Luke 16
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Pea naʻa ne pehē foki ki heʻene kau ākonga, “Naʻe ai ha tangata koloaʻia, naʻe ai ʻene tauhi, pea naʻe fakaʻilo kiate ia kuo ne maumauʻi ʻene koloa.
1And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods.
2Pea ne ui ia, ʻo pehē ki ai, ‘Ko e hā eni ʻoku ou fanongo ai ʻiate koe? Fakamatala mai hoʻo tauhi; he ʻoku ʻikai te ke kei tauhi.’
2And he called him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer.
3Pea pehē ʻe he tauhi ʻi hono loto, ‘Ko e hā te u fai? He ʻoku toʻo ʻiate au ʻae tauhi ʻe heʻeku ʻeiki: ʻe ʻikai te u faʻa keli; pea ʻoku ou mā ʻi he kole.’
3And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.
4Kuo pau hoku loto ki he meʻa te u fai, koeʻuhi ke nau maʻu au ki honau ngaahi fale, ʻoka tukuange au ʻi he tauhi.’
4I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
5“Pea ne ui ʻae kau fakatau koloa kotoa pē ʻe heʻene ʻeiki, ʻo ne pehē ki he ʻuluaki, ‘ʻOku fiha nai ʻae meʻa ʻoku teʻeki te ke totongi ai ki heʻeku ʻeiki?’
5Therefore calling together every one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?
6Pea pehē ʻe ia, ‘Ko e puha fua ʻe teau ʻoe lolo.’ Pea ne pehē kiate ia, ‘Toʻo hoʻo tohi, pea ke nofo ke vave, ʻo tohi ai ko e nimangofulu.’
6But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he taha kehe, ‘Pea ʻoku fiha ʻa e meʻa ʻoku teʻeki te ke totongi ʻe koe?’ Pea pehē ʻe ia, ‘Ko e puha fua ʻe teau ʻoe uite.’ Pea ne pehē kiate ia, ‘Toʻo hoʻo tohi, ʻo tohi ai ko e valungofulu.’
7Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill, and write eighty.
8Pea fakamālō ʻae ʻeiki ki he tauhi koloa taʻefaitotonu, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fai fakapotopoto: he ʻoku poto hake ʻae fānau ʻa māmani ʻi honau toʻutangata, ʻi he fānau ʻae maama.
8And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.
9“Pea ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, “Ngaohi kiate kimoutolu ʻaki ʻae koloa taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻae ngaahi kāinga; koeʻuhi, ʻoka mou ka mate, kenau maʻu ʻakimoutolu ki he ngaahi nofoʻanga taʻengata.
9And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity; that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.
10Ko ia ʻoku angatonu ʻi he meʻa siʻi, ʻoku angatonu foki ia ʻi he meʻa lahi; pea ko ia ʻoku taʻeangatonu ʻi he meʻa siʻi, ʻoku taʻeangatonu ia ʻi he meʻa lahi.
10He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater.
11Ko ia kapau naʻe ʻikai te mou angatonu ʻi he koloa taʻemāʻoniʻoni, Ko hai ʻe tuku ʻa e koloa moʻoni ke mou tauhi?
11If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true?
12Pea kapau naʻe ʻikai te mou angatonu ʻi he meʻa ʻae taha kehe, Ko hai ʻe foaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae meʻa ʻoku ʻamoutolu?
12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s; who will give you that which is your own?
13¶ “ʻOku ʻikai ha tamaioʻeiki te ne faʻa tauhi ʻae ʻeiki ʻe toko ua: koeʻuhi ʻe fehiʻa ia ki he tokotaha, kae ʻofa ki he tokotaha; pe pikitai ki he tokotaha, kae manuki ki he tokotaha. ʻE ʻikai siʻi te mou faʻa tauhi ʻae ʻOtua mo e koloa.”
13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
14Pea ko e kau Fālesi foki naʻe manumanu, ne nau fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau taukae kiate ia.
14Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
15Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Ko kimoutolu eni ʻoku mou fakatonuhia ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai ka ʻoku ʻilo ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa homou loto: he ko ia ʻoku lelei lahi ki he kakai, ʻoku fakalielia ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.
15And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.
16“Naʻe ai ʻae fono mo e kau palōfita ʻo aʻu kia Sione: pea talu mei ai mo e malangaʻaki ʻae puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ʻoku ului ki ai ʻae kakai kotoa pē.
16The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.
17Pea ʻoku faingofua hake ke mole ʻae langi mo māmani, ʻi he mole ha kupuʻi lea ʻe taha ʻoe fono.
17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall.
18“Ko ia ʻoku ne tukuange hono uaifi, kae mali mo ha taha, ʻoku tono fefine ia: pea ko ia ʻoku ne mali mo ia kuo tukuange mei hono husepāniti, ʻoku tono fefine ia.
18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.
19¶ “Naʻe ai ha tangata koloaʻia, naʻa ne ʻai ʻae kofu kulokula mo e tupenu mahuʻinga, pea kai ʻe ia ʻae meʻa lelei ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē:
19There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day.
20Pea naʻe ai ha tangata paea, ko Lasalosi hono hingoa, naʻe fakatokoto ia ʻi hono matapā, kuo tofu ʻi he papala,
20And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
21ʻO ne holi ke fafanga ʻaki ia ʻae momoʻi meʻakai naʻe ngangana mei he keinangaʻanga ʻae tangata maʻumeʻa: pea naʻe haʻu foki ʻae fanga kulī, ʻo ʻemo hono papala.
21Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores.
22Pea pehē, naʻe mate ʻae tangata paea, pea fua ia ʻe he kau ʻāngelo ki he fatafata ʻo ʻEpalahame: pea mate foki ʻae tangata maʻumeʻa, pea tanu ia;
22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.
23Pea hanga hake ia hono mata ʻi heli, ʻoku ongosia ia, pea ne mamata kia ʻEpalahame ʻi he mamaʻo ʻaupito, mo Lasalosi ʻi hono fatafata.
23And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom:
24“Pea tangi ia, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE tamai ko ʻEpalahame, ke ke ʻofa mai kiate au, pea fekau ʻa Lasalosi ke ne ʻai hono muʻa tuhu ki he vai, mo fakamomoko hoku ʻelelo: he ʻoku ou feinga ʻi he afi ni.’
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, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
25Ka naʻe pehē ʻe ʻEpalahame, ‘Foha, ke ke manatu naʻa ke maʻu hoʻo ngaahi meʻa lelei ʻi hoʻo moʻui, pea naʻe ʻia Lasalosi foki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kovi; ka ko eni, ʻoku fiemālie ia, ka kuo ke feinga koe.
25And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazareth evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.
26Kaeʻumaʻā eni kotoa pē, ʻoku ai ʻae fuʻu vanu lahi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo kimautolu mo kimoutolu: ko ia ʻe ʻikai lava atu ʻakinautolu ʻoku fie ʻalu ʻi heni kiate kimoutolu; pea ʻe ʻikai faʻa haʻu kiate kimautolu ʻakinautolu ʻoku fie haʻu mei hena. ’
26And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.
27“Pea toki pehē ʻe ia, ‘Ko ia ʻoku ou kole ai kiate koe, ʻe tamai, ke ke fekau ia ki he fale ʻo ʻeku tamai:
27And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house, for I have five brethren,
28He ʻoku toko nima hoku kāinga koeʻuhi ke ne valokiʻi ʻakinautolu, telia naʻa nau haʻu foki ki he potu fakamamahi ni.’
28That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
29Pea pehē ʻe ʻEpalahame kiate ia, ‘ʻOku nau maʻu ʻa Mōsese mo e kau palōfita; tuku ke nau fanongo ki ai.’
29And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30Pea pehē ʻe ia, ‘ʻE ʻikai, ʻe tamai ko ʻEpalahame, ka ʻoka ʻalu ha taha mei he mate kiate kinautolu, te nau fakatomala.’
30But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
31Pea pehē mai ʻe ia kiate ia, ‘Kapau ʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo kia Mōsese mo e kau palōfita, ʻe ʻikai te nau tui ʻo kapau ʻe toetuʻu ha taha mei he mate.’”
31And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
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