¹He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

¹ Yesu salaŋ talibey se koyne ka ne: «Arzakante fo go no kaŋ gonda jine fune. Nga mo, i kand'a kalima koyo do ka ne a goono ga koyo jinay hasara.

² He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

² A n'a ce ka ne a se: ‹Ifo no wo kaŋ ay goono ga maa ni boŋ? Kala ni m'ay no ni jine-funetara lasaabo, zama a si du ka te ni ma ciya jine fune koyne.›

³ “The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

³ Jine funa ne nga bina ra: ‹Mate no ay ga te, za kaŋ ay koyo ga jine-funetara ta ay gaa? Ay sinda gaaham gaabi ay ma koy ka far, haawi g'ay di mo ay ma koy ka bar kar.

⁴ I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

⁴ To! Ay ga bay haŋ kaŋ ay ga te, hala waato kaŋ i n'ay kaa jine-funetara ra, borey m'ay ta ngey windey ra.›

⁵ Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

⁵ A na nga koyo garawkooni fo kulu ce ka ne sintina se: ‹Marge no ay koyo ga ni gana garaw?›

⁶ He said, ‘A hundred batos 100 batos is about 395 litres or 104 U. S. gallons. of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

⁶ Bora ne: ‹Ji tono waranka no.› A ne a se: ‹Ma ni tira sambu ka goro nda waasi ka hantum: iway no.›

⁷ Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

⁷ Waato din gaa a ne afo se: ‹Ni binde, marge no a ga ni gana?› Nga mo ne: ‹Alkama saaku zangu gu no.› A ne a se: ‹Ma ni tira sambu ka hantum: zangu taaci no.›

⁸ “His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

⁸ Kala koyo na jine funa kaŋ sinda naanay kuuku, zama a te dabari nda laakal. Zama ngey alwaato ra, zamana wo izey ga bisa annura izey laakal.

⁹ I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

⁹ Ay mo ne araŋ se: araŋ ma te araŋ boŋ se coroyaŋ arzaka kaŋ sinda adilitaray do, zama waato kaŋ a gaze, ngey mo m'araŋ ta hal abada nangorayey ra.

¹⁰ He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

¹⁰ Boro kaŋ ga ti naanaykoy hari kayna ra, naanaykoy no hari boobo ra. Koyne, boro kaŋ sinda cimi hari kayna ra, a sinda cimi mo hari boobo ra.

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

¹¹ Yaadin no, d'araŋ mana goro nda naanay arzaka kaŋ sinda adilitaray do, may no ga cimi-cimo wane talfi araŋ gaa?

¹² If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

¹² Koyne, d'araŋ mana goro naanaykoyyaŋ boro fo hari ra, may no g'araŋ wano no araŋ se?

¹³ No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and mammon “Mammon” refers to riches or a false god of wealth. .”

¹³ Goy-teeri kulu si hin ka may koy hinka se. Kal a ma wangu afa, ka ba afa, wala a ma mo ye afa gaa, ka donda afa. Araŋ si hin ka may Irikoy da arzaka se care banda.»

¹⁴The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

¹⁴ Farisi* fonda borey mo maa woodin kulu. I soobay k'a haaru, zama ngey wo nooru baakoyaŋ no.

¹⁵He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

¹⁵ Yesu ne i se: «Araŋ no ga ti borey kaŋ yaŋ g'araŋ boŋ adilandi borey jine amma Irikoy g'araŋ biney bay. Zama haŋ kaŋ borey ga beerandi ya fanta hari no Irikoy do.

¹⁶ The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

¹⁶ I ga goy da Tawretu* nda Annabey Tirey hala Yohanna kaayaŋo. Za alwaato din mo i goono ga Irikoy koytara waazu, boro kulu mo goono ga tangam ka furo a ra.

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

¹⁷ Amma a ga faala beene nda ganda se i ma si no, da masida* fo ma daray Tawretu ra.

¹⁸ Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

¹⁸ Boro kulu kaŋ ga nga wando fay, k'afo hiiji, zina no a goono ga te. Boro kaŋ ga wayboro hiiji kaŋ kurnyo n'a fay mo, zina no a goono ga te.

¹⁹ “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

¹⁹ Arzakante fo go no, kaŋ ga nzarfu-boogu da kwaay kwaaray daŋ, a goono ga nga waate ŋwa han kulu, a goono ga fooma mo.

²⁰ A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,

²⁰ Bar karko fo go no mo, kaŋ maa Liyaziru, kaŋ i jisi arzakanta windo meyo gaa, toonante nda biyaŋ no.

²¹ and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

²¹ A goono ga bini i m'a ŋwaayandi nda zanjarmey kaŋ fun arzakanta din taablo boŋ ka kaŋ. Hala baa hansey ga kaa k'a biyey loogu.

²² It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

²² A go no mo kaŋ bar karkwa din bu, malaykey kond'a hala Ibrahim ganda ra. Arzakanta mo bu, i n'a sutura.

²³ In Hades or, Hell , he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

²³ Alaahara ra mo a na nga boŋ sambu ka guna, a go bone ra mo. Kal a di Ibrahim hala nangu mooro, nga nda Liyaziru a jarga.

²⁴ 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 in anguish in this flame.’

²⁴ A na nga jinde sambu ka ne: ‹Baaba Ibrahim, m'ay suuji! Ma Liyaziru donton, a ma nga kambayze deena sufu hari ra k'ay deena yeenandi, zama ay goono ga maa bone danjo wo ra.›

²⁵ “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

²⁵ Amma Ibrahim ne: ‹Ay izo, ma fongu mate kaŋ ni du ni hari hanney ni fundo ra, Liyaziru mo du masiiba. Amma sohõ i goono ga bakar a se, day ni goono ga maa bone.

²⁶ Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

²⁶ Woodin banda mo, iri nd'araŋ game ra Irikoy na guusu bambata fo sinji, zama borey kaŋ yaŋ ga ba ngey ma tun ne ka daŋandi ka koy araŋ do, i ma si hin a. Koyne, zama ya-haray waney ma si daaru ka kaa iri do.›

²⁷ “He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house;

²⁷ Kala bora din ne: ‹Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, baaba, m'a donton ay baabo kwaara,

²⁸ for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

²⁸ zama ay gonda nya ize gu. A ma seeda i se hal i ma si kaa ne bone nango ra.›

²⁹ “But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

²⁹ Amma Ibrahim ne: ‹I gonda Musa nda Annabey* Tirey. Naŋ i ma maa i se.›

³⁰ “He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

³⁰ Bora ne: ‹Abada, Baaba Ibrahim, amma da bu-ka-tun fo koy i do, i ga tuubi.›

³¹ “He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”

³¹ Amma Ibrahim ne a se: ‹D'i mana maa Musa nda annabey se, i si hin ey, baa bu-ka-tun fo koy i do.› »