Evangelho segundo São Lucas 16

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Jesus disse também a seus discípulos: Havia um homem rico que tinha um administrador. Este lhe foi denunciado de ter dissipado os seus bens.	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.
2 Ele chamou o administrador e lhe disse: Que é que ouço dizer de ti? Presta contas da tua administração, pois já não poderás administrar meus bens.	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.’
3 O administrador refletiu então consigo: Que farei, visto que meu patrão me tira o emprego? Lavrar a terra? Não o posso. Mendigar? Tenho vergonha.	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.
4 Já sei o que fazer, para que haja quem me receba em sua casa, quando eu for despedido do emprego.	4 I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’
5 Chamou, pois, separadamente a cada um dos devedores de seu patrão e perguntou ao primeiro: Quanto deves a meu patrão?	5 And so, calling together each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my lord?’
6 Ele respondeu: Cem medidas de azeite. Disse-lhe: Toma a tua conta, senta-te depressa e escreve: cinqüenta.	6 So he said, ‘One hundred jars of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.’
7 Depois perguntou ao outro: Tu, quanto deves? Respondeu: Cem medidas de trigo. Disse-lhe o administrador: Toma os teus papéis e escreve: oitenta.	7 Next, 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.’
8 E o proprietário admirou a astúcia do administrador, porque os filhos deste mundo são mais prudentes do que os filhos da luz no trato com seus semelhantes.	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.
9 Eu vos digo: fazei-vos amigos com a riqueza injusta, para que, no dia em que ela vos faltar, eles vos recebam nos tabernáculos eternos.	9 And so I say to you, make friends for yourself using iniquitous mammon, so that, when you will have passed away, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.
10 Aquele que é fiel nas coisas pequenas será também fiel nas coisas grandes. E quem é injusto nas coisas pequenas, sê-lo-á também nas grandes.	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.
11 Se, pois, não tiverdes sido fiéis nas riquezas injustas, quem vos confiará as verdadeiras?	11 So then, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true?
12 E se não fostes fiéis no alheio, quem vos dará o que é vosso?	12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?
13 Nenhum servo pode servir a dois senhores: ou há de odiar a um e amar o outro, ou há de aderir a um e desprezar o outro. Não podeis servir a Deus e ao dinheiro.	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.”
14 Ora, ouviam tudo isto os fariseus, que eram avarentos, e zombavam dele.	14 But the Pharisees, who were greedy, were listening to all these things. And they ridiculed him.
15 Jesus disse-lhes: Vós procurais parecer justos aos olhos dos homens, mas Deus vos conhece os corações; pois o que é elevado aos olhos dos homens é abominável aos olhos de Deus.	15 And he said to them: “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 A lei e os profetas duraram até João. Desde então é anunciado o Reino de Deus, e cada um faz violência para aí entrar.	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.
17 Mais facilmente, porém, passará o céu e a terra do que se perderá uma só letra da lei.	17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fall away.
18 Todo o que abandonar sua mulher e casar com outra, comete adultério; e quem se casar com a mulher rejeitada, comete adultério também.	18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been divorced by her husband commits adultery.
19 Havia um homem rico que se vestia de púrpura e linho finíssimo, e que todos os dias se banqueteava e se regalava.	19 A certain man was wealthy, and he was clothed in purple and in fine linen. And he feasted splendidly every day.
20 Havia também um mendigo, por nome Lázaro, todo coberto de chagas, que estava deitado à porta do rico.	20 And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, covered with sores,
21 Ele avidamente desejava matar a fome com as migalhas que caíam da mesa do rico... Até os cães iam lamber-lhe as chagas.	21 wanting to be filled with the crumbs which were falling from the wealthy man’s table. But no one gave it to him. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 Ora, aconteceu morrer o mendigo e ser levado pelos anjos ao seio de Abraão. Morreu também o rico e foi sepultado.	22 Then it happened that the beggar died, and he was carried by the Angels into the bosom of Abraham. Now the wealthy man also died, and he was entombed in Hell.
23 E estando ele nos tormentos do inferno, levantou os olhos e viu, ao longe, Abraão e Lázaro no seu seio.	23 Then lifting up his eyes, while he was in torments, he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 Gritou, então: - Pai Abraão, compadece-te de mim e manda Lázaro que molhe em água a ponta de seu dedo, a fim de me refrescar a língua, pois sou cruelmente atormentado nestas chamas.	24 And crying out, he said: ‘Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to refresh my tongue. For I am tortured in this fire.’
25 Abraão, porém, replicou: - Filho, lembra-te de que recebeste teus bens em vida, mas Lázaro, males; por isso ele agora aqui é consolado, mas tu estás em tormento.	25 And Abraham said to him: ‘Son, recall that you received good things in your life, and in comparison, Lazarus received bad things. But now he is consoled, and truly you are tormented.
26 Além de tudo, há entre nós e vós um grande abismo, de maneira que, os que querem passar daqui para vós, não o podem, nem os de lá passar para cá.	26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chaos has been established, so that those who might want to cross from here to you are not able, nor can someone cross from there to here.’
27 O rico disse: - Rogo-te então, pai, que mandes Lázaro à casa de meu pai, pois tenho cinco irmãos,	27 And he said: ‘Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers,
28 para lhes testemunhar, que não aconteça virem também eles parar neste lugar de tormentos.	28 so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torments.’
29 Abraão respondeu: - Eles lá têm Moisés e os profetas; ouçam-nos!	29 And Abraham said to him: ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
30 O rico replicou: - Não, pai Abraão; mas se for a eles algum dos mortos, arrepender-se-ão.	30 So he said: ‘No, father Abraham. But if someone were to go to them from the dead, they would repent.’
31 Abraão respondeu-lhe: - Se não ouvirem a Moisés e aos profetas, tampouco se deixarão convencer, ainda que ressuscite algum dos mortos.	31 But he said to him: ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe even if someone has resurrected from the dead.’ ”