1 A nd he said also to disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him as wasting his goods.

وَقالَ يَسُوعُ لِتَلامِيذِهِ: «كانَ لِرَجُلٍ ثَرِيٍّ وَكِيلٌ عَلَى أملاكِهِ. فَاتَّهَمَ بَعضُ النّاسِ الوَكِيلَ بِأنَّهُ يُبَدِّدُ أملاكَ سَيِّدِهِ.

2 A nd having called him, he said to him, What this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

فَاسْتَدعاهُ وَقالَ لَهُ: ‹ما هَذا الَّذِي أسمَعُهُ عَنكَ؟ قَدِّمْ لِي كَشفَ حِسابٍ بِما تُدِيرُهُ، وَاعلَمْ أنَّكَ لَنْ تَكُونَ وَكِيلِي فِيما بَعْدُ.

3 A nd the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

«فَفَكَّرَ الوَكِيلُ فِي نَفسِهِ: ‹ماذا سَأفعَلُ؟ سَيِّدِي يَنوِي أنْ يُجَرِّدَنِي مِنْ وَظِيفَتِي، وَأنا لَستُ قَوِيّاً لِأقُومَ بِأعمالِ الفِلاحَةِ، وَأستَحِي أنْ أتَسَوَّلَ.

4 I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.

لَقَدْ خَطَرَتْ بِبالِي فِكرَةٌ مُمتازَةٌ! سَأفعَلُ شَيئاً يَجعَلُ النّاسَ يَقبَلُونَنِي فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ عِندَما يَعزِلُنِي سَيِّدِي عَنْ وَظِيفَتِي.›

5 A nd having called to each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

«فَاسْتَدعَى الوَكِيلُ كُلَّ واحِدٍ مِنَ المَديُونِينَ لِسَيِّدِهِ. وَقالَ لِلأوَّلِ: ‹بِكَمْ أنتَ مَديُونٌ لِسَيِّدِي؟›

6 A nd he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.

قالَ: ‹بِمِئَةِ بَرمِيلٍ مِنْ زَيتِ الزَّيتُونِ.› فَقالَ لَهُ: ‹خُذْ فاتُورَتَكَ وَاجعَلْها خَمْسينَ.›

7 T hen he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing and write eighty.

«وَقالَ لآخَرَ: ‹وَأنتَ، كَمْ دَينُكَ؟› فَقالَ: ‹مِئَةُ كيسٍ مِنَ القَمحِ.› فَقالَ لَهُ: ‹خُذْ فاتُورَتَكَ وَاجعَلْها ثَمانِينَ.›

8 A nd the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

«فَأثنَى السَّيِّدُ عَلَى الوَكِيلِ غَيْرِ الأمِينِ لِأنَّهُ تَصَرَّفَ بِدَهاءٍ.» وَأضافَ يَسُوعُ: «إنَّ أهلَ هَذا العالَمِ أكثَرُ حِكمَةً مِنْ أهلِ النُّورِ فِي مُعامَلاتِهِمْ بَعضُهُمْ مَعَ بَعضٍ.

9 A nd I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles.

«أقُولُ لَكُمْ: اكسَبُوا أصدِقاءَ لَكُمْ بِثَروَتِكُمْ الدُّنيَوِيَّةِ، فَعِندَما تَنْفَدُ ثَروَتُكُمْ، يُرَحِّبُونَ بِكُمْ فِي المَنازِلِ الأبَدِيَّةِ.

10 H e that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.

الأمِينُ فِي القَلِيلِ، أمِينٌ فِي الكَثِيرِ أيضاً، وَمَنْ يَخُونُ الأمانَةَ فِي القَلِيلِ يَخُونُها فِي الكَثِيرِ.

11 I f therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?

فإنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَناءَ عَلَى الثَّروَةِ الدُّنيَوِيَّةِ، فَمَنِ الَّذِي سَيَأْتَمِنُكُمْ عَلَى الحَقِيقِيَّةِ؟›

12 a nd if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?

وَإنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَناءَ فِي ما يَخُصُّ غَيرَكُمْ، فَمَنِ الَّذِي سَيُعطِيكُمْ ما يَخُصُّكُمْ؟

13 N o servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

«لا يُمكِنُ لِخادِمٍ أنْ يَخدِمَ سَيِّدَيْنِ. فَإمّا أنْ يَكرَهَ أحَدَهُما وَيُحِبُّ الآخَرَ، وَإمّا أنْ يُخلِصَ لِأحَدِهِما وَيَحتَقِرُ الآخَرَ. لا يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَخدِمُوا اللهَ وَالغِنَى.» شَرِيعَةُ اللهِ لا تَتَغَيَّر

14 A nd the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.

وَلَمّا سَمِعَ الفِرِّيسِيُّونَ هَذا كُلَّهُ، استَهزَأُوا بِهِ لِأنَّهُمْ كانُوا يُحِبُّونَ المالَ.

15 A nd he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أنتُمْ تُحاوِلُونَ أنْ تَظهَرُوا صالِحِينَ أمامَ النّاسِ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ يَعرِفُ قُلُوبَكُمْ. وَما يَظُنُّهُ النّاسُ ثَمِيناً جِدّاً، هُوَ بَغِيضٌ عِندَ اللهِ.»

16 T he law and the prophets until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

وَقالَ أيضاً: «كانَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ وَتَعالِيمُ الأنبِياءِ هِيَ المُتاحَةُ إلَى أنْ جاءَ يُوحَنّا، وَمُنذُ ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، تُذاعُ بِشارَةُ مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ، وَالجَمِيعُ يَجتَهِدُونَ مُتَلَهِّفِينَ عَلَى دُخُولِهِ.

17 B ut it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

غَيْرَ أنَّ زَوالَ السَّماءِ وَالأرْضِ أسهَلُ مِنْ أنْ تُلغَى نُقطَةٌ واحِدَةٌ مِنْ شَريعَةِ اللهِ.

18 E very one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

«كُلُّ مَنْ يُطَلِّقُ زَوجَتَهُ وَيَتَزَوَّجُ بِأُخرَى يَرتَكِبُ الزِّنَى. وَمَنْ يَتَزَوَّجُ بامرَأةٍ طَلَّقَها زَوجُها يَرتَكِبُ الزِّنَى أيضاً.» لِعازَرُ وَالغَنِيّ

19 N ow there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.

وَقالَ أيضاً: «كانَ فِيما مَضَى رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ يُحِبُّ أنْ يَلبَسَ ثِيابَ الأُرجُوانِ وَالكِتّانِ الفاخِرِ، وَيُمَتِّعُ نَفسَهُ بِحَياةِ التَّرَفِ كُلَّ يَومٍ.

20 A nd a poor man, by name Lazarus, was laid at his gateway full of sores,

وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ فَقِيرٌ اسْمُهُ لِعازَرُ يَتَمَدَّدُ عِندَ بَوّابَتِهِ، وَقَدْ غَطَّتِ القُرُوحُ جَسَدَهُ.

21 a nd desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.

وَكَمِ اشتَهَى أنْ يَشبَعَ مِنْ فُتاتِ الطَّعامِ السّاقِطِ مِنْ مائِدَةِ الرَّجُلِ الغَنِيِّ، حَتَّى إنَّ الكِلابَ كانَتْ تَأْتِي وَتَلحَسُ قُرُوحَهُ.

22 A nd it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.

«ثُمَّ ماتَ الفَقِيْرُ، فَحَمَلَتْهُ المَلائِكَةُ وَوَضَعَتْهُ إلَى جانِبِ إبراهِيمَ. وَماتَ الغَنِيُّ أيضاً وَدُفِنَ.

23 A nd in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

فَرَفَعَ الغَنِيُّ بَصَرَهُ وَهُوَ يَتَعَذَّبُ فِي الهاوِيَةِ، وَرَأى إبراهِيمَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَلِعازَرَ إلَى جانِبِهِ.

24 A nd he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.

فَصَرَخَ وَقالَ: ‹يا أبِي إبراهِيمَ، أشفِقْ عَلَيَّ وَأرسِلْ لِعازَرَ لِيَضَعَ طَرَفَ إصبِعِهِ فِي الماءِ وَيُبَرِّدَ لِسانِي. فَأنا مُتَألِّمٌ فِي هَذِهِ النّارِ!›

25 B ut Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.

«فَقالَ إبراهِيمُ: ‹يا ابنِي، تَذَكَّرْ أنَّكَ أثناءَ حَياتِكَ عَلَى الأرْضِ نِلتَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ الخَيراتِ، وَأنَّ لِعازَرَ نالَ نَصِيبَهُ مِنَ الشَّدائِدِ. لَكِنَّهُ الآنَ يَتَعَزَّى وَأنتَ تَتَألَّمُ.

26 A nd besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who from there pass over unto us.

وَقَدْ ثُبِّتَتْ هُوَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ بَينَنا وَبَينَكُمْ. فَحَتَّى الَّذِينَ يَرغَبُونَ فِي العُبُورِ مِنْ هُنا إلَيكُمْ لا يَستَطِيعُونَ. كَما لا يَستَطِيعُ أحَدٌ أنْ يَعبُرَ إلَينا مِنْ هُناكَ.›

27 A nd he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,

«فَقالَ الغَنِيُّ: ‹إذاً أرجُوكَ يا أبِي أنْ تُرسِلَ لِعازَرَ إلَى أهلِي.

28 f or I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

فَلِي خَمسَةُ إخْوَةٍ هُناكَ. دَعهُ يُنذِرْهُمْ لِكَيلا يَأْتُوا إلَى مَكانِ العَذابِ هَذا.›

29 B ut Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

«فَقالَ لَهُ إبراهِيمُ: ‹لَدَيهِمْ كُتُبُ مُوسَى وَالأنبِياءِ، فَلْيَستَمِعُوا إلَيْهِمْ.›

30 B ut he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.

«فَقالَ الرَّجُلُ الغَنِيُّ: ‹لا يَكفِي ذَلِكَ يا أبِي إبراهِيْمَ، لَكِنْ إذا ذَهَبَ إلَيْهِمْ واحِدٌ مِنَ الأمواتِ فَسَيَتُوبُونَ.›

31 A nd he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among dead will they be persuaded.

«فَقالَ لَهُ إبراهِيمُ: ‹إنْ لَمْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَى مُوسَى وَالأنبِياءِ، فَلَنْ يَقتَنِعُوا حَتَّى وَلَو قامَ واحِدٌ مِنَ المَوتِ!›»