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

¶ And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

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

And he called him and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou may no longer be steward.

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

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes the stewardship away from me; I cannot dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

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

I know what I shall do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

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

So he called each one of his lord’s debtors unto him and said unto the first, How much dost thou owe unto my lord?

6 ق الَ: ‹بِمِئَةِ بَرمِيلٍ مِنْ زَيتِ الزَّيتُونِ.› فَقالَ لَهُ: ‹خُذْ فاتُورَتَكَ وَاجعَلْها خَمْسينَ.›

And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.

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

Then said he to another, And how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill and write eighty.

8 « 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.

And the lord commended the unjust steward because he had done discreetly; for the sons of this age are in their generation more prudent than the sons of light.

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

And I say unto you, Make friends unto yourselves with the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when these fail, you may be received into eternal dwellings.

10 ا لأمِينُ فِي القَلِيلِ، أمِينٌ فِي الكَثِيرِ أيضاً، وَمَنْ يَخُونُ الأمانَةَ فِي القَلِيلِ يَخُونُها فِي الكَثِيرِ.

He that is faithful with little is faithful also with much, and he that is unjust with little is unjust also with much.

11 ف إنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَناءَ عَلَى الثَّروَةِ الدُّنيَوِيَّةِ، فَمَنِ الَّذِي سَيَأْتَمِنُكُمْ عَلَى الحَقِيقِيَّةِ؟›

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true?

12 و َإنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَناءَ فِي ما يَخُصُّ غَيرَكُمْ، فَمَنِ الَّذِي سَيُعطِيكُمْ ما يَخُصُّكُمْ؟

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

13 « 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

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

14 و َلَمّا سَمِعَ الفِرِّيسِيُّونَ هَذا كُلَّهُ، استَهزَأُوا بِهِ لِأنَّهُمْ كانُوا يُحِبُّونَ المالَ.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him.

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

And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

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

The law and the prophets were until John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and whosoever will presses into it.

17 غ َيْرَ أنَّ زَوالَ السَّماءِ وَالأرْضِ أسهَلُ مِنْ أنْ تُلغَى نُقطَةٌ واحِدَةٌ مِنْ شَريعَةِ اللهِ.

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fail.

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

Whosoever puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whosoever marries her that is put away of her husband commits adultery.

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

¶ There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day;

20 و َكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ فَقِيرٌ اسْمُهُ لِعازَرُ يَتَمَدَّدُ عِندَ بَوّابَتِهِ، وَقَدْ غَطَّتِ القُرُوحُ جَسَدَهُ.

and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores

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

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

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

And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom; the rich man also died and was buried;

23 ف َرَفَعَ الغَنِيُّ بَصَرَهُ وَهُوَ يَتَعَذَّبُ فِي الهاوِيَةِ، وَرَأى إبراهِيمَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَلِعازَرَ إلَى جانِبِهِ.

and in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom.

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

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 « 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.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime didst receive thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted here, and thou art tormented.

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

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who would pass from here to you cannot; neither can they pass from there to us.

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

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou would send him to my father’s house,

28 ف َلِي خَمسَةُ إخْوَةٍ هُناكَ. دَعهُ يُنذِرْهُمْ لِكَيلا يَأْتُوا إلَى مَكانِ العَذابِ هَذا.›

for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

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

Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

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

And he said, No, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

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

And he said unto him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, even though one rose from the dead.