Luk 16
1 Jisu ninyigv lvbwlaksu vdwa minto, “Ho hoka nyitvnv nyi ako dooto nw pakbu go dooto hv ninyigv yikungyira nga kaayataya nvgo. Nyitvnv nyi anga ninyigv ogu rungyanv angv ninyigv morko nga mva dukv vla mintamto,
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 vkvlvgabv nw rungya nvnga arwnglo goklwkto okv minto, ‘Ngo noogv lvkwng nga tvvdunv si ogu gokula? No ngoogv yikungyira nga kaayataya nama vdw godw ogumvnwngnga ngam kaatam lakubv, ogulvgavbolo no vdwloka ngoogv rungyapayanam gubv rinyu kumare.’
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 Pakbu angv nw atu hv minsuto, ‘Ngoogv atu nga ngoogv nokori loka naalin tvduku. Ngo ogu rila kuse gubvri? Ngo dvnam lvgabv rongo ridubv gwlwk doyama, okv giago karse ngaaka yinying yapv.
‘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 Vjak ngo chinduku ngo ogugo risedw! Vbvrikunamv vdwlo ngo nokori lokv linre kudw, ngo ajin jinre bunu nga bunugv naam lo alvbv aamure.’
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 Vkvlvgabv nw ninyigv atu gvlo dvdu doonv nyi vdwa goklwk toku. Nw atokchogv anga tvvkato, ‘No ngo atu gvlo vkamgu narpvnv?’
One by one he called up his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked of the first.
6 Nw mirwkto, ‘Olib tvli vkv pumpa lvngo narto,’ ‘Siinv noogv jise ngv,’ rungyanv angv ninyia minto, ‘dootungto okv chamngu go lvkgapto.’
‘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 Vbvrikunamv nw kvvbi akonyi tvkato, ‘Okv no—vdwgo narpvnv?’ Nw mirwkto, ‘Giu vkv tagiam munv hejar go,’ ‘siinv noogv jise ngv,’ rungyanv ninyia minto; ‘lwngpinv go lvkgapto.’
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 Pakbu mvvlaknv gv Atu hv ninyia vbv rungkup runglik la ridanam lvgabv ninyia hartv toku; ogulvgavbolo nyiamooku so gv nyi vdwv achialvbv bunu rungkup runglik la lounglo rinv nyi vdwa kaiyabv ridu.” (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 Okv Jisu mimbwngla minto, “Okv vkvlvgabv ngo nonua mindunv: Nonuno atuv nyiamooku so gv yikungyira nga lvkobv ajin jinlaka, vkvlvgabv um vdwlo si topu rikudw, nonua simabv doobwng jiku naam lo alvbv aamu riku. (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 Yvvdw miangnv yikungyira nga alvbv mvnging dubv ridunv hv kainv yikungyira loka achialvbv kaiyabv mvnging dubv ridunv, okv yvvbunudw miangnv yikungyira lo jwkjwkvrwk bv mvngging dubv rima dunv v kainv yikungyira loka jwkjwkvrwkbv mvngging dubv rima dunv.
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 Hv bolo, vbvrikunamv, nonu nyiamooku so gv yikungyira nga alvbv mvnging dubv rinyu mabolo oguaingbv jvjvnv yikungyira nga mvnging dubv rinyure?
So, if you have proved untrustworthy with the ‘dishonest money,’ who will trust you with the true?
12 Nonu nyi kvvbi gvbvrinv yikungyira nga mvnging dubv riji mabolo, yvvla no gvbvrinv yikungyira nga nam jijinv?
And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our own?
13 “Pakbuv yvvka atu anyi gv nyirabv rinyu mare; nw akonyi pakre okv akonyi kaanwng mare; nw akonvgv minam a tvvre okv akonvgv nga tvvmare. No Pwknvyarnv nyila morko nga lvkobv rijivngji nyulamare.”
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 Vdwlo Parisis vdwv so mvnwng sum tvvtokudw, bunu Jisunyi nyarjito, ogulvgavbolo bunu morko nga mvngbiuto.
All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
15 Jisu bunua minto, “Nonuno atubongv nyi vdwgv kaagialo jvjv nvgobv minsunv vbvritola Pwknvyarnv nonugv haapok ha chindu, yikungyira vdwv nyi gv lvgabv kainv arv doonv gubv rinv ngv, Pwknvyarnv gvlo ogu arv ka kaama.”
“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 “Moses gv Pvbv okv nyijwk vdwgv lvknam vdwv Jon Baptist gv dw lobv ribwngto; okv ho koching nga Pwknvyarnv gv Karv gv lvkwng Alvnv Yunying nga mintam raptoku, nyi mvnwngngv ho Karv lo aadu bv gwnglilala nyadu.
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 Pvbv gv gaam achukguka minggap nama ria jemam svnga nyido gvla kvdw gv nyitv namv nyepu yare.”
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 “Yvv nyi akonv atugv nywng nga toa tokula ako kvvbi nyimvmvvga go nywng mvku bolo hv yoomurnv; okv toanam nyimvmvvga anga yvv nywng mvdunv hvvka yoomurnv.”
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 “Ho hoka nyi nyitvnv ako dooto nw kainv arv doonv vjia kooto okv achialvbv lokia himpukain la svngminto.
There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendour.
20 Ho hoka heemanv nyi ako dooto aminv Lajaras, ungvtarv ngv rara nvgo, hum nyitv nyi gv naam agi lo vvpvkinamgo,
Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,
21 nyitv nyi gv dvkulo dvala hoolin nama dvpa yare vla mvngnv go. Iki vka aala ninyigv ungngv nga dvriak riakbwngto.”
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 “Heemanv nyi angv sitoku okv nyidogindung vdwv ninyia gvvtoku Abrahamnyi lvkobv nyidomooku gv dvpam lo doomuto. Nyitv nyi v sitoku okv nyibung riitoku,
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 okv uyumooku bolo nw achialvbv hirukaya toku, nw kaadung kunamv adukoyo lo Abraham okv ninyigv lvkobv Lajarasnyi doodubv kaapa toku. (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 Vkvlvgabv nw goklin toku, ‘Abu Abraham! nga aya labvka, okv Lajarasnyi ninyigv lakching nga isi lo chibok mogvrila achok godaka ngoogv riu sum chapke molabvka, ogulvgavbolo ngo si vmv arwng si achialvbv hirukaya dvkukv!’
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 Vbvritola Abraham minto, ‘Mvngpa tokuka, ngoogv kuunyilo nga, noogv turla singrilo nam alvnv mvnwngnga jimiro, Lajaras hoka alvmanv mvnwngnga paariato. Vbvritola vjak nw soka atuv himpu pumin dukunv, no hoka hirukaya rikulo.
‘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 So ogu mvnwng sum kayu tvla, no gvla ngoogv pingko si kairungnv kobung go doodunv, vkvlvgabv yvvdw sokv noogv hoka vngrap dubv ritv nvngv vbv rinyu madunv, vmajeka yvvka noogv hokvkongv ngonugv so linyu madunv.’
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 Nyitvnv nyi angv minto, ‘Vbvrikunamv ngo nam kodwkkrwkla koola mindunv, Abu Abraham, Lajarasnyi ngoogv abu gv naam lo vngmu jilabv,
‘Then, Father,’ he said, ‘I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house —
28 v ngo boru angu go doopvnv. Ninyia vngmula okv bunua gamrw motoka, bunuka so hirukayaku so aama dubv.’
For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.’
29 Abraham minto, ‘Noogv boru vdwv Mosesnyi okv nyijwk vdwa doogv sudu bunua gamrw nvngv; noogv boru vdwv bunugv ogugo minam a tvvrung svngv.’
‘They have the writings of Moses and the Prophets,’ replied Abraham; ‘let them listen to them.’
30 Nyitvnv nyi hv mirwksito, ‘Hv pwngmare, Abu Abraham! Vbvritola siro kunv nyi gonv turkur laku okv bunua minbolo, vbvrikubolo bunu bunugv rimur lokv linreku.’
‘But, Father Abraham,’ he urged, ‘if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.’
31 Vbvritola Abraham minto, ‘Bunu Moses nyila Nyijwk vdwa tvvmabolo, bunua mintap nyulamare sikunv akonv turkur kujvka.’”
‘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.’”
