Luki 16
1 A uèenicima svojijem govoraše: bijaše jedan èovjek bogat koji imaše pristava, i toga oblagaše kod njega da mu prosipa imanje.
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.
2 I dozvavši ga reèe mu: šta ovo ja èujem za tebe? Daj raèun kako si kuæio kuæu: jer više ne možeš kuæom upravljati.
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.’
3 A pristav od kuæe reèe u sebi: šta æu èiniti? gospodar moj uzima od mene upravljanje kuæe: kopati ne mogu, prositi stidim se.
‘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.
4 Znam šta æu èiniti da bi me primili u kuæe svoje kad mi se oduzme upravljanje kuæe.
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.’
5 I dozvavši redom dužnike gospodara svojega reèe prvome: koliko si dužan gospodaru mojemu?
One by one he called up his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked of the first.
6 A on reèe: sto oka ulja. I reèe mu: uzmi pismo svoje i sjedi brzo te napiši pedeset.
‘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.’
7 A potom reèe drugome: a ti koliko si dužan? A on reèe: sto oka pšenice. I reèe mu: uzmi pismo svoje i napiši osamdeset.
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.’
8 I pohvali gospodar nevjernoga pristava što mudro uèini; jer su sinovi ovoga vijeka mudriji od sinova vidjela u svojemu naraštaju. (aiōn g165)
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)
9 I ja vama kažem: naèinite sebi prijatelje nepravednijem bogatstvom, da bi vas kad osiromašite primili u vjeène kuæe. (aiōnios g166)
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)
10 Koji je vjeran u malom i u mnogom je vjeran; a ko je nevjeran u malom i u mnogom je nevjeran.
He who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also.
11 Ako dakle u nepravednom bogatstvu vjerni ne biste, ko æe vam u istinom vjerovati?
So, if you have proved untrustworthy with the ‘dishonest money,’ who will trust you with the true?
12 I ako u tuðem ne biste vjerni, ko æe vam dati vaše?
And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our own?
13 Nikakav pak sluga ne može dva gospodara služiti; jer ili æe na jednoga mrziti a drugoga ljubiti, ili æe jednome voljeti a za drugoga ne mariti. Ne možete služiti Bogu i bogatstvu.
No servant can serve two masters, for, either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”
14 A ovo sve slušahu i fariseji, koji bijahu srebroljupci, i rugahu mu se.
All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
15 I reèe im: vi ste oni koji se gradite pravedni pred ljudima; ali Bog zna srca vaša; jer što je u ljudi visoko ono je mrzost pred Bogom.
“You,” said Jesus, “are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.
16 Zakon i proroci su do Jovana; otsele se carstvo Božije propovijeda jevanðeljem, i svaki navaljuje da uðe u njega.
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 his way into it.
17 Lašnje je pak nebu i zemlji proæi negoli jednoj titli iz zakona propasti.
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.
18 Svaki koji pušta ženu svoju i uzima drugu, preljubu èini; i koji se ženi puštenicom, preljubu èini.
Every one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.
19 Èovjek neki pak bješe bogat, koji se oblaèaše u skerlet i u svilu, i življaše svaki dan gospodski i veseljaše se.
There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendour.
20 A bijaše jedan siromah, po imenu Lazar, koji ležaše pred njegovijem vratima gnojav,
Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,
21 I željaše da se nasiti mrvama koje padahu s trpeze bogatoga; još i psi dolažahu i lizahu gnoj njegov.
and who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the very dogs came and licked his sores.
22 A kad umrije siromah, odnesoše ga anðeli u naruèje Avraamovo; a umrije i bogati, i zakopaše ga.
After a time the beggar died, and was taken by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 I u paklu kad bješe u mukama podiže oèi svoje i ugleda izdaleka Avraama i Lazara u naruèju njegovu, (Hadēs g86)
In the Place of Death he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side. (Hadēs g86)
24 I povikavši reèe: oèe Avraame! smiluj se na me i pošlji mi Lazara neka umoèi u vodu vrh od prsta svojega, i da mi rashladi jezik; jer se muèim u ovome plamenu.
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.’
25 A Avraam reèe: sinko! opomeni se da si ti primio dobra svoja u životu svome, i Lazar opet zla; a sad se on tješi, a ti se muèiš.
‘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.
26 I preko svega toga postavljena je meðu nama i vama velika propast, da oni koji bi htjeli odovud k vama prijeæi, ne mogu, niti oni otuda k nama da prelaze.
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.’
27 Tada reèe: molim te dakle, oèe, da ga pošalješ kuæi oca mojega,
‘Then, Father,’ he said, ‘I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house —
28 Jer imam pet braæe: neka im posvjedoèi da ne bi i oni došli na ovo mjesto muèenja.
For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.’
29 Reèe mu Avraam: oni imaju Mojsija i proroke, neka njih slušaju.
‘They have the writings of Moses and the Prophets,’ replied Abraham; ‘let them listen to them.’
30 A on reèe: ne, oèe Avraame! nego ako im doðe ko iz mrtvijeh pokajaæe se.
‘But, Father Abraham,’ he urged, ‘if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.’
31 A Avraam mu reèe: ako ne slušaju Mojsija i proroka, da ko i iz mrtvijeh ustane neæe vjerovati.
‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,’ answered Abraham, ‘they will not be persuaded, even if some one were to rise from the dead.’”
