ルカの福音書 16
1 イエズス又弟子等に曰ひけるは、或富豪に一人の家令ありしが、主人の財産を浪費せりとて、訟出でられしかば、
Then He said further to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, who was accused to him of wasting his goods.
2 主人彼を召び、我が汝に就きて聞く所は是何事ぞや、汝最早家令たるを得ざれば、家令たりし時の會計を差出せ、と云ひしに、
So he called him in and said to him: ‘What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be manager.’
3 家令心の中に謂ひけるは、我主人家令の職を我より褫へる上は、我何を為すべきぞ、耕す事は叶はず、乞食するは羞し、
Then the manager said within himself: ‘What shall I do? My master is taking the management away from me. I do not have strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg
4 家令を罷められたる後、人々の家に承けられん為には、為すべき様こそあれ、とて、
—I know what I will do, so that whenever I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses.’
5 主人に負債ある人々を呼集めて、初の一人に云ひけるは、我主人に對する汝の負債は幾許ぞ、と。
Summoning each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 彼、油百樽なり、と云ひしに、家令云ひけるは、汝の證書を取り、早く坐して五十と書け、と。
And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 又次の者に云ひけるは、汝の負債は幾許ぞと、彼、麦百石なりと云ひしに、家令云ひけるは、汝の證書を取りて八十と書け、と。
Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and write eighty.’
The master even ‘commended’ the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. The sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the Light. (aiōn g165)
“I even say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings! (aiōnios g166)
10 抑小事に忠なる人は大事にも亦忠なり、小事に不正なる人は大事にも亦不正なり。
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
11 然れば汝等若し不正の富に於て忠ならざりせば、誰か眞の富を汝等に托せん。
If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine?
12 又他人の物に於て忠ならざりせば、誰か汝等の物を汝等に與へん。
And if you have not been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?
13 一人の僕は二人の主に兼事ふること能はず、或は一人を憎みて一人を愛し、或は一人に從ひて一人を疎むべければなり。汝等は神と富とに兼事ふること能はず、[と宣へり]。
No servant can serve two masters; either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon!”
14 然るに貪欲なるファリザイ人等、此始終の事を聞きて嘲りければ、
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were also listening to all these things, and they were ridiculing Him.
15 イエズス彼等に曰ひけるは、汝等は人の前に自ら義とする者なり、然れど神は汝等の心を知り給ふ、蓋人に取りて高き者は、神の御前に憎むべき者なり。
So He said to them: “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. That which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.
16 律法と預言者等とはヨハネを限とす、其時より神の國は宣傳へられ、人皆力を盡して之に到らんとす。
The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the Kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and every one is trying to force his way into it.
17 天地の廃るは、律法の一画の墜つるよりは易し。
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the Law to fail.
18 総て妻を出して他に娶る人は姦淫を行ふ者なり、又夫より出されたる婦を娶る人は姦淫を行ふ者なり。
“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19 曾て一人の富豪あり、緋色の布と亜麻布とを纏ひ、日々奢り暮らしたるに、
“Now there was a certain rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20 又ラザルと云へる一人の乞食あり、全身腫縻れて富豪の門前に偃し、
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
21 其食卓より落つる屑に飽足らん事を欲すれども與ふる人なく、而も犬等來りて其腫物を舐り居たり。
just wanting to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table—why even the dogs would come and lick his sores!
In due time the beggar died and was carried away to Abraham's bosom by the angels. “The rich man also died and was buried.
23 苦痛の中に在りて、目を翹げて、遥にアブラハムと其懐なるラザルとを見、
And in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance, and Lazarus very close to him. And being in torment, (Hadēs g86)
24 叫びて云ひけるは、父アブラハムよ、我を憫みてラザルを遣はし、其指先を水に浸して我舌を冷させ給へ、我は此焔の中に甚く苦しめるを、と。
he called out, saying, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; because I am tormented by this flame!’
25 アブラハム之に云ひけるは、子よ、汝が存命の間善き物を受け、ラザルが同じ間に惡き物を受けしを記憶せよ、然ればこそ今彼は慰められて汝は苦しむなれ。
But Abraham said: ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus had bad things; but now he is being comforted, and you tormented.
26 加之、我等と汝等との間には大いなる淵の定置かれたれば、此處より汝等の處へ渡らんと欲するも叶はず、其處より此處に移る事も叶はざるなり、と。
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone from there cross over to us.’
27 富豪又云ひけるは、然らば父よ、希はくはラザルを我父の家に遣はし、
Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
28 我に兄弟五人あれば、彼等も亦此苦悩の處に來らざる様、之に證明せしめ給へ、と。
because I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’
29 アブラハム之に云ひけるは、モイゼと預言者等とあれば、彼等は之に聴くべきなり、と。
Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
30 富豪、否父アブラハムよ、然れど若死者の中より至る者あらば、彼等改心すべし、と云ひければ、
So he said to him, ‘Oh no, father Abraham—if someone from the dead should go to them, they will repent!’
31 アブラハム之に向ひて、若モイゼと預言者等とに聴かざる彼等ならば、假令死者の中より復活すとも信ぜざるべし、と云へり、と。
He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone should rise from the dead.’”
