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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading

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Orthodox Reading

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GreekἜστωσαν ὑμῶν αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι καὶ οἱ λύχνοι καιόμενοι,

Orthodox ReadingLet your loins be girded and your lamps burningⓘ, with garments drawn tight at the waist in the gesture of the Pesach פֶּסַח the paschal girdingⓘ;

Greekκαὶ ὑμεῖς ὅμοιοι ἀνθρώποις προσδεχομένοις τὸν κύριον ἑαυτῶν πότε ἀναλύσῃ ἐκ τῶν γάμων, ἵνα ἐλθόντος καὶ κρούσαντος εὐθέως ἀνοίξωσιν αὐτῷ.

Orthodox Readingand you like men who await their master's return from the wedding feast, to open for him as soon as he arrives and knocks.

Greekμακάριοι οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι, οὓς ἐλθὼν ὁ κύριος εὑρήσει γρηγοροῦντας· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι περιζώσεται καὶ ἀνακλινεῖ αὐτοὺς καὶ παρελθὼν διακονήσει αὐτοῖς.

Orthodox ReadingBlessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find still awakeⓘ; amèn, I say to you, he will gird his garments, he will make them recline at table and pass by to serve themⓘ at the banquet of the olam ha-ba (the world to come).

Greek⸂κἂν ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ κἂν⸃ ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ φυλακῇ ἔλθῃ καὶ εὕρῃ οὕτως, μακάριοί ⸀εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι.

Orthodox ReadingAnd if he comes in the second or in the third watchⓘ and finds them so, blessed are they!

GreekΤοῦτο δὲ γινώσκετε ὅτι εἰ ᾔδει ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης ποίᾳ ὥρᾳ ὁ κλέπτης ἔρχεται, ⸂οὐκ ἂν⸃ ἀφῆκεν ⸀διορυχθῆναι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.

Orthodox ReadingKnow this: if the master of the house (baal ha-bayit) knew at what hour the thiefⓘ comes, he would not let his house be broken into.

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Greekκαὶ ⸀ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἕτοιμοι, ὅτι ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὐ δοκεῖτε ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται.

Orthodox ReadingYou too keep ready, for at the hour you do not expect the Son of Man comes, the awaited mashiach Bar Enashⓘ.

GreekΕἶπεν ⸀δὲ ὁ Πέτρος· Κύριε, πρὸς ἡμᾶς τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην λέγεις ἢ καὶ πρὸς πάντας;

Orthodox ReadingPeter said: «Lord, this mashal (a riddle-tale with a double bottom) this parableⓘ do you tell for us or also for everyone?».

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Greek⸂καὶ εἶπεν⸃ ὁ κύριος· Τίς ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ πιστὸς οἰκονόμος, ⸀ὁ φρόνιμος, ὃν καταστήσει ὁ κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς θεραπείας αὐτοῦ τοῦ διδόναι ἐν καιρῷ ⸀τὸ σιτομέτριον;

Orthodox ReadingThe Lord said: «Who then is the faithful and prudent stewardⓘ, whom the master will set over his household to distribute in due time (be-itto), in the tzedakah of just provision, the ration of grainⓘ?

Greekμακάριος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος, ὃν ἐλθὼν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει ποιοῦντα οὕτως·

Orthodox ReadingBlessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find doing so.

Greekἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ καταστήσει αὐτόν.

Orthodox ReadingTruly I say to you that he will set him over all his possessions.

Greekἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· Χρονίζει ὁ κύριός μου ἔρχεσθαι, καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας, ἐσθίειν τε καὶ πίνειν καὶ μεθύσκεσθαι,

Orthodox ReadingBut if that servant should say in his heart: My master delays his comingⓘ, and should begin to beat the avadim and the maidservants, the other servants of the house, to eat, drink and get drunk,

Greekἥξει ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει, καὶ διχοτομήσει αὐτὸν καὶ τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀπίστων θήσει.

Orthodox Readingthe master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect it and at an hour he does not know, he will cut him in twoⓘ and will assign him the lot of one who is without emunah, the trustful fidelity to the covenant, in the gehinnom, the mechalelei ha-brit who have broken the covenant, in the din (the judgment).

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Greekἐκεῖνος δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ὁ γνοὺς τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου ⸀αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἑτοιμάσας ⸀ἢ ποιήσας πρὸς τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ δαρήσεται πολλάς·

Orthodox ReadingThat servant who knew his master's will, his mitzvot, and did not act according to it, acting as a mezid (with full awareness) and without teshuvah, the returning will be beaten with many blowsⓘ;

Greekὁ δὲ μὴ γνοὺς ποιήσας δὲ ἄξια πληγῶν δαρήσεται ὀλίγας. παντὶ δὲ ᾧ ἐδόθη πολύ, πολὺ ζητηθήσεται παρ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾧ παρέθεντο πολύ, περισσότερον αἰτήσουσιν αὐτόν.

Orthodox Readingbut the one who did not know it, acting as a shogeg (through inadvertence) will be beaten with few blowsⓘ. To whomever much was given, much will be required; from the one to whom much was entrusted, more will be demanded: passivum divinum, it is God who gives and calls to account.

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GreekΠῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ⸀ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τί θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη;

Orthodox ReadingI came to cast fire upon the earthⓘ, and how I wish it were already kindled!

Greekβάπτισμα δὲ ἔχω βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ πῶς συνέχομαι ἕως ⸀ὅτου τελεσθῇ.

Orthodox ReadingI have an immersion, a tevilah תְּבִילָה with which I must be immersedⓘ, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

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Greekδοκεῖτε ὅτι εἰρήνην παρεγενόμην δοῦναι ἐν τῇ γῇ; οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ ἢ διαμερισμόν.

Orthodox ReadingDo you think that I came to give peace upon the earth? No, I say to you, but divisionⓘ: the choice for the malkhut of the mashiach, the Kingdom, tears apart even the family.

Greekἔσονται γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν πέντε ἐν ⸂ἑνὶ οἴκῳ⸃ διαμεμερισμένοι, τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶν καὶ δύο ἐπὶ τρισίν,

Orthodox ReadingFrom now on five in one single house will be divided, three against two and two against three;

Greek⸀διαμερισθήσονται πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί, μήτηρ ⸀ἐπὶ ⸀θυγατέρα καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ ⸂τὴν μητέρα⸃, πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν ⸀πενθεράν.

Orthodox Readingthey will be divided father against son and son against father, mother against daughter, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law: these are the chevlei mashiach, the birth-pangs of the Messiah Micah 7:6ⓘ».

GreekἜλεγεν δὲ καὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις· Ὅταν ⸀ἴδητε νεφέλην ἀνατέλλουσαν ⸀ἐπὶ δυσμῶν, εὐθέως λέγετε ⸀ὅτι Ὄμβρος ἔρχεται, καὶ γίνεται οὕτως·

Orthodox ReadingHe then said also to the crowds of the am ha-aretz, the unobservant common folk, not the haverim, the associates observant of purity ʿam ha-aretzⓘ: «When you see a cloud rising from the westⓘ, at once you say: A downpour is coming, and so it happens.

Greekκαὶ ὅταν νότον πνέοντα, λέγετε ὅτι Καύσων ἔσται, καὶ γίνεται.

Orthodox ReadingAnd when the siroccoⓘ blows, you say: It will be hot, and so it happens.

Greekὑποκριταί, τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν, τὸν ⸂δὲ καιρὸν⸃ τοῦτον πῶς ⸂οὐκ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν⸃;

Orthodox ReadingHypocritesⓘ! You know how to discern the face of the earth and of the sky; how is it that you do not know how to discern the signs of the times, the ittim, the hour that calls to teshuvah, the return the kairós of this hourⓘ?

GreekΤί δὲ καὶ ἀφ’ ἑαυτῶν οὐ κρίνετε τὸ δίκαιον;

Orthodox ReadingAnd why do you not judge for yourselves what is just, the tzedeq tò díkaionⓘ?

Greekὡς γὰρ ὑπάγεις μετὰ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου σου ἐπ’ ἄρχοντα, ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ δὸς ἐργασίαν ἀπηλλάχθαι ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ, μήποτε κατασύρῃ σε πρὸς τὸν κριτήν, καὶ ὁ κριτής σε ⸀παραδώσει τῷ πράκτορι, καὶ ὁ πράκτωρ σε ⸀βαλεῖ εἰς φυλακήν.

Orthodox ReadingAs you go with your adversaryⓘ before the archon, the magistrate who presides over the court, along the way seek the pesharah, the settlement that discharges the debt to be rid of himⓘ, lest he drag you before the dayyan, the judge of the bet din, the tribunal, and the dayyan hand you over to the collectorⓘ, and the collector cast you into prison.

Greekλέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν ἕως ⸂καὶ τὸ⸃ ἔσχατον λεπτὸν ἀποδῷς.

Orthodox ReadingI say to you: you will not get out until you have paid down to the last small coinⓘ».

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