Luke 16

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then he also said to his disciples, "A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property.	1 وقال ايضا لتلاميذه كان انسان غني له وكيل فوشي به اليه بانه يبذّر امواله.
2 He summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.'	2 فدعاه وقال له ما هذا الذي اسمع عنك. اعط حساب وكالتك لانك لا تقدر ان تكون وكيلا بعد.
3 The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.	3 فقال الوكيل في نفسه ماذا افعل. لان سيدي يأخذ مني الوكالة. لست استطيع ان انقب واستحي ان استعطي.
4 I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.'	4 قد علمت ماذا افعل حتى اذا عزلت عن الوكالة يقبلوني في بيوتهم.
5 He called in his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, 'How much do you owe my master?'	5 فدعا كل واحد من مديوني سيده وقال للأول كم عليك لسيدي.
6 He replied, 'One hundred measures of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.'	6 فقال مئة بث زيت. فقال له خذ صكك واجلس عاجلا واكتب خمسين.
7 Then to another he said, 'And you, how much do you owe?' He replied, 'One hundred kors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.'	7 ثم قال لآخر وانت كم عليك. فقال مئة كرّ قمح. فقال له خذ صكك واكتب ثمانين.
8 And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. "For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.	8 فمدح السيد وكيل الظلم اذ بحكمة فعل. لان ابناء هذا الدهر احكم من ابناء النور في جيلهم.
9 I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.	9 وانا اقول لكم اصنعوا لكم اصدقاء بمال الظلم حتى اذا فنيتم يقبلونكم في المظال الابدية.
10 The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.	10 الامين في القليل امين ايضا في الكثير. والظالم في القليل ظالم ايضا في الكثير.
11 If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?	11 فان لم تكونوا امناء في مال الظلم فمن يأتمنكم على الحق.
12 If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?	12 وان لم تكونوا امناء في ما هو للغير فمن يعطيكم ما هو لكم.
13 No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."	13 لا يقدر خادم ان يخدم سيدين. لانه اما ان يبغض الواحد ويحب الآخر او يلازم الواحد ويحتقر الآخر. لا تقدرون ان تخدموا الله والمال
14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him.	14 وكان الفريسيون ايضا يسمعون هذا كله وهم محبون للمال فاستهزأوا به.
15 And he said to them, "You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.	15 فقال لهم انتم الذين تبررون انفسكم قدام الناس. ولكن الله يعرف قلوبكم. ان المستعلي عند الناس هو رجس قدام الله
16 "The law and the prophets lasted until John; but from then on the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone who enters does so with violence.	16 كان الناموس والانبياء الى يوحنا. ومن ذلك الوقت يبشر بملكوت الله وكل واحد يغتصب نفسه اليه.
17 It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter of the law to become invalid.	17 ولكن زوال السماء والارض ايسر من ان تسقط نقطة واحدة من الناموس.
18 "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.	18 كل من يطلّق امرأته ويتزوج باخرى يزني وكل من يتزوج بمطلّقة من رجل يزني
19 "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.	19 كان انسان غني وكان يلبس الارجوان والبز وهو يتنعم كل يوم مترفها.
20 And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,	20 وكان مسكين اسمه لعازر الذي طرح عند بابه مضروبا بالقروح.
21 who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.	21 ويشتهي ان يشبع من الفتات الساقط من مائدة الغني. بل كانت الكلاب تأتي وتلحس قروحه.
22 When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried,	22 فمات المسكين وحملته الملائكة الى حضن ابراهيم. ومات الغني ايضا ودفن.
23 and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.	23 فرفع عينيه في الهاوية وهو في العذاب ورأى ابراهيم من بعيد ولعازر في حضنه.
24 And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.'	24 فنادى وقال يا ابي ابراهيم ارحمني وارسل لعازر ليبل طرف اصبعه بماء ويبرّد لساني لاني معذب في هذا اللهيب.
25 Abraham replied, 'My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.	25 فقال ابراهيم يا ابني اذكر انك استوفيت خيراتك في حياتك وكذلك لعازر البلايا. والآن هو يتعزى وانت تتعذب.
26 Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.'	26 وفوق هذا كله بيننا وبينكم هوّة عظيمة قد أثبتت حتى ان الذين يريدون العبور من ههنا اليكم لا يقدرون ولا الذين من هناك يجتازون الينا.
27 He said, 'Then I beg you, father, send him to my father's house,	27 فقال اسألك اذا يا ابت ان ترسله الى بيت ابي.
28 for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.'	28 لان لي خمسة اخوة. حتى يشهد لهم لكي لا يأتوا هم ايضا الى موضع العذاب هذا.
29 But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'	29 قال له ابراهيم عندهم موسى والانبياء. ليسمعوا منهم.
30 He said, 'Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'	30 فقال لا يا ابي ابراهيم. بل اذا مضى اليهم واحد من الاموات يتوبون.
31 Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'"	31 فقال له ان كانوا لا يسمعون من موسى والانبياء ولا ان قام واحد من الاموات يصدقون