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 Yeesu neeti ay taalibeem: «Benn boroom alal moo amoon bëkk-néeg bu ñu jiiñ ne, dafay pasar-pasaree alal ji.

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 Waa ja woo ko ne ko: “Li may dégg ci yaw mooy lan? Leeralal ma ni nga liggéeye ak sama alal, ndaxte dootoo nekkati sama bëkk-néeg.”

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 «Bëkk-néeg bi di xalaat naan: “Nu may def nag, segam sama njaatige dafa may dàq ci liggéey bi mu ma joxoon? Dem beyi? Awma kàttanam. Yelwaani? Rus naa ko.

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

⁴ Xam naa ni may def, ba su ma ñàkkee sama liggéey, ay nit fat ma.”

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 Noonu mu daldi woolu kenn ku nekk ca ña ameeloon njaatigeem bor. Ka jëkk a ñëw, mu ne ko: “Ñaata nga ameel sama njaatige?”

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 Mu ne ko: “Téeméeri bidoŋi diwlinu oliw.” Bëkk-néeg ba ne ko: “Sa kayit a ngii. Toogal fii gaaw te bind juróom-fukk.”

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 Mu neeti keneen: “Yaw nag, ñaata nga ko ameel?” Mu ne ko: “Téeméeri saakuy pepp.” Bëkk-néeg ba ne ko: “Sa kayit a ngii. Bindal juróom-ñett-fukk.”

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 Njaatige ba nag daldi naw ni bëkk-néeg bu njublaŋ boobu muuse woon. Ndaxte ñi bokk ci àddina ñoo gën a muus ci li ñu jote ci seen diggante ak seen moroom, ba raw ñi bokk ci leeru Yàlla.»

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 Yeesu teg ca ne: «Maa ngi leen di wax lii: sàkkuleen ay xarit jaare ko ci alalu àddina, ngir bu alal nekkatul, ñu man leen a fat ca dal yu sax ya.

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 Nit ku maandu ci yëf yu néew, dina maandu itam ci yu bare. Ku jubadi ci yëf yu néew, du jub ci yu bare.

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

¹¹ Su fekkeente ne nag jubuleen ci alalu àddina, kon ku leen di dénk alal ju wóor ji?

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

¹² Te su ngeen maanduwul ci alal ji ngeen moomul, kon ku leen di jox alal ji ngeen moom?

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 «Benn jaam mënul a jaamoondoo ñaari sang; fàww nga bañ kii, bëgg ki ci des, walla nga jàpp ci kenn ki, xeeb ki ci des. Mënuleen a boole jaamu Yàlla ak jaamu Alal.»

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

¹⁴ Farisen yi déglu li Yeesu doon wax lépp, tàmbali di ko reetaan, ndaxte ñu bëggoon xaalis lañu.

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 Waaye Yeesu ne leen: «Yéen yéena ngi fexee jub ci kanamu nit ñi waaye Yàlla xam na seen xol. Ndaxte li nit ñiy fonk, Yàlla sib na ko.

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 «Yoonu Musaa wi ak waxi yonent yi ñu ngi fi woon ba kera Yaxya di ñëw. La ko dale foofa nag, yégle nañu xebaar bu baax bi ci nguuru Yàlla, te ñépp a ngi góor-góorlu, ngir dugg ci.

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 Waaye nag asamaan ak suuf jóge fi moo gën a yomb randal wenn rëdd ci arafu yoonu Musaa.

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

¹⁸ «Ku fase sa jabar, ba noppi takk keneen, njaaloo nga, te ku takk jigéen ju jëkkëram fase, njaaloo nga.

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

¹⁹ «Dafa amoon boroom alal juy sol yére yu rafet te jafe, tey dund bés bu set dund gu neex.

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

²⁰ Fekk miskin mu ñuy wax Lasaar daan tëdd ca buntu këram, fees dell ak ay góom,

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 te bu sañoon, di lekk ci desiti ñam wiy rot ci lekkukaayu boroom alal ji. Xaj yi sax daan nañu ñëw, di mar ay góomam.

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 «Noonu miskin ma dee, malaaka yi yóbbu ko ca wetu Ibraayma. Boroom alal ja itam dee, ñu suul ko.

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

²³ Bi ñu koy mbugal ca safara, mu téen, séen fu sore Ibraayma ak Lasaar ci wetam.

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 Noonu mu yuuxu ne: “Maam Ibraayma, yërëm ma! Yebalal Lasaar, mu sëpp catul baaraamam ci ndox, seralal ma sama làmmiñ, ndaxte maa ngi sonn lool ci safara sii!”

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 Ibraayma ne ko: “Sama doom, fàttalikul ne, jot nga sa bànneex ci àddina, fekk Lasaar dëkk ci tiis. Looloo tax xolam sedd fii, yaw nag, ngay sonn.

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 Rax-ca-dolli it am na kàmb gu xóot sunu diggante ak yéen, ba tax ñi bëgg a jóge fii jëm ci yéen, walla ñi bëgg a jóge foofu jëmsi ci nun, duñu ko man.”

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

²⁷ «Noonu boroom alal ja ne: “Kon nag maam, maa ngi lay ñaan, nga yebal Lasaar ca sama kër baay,

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

²⁸ ndaxte am naa fa juróomi rakk. Na leen artu, ngir ñu bañ a ñëw ñoom itam ci bérabu metit wii.”

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

²⁹ Ibraayma ne ko: “Say doomu baay, ñu ngeek yoonu Musaa ak téerey yonent yi. Nañu leen déggal.”

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

³⁰ Boroom alal ja ne ko: “Déedéet, maam Ibraayma, waaye su kenn dekkee, dem ca ñoom, dinañu tuub seeni bàkkaar.”

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 Waaye Ibraayma tontu ko ne: “Su ñu dégluwul Musaa ak yonent yi, kon ku dekki sax, du tax ñu gëm.”»