Spirit of the Holy Gospel

¹He also said to His disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. ²So he called him and said to him, "What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.' ³"Then the steward said within himself, "What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. ⁴I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.' ⁵"So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, "How much do you owe my master?' ⁶And he said, "A hundred measures of oil.' So he said to him, "Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' ⁷Then he said to another, "And how much do you owe?' So he said, "A hundred measures of wheat.' And he said to him, "Take your bill, and write eighty.' ⁸So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light. ⁹"And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.

^١ وَقَالَ أَيْضًا لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ غَنِيٌّ لَهُ وَكِيلٌ، فَوُشِيَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ بِأَنَّهُ يُبَذِّرُ أَمْوَالَهُ. ^٢فَدَعَاهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا هَذَا ٱلَّذِي أَسْمَعُ عَنْكَ؟ أَعْطِ حِسَابَ وَكَالَتِكَ لِأَنَّكَ لَا تَقْدِرُ أَنْ تَكُونَ وَكِيلًا بَعْدُ. ^٣فَقَالَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ فِي نَفْسِهِ: مَاذَا أَفْعَلُ؟ لِأَنَّ سَيِّدِي يَأْخُذُ مِنِّي ٱلْوَكَالَةَ. لَسْتُ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَنْقُبَ، وَأَسْتَحِي أَنْ أَسْتَعْطِيَ. ^٤قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَاذَا أَفْعَلُ، حَتَّى إِذَا عُزِلْتُ عَنِ ٱلْوَكَالَةِ يَقْبَلُونِي فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ. ^٥فَدَعَا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ مَدْيُونِي سَيِّدِهِ، وَقَالَ لِلْأَوَّلِ: كَمْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَيِّدِي؟ ^٦فَقَالَ: مِئَةُ بَثِّ زَيْتٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ صَكَّكَ وَٱجْلِسْ عَاجِلًا وَٱكْتُبْ خَمْسِينَ. ^٧ثُمَّ قَالَ لِآخَرَ: وَأَنْتَ كَمْ عَلَيْكَ؟ فَقَالَ: مِئَةُ كُرِّ قَمْحٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ صَكَّكَ وَٱكْتُبْ ثَمَانِينَ. ^٨فَمَدَحَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ وَكِيلَ ٱلظُّلْمِ إِذْ بِحِكْمَةٍ فَعَلَ، لِأَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ هَذَا ٱلدَّهْرِ أَحْكَمُ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ ٱلنُّورِ فِي جِيلِهِمْ. ^٩وَأَنَا أَقُولُ لَكُمُ: ٱصْنَعُوا لَكُمْ أَصْدِقَاءَ بِمَالِ ٱلظُّلْمِ، حَتَّى إِذَا فَنِيتُمْ يَقْبَلُونَكُمْ فِي ٱلْمَظَالِّ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةِ.