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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading

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The Faithful Steward and Proportional Responsibility — Lk 12:41-48

Lc 12,41-48·NA28·86/156·// Mt 24,45-51

ὁ πιστὸς οἰκονόμος ὁ φρόνιμος=l'amministratore fedele e prudenteτὸ σιτομέτριον=la razione di ciboχρονίζει=tarda (il ritardo della parusia)διχοτομήσει=lo taglierà in due (esclusione radicale)πολὺ ζητηθήσεται=molto sarà richiesto (responsabilità proporzionale)

XIX domenica T.O. — anno C (Lc 12,32-48)

Greek

Orthodox Reading

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

Orthodox ReadingThen Peter said: «Lord, this parableⓘ do you tell for us or also for everyone?».

Greekκαὶ 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 ReadingAnd the Lord answered: «Who then is the faithful and wise stewardⓘ, the trusted custodian (ne'eman, נֶאֱמָן), whom the master will appoint over his household servantsⓘ to give at the proper time the portion of grainⓘ, according to the office of the one charged with the just distribution (gabbai, גַּבַּאי)?

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 just so.

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

Orthodox ReadingTruly I tell youⓘ: 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 says in his heartⓘ: My master delaysⓘ in coming, and begins to beat the menservants and maidservantsⓘ, and to eat and 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 him and at an hour he does not know — the hour of the reckoning (din, דִּין), the unexpected judgment before the court of Heaven —, and he will cut him in twoⓘ and place his portion together with the unfaithfulⓘ.

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 then who knewⓘ the will of his master and did not prepare himself nor act according to his will, transgressing as one deliberate (be-mezid, with full knowledge), will be beatenⓘ with many stripes;

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

Orthodox Readingbut he who did not know it, and yet did things deserving of stripes, failing as one inadvertent (bi-shogeg, without knowing), will be beaten with few: the penalty is graduated upon knowledge, according to the halakhic distinction between deliberate fault and inadvertent fault. To whomever was givenⓘ much, much will be requiredⓘ of him — the measure of the gift sets the measure of the account rendered in the world to come (olam ha-ba, עוֹלָם הַבָּא), according to the principle middah ke-neged middah, מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה; and to him to whom was entrustedⓘ much, all the more will they demand of him».