Luke 16

1 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

1 耶稣又对门徒说：“某财主有个管家，有人控告这管家浪费主人的财物。

2 So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

2 财主便把管家召来，对他说，‘听说你浪费我的财物，到底是怎么回事？把帐目交代清楚，你不能再当管家了。’

3 The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

3 “管家心里盘算，‘主人要辞退我了，怎么办呢？锄地我没有力气，乞讨我又感到羞耻。

4 I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

4 我知道该怎么办了！就算被辞退了，也会有人照应我。’

5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

5 于是，他把欠他主人债的一个一个召来，问第一个，‘你欠了我主人多少？’

6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

6 “他回答说，‘一百桶油。’ “管家说，‘这是你的帐，快坐下，改成五十吧！’

7 Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

7 “管家又问另一个，‘你欠多少？’ “他回答说，‘一百石麦子。’ “管家说，‘这是你的帐，改成八十石吧。’

8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

8 “主人夸奖这个不义的管家精明。因为今世的儿女在处理世事方面比光明的儿女更精明。

9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

9 “我告诉你们，要善用今世 的财富，广结朋友。这样，当财富不管用时，他们会接你们到永远的居所。

10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

10 “一个人在小事上忠心，在大事上也会忠心；在小事上靠不住，在大事上也靠不住。

11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

11 如果你们不能忠心地处理今世的财富，谁会把真正的财富交托给你们呢？

12 And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

12 如果你们不能忠心地处理别人的产业，谁会把你们名下的产业交给你们呢？

13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

13 一个仆人不能服侍两位主人，因为他不是恨这位、爱那位，就是重这位、轻那位。你们不能又事奉上帝，又事奉金钱。”

14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

14 法利赛人向来贪财，他们一面听一面嗤笑耶稣。

15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

15 耶稣对他们说：“你们在人面前自以为义，但上帝能看透你们的心。因为世人所看重的东西在上帝看来却是可憎的。

16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

16 约翰还没有来以前，律法书和先知书是你们的准则。他出来后，上帝国的福音开始广传，人人都在努力进上帝的国。

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

17 然而，就是天地都消失，律法的一点一划也不会失效。

18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

18 任何人休妻另娶，就是犯通奸罪，娶被休的女子也是犯通奸罪。”

19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

19 耶稣又说：“有个财主天天衣着华丽，生活奢侈。

20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

20 又有一个名叫拉撒路的乞丐身上长满了脓疮，被人放在财主家门口。

21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

21 他渴望吃到财主桌上掉下来的食物残渣，就连狗也来舔他的疮。

22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

22 “后来，乞丐死了，天使带他到亚伯拉罕身边。财主也死了，被人埋葬了。

23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

23 他在阴间受折磨，抬头远远地看见亚伯拉罕和他身边的拉撒路，

24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

24 就高喊，‘我的先祖亚伯拉罕啊！求你可怜我，派拉撒路用指尖蘸点水来润润我的舌头吧！我在这火中痛苦不堪。’

25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

25 “亚伯拉罕说，‘孩子啊！你要想想，你生前享福，而拉撒路受苦；如今他在这里得到安慰，而你痛苦不堪。

26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

26 况且，在你我中间隔着一道深渊，这边的人不能到你那边去，你那边的人也不能到这里来。’

27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

27 “财主说，‘我的先祖啊，那么求你派拉撒路去我父亲家里，

28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

28 因为我有五个弟兄。让拉撒路去警告他们，以免他们也来到这痛苦的地方。’

29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

29 “但是亚伯拉罕却说，‘他们可以听从摩西和众先知的话呀！’

30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

30 “财主回答说，‘我的先祖亚伯拉罕啊！他们不会听的。但如果有一个死而复活的人去他们那里，他们肯定会悔改！’

31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

31 “亚伯拉罕说，‘如果他们不听从摩西和众先知的话，即使一个人从死里复活，他们也不会信服。’”