Comparison
Luke 16
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
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| 1 | And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods. | Dicebat autem et ad discipulos suos: Homo quidam erat dives, qui habebat villicum: et hic diffamatus est apud illum quasi dissipasset bona ipsius. |
| 2 | And he called him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer. | Et vocavit illum, et ait illi: Quid hoc audio de te? redde rationem villicationis tuae: iam enim non poteris villicare. |
| 3 | And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed. | Ait autem villicus intra se: Quid faciam, quia dominus meus aufert a me villicationem? Fodere non valeo, mendicare erubesco. |
| 4 | I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. | Scio quid faciam, ut, cum amotus fuero a villicatione, recipiant me in domos suas. |
| 5 | Therefore calling together every one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord? | Convocatis itaque singulis debitoribus domini sui, dicebat primo: Quantum debes domino meo? |
| 6 | But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. | At ille dixit: Centum cados olei. Dixitque illi: Accipe cautionem tuam: et sede cito, scribe quinquaginta. |
| 7 | Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill, and write eighty. | Deinde alii dixit: Tu vero quantum debes? Qui ait: Centum coros tritici. Ait illi: Accipe litteras tuas, et scribe octoginta. |
| 8 | And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. | Et laudavit dominus villicum iniquitatis, quia prudenter fecisset: quia filii huius saeculi prudentiores filiis lucis in generatione sua sunt. |
| 9 | And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity; that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. | Et ego vobis dico: facite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitatis: ut, cum defeceritis, recipiant vos in aeterna tabernacula. |
| 10 | He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater. | Qui fidelis est in minimo, et in maiori fidelis est: et qui in modico iniquus est, et in maiori iniquus est. |
| 11 | If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true? | Si ergo in iniquo mammona fideles non fuistis quod verum est, quis credet vobis? |
| 12 | And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s; who will give you that which is your own? | Et si in alieno fideles non fuistis, quod vestrum est, quis dabit vobis? |
| 13 | No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. | Nemo servus potest duobus dominis servire: aut enim unum odiet, et alterum diliget: aut uni adhaerebit, et alterum contemnet. Non potestis Deo servire et mammonae. |
| 14 | Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. | Audiebant autem omnia haec pharisaei, qui erant avari: et deridebant illum. |
| 15 | And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God. | Et ait illis: Vos estis qui iustificatis vos coram hominibus: Deus autem novit corda vestra: quia quod hominibus altum est, abominatio est ante Deum. |
| 16 | The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it. | Lex et prophetae usque ad Ioannem: ex eo regnum Dei evangelizatur, et omnis in illud vim facit. |
| 17 | And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall. | Facilius est autem caelum et terram praeterire, quam de lege unum apicem cadere. |
| 18 | Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery. | Omnis qui dimittit uxorem suam et alteram ducit, moechatur: et qui dimissam a viro ducit, moechatur. |
| 19 | There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day. | Homo quidam erat dives, qui induebatur purpura et bysso, et epulabatur quotidie splendide. |
| 20 | And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores, | Et erat quidam mendicus, nomine Lazarus, qui iacebat ad ianuam eius, ulceribus plenus, |
| 21 | Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores. | cupiens saturari de micis quae cadebant de mensa divitis, et nemo illi dabat: sed et canes veniebant, et lingebant ulcera eius. |
| 22 | And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell. | Factum est autem ut moreretur mendicus, et portaretur ab angelis in sinum Abrahae. Mortuus est autem et dives, et sepultus est in inferno. |
| 23 | And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom: | Elevans autem oculos suos, cum esset in tormentis, vidit Abraham a longe, et Lazarum in sinu eius: |
| 24 | And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. | et ipse clamans dixit: Pater Abraham, miserere mei, et mitte Lazarum ut intingat extremum digiti sui in aquam, ut refrigeret linguam meam, quia crucior in hac flamma. |
| 25 | And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazareth evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented. | Et dixit illi Abraham: Fili, recordare quia recepisti bona in vita tua, et Lazarus similiter mala: nunc autem hic consolatur, tu vero cruciaris: |
| 26 | And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither. | et in his omnibus inter nos et vos chaos magnum firmatum est: ut hi qui volunt hinc transire ad vos, non possint, neque inde huc transmeare. |
| 27 | And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house, for I have five brethren, | Et ait: Rogo ergo te, pater, ut mittas eum in domum patris mei: |
| 28 | That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments. | habeo enim quinque fratres: ut testetur illis, ne et ipsi veniant in hunc locum tormentorum. |
| 29 | And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. | Et ait illi Abraham: Habent Moysen et prophetas: audiant illos. |
| 30 | But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance. | At ille dixit: Non, pater Abraham: sed si quis ex mortuis ierit ad eos, poenitentiam agent. |
| 31 | And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead. | Ait autem illi: Si Moysen et prophetas non audiunt, neque si quis ex mortuis resurrexerit, credent. |
