Luke 16
New International Version
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.(A) 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’
3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 “‘Nine hundred gallons[a] of olive oil,’ he replied.
“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’
7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’
“‘A thousand bushels[b] of wheat,’ he replied.
“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’
8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(B) are more shrewd(C) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(D) 9 I tell you, use worldly wealth(E) to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.(F)
10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much,(G) and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth,(H) who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?
13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”(I)
14 The Pharisees, who loved money,(J) heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.(K) 15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves(L) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.(M) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
Additional Teachings
16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John.(N) Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached,(O) and everyone is forcing their way into it. 17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.(P)
18 “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.(Q)
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(R) 20 At his gate was laid a beggar(S) named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.(T) Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham,(U) have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’(V)
25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,(W) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.(X) 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them,(Y) so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses(Z) and the Prophets;(AA) let them listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’(AB) he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
路加福音 16
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
不义的管家
16 耶稣又对门徒说:“有一个财主的管家,别人向他主人告他浪费主人的财物。 2 主人叫他来,对他说:‘我听见你这事怎么样呢?把你所经管的交代明白,因你不能再做我的管家。’ 3 那管家心里说:‘主人辞我,不用我再做管家,我将来做什么?锄地呢,无力;讨饭呢,怕羞。 4 我知道怎么行,好叫人在我不做管家之后,接我到他们家里去。’ 5 于是,把欠他主人债的一个一个地叫了来,问头一个说:‘你欠我主人多少?’ 6 他说:‘一百篓[a]油。’管家说:‘拿你的账,快坐下写五十。’ 7 又问一个说:‘你欠多少?’他说:‘一百石麦子。’管家说:‘拿你的账,写八十。’ 8 主人就夸奖这不义的管家做事聪明,因为今世之子在世事之上,较比光明之子更加聪明。 9 我又告诉你们:要借着那不义的钱财结交朋友,到了钱财无用的时候,他们可以接你们到永存的帐幕里去。 10 人在最小的事上忠心,在大事上也忠心;在最小的事上不义,在大事上也不义。 11 倘若你们在不义的钱财上不忠心,谁还把那真实的钱财托付你们呢? 12 倘若你们在别人的东西上不忠心,谁还把你们自己的东西给你们呢?
一个仆人不能侍奉两个主
13 “一个仆人不能侍奉两个主,不是恶这个爱那个,就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又侍奉神,又侍奉玛门。”
14 法利赛人是贪爱钱财的,他们听见这一切话,就嗤笑耶稣。 15 耶稣对他们说:“你们是在人面前自称为义的,你们的心,神却知道。因为人所尊贵的,是神看为可憎恶的。 16 律法和先知到约翰为止,从此神国的福音传开了,人人努力要进去。 17 天地废去较比律法的一点一画落空还容易。
论休妻
18 “凡休妻另娶的,就是犯奸淫;娶被休之妻的,也是犯奸淫。
财主和拉撒路
19 “有一个财主,穿着紫色袍和细麻布衣服,天天奢华宴乐。 20 又有一个讨饭的名叫拉撒路,浑身生疮,被人放在财主门口, 21 要得财主桌子上掉下来的零碎充饥,并且狗来舔他的疮。 22 后来那讨饭的死了,被天使带去放在亚伯拉罕的怀里。财主也死了,并且埋葬了。 23 他在阴间受痛苦,举目远远地望见亚伯拉罕,又望见拉撒路在他怀里, 24 就喊着说:‘我祖亚伯拉罕哪,可怜我吧!打发拉撒路来,用指头尖蘸点水,凉凉我的舌头,因为我在这火焰里极其痛苦。’ 25 亚伯拉罕说:‘儿啊,你该回想你生前享过福,拉撒路也受过苦;如今他在这里得安慰,你倒受痛苦。 26 不但这样,并且在你我之间有深渊限定,以致人要从这边过到你们那边是不能的,要从那边过到我们这边也是不能的。’ 27 财主说:‘我祖啊,既是这样,求你打发拉撒路到我父家去, 28 因为我还有五个弟兄,他可以对他们作见证,免得他们也来到这痛苦的地方。’ 29 亚伯拉罕说:‘他们有摩西和先知的话可以听从。’ 30 他说:‘我祖亚伯拉罕哪,不是的,若有一个从死里复活的,到他们那里去的,他们必要悔改。’ 31 亚伯拉罕说:‘若不听从摩西和先知的话,就是有一个从死里复活的,他们也是不听劝。’”
Footnotes
- 路加福音 16:6 每篓约五十斤。
Lukas 16
En Levende Bok
Fortellingen om den uærlige forvalteren
16 Jesus fortalte også et annet bilde, men denne gangen bare for disiplene. Han sa: ”En rik mann hadde en forvalter som drev forretningene hans, men ryktet begynte å gå om at mannen satte pengene hans over styr.
2 Arbeidsgiveren kalte derfor mannen til seg og sa: ’Hva er det jeg hører om deg! Legg fram regnskapet, for jeg tenker å gi deg oppsigelse i jobben.’
3 Forvalteren tenkte da med seg selv: ’Hva skal jeg nå gjøre dersom jeg må slutte som forvalter? Grave grøfter orker jeg ikke og å tigge skammer jeg meg over. 4 Men jeg har en idé som kan gi meg mange venner den dagen jeg må forlate jobben min.’
5-6 Som tenkt som gjort! Han ba om et møte med dem som skyldte arbeidsgiveren penger, og begynte å forhandle med en etter en. Den første spurte han: ’Hvor mye er du skyldig?’
’100 fat olivenolje’, svarte mannen.
Da sa forvalteren: ’Her er gjeldsbrevet du har skrev under på. Riv det i biter og skriv ut et nytt på 50 fat i stedet.’
7 Så spurte han neste mann: ’Og hvor mye skylder du?’
’100 tønner hvete’, svarte han.
’Her’, sa forvalteren, ’ta gjeldsbrevet ditt og skriv 80 tønner i stedet!’
8 Den rike mannen var nødt til å innrømme at den uærlige forvalteren hans hadde vært smart.[a] Og det er faktisk slik at denne verdens mennesker er mer smarte mot hverandre, enn de som tilhører Gud. 9 Ja, det rådet skal jeg gi dere, at det å bruke pengene sine til å hjelpe andre kan føre til at dere blir hilst velkommen til Guds evighet den dagen pengene her har mistet sin verdi.
10 Bare den som er ærlig i de daglige forhold, vil være ærlige når det gjelder større bestemmelser. Fusker noen i det lille, vil de også fuske i stort.
11 Dersom dere er upålitelige i spørsmål om penger, hvem vil da la dere ta hånd om de virkelige verdiene? 12 Dersom dere ikke er til å stole på når det gjelder pengene til andre, hvem vil da betro dere sine egne penger å forvalte?
13 Ingen kan tjene to herrer samtidig. Enten vil han hate den første og elske den andre, eller elske den første og hate den andre. Dere må altså velge. Dere kan ikke tjene Gud samtidig som dere elsker pengene.[b]”
14 Da fariseerne[c] hørte dette, kritiserte de Jesus, for de var svært glade i penger. 15 Jesus sa: ”Dere gjør alt for at folket skal tro at dere følger Guds vilje, men Gud vet hvor onde dere er. Og det som gjør inntrykk på folket, er gjerne slikt som Gud hater.”
En ny tid, men Moseloven gjelder fortsatt
16 Jesus sa også: ”Fram til den dagen da døperen Johannes begynte å tale til folket, var det ordene som er skrevet ned i Moseloven og profetene[d] som var folkets veivisere. Etter denne tiden blir nå det glade budskapet spredd om at Gud vil frelse menneskene og gjøre dem til sitt eget folk.[e] Alle presser på for å få være med. 17 Men det betyr ikke at loven har sluttet å gjelde. Nei, så lenge himmelen og jorden består, vil hvert ord i loven være gyldig. 18 Fortsatt gjelder det at den mannen som skiller seg fra kona si og gifter seg på nytt med en annen, han er utro.[f] Og den som gifter seg med en kvinne som er skilt, gjør at hun er utro.”
Den rike mannen og Lasarus
19 Jesus fortalte: ”Det var en gang en rik mann som var flott kledd og hver dag levde i luksus og overflod. 20 På samme tiden lå en tigger som het Lasarus, ved porten hans full av sår. 21 Lasarus håpet å få noen matrester fra bordet til den rike mannen, og hundene kom og slikket sårene hans. 22 Til slutt døde tiggeren og ble ført av englene til Abraham, til det stedet der ingen lidelse finnes. Den rike mannen døde også og ble begravd. 23 Da han slo opp øynene sine, var han i helvete, der han ble uhyggelig plaget.
Langt borte fikk han se Abraham, og Lasarus som satt ved siden av ham. 24 ’Far Abraham’, ropte han. ’Ha medfølelse med meg! Send Lasarus hit for å dyppe fingeren i vann for å leske tungen min. Jeg blir så fryktelig plaget i disse flammene.’
25 Men Abraham sa til ham: ’Min sønn, husk på at du i din tid på jorden hadde alt du ønsket deg, mens Lasarus ikke hadde noe. Nå er han her for å bli trøstet, mens du blir plaget. 26 Dessuten finnes det en stor avgrunn som skiller mellom oss. Ingen kan komme herfra og ta seg over til dere. Heller ikke kan noen komme over fra dere til oss.’
27 Da sa den rike mannen: ’Far Abraham, send ham i det minste 28 til mine fem brødre for å advare dem mot dette stedet med så mye pine, slik at de slipper å komme hit når de dør.’
29 Abraham sa: ’De kan høre på det Gud har sagt i Moseloven og ved profetene.’[g]
30 Den rike mannen svarte: ’Nei, far Abraham, det bryr de seg ikke om. Men om noen kommer til dem fra de døde, da vender de om til Gud!’
31 Men Abraham sa: ’Dersom de ikke vil høre på det som Gud har sagt i Moseloven og profetene, vil de heller ikke bli overbevist selv om noen står opp fra de døde.’ ”
Footnotes
- 16:8 Den rike mannen hadde sannsynligvis bakt inn rente i gjelden, og dette var ulovlig. Derfor kunne han ikke foreta seg noe da forvalteren tok bort rentebeløpet.
- 16:13 I den greske grunnteksten blir det ”å elske pengene” kalt for ”å tjene Mammon”, som er en avgud.
- 16:14 Fariseerne var et religiøst parti blant jødene. De var svært nøye med å følge hele Moseloven og hadde for øvrig lagt til egne regler og forskrifter.
- 16:16 Moseloven og profetenes bok er to av delene i den jødiske Skriften, det vil si Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente. Den tredje delen er salmene.
- 16:16 På gresk: forkynnes evangeliet om Guds rike.
- 16:18 Etter som mannen ikke hadde rett til å skille seg fra konen sin, var de i Guds øyne fortsatt gifte med hverandre.
- 16:29 Moseloven og profetenes bok er to av delene i den jødiske Skriften, det vil si Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente. Den tredje delen er salmene.
Luke 16
New King James Version
The Parable of the Unjust Steward
16 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was [a]wasting his goods. 2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an (A)account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’
3 “Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’
5 “So he called every one of his master’s debtors to him, and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 And he said, ‘A hundred [b]measures of oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ So he said, ‘A hundred [c]measures of wheat.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 8 So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than (B)the sons of light.
9 “And I say to you, (C)make friends for yourselves by unrighteous [d]mammon, that when [e]you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home. 10 (D)He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. 11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your (E)own?
13 (F)“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
The Law, the Prophets, and the Kingdom
14 Now the Pharisees, (G)who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they [f]derided Him. 15 And He said to them, “You are those who (H)justify yourselves (I)before men, but (J)God knows your hearts. For (K)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 (L)“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it. 17 (M)And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one [g]tittle of the law to fail.
18 (N)“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and [h]fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with [i]the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to (O)Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 “Then 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 (P)cool my tongue; for I (Q)am tormented in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, (R)remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’
27 “Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ 29 Abraham said to him, (S)‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 But he said to him, (T)‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, (U)neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ”
Footnotes
- Luke 16:1 squandering
- Luke 16:6 Gr. batos, same as Heb. bath; 8 or 9 gallons each
- Luke 16:7 Gr. koros, same as Heb. kor; 10 or 12 bushels each
- Luke 16:9 Lit., in Aram., wealth
- Luke 16:9 NU it fails
- Luke 16:14 Lit. turned up their nose at
- Luke 16:17 The smallest stroke in a Heb. letter
- Luke 16:19 lived in luxury
- Luke 16:21 NU what fell
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