Luca 16
1 OR egli disse ancora a' suoi discepoli: Vi era un uomo ricco, che avea un fattore; ed esso fu accusato dinanzi a lui, come dissipando i suoi beni.
[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 Ed egli lo chiamò, e gli disse: Che cosa [è] questo [che] io odo di te? rendi ragione del tuo governo, perciocchè tu non puoi più essere [mio] fattore.
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 E il fattore disse fra sè medesimo: Che farò? poichè il mio signore mi toglie il governo; io non posso zappare, e di mendicar mi vergogno.
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 Io so ciò che io farò, acciocchè, quando io sarò rimosso dal governo, [altri] mi riceva in casa sua.
[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 Chiamati adunque ad uno ad uno i debitori del suo signore, disse al primo:
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 Quanto devi al mio signore? Ed egli disse: Cento bati d'olio. Ed egli gli disse: Prendi la tua scritta, e siedi, e scrivine prestamente cinquanta.
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 Poi disse ad un altro: E tu, quanto devi? Ed egli disse: Cento cori di grano. Ed egli gli disse: Prendi la tua scritta, e scrivine ottanta.
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 E il signore lodò l'ingiusto fattore, perciocchè avea fatto avvedutamente; poichè i figliuoli di questo secolo [sono] più avveduti, nella lor generazione, che i figliuoli della luce. (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 Io altresì vi dico: Fatevi degli amici delle ricchezze ingiuste; acciocchè quando verrete meno, vi ricevano ne' tabernacoli eterni. (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 Chi è leale nel poco, è anche leale nell'assai; e chi [è] ingiusto nel poco, è anche ingiusto nell'assai.
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 Se dunque voi non siete stati leali nelle ricchezze ingiuste, chi vi fiderà le vere?
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 E se non siete stati leali nell'altrui, chi vi darà il vostro?
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 Niun famiglio può servire a due signori; perciocchè, o ne odierà l'uno, ed amerà l'altro; ovvero, si atterrà all'uno, e sprezzerà l'altro; voi non potete servire a Dio, ed a Mammona.
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 OR i Farisei, ch'erano avari, udivano anch'essi tutte queste cose, e lo beffavano.
There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
15 Ed egli disse loro: Voi siete que' che giustificate voi stessi davanti agli uomini, ma Iddio conosce i vostri cuori; perciocchè quel ch'è eccelso appo gli uomini è cosa abominevole nel cospetto di Dio.
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 La legge e i profeti [sono stati] infino a Giovanni; da quel tempo il regno di Dio è evangelizzato, ed ognuno vi entra per forza.
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 Or egli è più agevole che il cielo e la terra passino, che non che un sol punto della legge cada.
[All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
18 Chiunque manda via la sua moglie, e ne sposa un'altra, commette adulterio; e chiunque sposa la donna mandata via dal marito commette adulterio.
[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 OR vi era un uomo ricco, il qual si vestiva di porpora e di bisso, ed ogni giorno godeva splendidamente.
[Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
20 Vi era altresì un mendico, chiamato Lazaro, il quale giaceva alla porta d'esso, pieno d'ulceri.
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 E desiderava saziarsi delle miche che cadevano dalla tavola del ricco; anzi ancora i cani venivano, e leccavano le sue ulceri.
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 Or avvenne che il mendico morì, e fu portato dagli angeli nel seno d'Abrahamo; e il ricco morì anch'egli, e fu seppellito.
[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 Ed essendo ne' tormenti nell'inferno, alzò gli occhi, e vide da lungi Abrahamo, e Lazaro nel seno d'esso. (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 Ed egli, gridando, disse: Padre Abrahamo, abbi pietà di me, e manda Lazaro, acciocchè intinga la punta del dito nell'acqua; e mi rinfreschi la lingua; perciocchè io son tormentato in questa fiamma.
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 Ma Abrahamo disse: Figliuolo, ricordati che tu hai ricevuti i tuoi beni in vita tua, e Lazaro altresì i mali; ma ora egli è consolato, e tu sei tormentato.
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 Ed oltre a tutto ciò, fra noi e voi è posta una gran voragine, talchè coloro che vorrebbero di qui passare a voi non possono; parimente coloro che [son] di là non passano a noi.
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 Ed egli disse: Ti prego adunque, o padre, che tu lo mandi in casa di mio padre;
Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
28 perciocchè io ho cinque fratelli; acciocchè testifichi loro; che talora anch'essi non vengano in questo luogo di tormento.
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 Abrahamo gli disse: Hanno Mosè i profeti, ascoltin quelli.
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 Ed egli disse: No, padre Abrahamo; ma, se alcun de' morti va a loro, si ravvedranno.
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 Ed egli gli disse: Se non ascoltano Mosè e i profeti, non pur crederanno, avvegnachè alcun de' morti risusciti.
[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].’”
