| 16:1 |
And he also said to his disciples: “A certain man was wealthy, and he had a steward of his estate. And this man was accused to him of having dissipated his goods. |
| 16:2 |
And he called him and said to him: ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you can no longer be my steward.’ |
| 16:3 |
And the steward said within himself: ‘What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not strong enough to dig. I am too ashamed to beg. |
| 16:4 |
I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’ |
| 16:5 |
Thiab yog li ntawd, calling together each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my lord?' |
| 16:6 |
Yog li nws hais, ‘One hundred jars of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.’ |
| 16:7 |
Tom ntej no, he said to another, ‘In truth, how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your record books, and write eighty.’ |
| 16:8 |
And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light. |
| 16:9 |
And so I say to you, make friends for yourself using iniquitous mammon, yog li ntawd, when you will have passed away, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. |
| 16:10 |
Whoever is faithful in what is least, is also faithful in what is greater. And whoever is unjust in what is small, is also unjust in what is greater. |
| 16:11 |
Yog li ntawd, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true? |
| 16:12 |
And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? |
| 16:13 |
No servant is able to serve two lords. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” |
| 16:14 |
But the Pharisees, who were greedy, were listening to all these things. And they ridiculed him. |
| 16:15 |
Thiab nws hais rau lawv: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of men. But God knows your hearts. For what is lifted up by men is an abomination in the sight of God. |
| 16:16 |
The law and the prophets were until John. Since then, the kingdom of God is being evangelized, and everyone acts with violence toward it. |
| 16:17 |
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fall away. |
| 16:18 |
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been divorced by her husband commits adultery. |
| 16:19 |
Ib tug txiv neej muaj nyiaj, thiab nws tau hnav ris tsho liab qab thiab hauv cov ntaub pua chaw zoo. Thiab nws noj splendidly txhua hnub. |
| 16:20 |
Thiab muaj ib tug neeg thov khawv, npe Lazarus, uas pw ntawm nws lub rooj vag, npog nrog mob, |
| 16:21 |
xav kom puv nrog cov crumbs uas tau poob los ntawm tus txiv neej nplua nuj lub rooj. Tab sis tsis muaj leej twg muab rau nws. Thiab txawm cov dev los licked nws mob. |
| 16:22 |
Ces thiaj li tshwm sim hais tias tus neeg thov khawv tuag, thiab nws raug coj los ntawm cov tim tswv mus rau hauv lub xub ntiag ntawm Abraham. Nim no tus txiv neej nplua nuj kuj tuag lawm, thiab nws tau raug muab tso rau hauv ntuj txiag teb tsaus. |
| 16:23 |
Ces tsa nws ob lub qhov muag, thaum nws raug tsim txom, nws pom Aplahas nyob deb, thiab Laxalau nyob hauv nws lub xub ntiag. |
| 16:24 |
Thiab quaj tawm, nws hais: ‘Txiv Abraham, thov koj khuvleej kuv thiab xa Laxalau, yog li ntawd nws thiaj yuav dhuav nws tus ntiv tes mus rau hauv dej kom kuv tus nplaig refresh. Rau qhov kuv raug tsim txom hauv qhov hluav taws no.' |
| 16:25 |
Thiab Aplahas hais rau nws: 'Tus tub, nco qab tias koj tau txais tej yam zoo hauv koj lub neej, thiab hauv kev sib piv, Laxalau txais tej yam phem. Tiamsis nimno nws thiaj nplij siab, thiab tiag tiag koj raug tsim txom. |
| 16:26 |
Thiab ntxiv rau tag nrho cov no, nruab nrab ntawm peb thiab koj ib tug loj chaos tau tsim, yog li ntawd cov neeg uas xav hla ntawm no mus rau koj tsis muaj peev xwm, tsis muaj ib tug yuav hla dhau qhov ntawd mus rau ntawm no.' |
| 16:27 |
Thiab nws hais: 'Tom qab ntawd, txiv, Kuv thov koj xa nws mus rau kuv txiv tsev, vim kuv muaj tsib tug kwv, |
| 16:28 |
yog li ntawd nws thiaj yuav ua tim khawv rau lawv, tsam lawv kuj los rau hauv qhov chaw raug tsim txom.' |
| 16:29 |
Thiab Aplahas hais rau nws: ‘Lawv muaj Mauxes thiab cov cev Vajtswv lus. Cia lawv mloog lawv.' |
| 16:30 |
Yog li nws hais: 'Tsis muaj, txiv Abraham. Tiamsis yog muaj ib tug mus cuag lawv hauv qhov tuag rov los, lawv yuav hloov siab lees txim.' |
| 16:31 |
Tab sis nws hais rau nws: ‘Yog lawv tsis mloog Mauxes thiab cov cev Vajtswv lus, thiab lawv yuav tsis ntseeg txawm hais tias ib tug neeg tau sawv hauv qhov tuag rov qab los.' |
