New Covenant

Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading

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The Shrewd Steward and the Two Lordships — Lk 16:1-13

Lc 16,1-13·NA28·103/156·// Mt 6,24

οἰκονόμον=amministratore (economo regale, Is 22,22)φρονίμως=con scaltrezzaοἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ φωτός=i figli della luceבני אור bnei or (Qumran)τοῦ μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας=la Mammona dell'ingiustiziaοὐ δύνασθε θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ=non potete servire Dio e Mammona

XXV domenica T.O. — anno C (Lc 16,1-13)

Greek

Orthodox Reading

GreekἜλεγεν δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητάς· Ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν πλούσιος ὃς εἶχεν οἰκονόμον, καὶ οὗτος διεβλήθη αὐτῷ ὡς διασκορπίζων τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ.

Orthodox ReadingHe said also to the disciplesⓘ: «There was a rich man who had a steward (oikonomos) stewardⓘ, the trusted manager of the house, and this man was accusedⓘ before him as one who was squanderingⓘ his goods.

Greekκαὶ φωνήσας αὐτὸν εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Τί τοῦτο ἀκούω περὶ σοῦ; ἀπόδος τὸν λόγον τῆς οἰκονομίας σου, οὐ γὰρ δύνῃ ἔτι οἰκονομεῖν.

Orthodox ReadingAnd, calling him, he said to him: What is this that I hear about you? Render the accountⓘ of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.

Greekεἶπεν δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὁ οἰκονόμος· Τί ποιήσω, ὅτι ὁ κύριός μου ἀφαιρεῖται τὴν οἰκονομίαν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ; σκάπτειν οὐκ ἰσχύω, ἐπαιτεῖν αἰσχύνομαι.

Orthodox ReadingThe steward said within himself: What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship from me? To digⓘ I have no strength, to beg I am ashamed.

Greekἔγνων τί ποιήσω, ἵνα ὅταν μετασταθῶ ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας δέξωνταί με εἰς τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν.

Orthodox ReadingI know what I shall do, so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Greekκαὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν χρεοφειλετῶν τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ ἔλεγεν τῷ πρώτῳ· Πόσον ὀφείλεις τῷ κυρίῳ μου;

Orthodox ReadingAnd, summoning to himself one by one his master's debtors, he said to the first: How much do you owe my master?

Greekὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἑκατὸν βάτους ἐλαίου. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Δέξαι σου τὰ γράμματα καὶ καθίσας ταχέως γράψον πεντήκοντα.

Orthodox ReadingAnd he said: A hundred baths of oilⓘ. He said to him: Take your documentⓘ and, sitting down quickly, write fifty.

Greekἔπειτα ἑτέρῳ εἶπεν· Σὺ δὲ πόσον ὀφείλεις; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἑκατὸν κόρους σίτου. λέγει αὐτῷ· Δέξαι σου τὰ γράμματα καὶ γράψον ὀγδοήκοντα.

Orthodox ReadingThen to another he said: And you, how much do you owe? And he said: A hundred kors of wheatⓘ. He says to him: Take your document and write eighty.

Greekκαὶ ἐπῄνεσεν ὁ κύριος τὸν οἰκονόμον τῆς ἀδικίας ὅτι φρονίμως ἐποίησεν· ὅτι οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου φρονιμώτεροι ὑπὲρ τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ φωτὸς εἰς τὴν γενεὰν τὴν ἑαυτῶν εἰσιν.

Orthodox ReadingAnd the master commended the unjustⓘ steward because he acted with shrewdnessⓘ, remitting the debts according to the release of the shemittah release of the shemittahⓘ; for the sons of this worldⓘ, the sons of this present world (bnei ha-olam ha-zeh), are shrewder toward their own generation than the sons of lightⓘ.

GreekΚαὶ ἐγὼ ὑμῖν λέγω, ἑαυτοῖς ποιήσατε φίλους ἐκ τοῦ μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας, ἵνα ὅταν ἐκλίπῃ δέξωνται ὑμᾶς εἰς τὰς αἰωνίους σκηνάς.

Orthodox ReadingAnd I say to you: make for yourselves friends by means of the Mammon of injustice (mamon) Mammon of injusticeⓘ, with unjust wealth converted into tzedakah, the redistributive justice that is almsgiving tzedakahⓘ, so that, when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings of the olam ha-ba olam ha-baⓘ.

Greekὁ πιστὸς ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ καὶ ἐν πολλῷ πιστός ἐστιν, καὶ ὁ ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ ἄδικος καὶ ἐν πολλῷ ἄδικός ἐστιν.

Orthodox ReadingWhoever is faithfulⓘ in the least is faithful also in much; and whoever is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Greekεἰ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει;

Orthodox ReadingIf then in the unjust Mammon you were not faithful, who will entrust to you the trueⓘ?

Greekκαὶ εἰ ἐν τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ὑμέτερον τίς ὑμῖν δώσει;

Orthodox ReadingAnd if in another'sⓘ you were not faithful, who will give you what is your own?

GreekΟὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν· ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει, ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει. οὐ δύνασθε θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ.

Orthodox ReadingNo servantⓘ can serveⓘ — render exclusive service (avodah) — two mastersⓘ; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold fast to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon — you cannot be slaves of God and of money as lordⓘ».