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Lu-ca 16
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Lu-ca 16
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Ngụ Ngôn Về Người Quản Gia Bất Lương
16 Đức Giê-su cũng phán dạy các môn đệ: “Một người giàu kia có anh quản gia bị tố cáo đã phung phí tài sản của chủ. 2 Chủ gọi anh đến bảo: ‘Anh làm gì mà ta nghe báo cáo về anh như thế? Hãy khai trình sổ sách quản lý của anh, vì anh không còn được làm quản gia nữa!’
3 Quản gia tự nhủ: ‘Chủ cách chức ta thì ta phải[a] làm gì đây? Cuốc đất thì không nổi, ăn xin thì hổ nhục. 4 Ta biết ta phải làm gì để khi ta bị đuổi thì có người tiếp đón ta về nhà.’
5 Quản gia bèn gọi tất cả con nợ của chủ đến. Anh hỏi người thứ nhất: ‘Ông nợ chủ tôi bao nhiêu?’ Đáp:
6 ‘Một trăm thùng[b] dầu ô-liu.’ Quản gia bảo: ‘Lấy tờ giấy nợ ngồi xuống đó viết ngay năm chục thùng!’
7 Rồi anh hỏi người khác: ‘Còn ông nợ bao nhiêu?’ Đáp: ‘Một trăm giạ[c] lúa.’ Quản gia bảo: ‘Lấy tờ giấy nợ viết tám chục!’
8 Chủ bèn khen quản gia bất chính ấy đã hành động tinh khôn; vì con cái đời này xảo quyệt hơn con cái ánh sáng trong việc xử thế. 9 Ta bảo các con, hãy dùng của cải bất chính mà kết bạn để khi của ấy cạn đi, họ sẽ tiếp rước các con vào nhà vĩnh cửu.
10 Ai trung tín trong việc nhỏ cũng trung tín trong việc lớn. Ai bất chính trong việc nhỏ cũng bất chính trong việc lớn. 11 Vậy, nếu các con không trung tín[d] về của cải bất chính thì ai dám giao của cải thật cho các con? 12 Nếu các con không trung tín về của cải của người khác, thì ai dám giao cho các con của cải thuộc phần các con?[e]
13 Không một đầy tớ nào có thể phục vụ hai chủ, vì sẽ ghét chủ này, thương chủ kia, hoặc trọng chủ này mà khinh chủ kia. Các con không thể phục vụ Đức Chúa Trời lẫn tiền tài.”[f]
14 Các người Pha-ri-si là những kẻ ham tiền nghe mọi lời ấy thì chê cười Ngài. 15 Chúa bảo họ: “Các ông là những người làm ra vẻ công chính trước mặt người ta, nhưng Đức Chúa Trời biết lòng các ông; vì điều người ta đề cao lại là điều ghê tởm trước mặt Đức Chúa Trời.
16 Kinh Luật và Kinh Tiên Tri được truyền giảng đến đời Giăng. Từ ngày đó, Nước Đức Chúa Trời được truyền giảng và ai cũng cố sức chen lấn mà vào. 17 Nhưng trời đất qua đi còn dễ hơn là xóa bỏ một nét[g] trong Kinh Luật.
18 Ai ly dị vợ và cưới vợ khác là phạm tội ngoại tình. Ai cưới đàn bà ly hôn cũng phạm tội ngoại tình.”
Người Giàu Và La-xa-rơ
19 “Có một người giàu kia thường ăn mặc gấm vóc lụa là,[h] hằng ngày tiệc tùng xa xỉ. 20 Cũng có một người nghèo khổ tên La-xa-rơ nằm trước cổng nhà người giàu ấy, mình đầy ghẻ lở. 21 La-xa-rơ mơ ước được hưởng các mảnh vụn từ bàn người giàu rớt xuống, nhưng chỉ có chó đến liếm ghẻ trên người.
22 Người nghèo chết, các thiên sứ đem đặt vào lòng Áp-ra-ham. Người giàu cũng chết và được chôn cất. 23 Bị khổ hình nơi Âm Phủ, người giàu ngước mắt nhìn lên, thấy Áp-ra-ham ở đàng xa, có La-xa-rơ đang ở trong lòng. 24 Người giàu kêu xin: ‘Tổ phụ Áp-ra-ham ơi, xin thương xót con, sai La-xa-rơ nhúng đầu ngón tay vào nước, thấm mát lưỡi con, vì con bị đau đớn quá trong lửa này!’
25 Nhưng Áp-ra-ham đáp: ‘Con ơi, hãy nhớ khi còn sống con đã hưởng những điều sung sướng; còn La-xa-rơ phải chịu những điều khổ cực; nhưng bây giờ La-xa-rơ được an ủi, còn con chịu đau đớn. 26 Hơn nữa, giữa chúng ta và con, có một vực thẳm bao la, hai bên cách biệt hẳn, nên ai muốn từ đây qua đó, hoặc từ đó qua đây đều không được.’
27 Người giàu van xin: ‘Tổ phụ ơi, thế thì xin tổ sai La-xa-rơ đến nhà cha con 28 —vì con còn năm anh em—để người làm chứng cho họ, kẻo họ cũng bị xuống nơi khổ hình này!’
29 Nhưng Áp-ra-ham đáp: ‘Chúng đã có Môi-se và các tiên tri của Chúa, hãy để chúng nghe lời họ!’
30 Người giàu cố nài: ‘Tổ phụ ơi, không phải vậy đâu! Nhưng nếu có người chết sống lại đến nói thì họ mới ăn năn!’
31 Áp-ra-ham đáp: ‘Nếu chúng không chịu nghe Môi-se và các tiên tri của Chúa, thì dù có người chết sống lại cũng chẳng thuyết phục chúng được đâu!’ ”
Luc 16
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Luc 16
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Dieu et l’argent
16 Jésus dit encore à ses disciples : Un grand propriétaire avait un gérant. On vint lui dénoncer sa conduite car il gaspillait ses biens. 2 Le maître le fit appeler et lui dit : « Qu’est-ce que j’apprends à ton sujet ? Remets-moi les comptes de ta gestion, car tu ne continueras pas à gérer mes affaires. »
3 Le gérant se dit : « Que vais-je faire, puisque mon maître m’enlève la gestion de ses biens ? Travailler comme ouvrier agricole ? Je n’en ai pas la force. Me mettre à mendier ? J’en aurais honte. 4 Ah ! je sais ce que je vais faire pour que des gens me reçoivent chez eux lorsque j’aurai perdu ma place. »
5 Là-dessus, il fait venir un à un tous les débiteurs de son maître. Il dit au premier : « Combien dois-tu à mon maître ?
6 – Quarante hectolitres d’huile d’olive, lui répond celui-ci.
– Voici ta reconnaissance de dette, lui dit le gérant, assieds-toi là, dépêche-toi et inscris vingt hectolitres. »
7 Ensuite il dit à un autre : « Et toi, combien dois-tu ?
– Cinq cents sacs de blé.
– Prends ta reconnaissance de dette, reprend le gérant, et inscris-en quatre cents. »
8 Le maître admira l’habileté avec laquelle ce gérant malhonnête s’y était pris[a]. En effet, ceux qui vivent pour ce monde sont plus avisés dans leurs affaires avec leurs semblables que les enfants de la lumière.
9 Et moi je vous déclare : Si vous avez de ces richesses entachées d’injustice, utilisez-les pour vous faire des amis. Ainsi, le jour où elles vous échapperont, ils vous accueilleront dans les demeures éternelles. 10 Si quelqu’un est fidèle dans les petites choses, on peut aussi lui faire confiance pour ce qui est important. Mais celui qui n’est pas fidèle dans les petites choses ne l’est pas non plus pour ce qui est important. 11 Si donc vous n’avez pas été fidèles dans la gestion des richesses injustes, qui vous confiera les véritables ? 12 Si vous n’avez pas été fidèles dans la gestion du bien d’autrui, qui vous donnera celui qui vous est personnellement destiné ?
(Mt 6.24)
13 Aucun serviteur ne peut être en même temps au service de deux maîtres. En effet, ou bien il détestera l’un et aimera l’autre ; ou bien il sera dévoué au premier et méprisera le second. Vous ne pouvez pas servir en même temps Dieu et l’Argent.
14 En entendant toutes ces recommandations, les pharisiens, qui étaient très attachés à l’argent, se moquaient de Jésus.
15 Mais il leur dit : Vous, vous vous faites passer vous-mêmes pour justes aux yeux de tout le monde, mais Dieu connaît le fond de votre cœur. Ce qui est en haute estime parmi les hommes, Dieu l’a en horreur.
La Loi et le royaume(A)
16 L’époque de la Loi et des prophètes va jusqu’à Jean-Baptiste ; depuis qu’il est venu, le royaume de Dieu est annoncé, et chacun use de violence pour y entrer.
(Mt 5.18)
17 Il serait plus facile au ciel et à la terre de disparaître qu’à un trait de lettre de la Loi.
(Mt 5.32)
18 Celui qui divorce d’avec sa femme et se remarie commet un adultère, et celui qui épouse une femme divorcée d’avec son mari commet un adultère.
L’homme riche et le pauvre Lazare
19 Il y avait un homme riche, toujours vêtu d’habits coûteux et raffinés[b]. Sa vie n’était chaque jour que festins et plaisirs. 20 Un pauvre, nommé Lazare, se tenait couché devant le portail de sa villa, le corps couvert de plaies purulentes. 21 Il aurait bien voulu calmer sa faim avec les miettes qui tombaient de la table du riche. Les chiens mêmes venaient lécher ses plaies.
22 Le pauvre mourut, et les anges l’emportèrent auprès d’Abraham. Le riche mourut à son tour, et on l’enterra. 23 Du séjour des morts, où il souffrait cruellement, il leva les yeux et aperçut, très loin, Abraham, et Lazare à côté de lui.
24 Alors il s’écria : « Abraham, mon père, aie pitié de moi ! Envoie donc Lazare, qu’il trempe le bout de son doigt dans l’eau et me rafraîchisse la langue, car je souffre horriblement dans ces flammes. »
25 Mais Abraham lui répondit : « Mon fils, souviens-toi de combien de bonnes choses tu as joui pendant ta vie, tandis que Lazare n’a connu que des malheurs. A présent, ici, c’est lui qui est consolé, tandis que toi, tu es dans les tourments. 26 De plus, il y a maintenant un immense abîme entre nous et vous et, même si on le voulait, on ne pourrait ni le franchir pour aller d’ici vers vous, ni le traverser pour venir de chez vous ici.
27 – Dans ce cas, dit alors le riche, je t’en conjure, père, envoie au moins Lazare dans la maison de mon père, 28 car j’ai cinq frères ; qu’il les avertisse pour qu’ils n’aboutissent pas, eux aussi, dans ce lieu de tourments.
29 – Tes frères ont les écrits de Moïse et des prophètes, lui répondit Abraham ; qu’ils les écoutent !
30 – Non, père Abraham, reprit l’autre. Mais si quelqu’un revient du séjour des morts et va les trouver, ils changeront. »
31 Mais Abraham répliqua : « S’ils n’écoutent ni Moïse ni les prophètes, ils ne se laisseront pas davantage convaincre par un mort revenant à la vie ! »
Luke 16
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Luke 16
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The Unjust Steward (Manager)
16 Now Jesus was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager [of his estate], and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that this man was squandering his [master’s] possessions. 2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [of my affairs], for you can no longer be [my] manager.’ 3 The manager [of the estate] said to himself, ‘What will I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig [for a living], and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management, people [who are my master’s debtors] will welcome me into their homes.’ 5 So he summoned his master’s debtors one by one, and he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 He said, ‘A hundred [a]measures of [olive] oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write [b]fifty.’ 7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred [c]measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 8 And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers]. 9 And I tell you [learn from this], make friends for yourselves [for eternity] by means of the [d]wealth of unrighteousness [that is, use material resources as a way to further the work of God], so that when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings.
10 “He who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little thing is also dishonest in much. 11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of earthly wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? 12 And if you have not been faithful in the use of that [earthly wealth] which belongs to another [whether God or man, and of which you are a trustee], who will 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 he will stand devotedly by the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon [that is, your earthly possessions or anything else you trust in and rely on instead of God].”
14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him. 15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.(A)
16 “The Law and the [writings of the] Prophets were proclaimed until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God has been and continues to be preached, and everyone tries forcefully to go into it. 17 Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a letter of the Law to fail and become void.
18 “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.(B)
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated and lived joyously in splendor every day. 20 And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores. 21 He [eagerly] longed to eat the crumbs which fell 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 his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s [e]bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise). 24 And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you [people] a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to come over from here to you will not be able, and none may cross over from there to us.’ 27 So the rich man said, ‘Then, father [Abraham], I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—in order that he may solemnly warn them and witness to them, so that they too will not come to this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have [the Scriptures given by] Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets; let them listen to them.’ 30 He replied, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent [they will change their old way of thinking and seek God and His righteousness].’ 31 And he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to [the messages of] Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Footnotes
- Luke 16:6 Gr baths, a Hebrew unit of measure equaling about 7-8 gal.
- Luke 16:6 It is possible that the manager was releasing the debtors from unlawful interest he was charging them (cf v 2)
- Luke 16:7 Gr kors, one kor equals 10-12 bushels.
- Luke 16:9 Gr mamona, from Aram mammon, signifying riches, wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship.
- Luke 16:22 Or lap. The Greek word basically means a fold, and could refer either to the fold of a robe over the chest or to the fold of a lap, formed when the legs are placed together. In either case, being “in Abraham’s bosom” (v 23) is an image reflecting a blissful place of comfort and security.
Luke 16
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Luke 16
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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.’”
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