Lc 16:1Dīcēbat autem et ad discipulōs suōs: Homō quīdam erat dīves, quī habēbat vīllicum: et hic diffāmātus est apud illum quasi dissipāsset bona ipsīus.And he was saying also to his disciples: "There was a certain rich man, who had a steward: and this man was accused to him of having squandered his goods. Lc 16:2Et vocāvit illum, et ait illī: Quid hoc audiō dē tē?And he called him, and said to him: 'What is this I hear about you? Lc 16:2Redde ratiōnem vīllicātiōnis tuae: jam enim nōn poteris vīllicāre.Render an account of your stewardship: for you will no longer be able to be steward.' Lc 16:3Ait autem vīllicus intrā sē: Quid faciam, quia dominus meus aufert ā mē vīllicātiōnem?And the steward said within himself: 'What shall I do, because my lord is taking away the stewardship from me? Lc 16:3Fodere nōn valeō, mendīcāre ērubēscō.To dig I am not strong enough, to beg I am ashamed. Lc 16:4Sciō quid faciam, ut, cum āmōtus fuerō ā vīllicātiōne, recipiant mē in domōs suās.I know what I will do, so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.' Lc 16:5Convocātīs itaque singulīs dēbitōribus dominī suī, dīcēbat prīmō: Quantum dēbēs dominō meō?And so, his lord's debtors having been called together one by one, he was saying to the first: 'How much do you owe my lord?' Lc 16:6At ille dīxit: Centum cadōs oleī.And he said: 'A hundred jars of oil.' Lc 16:6Dīxitque illī: Accipe cautiōnem tuam: et sedē citō, scrībe quīnquāgintā.And he said to him: 'Take your bond: and sit down quickly, write fifty.' Lc 16:7Deinde aliī dīxit: Tū vērō quantum dēbēs?Then he said to another: 'And you, how much do you owe?' Lc 16:7Quī ait: Centum cōrōs trīticī.He said: 'A hundred measures of wheat.' Lc 16:7Ait illī: Accipe litterās tuās, et scrībe octōgintā.He said to him: 'Take your writing, and write eighty.' Lc 16:8Et laudāvit dominus vīllicum inīquitātis, quia prūdenter fēcisset: quia fīliī hujus saeculī prūdentiōrēs fīliīs lūcis in generātiōne suā sunt.And the lord praised the steward of iniquity, because he had acted prudently: because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of light in their own generation.
Lc 16:9Et ego vōbīs dīcō: facite vōbīs amīcōs dē mammōnā inīquitātis: ut, cum dēfēceritis, recipiant vōs in aeterna tabernācula.And I say to you: make friends for yourselves out of the mammon of iniquity: so that, when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. Lc 16:10Quī fidēlis est in minimō, et in mājōrī fidēlis est: et quī in modicō inīquus est, et in mājōrī inīquus est.He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in what is greater: and he who is unjust in a little is unjust also in what is greater. Lc 16:11Sī ergō in inīquō mammōnā fidēlēs nōn fuistis quod vērum est, quis crēdet vōbīs?If therefore you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will entrust to you what is true? Lc 16:12Et sī in aliēnō fidēlēs nōn fuistis, quod vestrum est, quis dabit vōbīs?And if you have not been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? Lc 16:13Nēmō servus potest duōbus dominīs servīre: aut enim ūnum ōdiet, et alterum dīliget: aut ūnī adhaerēbit, et alterum contemnet.No servant can 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.
Lc 16:13Nōn potestis Deō servīre et mammōnae.You cannot serve God and mammon." Lc 16:14Audiēbant autem omnia haec pharisaeī, quī erant avārī: et dērīdēbant illum.Now the Pharisees, who were greedy, were hearing all these things: and they were mocking him. Lc 16:15Et ait illīs: Vōs estis quī jūstificātis vōs cōram hominibus: Deus autem nōvit corda vestra: quia quod hominibus altum est, abōminātiō est ante Deum.And he said to them: "You are the ones who justify yourselves before people: but God knows your hearts: because what is lofty to people is an abomination before God. Lc 16:16Lēx et prophētae ūsque ad Jōannem: ex eō regnum Deī ēvangelizātur, et omnis in illud vim facit.The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed as good news, and everyone uses force into it. Lc 16:17Facilius est autem caelum et terram praeterīre, quam dē lēge ūnum apicem cadere.But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of the law to fall. Lc 16:18Omnis quī dīmittit uxōrem suam et alteram dūcit, moechātur: et quī dīmissam ā virō dūcit, moechātur.Everyone who sends away his wife and marries another commits adultery: and he who marries a woman sent away by her husband commits adultery.
Lc 16:19Homō quīdam erat dīves, quī induēbātur purpurā et byssō, et epulābātur quotīdiē splendidē.There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and was feasting splendidly every day. Lc 16:20Et erat quīdam mendīcus, nōmine Lazarus, quī jacēbat ad jānuam ejus, ulceribus plēnus, cupiēns saturārī dē mīcīs quae cadēbant dē mēnsā dīvitis, et nēmō illī dabat: sed et canēs veniēbant, et lingēbant ulcera ejus.And there was a certain beggar, by name Lazarus, who was lying at his gate, full of sores, longing to be filled with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table, and no one was giving to him: but even the dogs were coming, and were licking his sores. Lc 16:22Factum est autem ut morerētur mendīcus, et portārētur ab angelīs in sinum Abrahae.And it happened that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. Lc 16:22Mortuus est autem et dīves, et sepultus est in īnfernō.And the rich man also died, and was buried in hell. Lc 16:23Ēlevāns autem oculōs suōs, cum esset in tormentīs, vīdit Abraham ā longē, et Lazarum in sinū ejus: et ipse clāmāns dīxit: Pater Abraham, miserēre meī, et mitte Lazarum ut intingat extrēmum digitī suī in aquam, ut refrīgeret linguam meam, quia crucior in hāc flammā.And lifting up his eyes, when he was in torments, he saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom: and he himself, crying out, said: 'Father Abraham, have pity on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, so that he may cool my tongue, because I am tormented in this flame.' Lc 16:25Et dīxit illī Abraham: Fīlī, Recordāre quia recēpistī bona in vītā tuā, et Lazarus similiter mala: nunc autem hīc cōnsōlātur, tū vērō cruciāris: et in hīs omnibus inter nōs et vōs chaos magnum firmātum est: ut hī quī volunt hinc trānsīre ad vōs, nōn possint, neque inde hūc trānsmeāre.And Abraham said to him: 'Son, remember that you received good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise bad things: but now he is comforted here, and you are tormented: and in addition to all these things, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed: so that those who wish to pass from here to you cannot, nor cross over from there to here.' Lc 16:27Et ait: Rogō ergō tē, pater, ut mittās eum in domum patris meī: habeō enim quīnque frātrēs: ut testētur illīs, nē et ipsī veniant in hunc locum tormentōrum.And he said: 'I ask you, therefore, father, that you send him into the house of my father: for I have five brothers: so that he may testify to them, lest they too come into this place of torments.' Lc 16:29Et ait illī Abraham: Habent Moysēn et prophētās: audiant illōs.And Abraham said to him: 'They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.' Lc 16:30At ille dīxit: Nōn, pater Abraham: sed sī quis ex mortuīs ierit ad eōs, poenitentiam agent.But he said: 'No, father Abraham: but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will do penance.' Lc 16:31Ait autem illī: Sī Moysēn et prophētās nōn audiunt, neque sī quis ex mortuīs resurrēxerit, crēdent.And he said to him: 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe if someone rises again from the dead.'"