Section
XLIII.
[1] 2947
Simon Cephas said
unto him, Our
Lord,
is it to us
that thou hast spoken
this [2]
parable, or also to every man?
2948
Jesus said unto him, Who, thinkest thou, is
the
servant, the master of the
house,
2949
trusted with control,
2950
| 2950 Borg.
ms. has trusted and faithful.
Doubtless we should supply diacritical points to the reading of Vat.
ms., and translate trusted and
wise. Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary, however, has both
and wise and the word translated with control, used in a
different sense. |
whom his
lord set
over his [3] household, to give them their
food in its
season?
2951
Blessed is that
servant, whom his [4]
lord
shall come and find having done so.
2952
Verily I say unto you, He will set him [5]
over all that he hath.
2953
But if that
evil
servant say in his
heart, My
lord delayeth his [6] coming;
2954
and shall begin to beat his
servants and the
maidservants of his
lord, and [7] shall begin to eat and to drink with
the
drunken;
2955
the
lord of that
servant shall come [8] in the day that he thinketh not, and in the hour
that he knoweth not,
2956
and shall [Arabic,
p. 163]
judge him, and
appoint his portion with the
hypocrites,
2957
and with those that are not
faithful:
2958
there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
[9] 2959
Then shall the
kingdom of
heaven be like unto ten
virgins, those that took their [10]
lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom and the
bride.
2960
Five of them were [11]
wise, and five
foolish.
2961
And those foolish
ones took their
lamps, and took not with [12, 13] them
oil:
2962
but those
wise
ones took
oil in
vessels along with their
lamps.
2963
When then [14] the bridegroom delayed, they
all slumbered and slept.
2964
But in the
middle of the
night there occurred a
cry, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh! Go forth therefore to [15, 16] meet him.
2965
Then all those
virgins arose, and made ready
their
lamps.
2966
The foolish [17]
said unto the
wise, Give us of your
oil; for our
lamps are gone
out.
2967
But those
wise
answered and said, Perhaps
2968
| 2968 See § 10, 17, and
§ 4, 24, note. |
there will not be
enough for us and you: but go ye to [18] the sellers, and
buy for yourselves.
2969
And when they went away to
buy, the
bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the
marriage feast: and [19] the
door was shut.
2970
And at last those other
virgins also came and
said, Our
Lord, [20] our
Lord, open unto us.
2971
He answered and said unto them, Verily I say
unto you, [21] I know you not.
2972
Watch then, for ye know not that day nor that
hour.
[22] 2973
It is as a
man, who went on a
journey, and called his
servants, and
delivered unto
[23] them his possessions.
2974
And unto one he
gave five talents,
2975
and another two,
and another [24] one; every one according to his
strength; and went on
his journey forthwith.
2976
He [Arabic, p.
164] then that received the five talents went and traded with them, and
gained [26] other five.
2977
And so also he of
the two
gained other two.
2978
But he that
received [27] the one went and
digged in the
earth, and hid the
money
of his
lord.
2979
And after a long
time the
lord of those
servants came, and took from them the
account. [28]
2980
And he that received
five talents came near and brought other five, and said, My
lord, thou
gavest me five talents: lo, I have
gained other five in addition
to them. [29]
2981
His
lord said unto
him, Well done, thou good and
faithful servant: over a little
hast [30] thou been
faithful, over much will I set thee: enter
into the
joy of thy
lord.
2982
And he that had
the two came near and said, My
lord, thou gavest me two talents:
lo, [31] other two have I
gained in addition to them.
2983
His
lord said unto him, Good,
2984
| 2984 A Persian
word. The Vat. ms. omits it. |
thou
faithful servant: over a little
hast thou been
faithful, over much will I set thee: enter [32]
into the
joy of thy
lord.
2985
And he also
that received the one
talent came forward and said, My
lord, I knew
thee that thou art a severe man, who reapest where thou [33] sowest
not, and gatherest where thou didst not scatter:
2986
and so I was afraid, and [34] went away and
hid thy
talent in the
earth: lo, thou hast what is thine.
2987
His
lord answered and said unto him, Thou
wicked and
slothful servant, thou knewest me [35] that I
reap where I
sowed not, and
gather where I did not scatter;
2988
it
was incumbent on thee to put my
money to the
bank,
2989
| 2989 Lit.
table (cf. Peshitta). |
and
then I should come and
seek it
with its [36]
gains.
2990
Take now from him
the
talent, and give it to him that hath ten talents. [37]
2991
Whosoever hath shall be given, and he shall
have more: but he that hath not, even [38] [Arabic, p. 165] what
he hath shall be taken from him.
2992
And
the
unprofitable servant, put him forth into the outer
darkness:
there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[39, 40] 2993
Your loins shall be
girded, and your
lamps lit;
2994
and ye shall be like
the people that are looking for their
lord, when he shall return from
the
feast; so that, when [41] he cometh and knocketh, they may at once
open unto him.
2995
Blessed are those
servants, whom their
lord shall come and find
attentive: verily I
say unto you, that he will gird his waist, and make them sit down, and
pass through
2996
| 2996 cf. Peshitta
(and Greek). |
them and
serve [42] them.
2997
And if he come in
the second watch, or the third, and find thus,
blessed are those
servants.
[43] 2998
But when the Son of
man cometh in his
glory, and all his pure
angels with him, [44] then
shall he sit on the
throne of his
glory:
2999
and
he will
gather before him all the
nations, and separate them the one
from the other, like the
shepherd who separateth [45] the
sheep from
the
goats;
3000
and will
set
3001
| 3001 Or, and
setteth; but the Peshitta confirms the rendering given
above. |
the
sheep on his right, and the
goats on his
[46] left.
3002
Then shall the King
say to those that are at his right, Come, ye
blessed of my
Father,
inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundations3003
of the
world: [47]
3004
I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; and I
thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; and I [48] was a
stranger, and ye
took me in;
3005
and I was
naked, and
ye
clothed me; and I [49] was
sick, and ye visited me; and I was in
prison, and ye cared for me.
3006
Then shall
those
righteous say unto him, Our
Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and
fed thee? [50] or
thirsty, and gave thee to drink?
3007
And when saw we thee a
stranger, and took
[51] thee in? or
naked, and
clothed thee?
3008
And when saw we thee
sick, or
imprisoned, and
[52] cared for thee?
3009
The King shall
answer and say
3010
| 3010 Perfect tenses, as in
Peshitta. |
unto them, Verily I
say unto you, What [53] [Arabic, p. 166] ye did to one of these my
brethren, the little ones, ye did unto me.
3011
Then shall he say unto those that are on his
left also, Depart from me, ye
cursed, [54] into the
eternal fire
prepared for the
devil and his
hosts:
3012
I
hungered, and ye fed me [55] not; and I
thirsted, and ye did not give
me to drink;
3013
and I was a
stranger, and ye took me not in;
and I was
naked, and ye
clothed me not; and I was
sick, and
imprisoned,
[56] and ye visited me not.
3014
Then shall
those also answer and say, Our
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or
athirst, or
naked, or a
stranger, or
sick, or
imprisoned, [57] and did
not
minister unto thee?
3015
Then shall he answer
and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, When ye did
it not
unto one of these little
ones, ye did
it not [58] unto me
also.
3016
And these shall go
away into
eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal
life.
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