Luke 16
1 Mme Jesu a bolelela barutwa ba gagwe polelo e: “Monna wa mohumi o kile a hira molebeledi go tlhokomela dilo tsa gagwe mme ka bonako ga utlwala fa molebeledi a sa ikanyege.
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 Mme mong wa gagwe a mmitsa a mo raya a re, Ke eng se ke se utlwang ka go nkutswela ga gago? Baakanya pego ya gago, gonne o tshwanetse go tlogela tiro.
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 “Mme molebeledi a ithaya a re, ‘Ke tlaa dirang? Fano ke feditse mme ga ke na nonofo ya go tsamaya ke epa mesele, le gone go kopa go ntlhabisa ditlhong.
‘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 Ke itse selo se fela! Gore ke tlaa nna le ditsala tse dintsi go ntlhokomela fa ke tswa mo tirong.’
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 “Mme a laletsa mongwe le mongwe yo o neng a kolota mong wa gagwe go tla go buisana nae. A botsa wa ntlha a re, ‘O mo kolota bokae?’ Monna a fetola a re, ‘Molato wa me ke selekanyo sa dinkgwana di le makgolo a ferabobedi le masome a matlhano a lookwane.’ Molebeledi a mo raya a re, ‘Ee, tumalano e o e kwadileng ke e: e senye o kwale e e leng bontlha bongwe jwa yone.’
One by one he called up his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked of the first.
‘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 “Mme a botsa monna yo mongwe a re, ‘Wena o mo kolota bokae?’ A fetola a re, ‘Sekete sa dikgetse tsa mabele. Mme molebeledi a re tsaya lokwalo lwa gago o kwale o re, di makgolo a ferabobedi.’
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 “Monna wa mohumi a tshwanelwa ke go baka molebeledi yo o bolotsana ka go dira botlhale jo bo kalo. Mme ke boammaaruri gore banni ba lefatshe le, ba tlhalefile thata [mo go sa ikanyegeng]! go gaisa batho ba Modimo. (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 Mme a ke tshwanetse go lo raya ke re lo dire jalo, go reka botsalano ka go tsietsa? A mo go tlaa lo tlhomamisetsa go tsena ga lona mo legaeng la bosakhutleng kwa legodimong? (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 Nnyaa! Gonne fa lo sa ikanyege mo dilong tse di potlana, ga lo ka ke lwa ikanyega mo go tse di kgolo. Fa lo dira tsietso e potlana, ga lo ka ke lwa ikanyega mo dilong tse dikgolo.
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 Mme fa lo sa ikanyege kaga mahumo a lefatshe, ke mang yo o tlaa lo ikanyang mo mahumong a boammaaruri a legodimo?
So, if you have proved untrustworthy with the ‘dishonest money,’ who will trust you with the true?
12 Mme fa lo sa ikanyege ka madi a batho ba bangwe, lo ka ikanyega jang ka madi a e leng a lona.
And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our own?
13 “Gonne le fa e le wena kgotsa mongwe fela ga go ope yo o ka direlang barena ba babedi. O tlaa ila yo mongwe mme o rate yo mongwe, kgotsa go nne ka mokgwa mongwe o sele. O tla nna mafolofolo ka yo mongwe mme o nyatse yo mongwe. Ga o ka ke wa direla Modimo le madi!”
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 Mme Bafarasai, ba ba ratang madi thata, ba mo sotla ka ntlha ya mo gotlhe.
All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
15 Mme a ba raya a re, “Lo apara tshiamo ya lona mo pepeneneng, mme Modimo o itse bosula jwa dipelo tsa lona. Go ipaya ga lona jaaka ekete lo siame go lo tlisetsa tlotlo mo bathong, mme ke makgapha fa pele ga Modimo.
“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 Go tla go fitlha mo motlheng o Johane wa Mokolobetsi o neng a simolola go rera ka one, melao ya ga Moshe le ya Baporofiti e ne e le yone e e lo kaelang. Mme Johane a lo itsise kaga: Mafoko a a Molemo gore bogosi jwa Modimo bo tlaa tla ka bonako. Mme bontsintsi jwa ba ba eletsang ba itshukunyetsa mo go jone.
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 Mme moo ga go reye gore molao o senyegetswe ke thata le fa e le ka ntlhanyana epe. O nonofile ebile ga o na botshikhinngo fela jaaka legodimo le lefatshe.
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 “Mme jalo fa mongwe a tlhala mosadi wa gagwe a nyala o sele o dira boaka, mme yo o nyalang mosadi yo o tlhadilweng le ene o dira boaka”.
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 Hong Jesu a re, “Gonne go ne go na le monna mongwe wa mohumi, yo o neng a apara sentle a nna mo letlepung mo monateng ka letsatsi le letsatsi.
There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendour.
20 Mme ya re ka letsatsi lengwe Lasaro, wa mokopi, yo o neng a le dintho, a lala fa kgorong ya gagwe.
Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,
21 E ne e tle e re a rapame foo a laletse masalela a a wang mo lomating lwa bojelo jwa monna wa mohumi, dintsa di latswe dintho tsa gagwe.
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 Mme ya re kwa bofelong mokopi a swa mme a tsewa ke baengele go ya go nna le Aberahame mo felong ga baswi ba ba siameng. Mme monna wa mohumi le ene a swa a fitlhwa,
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 mme mowa wa gagwe wa ya moleting. E rile fa a le koo, mo tlhokofatsong a lebela Lasaro a le kgakala a na le Aberahame. (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 “Mme a goa a re Rre Aberahame, Nkutlwela botlhoko! romela Lasaro kwano fela gore a ine ntlha ya monwana wa gagwe mo metsing go ntsidifatsa loleme, gonne ke mo tlhokofatsong e e maswe mo dikgabung tse.
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 “Mme Aberahame a mo raya a re, ‘Morwaaka, gakologelwa gore erile mo botshelong jwa gago o ne o na le sengwe le sengwe se o se batlang, mme Lasaro o ne a sena sepe. Jaanong o fano o a gomodiwa mme wena o mo tlhokofatsong.
‘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 Gape kwa ntle ga moo, go na le phata e tona e e senang bolekeletso, e e re kgaoganyang, mme mongwe yo o batlang go tla kwa go wena a tswa fano o kganelwa ke losi lwa yone; le gone ga go ope yo o ka kgabaganyetsang ka kwano go rona’.
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 “Mme monna wa mohumi a re, ‘Ao, Rre Aberahame, tswee-tswee mo romele kwa legaeng la ga rre,
‘Then, Father,’ he said, ‘I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house —
28 gonne go na le bana ba ga rre ba le batlhano ba basimane, go ba tlhagisa kaga felo fano ga tlhokofatso e e botlhoko gore ba se ka ba tla fano fa ba a swa.’
For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.’
29 “Mme Aberahame a re, ‘Dikwalo di ba tlhagisitse gangwe le gape. Bomorwarrago ba ka di bala ka nako nngwe le nngwe e ba e ratang’.
‘They have the writings of Moses and the Prophets,’ replied Abraham; ‘let them listen to them.’
30 “Mme monna wa mohumi a fetola a re, ‘Nnyaa Rre Aberahame ga ba kitla ba itshwenya ka go di bala. Mme fa mongwe a rometswe kwa go bone a tswa mo baswing ke gone ba ka sokologang mo dibeng tsa bone.’
‘But, Father Abraham,’ he urged, ‘if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.’
31 “Hong Aberahame a mo fetola a re, ‘Fa ba sa reetsa Moshe le baporofiti ga ba kitla ba reetsa le fa mongwe a ka tsoga mo baswing.’”
‘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.’”
