¹وقال ايضا لتلاميذه كان انسان غني له وكيل فوشي به اليه بانه يبذّر امواله.

¹And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

²فدعاه وقال له ما هذا الذي اسمع عنك. اعط حساب وكالتك لانك لا تقدر ان تكون وكيلا بعد.

²and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.

³فقال الوكيل في نفسه ماذا افعل. لان سيدي يأخذ مني الوكالة. لست استطيع ان انقب واستحي ان استعطي.

³`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: —

⁴قد علمت ماذا افعل حتى اذا عزلت عن الوكالة يقبلوني في بيوتهم.

⁴I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

⁵فدعا كل واحد من مديوني سيده وقال للأول كم عليك لسيدي.

⁵`And having called near each one of his lord`s debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

⁶فقال مئة بث زيت. فقال له خذ صكك واجلس عاجلا واكتب خمسين.

⁶and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.

⁷ثم قال لآخر وانت كم عليك. فقال مئة كرّ قمح. فقال له خذ صكك واكتب ثمانين.

⁷`Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.

⁸فمدح السيد وكيل الظلم اذ بحكمة فعل. لان ابناء هذا الدهر احكم من ابناء النور في جيلهم.

⁸`And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

⁹وانا اقول لكم اصنعوا لكم اصدقاء بمال الظلم حتى اذا فنيتم يقبلونكم في المظال الابدية.

⁹and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

¹⁰الامين في القليل امين ايضا في الكثير. والظالم في القليل ظالم ايضا في الكثير.

¹⁰`He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

¹¹فان لم تكونوا امناء في مال الظلم فمن يأتمنكم على الحق.

¹¹if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful — the true who will entrust to you?

¹²وان لم تكونوا امناء في ما هو للغير فمن يعطيكم ما هو لكم.

¹²and if in the other`s ye became not faithful — your own, who shall give to you?

¹³لا يقدر خادم ان يخدم سيدين. لانه اما ان يبغض الواحد ويحب الآخر او يلازم الواحد ويحتقر الآخر. لا تقدرون ان تخدموا الله والمال

¹³`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.`

¹⁴وكان الفريسيون ايضا يسمعون هذا كله وهم محبون للمال فاستهزأوا به.

¹⁴And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

¹⁵فقال لهم انتم الذين تبررون انفسكم قدام الناس. ولكن الله يعرف قلوبكم. ان المستعلي عند الناس هو رجس قدام الله

¹⁵and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] abomination before God;

¹⁶كان الناموس والانبياء الى يوحنا. ومن ذلك الوقت يبشر بملكوت الله وكل واحد يغتصب نفسه اليه.

¹⁶the law and the prophets [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

¹⁷ولكن زوال السماء والارض ايسر من ان تسقط نقطة واحدة من الناموس.

¹⁷and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

¹⁸كل من يطلّق امرأته ويتزوج باخرى يزني وكل من يتزوج بمطلّقة من رجل يزني

¹⁸`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

¹⁹كان انسان غني وكان يلبس الارجوان والبز وهو يتنعم كل يوم مترفها.

¹⁹`And — a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

²⁰وكان مسكين اسمه لعازر الذي طرح عند بابه مضروبا بالقروح.

²⁰and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

²¹ويشتهي ان يشبع من الفتات الساقط من مائدة الغني. بل كانت الكلاب تأتي وتلحس قروحه.

²¹and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

²²فمات المسكين وحملته الملائكة الى حضن ابراهيم. ومات الغني ايضا ودفن.

²²`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham — and the rich man also died, and was buried;

²³فرفع عينيه في الهاوية وهو في العذاب ورأى ابراهيم من بعيد ولعازر في حضنه.

²³and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

²⁴فنادى وقال يا ابي ابراهيم ارحمني وارسل لعازر ليبل طرف اصبعه بماء ويبرّد لساني لاني معذب في هذا اللهيب.

²⁴and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

²⁵فقال ابراهيم يا ابني اذكر انك استوفيت خيراتك في حياتك وكذلك لعازر البلايا. والآن هو يتعزى وانت تتعذب.

²⁵`And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive — thou — thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

²⁶وفوق هذا كله بيننا وبينكم هوّة عظيمة قد أثبتت حتى ان الذين يريدون العبور من ههنا اليكم لا يقدرون ولا الذين من هناك يجتازون الينا.

²⁶and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

²⁷فقال اسألك اذا يا ابت ان ترسله الى بيت ابي.

²⁷`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,

²⁸لان لي خمسة اخوة. حتى يشهد لهم لكي لا يأتوا هم ايضا الى موضع العذاب هذا.

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

²⁹قال له ابراهيم عندهم موسى والانبياء. ليسمعوا منهم.

²⁹`Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;

³⁰فقال لا يا ابي ابراهيم. بل اذا مضى اليهم واحد من الاموات يتوبون.

³⁰and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

³¹فقال له ان كانوا لا يسمعون من موسى والانبياء ولا ان قام واحد من الاموات يصدقون

³¹And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.`