in debt to a moneylender; one owed five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
42 Non habentibus illis unde redderent, donavit utrisque. Quis ergo eum plus diligit?
As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?’
43 Respondens Simon dixit: Æstimo quia is, cui plus donavit. At ille dixit ei: Recte iudicasti.
‘I suppose,’ answered Simon, ‘it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt.’ ‘You are right,’ said Jesus,
44 Et conversus ad mulierem, dixit Simoni: Vides hanc mulierem? Intravi in domum tuam, aquam pedibus meis non dedisti: hæc autem lacrymis rigavit pedes meos, et capillis suis tersit.
and then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman? I came into your house – you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45 Osculum mihi non dedisti: hæc autem ex quo intravit, non cessavit osculari pedes meos.
You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 Oleo caput meum non unxisti: hæc autem unguento unxit pedes meos.
You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.
47 Propter quod dico tibi: Remittuntur ei peccata multa, quoniam dilexit multum. Cui autem minus dimittitur, minus diligit.
So I tell you, her great love shows that her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned. One who is pardoned little loves little.’
48 Dixit autem ad illam: Remittuntur tibi peccata.
Then he said to the woman, ‘Your sins have been pardoned.’
49 Et cœperunt qui simul accumbebant, dicere intra se: Quis est hic, qui etiam peccata dimittit?
The other guests began to say to one another, ‘Who is this man who even pardons sins?’
50 Dixit autem ad mulierem: Fides tua te salvam fecit: vade in pace.
But Jesus said to the woman, ‘Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.’
