Luke 16
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World English Bible
Meriam Mir Gospels
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.
1Ege E tabara kaimeg giz daratagerare, Nerute lu giz, E nagri memeg le, E sirdam; Ege E abi etomelu, E dedkoli abara lu.
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.’
2Ege E abi dabger, kega, Nalu lu kaka mari asoli? ma natomer abele lu ma sirdameri; abelelam kaka umer kak ma memeg le sirdam.
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.
3Abele memeg le lut E dikiapor muige abara nerkep ge, Nalu lu ka akerer, abelelam kara opole E kari adem abele dorgelam memeg le sirdamelam? Kaka umer kak daiue; kaka sirip damosi.
4I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
4Kaka umele abele lu kaka ikeli, iaueakai ese E kari adem abele dorgelam, a uiaba ko kari nagared uiaba utebem.
5Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
5Ege E mer tigri nerute leem, a nerute leem, uiaba uridili nagri lu uiaba opole; E nerute le detager, Naket lu mari dog kara opole la?
6He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
6E abi detager, kega, Paita uakaisu netate handed. Ege E abi detager, kega, Ma erpei mabara jauali, ma dudum emeri, ma detar fifite.
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.’
7Ege E nerute le detager, Naket lu mari dog? E detaut, kega, Saito kori netate handed. Ege E abi detager, Ma erpei mara jauali, ma detar eiti.
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.
8Ege abara opole desperer abele memeg le, abara tonar nole barkak, abelelam E au pardar: abelelam geseb le E aule dikiapor uiaba nosik tumem datki le.
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.
9Kaka uabi detagereda, Abele mamona nole barkak tonar uabim, iaueakai uaba tebud keubu uabi tegaret uiaba meta niai karem.
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.
10Ese le ageakar kebi lu, E ko ageakar au lu: Ese le nole barkak tonar kebi lu, E ko nolea barkak tonar au lu.
11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
11Ese uaba nole ageakar, abele mamona nole barkak tonar, nete le uabi ikuar abele lu giz kar asesered?
12If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
12Ese uaba nole ageakar subele la lu, nete le uabi ikuar uaba lu?
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.”
13Memeg le umer kak dorge ikeli uiabim neisi opole: abelelam E derar nerute le, E omare nerute le; epe nerute, E maike nerute le, a dituaki nerute le. Uaba umer kak Ade ra memeg le, pako mamona.
14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
14Ege Faresaio giz aserare gaire lu uridili, uiaba lu lag; a uiaba abi negneg.
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.
15E uiabi daratagerare, kega, Uaba tonar no bes barkak le la opem; epe Ade umele dikiapore uaba nerkep: abelelam ese debe lu le la opem, E adud Ade ra opem.
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.
16Abele gelar giz pako perofeta bakedida Ioane: ditimedelu natomertare Ade ra baselaia ge, a gaire le batumu.
17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
17Kotor a gesep sobkak uaeseamu, Ade ra gelar giz nolea nerute mog uar uaeseamu.
18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
18Ese nerute le dituak abara kosker, a isipi nerute, E eruam: ese nerute le isipi abele kosker, abara kimiar dituak, E eruam.
19“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
19Nerute lu giz ra apu, E ame uali golegole gegur, pako mus uali, E mamor emeri gaire gerger uridili, a debe leuer ero:
20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
20Nerute le nole lu kak, nei Lazaro, E eidi abi gab te ge, ege E badbad:
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.
21Ege E lagelag ero lu giz ra leuer poipi, abi laulaulam; a omai giz esomed abara bad.
22The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
22Ege abele kerker ge, lu kak le eumilu, ege angela giz abi ais Aberahama ra marmot ge: ege luglug le eumilu, a etkobei.
23In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
23A Hedisge, E au asiasi nagri, E egreemalu, E muriz ge erdali Aberahama pako Lazaro E emeri abara marmot ge.
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.’
24E ereretikri, kega, Kara aba, Aberahama, ma kari omare, ma namarida Lazaro akmei tabara tag pem ni ge, ko itimoar kara uerut; abelelam kaka au asiasi abele ur au be.
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.
25Ege Aberahama de abi detager, kega, Kara uerem, ma dikiapor, gaire debe lu ma nagri mara eded, a Lazaro nagri adud lu abara eded: a peirdi E nagri sererege, a ma au asiasi.
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.’
26A nerute lu, meriba nagri auak eipu, abelelam keriba umer kak bakeamu uaba uteb, a uaba umer kak tabakeamu keriba uteb.
27“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
27Ege E abi detager, kega, Kara aba, kaka mari damosi ma abi temarida kara aba ra boai;
28for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’
28Abelelam faif kara le; ueakai uiaba mamoro asoli, nolea uiaba tabakeamu abele uteb, au asiasi.
29“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
29Ege Aberahama de abi detager, kega, Nagri Mose pako perofeta uiabi dog, iaueakai uiaba asoli.
30“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
30E ge abi detager, kega, Kara aba, Aberahama, nolea: debele nerute le iako takomeda eudelam, ueakai uiaba nagri obazegeda.
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.’”
31E ge abi detager, kega, Ese uiaba nole asoli Mose pako perofeta, ese nerute le ko eded akaida, a uiaba nole asor kak.
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