Lucam 11
1 Et factum est: cum esset in quodam loco orans, ut cessavit, dixit unus ex discipulis eius ad eum: Domine, doce nos orare, sicut docuit et Ioannes discipulos suos.
One day Jesus was at a certain place praying, and, when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him: “Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”
2 Et ait illis: Cum oratis, dicite: Pater, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum fiat voluntas tua sicut in coelo, et in terra.
“When you pray,” Jesus answered, “say — ‘Father, May thy name be held holy, thy Kingdom come.
3 Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.
Give us each day the bread that we shall need;
4 Et dimitte nobis peccata nostra, siquidem et ipsi dimittimus omni debenti nobis. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.’”
5 Et ait ad illos: Quis vestrum habebit amicum, et ibit ad illum media nocte, et dicet illi: Amice, commoda mihi tres panes,
Jesus also said to them: “Suppose that one of you who has a friend were to go to him in the middle of the night and say ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 quoniam amicus meus venit de via ad me, et non habeo quod ponam ante illum,
for a friend of mine has arrived at my house after a journey, and I have nothing to offer him;’
7 et ille deintus respondens dicat: Noli mihi molestus esse, iam ostium clausum est, et pueri mei mecum sunt in cubili: non possum surgere, et dare tibi.
And suppose that the other should answer from inside ‘Do not trouble me; the door is already fastened, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’;
8 Et si ille perseveraverit pulsans: dico vobis, etsi non dabit illi surgens eo quod amicus eius sit, propter improbitatem tamen eius surget, et dabit illi quotquot habet necessarios.
I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.
9 Et ego dico vobis: Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite, et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
And so I say to you — Ask, and your prayer shall be granted: search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
10 Omnis enim qui petit, accipit: et qui quaerit, invenit: et pulsanti aperietur.
For he that asks receives, he that searches finds, and to him that knocks the door shall be opened.
11 Quis autem ex vobis patrem petit panem, numquid lapidem dabit illi? Aut piscem: numquid pro pisce serpentem dabit illi?
What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,
12 Aut si petierit ovum: numquid porriget illi scorpionem?
or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13 Si ergo vos cum sitis mali, nostis bona data dare filiis vestris: quanto magis Pater vester coelestis de caelo dabit spiritum bonum petentibus se?
If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him!”
14 Et erat eiiciens daemonium, et illud erat mutum. Et cum eiecisset daemonium, locutus est mutus, et admiratae sunt turbae.
Once Jesus was driving out a dumb demon, and, when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke. The people were amazed at this;
15 Quidam autem ex eis dixerunt: In Beelzebub principe daemoniorum eiicit daemonia.
but some of them said: “He drives out demons by the help of Baal-zebub, the chief of the demons”;
16 Et alii tentantes, signum de caelo quaerebant ab eo.
while others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.
17 Ipse autem ut vidit cogitationes eorum, dixit eis: Omne regnum in seipsum divisum desolabitur, et domus supra domum cadet.
Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them: “Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls.
18 Si autem et Satanas in seipsum divisus est, quomodo stabit regnum eius? quia dicitis in Beelzebub me eiicere daemonia.
So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Baal-zebub.
19 Si autem ego in Beelzebub eiicio daemonia: filii vestri in quo eiiciunt? Ideo ipsi iudices vestri erunt.
But, if it is by Baal-zebub’s help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they shall themselves be your judges.
20 Porro si in digito Dei eiicio daemonia: profecto pervenit in vos regnum Dei.
But, if it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God must already be upon you.
21 Cum fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, in pace sunt omnia, quae possidet.
When a strong man is keeping guard, fully armed, over his own mansion, his property is in safety;
22 Si autem fortior eo superveniens vicerit eum, universa arma eius auferet, in quibus confidebat, et spolia eius distribuet.
but, when one still stronger has attacked and overpowered him, he takes away all the weapons on which the other had relied, and divides his spoil.
23 Qui non est mecum, contra me est: et qui non colligit mecum, dispergit.
He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not help me to gather is scattering.
24 Cum immundus spiritus exierit de homine, ambulat per loca inaquosa, quaerens requiem: et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says ‘I will go back to the home which I left’;
25 Et cum venerit, invenit eam scopis mundatam, et ornatam.
but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
26 Tunc vadit, et assumit septem alios spiritus secum, nequiores se, et ingressi habitant ibi. Et fiunt novissima hominis illius peiora prioribus.
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first.”
27 Factum est autem, cum haec diceret: extollens vocem quaedam mulier de turba dixit illi: Beatus venter, qui te portavit, et ubera, quae suxisti.
As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed: “Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!”
28 At ille dixit: Quinimmo beati, qui audiunt verbum Dei, et custodiunt illud.
But Jesus replied: “Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s Message and keep it.”
29 Turbis autem concurrentibus coepit dicere: Generatio haec, generatio nequam est: signum quaerit, et signum non dabitur ei, nisi signum Ionae prophetae.
As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak: “This generation is a wicked generation. It is asking a sign, but no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah.
30 Nam sicut fuit Ionas signum Ninivitis: ita erit et Filius hominis generationi isti.
For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
31 Regina Austri surget in iudicio cum viris generationis huius, et condemnabit illos: quia venit a finibus terrae audire sapientiam Salomonis: et ecce plus quam Salomon hic.
At the Judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!
32 Viri Ninivitae surgent in iudicio cum generatione hac, et condemnabunt illam: quia poenitentiam egerunt ad praedicationem Ionae, et ecce plus quam Ionas hic.
At the Judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!
33 Nemo lucernam accendit, et in abscondito ponit, neque sub modio: sed supra candelabrum, ut qui ingrediuntur, lumen videant.
No one sets light to a lamp, and then puts it in the cellar or under the corn-measure, but he puts it on the lamp-stand, so that any one who comes in may see the light.
34 Lucerna corporis tui, est oculus tuus. Si oculus tuus fuerit simplex, totum corpus tuum lucidum erit: si autem nequam fuerit, etiam corpus tuum tenebrosum erit.
The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.
35 Vide ergo ne lumen, quod in te est, tenebrae sint.
Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.
36 Si ergo corpus tuum totum lucidum fuerit, non habens aliquam partem tenebrarum, erit lucidum totum, et sicut lucerna fulgoris illuminabit te.
If, then, your whole body is lit up, and no corner of it darkened, the whole will be lit up, just as when a lamp gives you light by its brilliance.”
37 Et cum loqueretur, rogavit illum quidam Pharisaeus ut pranderet apud se. Iesus autem ingressus recubuit.
As Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him, and Jesus went in and took his place at table.
38 Pharisaeus autem coepit intra se reputans dicere, quare non baptizatus esset ante prandium.
The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
39 Et ait Dominus ad illum: Nunc vos Pharisaei quod deforis est calicis, et catini, mundatis: quod autem intus est vestrum, plenum est rapina, et iniquitate.
But the Master said to him: “You Pharisees do, it is true, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are filled with greed and wickedness.
40 Stulti nonne qui fecit quod deforis est, etiam id, quod deintus est, fecit?
Fools! did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?
41 Verumtamen quod superest, date eleemosynam: et ecce omnia munda sunt vobis.
Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.
42 Sed vae vobis Pharisaeis, qui decimatis mentham, et rutam, et omne olus, et praeteritis iudicium, et charitatem Dei: haec autem oportuit facere, et illa non omittere.
But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.
43 Vae vobis Pharisaeis, qui diligitis primas cathedras in synagogis, et salutationes in foro.
Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the Synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.
44 Vae vobis, qui estis ut monumenta, quae non apparent, et homines ambulantes supra, nesciunt.
Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares.”
45 Respondens autem quidam ex Legisperitis, ait illi: Magister, haec dicens etiam contumeliam nobis facis.
Here one of the Students of the Law interrupted him by saying: “Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also.”
46 At ille ait: Et vobis Legisperitis vae: quia oneratis homines oneribus, quae portare non possunt, et ipsi uno digito vestro non tangitis sarcinas.
But Jesus went on: “Alas for you, too, you Students of the Law! You load men with loads that are too heavy to carry, but do not, yourselves, touch them with one of your fingers.
47 Vae vobis, qui aedificatis monumenta Prophetarum: patres autem vestri occiderunt illos.
Alas for you! You build the monuments of the Prophets whom your ancestors killed.
48 Profecto testificamini quod consentitis operibus patrum vestrorum: quoniam ipsi quidem eos occiderunt, vos autem aedificatis eorum sepulchra.
You are actually witnesses to your ancestors’ acts and show your approval of them, because, while they killed the Prophets, you build tombs for them.
49 Propterea et sapientia Dei dixit: Mittam ad illos Prophetas, et Apostolos, et ex illis occident, et persequentur:
That is why the Wisdom of God said — “I will send to them Prophets and Apostles,
50 ut inquiratur sanguis omnium Prophetarum, qui effusus est a constitutione mundi a generatione ista,
some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the ‘blood’ of all the prophets ‘that has been spilt’ since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation —
51 a sanguine Abel, usque ad sanguinem Zachariae, qui periit inter altare, et aedem. Ita dico vobis, requiretur ab hac generatione.
From the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the House of God.” Yes, I tell you, it will be exacted from this generation.
52 Vae vobis Legisperitis, qui tulistis clavem scientiae, ipsi non introistis, et eos, qui introibant, prohibuistis.
Alas for you Students of the Law! You have taken away the key of the door of Knowledge. You have not gone in yourselves and you have hindered those who try to go in.”
53 Cum autem haec ad illos diceret, coeperunt Pharisaei, et Legisperiti graviter insistere, et os eius opprimere de multis,
When Jesus left the house, the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely upon many subjects,
54 insidiantes ei, et quaerentes aliquid capere de ore eius, ut accusarent eum.
laying traps for him, so as to seize upon anything that he might say.
