Luke 16
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
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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.
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.
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.’
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.’
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.’
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.
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, so that when I am removed from management, 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?’
5Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to 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.’
6He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your 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, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
11Ko ia kapau naʻe ʻikai te mou angatonu ʻi he koloa taʻemāʻoniʻoni, Ko hai ʻe tuku ʻa e koloa moʻoni ke mou tauhi?
11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12Pea kapau naʻe ʻikai te mou angatonu ʻi he meʻa ʻae taha kehe, Ko hai ʻe foaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae meʻa ʻoku ʻamoutolu?
12If 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 else he will hold to one and despise the other. You aren’t able to 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.
14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at 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.
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.
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.
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.
17Pea ʻoku faingofua hake ke mole ʻae langi mo māmani, ʻi he mole ha kupuʻi lea ʻe taha ʻoe fono.
17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in 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.
18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits 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:
19“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20Pea naʻe ai ha tangata paea, ko Lasalosi hono hingoa, naʻe fakatokoto ia ʻi hono matapā, kuo tofu ʻi he papala,
20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to 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.
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.
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;
22The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
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.
23In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at 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.’
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.’
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.
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.
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. ’
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.’
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:
27“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
28He ʻoku toko nima hoku kāinga koeʻuhi ke ne valokiʻi ʻakinautolu, telia naʻa nau haʻu foki ki he potu fakamamahi ni.’
28for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’
29Pea pehē ʻe ʻEpalahame kiate ia, ‘ʻOku nau maʻu ʻa Mōsese mo e kau palōfita; tuku ke nau fanongo ki ai.’
29“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
30Pea pehē ʻe ia, ‘ʻE ʻikai, ʻe tamai ko ʻEpalahame, ka ʻoka ʻalu ha taha mei he mate kiate kinautolu, te nau fakatomala.’
30“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
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.’”
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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