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不義的管家

16 耶穌又對門徒說:“有一個財主的管家,有人在他主人面前告他浪費主人的財物。 主人把他叫來,對他說:‘我聽見關於你的是怎麼一回事呢?把你管理的帳目交代清楚,因為你不能再作管家了。’ 那管家心裡說:‘主人不要我再作管家了,我作甚麼才好呢?鋤地吧,沒有力氣!討飯吧,怕羞! 我知道要怎麼作了,好使人在我離開管家的職務以後,接我到他們家裡去。’ 於是把欠他主人債的人,一個一個地叫來,問頭一個說:‘你欠我主人多少?’ 他說:‘四千公升油。’管家說:‘拿你的欠單去,快坐下寫二千。’ 又問一個說:‘你欠多少?’他說:‘四萬公升麥子。’管家說:‘拿你的欠單去,寫三萬。’ 主人就誇獎這不義的管家作事機警;因為在應付自己的世事上,今世之子比光明之子更精明。 我告訴你們,要用不義的錢財(“錢財”亞蘭文是“瑪門”)去結交朋友,好叫錢財無用的時候,他們可以接你們到永恆的帳棚裡。 10 在最小的事上忠心的,在大事上也忠心;在最小的事上不義的,在大事上也不義。 11 如果你們在不義的錢財上不忠心,誰還把真實的錢財託付給你們呢? 12 如果你們在別人的東西上不忠心,誰還把你們自己的東西交給你們呢?

不能服事兩個主人(A)

13 “一個家僕不能服事兩個主人;他若不是恨這個愛那個,就是忠於這個輕視那個。你們不能服事 神,又服事金錢。” 14 貪財的法利賽人聽見這些話,就嗤笑耶穌。 15 耶穌對他們說:“你們在人面前自稱為義, 神卻知道你們的心;因為人所高舉的, 神卻看作是可憎惡的。 16 律法和先知到約翰就結束了。從此, 神的國的福音就傳開了,人人都要努力進去。 17 天地過去,要比律法的一點一畫失效還容易呢。 18 凡休妻另娶的,就犯了姦淫;娶被丈夫所休的,也是犯了姦淫。

財主與拉撒路

19 “有一個財主,身穿紫色袍和細麻衣,天天奢華宴樂。 20 又有一個乞丐,名叫拉撒路,滿身是瘡,被人放在財主門口, 21 想得財主桌子上掉下來的零碎充飢;並且有狗來舔他的瘡。 22 後來乞丐死了,被天使送到亞伯拉罕的懷裡。那財主也死了,並且埋葬了。 23 財主在陰間受痛苦,舉目遠遠望見亞伯拉罕,和他懷裡的拉撒路, 24 就喊著說:‘我祖亞伯拉罕啊,可憐我吧!打發拉撒路來用指頭蘸點水,涼涼我的舌頭吧!因為我在這火燄裡非常痛苦。’ 25 亞伯拉罕說:‘孩子,你應該回想你生前享過福,同樣拉撒路受過苦,現在他在這裡得安慰,你卻要受苦了。 26 不但這樣,我們與你們之間,有深淵隔開,人想從這邊過到你們那裡是不可能的,從那邊過到我們這邊也是不可能的。’ 27 那人說:‘我祖啊,那麼求你差遣拉撒路到我家裡去, 28 因為我有五個兄弟,他可以警告他們,免得他們也到這受苦的地方來。’ 29 亞伯拉罕說:‘他們有摩西和先知可以聽從。’ 30 他說:‘不然,我祖亞伯拉罕啊,如果有人從死人中復活,到他們那裡去,他們必定會悔改。’ 31 亞伯拉罕說:‘如果他們不聽從摩西和先知,就算有一個從死人中復活的人,他們也不會接受勸告。’”

善用钱财

16 耶稣又对门徒说:“某财主有个管家,有人控告这管家浪费主人的财物。 财主便把管家召来,对他说,‘听说你浪费我的财物,到底是怎么回事?把帐目交代清楚,你不能再当管家了。’

“管家私下盘算,‘主人要辞退我了,怎么办呢?锄地我没有力气,讨饭我又感到羞耻。 我知道该怎么办了!就算被辞退了,也会有人照应我。’ 于是,他把欠他主人债的一个一个召来,问第一个,‘你欠了我主人多少?’

“他回答说,‘一百桶油。’

“管家说,‘这是你的帐,快坐下,改成五十吧!’

“管家又问另一个,‘你欠多少?’

“他回答说,‘一百石麦子。’

“管家说,‘这是你的帐,改成八十石吧。’

“主人夸奖这个不义的管家精明。因为今世的儿女在处理世事方面比光明的儿女更精明。

“我告诉你们,要善用今世[a]的钱财,广结朋友。这样,当钱财不管用时,他们会接你们到永远的居所。

见微知著

10 “一个人在小事上忠心,在大事上也会忠心;在小事上靠不住,在大事上更靠不住。 11 如果你们不能忠心地处理今世的财富,谁会把真正的财富交托给你们呢? 12 如果你们不能忠心地处理别人的产业,谁会把你们名下的产业交给你们呢? 13 一个仆人不能服侍两位主人,因为他不是恨这位、爱那位,就是重这位、轻那位。你们不能又事奉上帝,又崇拜金钱。”

警戒贪财的法利赛人

14 法利赛人向来贪财,他们一面听一面嗤笑耶稣。 15 耶稣对他们说:“你们在人面前自以为义,但上帝能看透你们的心。因为世人所看重的东西在上帝看来却是可憎的。 16 约翰还没有来以前,律法书和先知书是你们的准则。他出来后,上帝国的福音开始广传,人人都在努力进上帝的国。 17 不过,就是天地都消失,律法的一点一划也不会失效。 18 任何人休妻另娶,就是犯通奸罪,娶被休的女子也是犯通奸罪。”

财主和乞丐

19 耶稣又说:“有个财主天天衣着华丽,生活奢侈。 20 又有一个名叫拉撒路的乞丐身上长满了脓疮,被人放在财主家门口。 21 他渴望吃到财主桌上掉下来的食物残渣,却只有狗来舔他的疮。

22 “后来,乞丐死了,天使带他到亚伯拉罕身边。财主也死了,被人埋葬了。 23 他在阴间受折磨,抬头远远地看见亚伯拉罕和他身边的拉撒路, 24 就喊着说,‘我的先祖亚伯拉罕啊!求你可怜我,派拉撒路用指尖蘸点水来润润我的舌头吧!我在这火中实在痛苦不堪。’

25 “亚伯拉罕说,‘孩子啊!你要想想,你生前享福,而拉撒路受苦;如今他在这里得到安慰,而你受折磨。 26 况且,在你我中间隔着一道深渊,这边的人不能到你那边去,你那边的人也不能到这里来。’

27 “财主说,‘我的先祖啊,那么求你派拉撒路去我父亲家里, 28 因为我有五个弟兄。让拉撒路去警告他们,以免他们也来到这痛苦的地方。’

29 “但是亚伯拉罕却说,‘他们可以听从摩西和众先知的话呀!’

30 “财主回答说,‘我的先祖亚伯拉罕啊!他们不会听的。但如果有一个死而复活的人去警告他们,他们肯定会悔改!’

31 “亚伯拉罕说,‘如果他们不听从摩西和众先知的话,即使一个人从死里复活,他们也不会信服。’”

Footnotes

  1. 16:9 今世”希腊文是“不义”。

The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward

16 Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a steward, and this steward was [a]reported to him as (A)squandering his possessions. And he called for him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’ And the steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my [b]master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the stewardship people will [c]take me into their homes.’ And he summoned each one of his [d]master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ And he said, ‘One hundred [e]baths of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘One hundred [f]kors of wheat.’ He *said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ And his [g]master praised the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly, for the sons of (B)this age are more shrewd in relation to their own [h]kind than the (C)sons of light. And I say to you, (D)make friends for yourselves from the [i](E)wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, (F)they will [j]take you into the eternal dwellings.

10 (G)He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much, and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. 11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous [k](H)wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? 12 And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? 13 (I)No [l]servant can [m]serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot [n]serve God and [o](J)wealth.”

14 Now the Pharisees, who were (K)lovers of money, were listening to all these things and (L)were scoffing at Him. 15 And He said to them, “You are those who (M)justify yourselves [p]in the sight of men, but (N)God knows your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable [q]in the sight of God.

16 (O)The Law and the Prophets were until John; [r]since that time (P)the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 (Q)But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one [s]stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

18 (R)Everyone who [t]divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is [u]divorced from a husband commits adultery.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. 20 But a poor man named Lazarus (S)was laid at his gate, covered with sores, 21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. 22 Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to (T)Abraham’s bosom, and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 And in (U)Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried out and said, ‘(V)Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in (W)this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that (X)during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things. But now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. 26 And [v]besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you are not able, and none may cross over from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I am asking you, father, that you send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—in order that he may (Y)warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham *said, ‘They have (Z)Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 But he said, ‘No, (AA)father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ 31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:1 Or accused
  2. Luke 16:3 Or lord
  3. Luke 16:4 Or receive
  4. Luke 16:5 Or lord’s
  5. Luke 16:6 A bath was approx. 6 gal. or 23 l
  6. Luke 16:7 A kor was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
  7. Luke 16:8 Or lord
  8. Luke 16:8 Lit generation
  9. Luke 16:9 Gr mamonas (mammon); wealth personified as an object of worship
  10. Luke 16:9 Or receive
  11. Luke 16:11 Gr mamonas (mammon); wealth personified as an object of worship
  12. Luke 16:13 Or house-servant
  13. Luke 16:13 Or be a slave to
  14. Luke 16:13 Or be a slave to
  15. Luke 16:13 Gr mamonas (mammon); wealth personified as an object of worship
  16. Luke 16:15 Lit before
  17. Luke 16:15 Lit before
  18. Luke 16:16 Lit from then
  19. Luke 16:17 Projection of a letter (serif)
  20. Luke 16:18 Or sends away
  21. Luke 16:18 Or sent away
  22. Luke 16:26 Lit in all these things

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

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 mayest be no longer steward.

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

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

So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

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

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

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

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

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

15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

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

18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 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 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 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 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 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

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

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

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

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