Lucam 16
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Dicebat autem et ad discipulos suos: Homo quidam erat dives, qui habebat villicum: et hic diffamatus est apud illum quasi dissipasset bona ipsius.
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.
2Et vocavit illum, et ait illi: Quid hoc audio de te? redde rationem villicationis tuæ: jam enim non poteris villicare.
2He 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.’
3Ait autem villicus intra se: Quid faciam, quia dominus meus aufert a me villicationem? Fodere non valeo, mendicare erubesco.
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.
4Scio quid faciam, ut, cum amotus fuero a villicatione, recipiant me in domos suas.
4I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
5Convocatis itaque singulis debitoribus domini sui, dicebat primo: Quantum debes domino meo?
5Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
6At ille dixit: Centum cados olei. Dixitque illi: Accipe cautionem tuam: et sede cito, scribe quinquaginta.
6He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7Deinde alii dixit: Tu vero quantum debes? Qui ait: Centum coros tritici. Ait illi: Accipe litteras tuas, et scribe octoginta.
7Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8Et laudavit dominus villicum iniquitatis, quia prudenter fecisset: quia filii hujus sæculi prudentiores filiis lucis in generatione sua sunt.
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.
9Et ego vobis dico: facite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitatis: ut, cum defeceritis, recipiant vos in æterna tabernacula.
9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
10Qui fidelis est in minimo, et in majori fidelis est: et qui in modico iniquus est, et in majori iniquus est.
10He 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.
11Si ergo in iniquo mammona fideles non fuistis quod verum est, quis credet vobis?
11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12Et si in alieno fideles non fuistis, quod vestrum est, quis dabit vobis?
12If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
13Nemo servus potest duobus dominis servire: aut enim unum odiet, et alterum diliget: aut uni adhærebit, et alterum contemnet. Non potestis Deo servire et mammonæ.
13No 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.”
14Audiebant autem omnia hæc pharisæi, qui erant avari: et deridebant illum.
14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
15Et ait illis: Vos estis qui justificatis vos coram hominibus: Deus autem novit corda vestra: quia quod hominibus altum est, abominatio est ante Deum.
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.
16Lex et prophetæ usque ad Joannem: ex eo regnum Dei evangelizatur, et omnis in illud vim facit.
16“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17Facilius est autem cælum et terram præterire, quam de lege unum apicem cadere.
17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
18Omnis qui dimittit uxorem suam et alteram ducit, mœchatur: et qui dimissam a viro ducit, mœchatur.
18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19Homo quidam erat dives, qui induebatur purpura et bysso, et epulabatur quotidie splendide.
19“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20Et erat quidam mendicus, nomine Lazarus, qui jacebat ad januam ejus, ulceribus plenus,
20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
21cupiens saturari de micis quæ cadebant de mensa divitis, et nemo illi dabat: sed et canes veniebant, et lingebant ulcera ejus.
21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22Factum est autem ut moreretur mendicus, et portaretur ab angelis in sinum Abrahæ. Mortuus est autem et dives, et sepultus est in inferno.
22The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
23Elevans autem oculos suos, cum esset in tormentis, vidit Abraham a longe, et Lazarum in sinu ejus:
23In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
24et ipse clamans dixit: Pater Abraham, miserere mei, et mitte Lazarum ut intingat extremum digiti sui in aquam, ut refrigeret linguam meam, quia crucior in hac flamma.
24He 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.’
25Et dixit illi Abraham: Fili, recordare quia recepisti bona in vita tua, et Lazarus similiter mala: nunc autem hic consolatur, tu vero cruciaris:
25“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
26et in his omnibus inter nos et vos chaos magnum firmatum est: ut hi qui volunt hinc transire ad vos, non possint, neque inde huc transmeare.
26Besides 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 no one may cross over from there to us.’
27Et ait: Rogo ergo te, pater, ut mittas eum in domum patris mei:
27“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
28habeo enim quinque fratres: ut testetur illis, ne et ipsi veniant in hunc locum tormentorum.
28for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’
29Et ait illi Abraham: Habent Moysen et prophetas: audiant illos.
29“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
30At ille dixit: Non, pater Abraham: sed si quis ex mortuis ierit ad eos, pœnitentiam agent.
30“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31Ait autem illi: Si Moysen et prophetas non audiunt, neque si quis ex mortuis resurrexerit, credent.
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.’”
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