Luke 12
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
1Multis autem turbis circumstantibus, ita ut se invicem conculcarent, cœpit dicere ad discipulos suos: Attendite a fermento pharisæorum, quod est hypocrisis.
2But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
2Nihil autem opertum est, quod non reveletur: neque absconditum, quod non sciatur.
3Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
3Quoniam quæ in tenebris dixistis, in lumine dicentur: et quod in aurem locuti estis in cubiculis, prædicabitur in tectis.
4“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
4Dico autem vobis amicis meis: Ne terreamini ab his qui occidunt corpus, et post hæc non habent amplius quid faciant.
5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
5Ostendam autem vobis quem timeatis: timete eum qui, postquam occiderit, habet potestatem mittere in gehennam: ita dico vobis, hunc timete.
6“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins ? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
6Nonne quinque passeres veneunt dipondio, et unus ex illis non est in oblivione coram Deo?
7But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
7sed et capilli capitis vestri omnes numerati sunt. Nolite ergo timere: multis passeribus pluris estis vos.
8“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
8Dico autem vobis: Omnis quicumque confessus fuerit me coram hominibus, et Filius hominis confitebitur illum coram angelis Dei:
9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
9qui autem negaverit me coram hominibus, negabitur coram angelis Dei.
10Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
10Et omnis qui dicit verbum in Filium hominis, remittetur illi: ei autem qui in Spiritum Sanctum blasphemaverit, non remittetur.
11When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will say;
11Cum autem inducent vos in synagogas, et ad magistratus, et potestates, nolite solliciti esse qualiter, aut quid respondeatis, aut quid dicatis.
12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
12Spiritus enim Sanctus docebit vos in ipsa hora quid oporteat vos dicere.
13One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
13Ait autem ei quidam de turba: Magister, dic fratri meo ut dividat mecum hæreditatem.
14But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
14At ille dixit illi: Homo, quis me constituit judicem, aut divisorem super vos?
15He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
15Dixitque ad illos: Videte, et cavete ab omni avaritia: quia non in abundantia cujusquam vita ejus est ex his quæ possidet.
16He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
16Dixit autem similitudinem ad illos, dicens: Hominis cujusdam divitis uberes fructus ager attulit:
17He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
17et cogitabat intra se dicens: Quid faciam, quia non habeo quo congregem fructus meos?
18He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
18Et dixit: Hoc faciam: destruam horrea mea, et majora faciam: et illuc congregabo omnia quæ nata sunt mihi, et bona mea,
19I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
19et dicam animæ meæ: Anima, habes multa bona posita in annos plurimos: requiesce, comede, bibe, epulare.
20“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
20Dixit autem illi Deus: Stulte, hac nocte animam tuam repetunt a te: quæ autem parasti, cujus erunt?
21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
21Sic est qui sibi thesaurizat, et non est in Deum dives.
22He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
22Dixitque ad discipulos suos: Ideo dico vobis, nolite solliciti esse animæ vestræ quid manducetis, neque corpori quid induamini.
23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
23Anima plus est quam esca, et corpus plus quam vestimentum.
24Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
24Considerate corvos, quia non seminant, neque metunt, quibus non est cellarium, neque horreum, et Deus pascit illos. Quanto magis vos pluris estis illis?
25Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
25Quis autem vestrum cogitando potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum?
26If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
26Si ergo neque quod minimum est potestis, quid de ceteris solliciti estis?
27Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
27Considerate lilia quomodo crescunt: non laborant, neque nent: dico autem vobis, nec Salomon in omni gloria sua vestiebatur sicut unum ex istis.
28But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
28Si autem fœnum, quod hodie est in agro, et cras in clibanum mittitur, Deus sic vestit: quanto magis vos pusillæ fidei?
29“Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
29Et vos nolite quærere quid manducetis, aut quid bibatis: et nolite in sublime tolli:
30For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
30hæc enim omnia gentes mundi quærunt. Pater autem vester scit quoniam his indigetis.
31But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
31Verumtamen quærite primum regnum Dei, et justitiam ejus: et hæc omnia adjicientur vobis.
32“Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
32Nolite timere pusillus grex, quia complacuit Patri vestro dare vobis regnum.
33Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
33Vendite quæ possidetis, et date eleemosynam. Facite vobis sacculos, qui non veterascunt, thesaurum non deficientem in cælis: quo fur non appropriat, neque tinea corrumpit.
34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
34Ubi enim thesaurus vester est, ibi et cor vestrum erit.
35“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
35Sint lumbi vestri præcincti, et lucernæ ardentes in manibus vestris,
36Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
36et vos similes hominibus exspectantibus dominum suum quando revertatur a nuptiis: ut, cum venerit et pulsaverit, confestim aperiant ei.
37Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
37Beati servi illi quos, cum venerit dominus, invenerit vigilantes: amen dico vobis, quod præcinget se, et faciet illos discumbere, et transiens ministrabit illis.
38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
38Et si venerit in secunda vigilia, et si in tertia vigilia venerit, et ita invenerit, beati sunt servi illi.
39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
39Hoc autem scitote, quoniam si sciret paterfamilias, qua hora fur veniret, vigilaret utique, et non sineret perfodi domum suam.
40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
40Et vos estote parati: quia qua hora non putatis, Filius hominis veniet.
41Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”
41Ait autem et Petrus: Domine, ad nos dicis hanc parabolam, an et ad omnes?
42The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
42Dixit autem Dominus: Quis, putas, est fidelis dispensator, et prudens, quem constituit dominus supra familiam suam, ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram?
43Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
43Beatus ille servus quem, cum venerit dominus, invenerit ita facientem.
44Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
44Vere dico vobis, quoniam supra omnia quæ possidet, constituet illum.
45But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
45Quod si dixerit servus ille in corde suo: Moram facit dominus meus venire: et cœperit percutere servos, et ancillas, et edere, et bibere, et inebriari:
46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
46veniet dominus servi illius in die qua non sperat, et hora qua nescit, et dividet eum, partemque ejus cum infidelibus ponet.
47That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
47Ille autem servus qui cognovit voluntatem domini sui, et non præparavit, et non facit secundum voluntatem ejus, vapulabit multis:
48but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
48qui autem non cognovit, et fecit digna plagis, vapulabit paucis. Omni autem cui multum datum est, multum quæretur ab eo: et cui commendaverunt multum, plus petent ab eo.
49“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
49Ignem veni mittere in terram, et quid volo nisi ut accendatur?
50But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
50Baptismo autem habeo baptizari: et quomodo coarctor usque dum perficiatur?
51Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
51Putatis quia pacem veni dare in terram? non, dico vobis, sed separationem:
52For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
52erunt enim ex hoc quinque in domo una divisi, tres in duos, et duo in tres
53They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
53dividentur: pater in filium, et filius in patrem suum, mater in filiam, et filia in matrem, socrus in nurum suam, et nurus in socrum suam.
54He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
54Dicebat autem et ad turbas: Cum videritis nubem orientem ab occasu, statim dicitis: Nimbus venit: et ita fit.
55When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
55Et cum austrum flantem, dicitis: Quia æstus erit: et fit.
56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
56Hypocritæ ! faciem cæli et terræ nostis probare: hoc autem tempus quomodo non probatis?
57“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
57quid autem et a vobis ipsis non judicatis quod justum est?
58For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
58Cum autem vadis cum adversario tuo ad principem, in via da operam liberari ab illo, ne forte trahat te ad judicem, et judex tradat te exactori, et exactor mittat te in carcerem.
59I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny. ”
59Dico tibi, non exies inde, donec etiam novissimum minutum reddas.
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