1And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall 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 else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. 15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And 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 tormented in this flame. 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
የብልኁ መጋቢ ምሳሌነት
1ኢየሱስ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ አለ፤ “አንድ ሀብታም ሰው አንድ መጋቢ ነበረው፤ ይኸው መጋቢ የሀብታሙን ሰው ንብረት እንደሚያባክን ለዚሁ ሰው ወሬ ደረሰው። 2ስለዚህ አስጠራውና፣ ‘ይህ የምሰማብህ ምንድን ነው? ከእንግዲህ አንተ መጋቢ ልትሆነኝ ስለማትችል፣ የምታስተዳድረውን ንብረት መቈጣጠሪያ ሒሳብ አስረክበኝ’ አለው።
3“መጋቢውም በልቡ እንዲህ አለ፤ ‘ጌታዬ ከመጋቢነት ሊሽረኝ ነው፤ ለማረስ ጕልበት የለኝም፤ መለመን ደግሞ ዐፍራለሁ፤ ስለዚህ ምን ላድርግ? 4ከመጋቢነት የተሻርሁ እንደ ሆነ፣ ሰዎች በቤታቸው እንዲቀበሉኝ የማደርገውን ዐውቃለሁ።’
5“ስለዚህ የጌታው ዕዳ ያለባቸውን ሰዎች እያንዳንዳቸውን ጠራ፤ የመጀመሪያውንም ሰው ‘የጌታዬ ዕዳ ምን ያህል አለብህ?’ አለው።
6“እርሱም፣ ‘አንድ መቶ ማድጋ16፥6 ምናልባት 3 ሺሕ ሊትር ይሆናል ዘይት አለብኝ’ አለ።
“መጋቢውም፣ ‘የውል ወረቀትህን ዕንካ፤ ቶሎ ተቀምጠህ “አምሳ ማድጋ” ብለህ ጻፍ’ አለው።
7“ከዚያም ሌላውን፣ ‘አንተስ ስንት አለብህ?’ አለው።
“እርሱም፣ ‘አምሳ ዳውላ16፥7 ምናልባት አንድ መቶ የቆሮስ መስፈሪያ ወይም 35 ሺሕ ሊትር ይሆናል። ስንዴ’ አለው።
“መጋቢውም፣ ‘የብድር ደብዳቤህን ዕንካ፤ “አርባ ዳውላ” ብለህ ጻፍ’ አለው።
8“ጌታውም አጭበርባሪውን መጋቢ በብልኅነቱ አደነቀው፤ የዚህ ዓለም ልጆች ከመሰሎቻቸው ጋር በሚኖራቸው ግንኙነት ከብርሃን ልጆች ይልቅ ብልኆች ናቸውና። 9ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፤ የዚህ ዓለም ገንዘብ ባለቀ ጊዜ በዘላለም ቤት ተቀባይነት እንዲኖራችሁ፣ በዚሁ ገንዘብ ወዳጆችን ለራሳችሁ አፍሩበት።
10“በትንሽ ነገር ታማኝ የሆነ በትልቁም ይታመናል፤ በትንሽ ነገር ያልታመነ በትልቁም አይታመንም። 11እንግዲህ፣ በዚህ ዓለም ሀብት ካልታመናችሁ፣ እውነተኛውንማ ሀብት ማን ዐደራ ብሎ ይሰጣችኋል? 12በሌላው ሰው ሀብት ካልታመናችሁ፣ የራሳችሁ የሆነውን ሀብት ማን ይሰጣችኋል?
13“በአንድ ጊዜ ሁለት ጌቶችን ማገልገል የሚችል ማንም ባሪያ የለም፤ አንዱን ጠልቶ ሌላውን ይወድዳል፤ ወይም አንዱን ይጠጋል፤ ሌላውን ይንቃል። የእግዚአብሔርም የገንዘብም ባሪያ መሆን አትችሉም።”
14ገንዘብ የሚወድዱ ፈሪሳውያን ይህን ሁሉ ሰምተው በኢየሱስ ላይ አፌዙበት። 15እርሱም እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “እናንተ በሰዎች ፊት ራሳችሁን የምታጸድቁ ናችሁ፤ እግዚአብሔር ግን ልባችሁን ያውቃል፤ በሰዎች ዘንድ የከበረ፣ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የረከሰ ነውና።
16“ሕግና ነቢያት እስከ ዮሐንስ ድረስ ሲነገሩ ኖረዋል፤ ከዚያ በኋላ ግን የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የምሥራች ተሰብኳል፤ ሰውም ሁሉ ወደዚያ ለመግባት ይሻማል። 17ነገር ግን ከሕግ አንዲት ነጥብ ከምትወድቅ ሰማይና ምድር ቢያልፍ ይቀልላል።
18“ሚስቱን ፈትቶ ሌላዪቱን የሚያገባ ሁሉ ያመነዝራል፤ ከባሏ የተፋታችውንም ሴት የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል።”
ሀብታሙ ሰውና አልዓዛር
19ደግሞም ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አለ፤ “ሐምራዊና ቀጭን በፍታ የለበሰ፣ በየቀኑም በተድላ ደስታ የሚኖር አንድ ሀብታም ሰው ነበረ። 20በአንጻሩም፣ መላ ሰውነቱ በቍስል የተወረረ አንድ አልዓዛር የሚባል ድኻ በዚህ ሀብታም ሰው ደጃፍ ይተኛ ነበር፤ 21ከሀብታሙ ሰው ማእድ የወደቀውን ፍርፋሪ እንኳ ሊመገብ ይመኝ ነበር፤ ውሾችም ሳይቀሩ መጥተው ቍስሉን ይልሱ ነበር።
22“ይህም ድኻ ሞተ፤ መላእክትም ወደ አብርሃም ዕቅፍ ወሰዱት። ሀብታሙም ሰው ደግሞ ሞቶ ተቀበረ። 23በሲኦልም እየተሠቃየ ሳለ ቀና ብሎ ከሩቅ አብርሃምን አየ፤ አልዓዛርንም በዕቅፉ ይዞት አየ። 24እርሱም፣ ‘አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፤ ራራልኝ፤ በዚህ ነበልባል እየተሠቃየሁ ስለሆነ፣ አልዓዛር የጣቱን ጫፍ ውሃ ነክሮ ምላሴን እንዲያቀዘቅዝልኝ እባክህ ላክልኝ’ እያለ ጮኸ።
25“አብርሃም ግን እንዲህ አለው፤ ‘ልጄ ሆይ፤ አንተ በምድራዊ ሕይወትህ ዘመን መልካም ነገሮችን እንደ ተቀበልህ፣ አልዓዛርም ደግሞ ክፉ ነገሮችን እንደ ተቀበለ አስታውስ፤ አሁን ግን እርሱ እዚህ ሲጽናና፣ አንተ በሥቃይ ላይ ትገኛለህ። 26ከሁሉም በላይ ከዚህ ወደ እናንተ ለማለፍ የሚፈልጉ እንደማይችሉ፣ እዚያ ያሉትም ደግሞ ወደ እኛ እንዳይሻገሩ፣ በእኛና በእናንተ መካከል ትልቅ ገደል ተደርጓል።’
27“እርሱም እንዲህ አለ፤ ‘አባት ሆይ፤ እንግዲያውስ አልዓዛርን ወደ አባቴ ቤት እንድትሰድደው እለምንሃለሁ፤ 28አምስት ወንድሞች ስላሉኝ፣ እነርሱም ወደዚህ የሥቃይ ስፍራ እንዳይመጡ ያስጠንቅቃቸው።’
29“አብርሃም ግን፣ ‘ሙሴና ነቢያት አሏቸው፤ እነርሱን ይስሙ’ አለው።
30“እርሱም፣ ‘አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፤ እንደዚህ አይደለም፤ አንድ ሰው ከሙታን ተነሥቶ ቢሄድላቸው ንስሓ ይገባሉ’ አለ።
31“አብርሃምም፣ ‘ሙሴንና ነቢያትን የማይሰሙ ከሆነ፣ አንድ ሰው ከሙታን ቢነሣ እንኳ አያምኑም’ አለው።”
