1And He was saying to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager and he was accused to him as wasting his possessions.
2And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear concerning you? Give an account (word) of your management; for you are no longer able to manage.
3And the manager said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord is taking away the management from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
4I know what I will do, so that when I shall have been removed from out of the management, people might receive me into their houses.
5And having called to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe to my lord? gallons) of oil (thus about 800-900 gallons).
6And he said, A hundred baths (one bath=8-9 gallons) of oil (thus about 800-900 gallons).� And he said to him, Take your bill (writing) and having sat down quickly write fifty.
7Then to another he said, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred cors (one cor=120 gallons) of wheat. He says to him, Take your bill and write eighty.
8And the lord praised the unrighteous manager, because he had done shrewdly (sensibly, prudently). Because the sons of this age (aionos) in this generation are more shrewd (sensible, intelligent) than the sons of light.
9And I say to you, Make for yourselves friends from out of the wealth (mamona- treasure a person trusts in) of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they might receive you into eternal tents (tabernacles). 10The one who is faithful with very little, also is faithful in much; and the one who is unrighteous in very little, also is unrighteous in much. 11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you true [wealth]? 12And if in that which is of another, you have not been faithful, who will give to you that which is yours? 13No servant is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate one and will love the other; or he will be devoted (hold fast) to one, and he will despise (view down) the other. You are not able to serve God and wealth. 14And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things and they sneered (hold up nose in derision of) Him. 15And He said to them, You are those justifying themselves in the sight of men, however God knows your hearts; because that which is exalted among (in) men is an abomination (reek of strench, abhorrent, detestable) in the sight of God. 16The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached (evangelized), and everyone forces his way into it. 17And it is easier for the heaven and earth to pass away than one stroke of a letter of the law to fail. 18Everyone divorcing (releasing/unbinding/loosing away from) his wife and marrying another commits adultery. And he marrying the one divorced away from a husband commits adultery. 19And there was a certain rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry (good outlook) in splendor day by day. 20And a certain beggar (poor man) named Lazarus was laid to his gateway being full of sores, 21And passionately desiring to be feed (satisfied, filled) from the fallings from the table of the rich man; but even the dogs coming licked his sores. 22And it happened that the poor man (beggar) died and he was carried away by the angels unto the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man died and was buried. 23And in Hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And he having called out said, Father Abraham have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he might dip (bapse) the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue (glossan); because I am suffering painful sorrow in this flame. 25And Abraham said, Child, remember that you did fully receive your good things in your life and Lazarus likewise bad (kaka) things. However now here he is entreated (comforted); and you are suffering painful sorrow. 26And in [addition to] all these things, between us and you has been firmly fixed a great chasm (greek/latin-chasma), so that those wanting to pass through (pass across) from here to you are not able, nor from there to us can they pass through. 27And he said, I implore you then, father, that you would send him unto the house of my father, 28For I have five brothers, so that he might thoroughly testify to them, so that they also might not come unto this place of torment. 29And Abraham says, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them. 30And he said, No, father Abraham, but if one should go from the dead to them, they will repent. 31And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, not even if one from out of the dead should rise (resurrect) will they be persuaded. |