Luke 16
1 Jesus said to his disciples, “There was a rich man who had a steward; and this steward was maliciously accused to him of wasting his estate.
ελεγεν δε και προσ τουσ μαθητασ αυτου ανθρωποσ τισ ην πλουσιοσ οσ ειχεν οικονομον και ουτοσ διεβληθη αυτω ωσ διασκορπιζων τα υπαρχοντα αυτου
2 So the master called him and said ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give in your accounts, for you cannot act as steward any longer.’
και φωνησασ αυτον ειπεν αυτω τι τουτο ακουω περι σου αποδοσ τον λογον τησ οικονομιασ σου ου γαρ δυνηση ετι οικονομειν
3 ‘What am I to do,’ the steward asked himself, ‘now that my master is taking the steward’s place away from me? I have not strength to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
ειπεν δε εν εαυτω ο οικονομοσ τι ποιησω οτι ο κυριοσ μου αφαιρειται την οικονομιαν απ εμου σκαπτειν ουκ ισχυω επαιτειν αισχυνομαι
4 I know what I will do, so that, as soon as I am turned out of my stewardship, people may welcome me into their homes.’
εγνων τι ποιησω ινα οταν μετασταθω τησ οικονομιασ δεξωνται με εισ τουσ οικουσ αυτων
5 One by one he called up his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked of the first.
και προσκαλεσαμενοσ ενα εκαστον των χρεωφειλετων του κυριου εαυτου ελεγεν τω πρωτω ποσον οφειλεισ τω κυριω μου
6 ‘Four hundred and forty gallons of oil,’ answered the man. ‘Here is your agreement,’ he said; ‘sit down at once and make it two hundred and twenty.’
ο δε ειπεν εκατον βατουσ ελαιου και ειπεν αυτω δεξαι σου το γραμμα και καθισασ ταχεωσ γραψον πεντηκοντα
7 And you, the steward said to the next, ‘how much do you owe?’ ‘Seventy quarters of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Here is your agreement,’ the steward said; ‘make it fifty-six.’
επειτα ετερω ειπεν συ δε ποσον οφειλεισ ο δε ειπεν εκατον κορουσ σιτου και λεγει αυτω δεξαι σου το γραμμα και γραψον ογδοηκοντα
8 His master complimented this dishonest steward on the shrewdness of his action. And indeed men of the world are shrewder in dealing with their fellow men than those who have the light. (aiōn g165)
και επηνεσεν ο κυριοσ τον οικονομον τησ αδικιασ οτι φρονιμωσ εποιησεν οτι οι υιοι του αιωνοσ τουτου φρονιμωτεροι υπερ τουσ υιουσ του φωτοσ εισ την γενεαν την εαυτων εισιν (aiōn g165)
9 And I say to you ‘Win friends for yourselves with your dishonest money,’ so that, when it comes to an end, there may be a welcome for you into the Eternal Home. (aiōnios g166)
καγω υμιν λεγω ποιησατε εαυτοισ φιλουσ εκ του μαμωνα τησ αδικιασ ινα οταν εκλιπητε δεξωνται υμασ εισ τασ αιωνιουσ σκηνασ (aiōnios g166)
10 The person who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and the person who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also.
ο πιστοσ εν ελαχιστω και εν πολλω πιστοσ εστιν και ο εν ελαχιστω αδικοσ και εν πολλω αδικοσ εστιν
11 So, if you have proved untrustworthy with the dishonest money, who will trust you with the true?
ει ουν εν τω αδικω μαμωνα πιστοι ουκ εγενεσθε το αληθινον τισ υμιν πιστευσει
12 And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our own?
και ει εν τω αλλοτριω πιστοι ουκ εγενεσθε το υμετερον τισ υμιν δωσει
13 No servant can serve two masters, for, either they will hate one and love the other, or else they will attach themselves to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
ουδεισ οικετησ δυναται δυσιν κυριοισ δουλευειν η γαρ τον ενα μισησει και τον ετερον αγαπησει η ενοσ ανθεξεται και του ετερου καταφρονησει ου δυνασθε θεω δουλευειν και μαμωνα
14 All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
ηκουον δε ταυτα παντα και οι φαρισαιοι φιλαργυροι υπαρχοντεσ και εξεμυκτηριζον αυτον
15 “You,” said Jesus, “are the ones who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among people may be an abomination in the sight of God.
και ειπεν αυτοισ υμεισ εστε οι δικαιουντεσ εαυτουσ ενωπιον των ανθρωπων ο δε θεοσ γινωσκει τασ καρδιασ υμων οτι το εν ανθρωποισ υψηλον βδελυγμα ενωπιον του θεου
16 The Law and the prophets sufficed until the time of John. Since then the good news of the kingdom of God has been told, and everybody has been forcing their way into it.
ο νομοσ και οι προφηται εωσ ιωαννου απο τοτε η βασιλεια του θεου ευαγγελιζεται και πασ εισ αυτην βιαζεται
17 It would be easier for the heavens and the earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be lost.
ευκοπωτερον δε εστιν τον ουρανον και την γην παρελθειν η του νομου μιαν κεραιαν πεσειν
18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.
πασ ο απολυων την γυναικα αυτου και γαμων ετεραν μοιχευει και πασ ο απολελυμενην απο ανδροσ γαμων μοιχευει
19 There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor.
ανθρωποσ δε τισ ην πλουσιοσ και ενεδιδυσκετο πορφυραν και βυσσον ευφραινομενοσ καθ ημεραν λαμπρωσ
20 Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,
πτωχοσ δε τισ ην ονοματι λαζαροσ οσ εβεβλητο προσ τον πυλωνα αυτου ηλκωμενοσ
21 and who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
και επιθυμων χορτασθηναι απο των ψιχιων των πιπτοντων απο τησ τραπεζησ του πλουσιου αλλα και οι κυνεσ ερχομενοι απελειχον τα ελκη αυτου
22 After a time the beggar died, and was taken by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
εγενετο δε αποθανειν τον πτωχον και απενεχθηναι αυτον υπο των αγγελων εισ τον κολπον αβρααμ απεθανεν δε και ο πλουσιοσ και εταφη
23 In Hades he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side. (Hadēs g86)
και εν τω αδη επαρασ τουσ οφθαλμουσ αυτου υπαρχων εν βασανοισ ορα τον αβρααμ απο μακροθεν και λαζαρον εν τοισ κολποισ αυτου (Hadēs g86)
24 So he called out ‘Pity me, Father Abraham, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering agony in this flame.’
και αυτοσ φωνησασ ειπεν πατερ αβρααμ ελεησον με και πεμψον λαζαρον ινα βαψη το ακρον του δακτυλου αυτου υδατοσ και καταψυξη την γλωσσαν μου οτι οδυνωμαι εν τη φλογι ταυτη
25 ‘Child,’ answered Abraham, ‘remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.
ειπεν δε αβρααμ τεκνον μνησθητι οτι απελαβεσ συ τα αγαθα σου εν τη ζωη σου και λαζαροσ ομοιωσ τα κακα νυν δε ωδε παρακαλειται συ δε οδυνασαι
26 And not only that, but between you and us there lies a great chasm, so that those who wish to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they cross from there to us.’
και επι πασιν τουτοισ μεταξυ ημων και υμων χασμα μεγα εστηρικται οπωσ οι θελοντεσ διαβηναι ενθεν προσ υμασ μη δυνωνται μηδε οι εκειθεν προσ ημασ διαπερωσιν
27 ‘Then, Father,’ he said, ‘I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house –
ειπεν δε ερωτω ουν σε πατερ ινα πεμψησ αυτον εισ τον οικον του πατροσ μου
28 For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.’
εχω γαρ πεντε αδελφουσ οπωσ διαμαρτυρηται αυτοισ ινα μη και αυτοι ελθωσιν εισ τον τοπον τουτον τησ βασανου
29 ‘They have the writings of Moses and the prophets,’ replied Abraham; ‘let them listen to them.’
λεγει αυτω αβρααμ εχουσιν μωσεα και τουσ προφητασ ακουσατωσαν αυτων
30 ‘But, Father Abraham,’ he urged, ‘if someone from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.’
ο δε ειπεν ουχι πατερ αβρααμ αλλ εαν τισ απο νεκρων πορευθη προσ αυτουσ μετανοησουσιν
31 ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets,’ answered Abraham, ‘they will not be persuaded, even if someone were to rise from the dead.’”
ειπεν δε αυτω ει μωσεωσ και των προφητων ουκ ακουουσιν ουδε εαν τισ εκ νεκρων αναστη πεισθησονται
