Luka 16
1 Pravil pa je tudi učencem svojim: Bil je en človek bogat, kteri je imel pristavnika; in tega so bili ovadili pri njem, da mu razsiplje imenje.
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 In poklicavši ga, reče mu: Kaj to slišim za te? Daj račun od gospodarstva svojega, ker ne moreš dalje gospodariti.
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 pristavnik reče sam s seboj: Kaj bom storil, ko mi gospodar moj odjemlje gospodarstvo? Kopati ne morem, prositi me je sram.
‘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 Vém, kaj bom storil, da me bodo, kedar bom odstavljen gospodarstva, sprejeli v hiše svoje.
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 In poklicavši vsakega posameznega od dolžnikov gospodarja svojega, reče prvemu: Koliko si dolžen gospodarju mojemu?
One by one he called up his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked of the first.
6 On pa reče: Sto mer olja. In reče mu: Vzemi svojo pismo, pa sedí hitro, in napiši petdeset.
‘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 Po tem reče drugemu: A ti koliko si dolžen? On pa reče: Sto korcev pšenice. In velí mu: Vzemi svoje pismo, in napiši osemdeset.
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 In gospodar pohvali krivičnega hlapca, da je pametno storil. Kajti sinovi tega sveta so pametniji od sinov svetlobe v svojem rodu. (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 Tudi jaz vam pravim: Naredite si prijateljev s krivičnim bogastvom, da vas, kedar ubožate, sprejmó v večna stanovališča. (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 Kdor je v najmanjem zvest, zvest je tudi v velikem; in kdor je v najmanjem krivičen, krivičen je tudi v velikem.
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 Če torej v krivičnem bogastvu niste bili zvesti, kdo vam bo zaupal pravično?
So, if you have proved untrustworthy with the ‘dishonest money,’ who will trust you with the true?
12 In če v tujem niste bili zvesti, kdo vam bo dal, kar je vaše?
And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our own?
13 Noben hlapec ne more dvema gospodoma služiti: ali bo enega sovražil, in drugega ljubil; ali se bo enega držal, in drugega bo zaničeval. Ne morete Bogu služiti in mamonu.
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 Poslušali so pa vse to tudi Farizeji, kteri so srebro ljubili, ter so ga zasmehovali.
All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
15 Pa jim reče: Vi ste tisti, kteri se delate pravične pred ljudmí; ali Bog pozná srca vaša: kajti kar je pri ljudéh visoko, gnjusoba je 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 in preroki so do Janeza; odtlej se oznanjuje kraljestvo Božje, in vsak s silo va-nj tišči.
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 Laže je pa nebu in zemlji prejti, nego enej pičici iz zakona izpasti.
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 Vsak, kdor pustí ženo svojo in se oženi z drugo, prešestvuje; in vsak, kdor popuščeno od moža vzeme, prešestvuje.
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 Bil je pa neki človek bogat, in oblačil se je v škrlat in tančico, in razveseljeval se je vsak dan sijajno.
There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendour.
20 Bil je pa neki ubožec po imenu Lazar, kteri jo ležal pred vratmi njegovimi, gnôjen,
Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,
21 In hrepeneč nasititi se z drobtinami, ktere so padale z mize bogatina; ali tudi psi so dohajali, ter so lizali 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 Zgodí se pa, da ubožec umrè, in odnesó ga angelji na naročje Abrahamovo; umrè pa tudi bogatin, in pokopljejo 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 In v peklu, ko je bil v bolečinah, povzdigne očí svoje, in ugleda Abrahama od daleč, in Lazarja na naročji njegovem. (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 In on zaklicavši, reče: Oče Abraham! usmili se me, in pošlji Lazarja, naj omoči konec prsta svojega v vodi, in mi jezik ohladí, ker se mučim v tem 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 Abraham pa reče: Sin! spomeni se, da si ti prejel dobroto svojo v življenji svojem, in ravno tako Lazar slabo. Sedaj pa; on se tolaži, a ti se mučiš.
‘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 In vrh vsega tega, med nami in vami je postavljen prepad velik, da kteri hočejo odtod sniti k vam, ne morejo, in kteri odondod k nam, da ne prehajajo.
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 Pa reče: Prosim te torej, oče, da ga pošlji na mojega očeta dom,
‘Then, Father,’ he said, ‘I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house —
28 Ker imam pet bratov: da jim to izpriča, da ne pridejo tudi oni na ta kraj trpljenja.
For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.’
29 Velí mu Abraham: Mojzesa imajo in preroke; poslušajo naj jih.
‘They have the writings of Moses and the Prophets,’ replied Abraham; ‘let them listen to them.’
30 On pa reče: Ne, oče Abraham! nego če kdo od mrtvih pride k njim, potem se bodo spokorili.
‘But, Father Abraham,’ he urged, ‘if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.’
31 Pa mu reče: Če Mojzesa in prerokov ne poslušajo, ne bodo verovali, če tudi kdo od mrtvih vstane.
‘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.’”
