Luke 12
1InἘνthese [times]οἷςhaving been gathered togetherἐπισυναχθεισῶνtheτῶνmyriadsμυριάδωνof theτοῦcrowdὄχλου,so asὥστεto trample uponκαταπατεῖνone anotherἀλλήλους,He beganἤρξατοto sayλέγεινtoπρὸςtheτοὺςdisciplesμαθητὰςof Himαὐτοῦfirstπρῶτον·Take heedΠροσέχετεto yourselvesἑαυτοῖςofἀπὸtheτῆςleavenζύμης,whichἥτιςisἐστὶνhypocrisyὑπόκρισις,of theτῶνPhariseesΦαρισαίων.
2Nothingοὐδὲνnowδὲconcealed upσυγκεκαλυμμένονisἐστὶνwhichὃnotοὐκwill be revealedἀποκαλυφθήσεται,norκαὶhiddenκρυπτὸνwhichὃnotοὐwill be knownγνωσθήσεται.
3Insteadἀνθ’thatὧνwhateverὅσαinἐνtheτῇdarknessσκοτίᾳyou have saidεἴπατεinἐνtheτῷlightφωτὶwill be heardἀκουσθήσεται,andκαὶwhatὃintoπρὸςtheτὸearοὖςyou have spokenἐλαλήσατεinἐνtheτοῖςinner roomsταμείοιςwill be proclaimedκηρυχθήσεταιuponἐπὶtheτῶνhousetopsδωμάτων.
4I sayΛέγωnowδὲto youὑμῖνthoseτοῖςfriendsφίλοιςof Meμου,notμὴyou should fearφοβηθῆτεbecauseἀπὸof thoseτῶνkillingἀποκτεινόντωνtheτὸbodyσῶμαandκαὶafterμετὰthese thingsταῦταnotμὴbeing ableἐχόντωνmore abundantlyπερισσότερόνanythingτιto doποιῆσαι.
5I will showὑποδείξωhoweverδὲyouὑμῖνwhomτίναyou should fearφοβηθῆτε·Fearφοβήθητεthe [One who]τὸνafterμετὰtheτὸkillingἀποκτεῖναιhasἔχονταauthorityἐξουσίανto castἐμβαλεῖνintoεἰςτὴνhellγέενναν·Yesναί,I sayλέγωto youὑμῖν,Himτοῦτονfearφοβήθητε.
6Notοὐχὶfiveπέντεsparrowsστρουθίαare sold forπωλοῦνταιassarionἀσσαρίωνtwoδύο;AndκαὶoneἓνofἐξthemαὐτῶνnotοὐκisἔστινforgottenἐπιλελησμένονbeforeἐνώπιοντοῦGodθεοῦ.
7Butἀλλὰevenκαὶtheαἱhairsτρίχεςof theτῆςheadκεφαλῆςof youὑμῶνallπᾶσαιhave been numberedἠρίθμηνται·Notμὴfearφοβεῖσθε·than manyπολλῶνsparrowsστρουθίωνyou are more valuableδιαφέρετε.
8I sayΛέγωnowδὲto youὑμῖν,everyoneπᾶςwhoὃςἂνwill confessὁμολογήσῃinἐνMeἐμοὶbeforeἔμπροσθενtheτῶνmenἀνθρώπων,alsoκαὶtheὁSonυἱὸςτοῦof Manἀνθρώπουwill confessὁμολογήσειinἐνhimαὐτῷbeforeἔμπροσθενtheτῶνangelsἀγγέλωντοῦof Godθεοῦ·
9the [one]ὁnowδὲhaving deniedἀρνησάμενόςMeμεbeforeἐνώπιοντῶνmenἀνθρώπωνwill be deniedἀπαρνηθήσεταιbeforeἐνώπιονtheτῶνangelsἀγγέλωντοῦof Godθεοῦ.
10Andκαὶeveryoneπᾶςwhoὃςwill speakἐρεῖa wordλόγονagainstεἰςtheτὸνSonυἱὸντοῦof Manἀνθρώπου,it will be forgivenἀφεθήσεταιhimαὐτῷthe [one]τῷhoweverδὲagainstεἰςtheτὸHolyἅγιονSpiritπνεῦμαhaving blasphemedβλασφημήσαντιnotοὐκwill be forgivenἀφεθήσεται.
11Whenὅτανthenδὲthey bringεἰσφέρωσινyouὑμᾶςbeforeἐπὶtheτὰςsynagoguesσυναγωγὰςandκαὶtheτὰςrulersἀρχὰςandκαὶtheτὰςauthoritiesἐξουσίας,notμὴbe anxiousμεριμνήσητεhowπῶςorἢwhatτίyou shall reply in defenseἀπολογήσησθεorἢwhatτίyou should sayεἴπητε·
12theτὸforγὰρHolyἅγιονSpiritπνεῦμαwill teachδιδάξειyouὑμᾶςinἐνsameαὐτῇtheτῇhourὥρᾳwhatἃit behooves [you]δεῖto sayεἰπεῖν.
13SaidΕἶπενthenδέoneτιςfromἐκtheτοῦcrowdὄχλουto Himαὐτῷ·TeacherΔιδάσκαλε,sayεἰπὲto theτῷbrotherἀδελφῷof meμουto divideμερίσασθαιwithμετ’meἐμοῦtheτὴνinheritanceκληρονομίαν.
14ὁAndδὲHe saidεἶπενto himαὐτῷ·ManἌνθρωπε,whoτίςMeμεappointedκατέστησενa judgeκριτὴνorἢpartitionerμεριστὴνoverἐφ’youὑμᾶς;
15He saidεἶπενthenδὲtoπρὸςthemαὐτούς·BewareὉρᾶτεandκαὶkeep yourselvesφυλάσσεσθεfromἀπὸallπάσηςcovetousnessπλεονεξίας,forὅτιnotοὐκinἐνtheτῷabundanceπερισσεύεινto anyoneτινὶtheἡlifeζωὴto himαὐτοῦisἐστινofἐκthat whichτῶνpossessesὑπαρχόντωνof himαὐτῷ.
16He spokeεἶπενthenδὲa parableπαραβολὴνtoπρὸςthemαὐτοὺςsayingλέγων·Of a manἈνθρώπουcertainτινὸςrichπλουσίουbrought forth abundantlyεὐφόρησενtheἡgroundχώρα.
17Andκαὶhe was reasoningδιελογίζετοwithinἐνhimselfἑαυτῷsayingλέγων·WhatΤίshall I doποιήσω,forὅτιnotοὐκI haveἔχωwhereποῦI will store upσυνάξωtheτοὺςfruitsκαρπούςof meμου;
18Andκαὶhe saidεἶπεν·ThisΤοῦτοwill I doποιήσω·I will tear downκαθελῶmyμουτὰςbarnsἀποθήκαςandκαὶgreaterμείζοναςwill buildοἰκοδομήσω,andκαὶwill store upσυνάξωthereἐκεῖallπάνταtheτὸνgrainσῖτονandκαὶtheτὰgoodsἀγαθάof meμου,
19AndκαὶI will sayἐρῶto theτῇsoulψυχῇof meμου·SoulΨυχή,you haveἔχειςmanyπολλὰgood thingsἀγαθὰlaid upκείμεναforεἰςyearsἔτηmanyπολλά·take your restἀναπαύου,eatφάγε,drinkπίε,be merryεὐφραίνου.
20Saidεἶπενthenδὲto himαὐτῷὁGodθεός·FoolἌφρων,Thisταύτῃτῇnightνυκτὶtheτὴνsoulψυχήνof youσουis requiredἀπαιτοῦσινofἀπὸyouσοῦ·whatἃnowδὲyou did prepareἡτοίμασας,to whomτίνιwill [it] beἔσται;
21So [is]οὕτωςthe [one]ὁtreasuring upθησαυρίζωνfor himselfἑαυτῷandκαὶnotμὴtowardεἰςGodθεὸνbeing richπλουτῶν.
22He saidΕἶπενthenδὲtoπρὸςtheτοὺςdisciplesμαθητὰςof Himαὐτοῦ·Because ofΔιὰthisτοῦτοI sayλέγωto youὑμῖν,notμὴbe anxiousμεριμνᾶτεfor theτῇlifeψυχῇwhatτίyou should eatφάγητε,norμηδὲfor theτῷbodyσώματιwhatτίyou should put onἐνδύσησθε.
23Theἡforγὰρlifeψυχὴmore thanπλεῖόνisἐστινtheτῆςfoodτροφῆςandκαὶtheτὸbodyσῶμαthan theτοῦclothingἐνδύματος.
24Considerκατανοήσατεtheτοὺςravensκόρακαςthatὅτιneitherοὐthey sowσπείρουσινnorοὐδὲreapθερίζουσιν,to themοἷςnotοὐκthere isἔστινa storehouseταμεῖονnorοὐδὲbarnἀποθήκη,andκαὶὁGodθεὸςfeedsτρέφειthemαὐτούς·How muchπόσῳmoreμᾶλλονyouὑμεῖςare valuableδιαφέρετεthan theτῶνbirdsπετεινῶν.
25Whichτίςnowδὲofἐξyouὑμῶνbeing anxiousμεριμνῶνis ableδύναταιtoἐπὶtheτὴνlifespanἡλικίανof himαὐτοῦto addπροσθεῖναιone hourπῆχυν;
26Ifεἰthenοὖνnot evenοὐδὲ[the] leastἐλάχιστονyou are able [to do]δύνασθε,whyτίaboutπερὶtheτῶνrestλοιπῶνare you anxiousμεριμνᾶτε;
27Considerκατανοήσατεtheτὰliliesκρίναhowπῶςgrowαὐξάνει·neitherοὐtoilκοπιᾷnorοὐδὲdo they laborνήθει·I sayλέγωhoweverδὲto youὑμῖν,not evenοὐδὲSolomonΣολομὼνinἐνallπάσῃtheτῇgloryδόξῃof himαὐτοῦwas arrayedπεριεβάλετοasὡςoneἓνof theseτούτων.
28Ifεἰhoweverδὲin [the]ἐνfieldἀγρῷtheτὸνgrassχόρτονbeing [here]ὄνταtodayσήμερονandκαὶtomorrowαὔριονintoεἰςthe furnaceκλίβανονbeing thrownβαλλόμενονὁGodθεὸςthusοὕτωςclothesἀμφιέζει,how muchπόσῳmoreμᾶλλονyouὑμᾶς,O [you] of little faithὀλιγόπιστοι.
29Andκαὶyouὑμεῖςnotμὴseekζητεῖτεwhatτίyou might eatφάγητεandκαὶwhatτίyou might drinkπίητε,andκαὶnotμὴbe in suspenseμετεωρίζεσθε,
30these thingsταῦταforγὰρallπάνταtheτὰnationsἔθνηof theτοῦworldκόσμουseek afterἐπιζητοῦσιν,of youὑμῶνnowδὲtheὁFatherπατὴρknowsοἶδενthatὅτιyou have needχρῄζετεof theseτούτων.
31Butπλὴνseek youζητεῖτεtheτὴνkingdomβασιλείανof Himαὐτοῦ,andκαὶthese thingsταῦταwill be addedπροστεθήσεταιto youὑμῖν.
32NotΜὴfearφοβοῦ,τὸlittleμικρὸνflockποίμνιον,forὅτιtook delightεὐδόκησενtheὁFatherπατὴρof youὑμῶνto giveδοῦναιyouὑμῖνtheτὴνkingdomβασιλείαν.
33Sellπωλήσατεtheτὰpossessionsὑπάρχονταof youὑμῶνandκαὶgiveδότεalmsἐλεημοσύνην·makeποιήσατεto yourselvesἑαυτοῖςpursesβαλλάντιαnotμὴgrowing oldπαλαιούμενα,a treasureθησαυρὸνunfailingἀνέκλειπτονinἐνtheτοῖςheavensοὐρανοῖς,whereὅπουthiefκλέπτηςnotοὐκdoes draw nearἐγγίζειnorοὐδὲmothσὴςdestroyδιαφθείρει·
34Whereὅπουforγάρisἐστινtheὁtreasureθησαυρὸςof youὑμῶν,thereἐκεῖalsoκαὶtheἡheartκαρδίαof youὑμῶνwill beἔσται.
35Let beἜστωσανyourὑμῶναἱwaistὀσφύεςgirded aboutπεριεζωσμέναιandκαὶtheοἱlampsλύχνοιburningκαιόμενοι,
36andκαὶyouὑμεῖςlikeὅμοιοιto menἀνθρώποιςwaiting forπροσδεχομένοιςtheτὸνmasterκύριονof themselvesἑαυτῶνwheneverπότεhe shall returnἀναλύσῃfromἐκtheτῶνwedding feastsγάμων,thatἵναhaving comeἐλθόντοςandκαὶhaving knockedκρούσαντοςimmediatelyεὐθέωςthey might openἀνοίξωσινto himαὐτῷ.
37Blessed [are]μακάριοιtheοἱservantsδοῦλοιthoseἐκεῖνοι,whomοὓςhaving comeἐλθὼνtheὁmasterκύριοςwill findεὑρήσειwatchingγρηγοροῦντας·TrulyἀμὴνI sayλέγωto youὑμῖνthatὅτιhe will gird himselfπεριζώσεταιandκαὶwill make reclineἀνακλινεῖthemαὐτοὺςandκαὶhaving come upπαρελθὼνwill serveδιακονήσειthemαὐτοῖς.
38And ifκἂνinἐνtheτῇsecondδευτέρᾳand ifκἂνinἐνtheτῇthirdτρίτῃwatchφυλακῇhe comesἔλθῃandκαὶfinds [them]εὕρῃthusοὕτως,blessedμακάριοίareεἰσινthoseἐκεῖνοι.
39ThisΤοῦτοhoweverδὲknowγινώσκετεthatὅτιifεἰhad knownᾔδειtheὁmaster of the houseοἰκοδεσπότηςin whatποίᾳhourὥρᾳtheὁthiefκλέπτηςis comingἔρχεται,notοὐκἂνhe would have allowedἀφῆκενto be broken intoδιορυχθῆναιtheτὸνhouseοἶκονof himαὐτοῦ.
40Alsoκαὶyouὑμεῖςbeγίνεσθεreadyἕτοιμοι,forὅτιin theᾗhourὥρᾳnotοὐyou expectδοκεῖτεtheὁSonυἱὸςτοῦof Manἀνθρώπουcomesἔρχεται.
41SaidΕἶπενthenδὲὁPeterΠέτρος·LordΚύριε,toπρὸςusἡμᾶςtheτὴνparableπαραβολὴνthisταύτηνspeak Youλέγειςorἢalsoκαὶtoπρὸςallπάντας;
42AndκαὶsaidεἶπενtheὁLordκύριος·WhoΤίςthenἄραisἐστὶνtheὁfaithfulπιστὸςmanagerοἰκονόμος,[and] theὁwiseφρόνιμος,whomὃνwill setκαταστήσειtheὁmasterκύριοςoverἐπὶtheτῆςcare [of servants]θεραπείαςof himαὐτοῦτοῦto give [them]διδόναιinἐνseasonκαιρῷtheτὸmeasure of foodσιτομέτριον;
43Blessed [is]μακάριοςtheὁservantδοῦλοςthatἐκεῖνος,whomὃνhaving comeἐλθὼνtheὁmasterκύριοςof himαὐτοῦwill findεὑρήσειdoingποιοῦνταthusοὕτως·
44Of a truthἀληθῶςI sayλέγωto youὑμῖνthatὅτιoverἐπὶallπᾶσινtheτοῖςpossessionsὑπάρχουσινof himαὐτοῦhe will setκαταστήσειhimαὐτόν.
45Ifἐὰνhoweverδὲshould sayεἴπῃtheὁservantδοῦλοςthatἐκεῖνοςinἐνtheτῇheartκαρδίᾳof himαὐτοῦ·DelaysΧρονίζειtheὁmasterκύριόςof Meμουto comeἔρχεσθαι,andκαὶshould beginἄρξηταιto beatτύπτεινtheτοὺςmen-servantsπαῖδαςandκαὶtheτὰςmaid-servantsπαιδίσκας,to eatἐσθίεινalsoτεandκαὶto drinkπίνεινandκαὶto get drunkμεθύσκεσθαι,
46will comeἥξειtheὁmasterκύριοςof theτοῦservantδούλουthatἐκείνουinἐνa dayἡμέρᾳin whichᾗnotοὐhe does expectπροσδοκᾷandκαὶinἐνan hourὥρᾳthatᾗnotοὐhe knowsγινώσκει,andκαὶhe will cut in twoδιχοτομήσειhimαὐτὸνandκαὶtheτὸplaceμέροςof himαὐτοῦwithμετὰtheτῶνunbelieversἀπίστωνwill appointθήσει.
47Thatἐκεῖνοςnowδὲὁservantδοῦλοςthe [one]ὁhaving knownγνοὺςtheτὸwillθέλημαof theτοῦmasterκυρίουof himαὐτοῦandκαὶnotμὴhaving preparedἑτοιμάσαςnorἢhaving doneποιήσαςaccording toπρὸςtheτὸwillθέλημαof himαὐτοῦwill be beaten withδαρήσεταιmany [blows]πολλάς·
48the [one]ὁhoweverδὲnotμὴhaving knownγνοὺςhaving doneποιήσαςhoweverδὲ[things] worthyἄξιαof stripesπληγῶνwill be beaten withδαρήσεταιfewὀλίγας.Everyoneπαντὶnowδὲto whomᾧhas been givenἐδόθηmuchπολύ,muchπολὺwill be requiredζητηθήσεταιfromπαρ’himαὐτοῦ,andκαὶto whomᾧhas been committedπαρέθεντοmuchπολύ,the moreπερισσότερονwill they ask ofαἰτήσουσινhimαὐτόν.
49FireΠῦρI cameἦλθονto castβαλεῖνuponἐπὶtheτὴνearthγῆν,andκαὶhowτίI wishθέλωifεἰalreadyἤδηit be kindledἀνήφθη;
50BaptismβάπτισμαhoweverδὲI haveἔχωto be baptized [with]βαπτισθῆναι,andκαὶhowπῶςI am distressedσυνέχομαιuntilἕωςwhileὅτουit should be accomplishedτελεσθῇ.
51Think youδοκεῖτεthatὅτιpeaceεἰρήνηνI cameπαρεγενόμηνto giveδοῦναιonἐνtheτῇearthγῇ;Noοὐχί,I sayλέγωto youὑμῖν,butἀλλ’ratherἢdivisionδιαμερισμόν.
52There will beἔσονταιforγὰρfromἀπὸτοῦnowνῦνfiveπέντεinἐνoneἑνὶhouseοἴκῳdividedδιαμεμερισμένοι,threeτρεῖςagainstἐπὶtwoδυσὶνandκαὶtwoδύοagainstἐπὶthreeτρισίν,
53They will be dividedδιαμερισθήσονταιfatherπατὴρagainstἐπὶsonυἱῷandκαὶsonυἱὸςagainstἐπὶfatherπατρί,motherμήτηρagainstἐπὶdaughterθυγατέραandκαὶdaughterθυγάτηρagainstἐπὶτὴνmotherμητέρα,mother-in-lawπενθερὰagainstἐπὶtheτὴνdaughter-in-lawνύμφηνof herαὐτῆςandκαὶdaughter-in-lawνύμφηagainstἐπὶτὴνmother-in-lawπενθεράν.
54He was sayingἜλεγενnowδὲalsoκαὶto theτοῖςcrowdsὄχλοις·WhenὍτανyou seeἴδητεcloudνεφέληνrising upἀνατέλλουσανfromἐπὶ[the] westδυσμῶν,immediatelyεὐθέωςyou sayλέγετεὅτιA showerὌμβροςis comingἔρχεται,andκαὶit happensγίνεταιsoοὕτως·
55Andκαὶwhenὅτανa south windνότονis blowingπνέοντα,you sayλέγετεὅτιHeatΚαύσωνthere will beἔσται,andκαὶit happensγίνεται.
56Hypocritesὑποκριταί,Theτὸappearanceπρόσωπονof theτῆςearthγῆςandκαὶof theτοῦskyοὐρανοῦyou know [how]οἴδατεto discernδοκιμάζειν,theτὸνhoweverδὲtimeκαιρὸνthisτοῦτονhowπῶςnotοὐκyou do know [how]οἴδατεto interpret?δοκιμάζειν;
57WhyΤίnowδὲevenκαὶforἀφ’yourselvesἑαυτῶνnotοὐjudge youκρίνετεwhat [is]τὸrightδίκαιον;
58Asὡςforγὰρyou are goingὑπάγειςwithμετὰtheτοῦadversaryἀντιδίκουof youσουbeforeἐπ’a magistrateἄρχοντα,inἐνtheτῇwayὁδῷgiveδὸςearnestnessἐργασίανto be set freeἀπηλλάχθαιfromἀπ’himαὐτοῦ,orμήποτεhe should drag awayκατασύρῃyouσεtoπρὸςtheτὸνjudgeκριτήν,andκαὶtheὁjudgeκριτήςyouσεwill deliverπαραδώσειto theτῷofficerπράκτορι,andκαὶtheὁofficerπράκτωρyouσεwill castβαλεῖintoεἰςprisonφυλακήν.
59I sayλέγωto youσοι,noοὐnotμὴshall you come outἐξέλθῃςfrom thereἐκεῖθενuntilἕωςevenκαὶtheτὸlastἔσχατονleptonλεπτὸνyou shall have paidἀποδῷς.