存之,用之,荒之。 Keep it, Use it, or Waste it.

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1 存之,用之,荒之。 Keep it, Use it, or Waste it.
June 7, 2009 存之,用之,荒之。 Keep it, Use it, or Waste it. 路加福音 Luke 16:1-13 胡翼辉, 传译: 盛新光 Peter Y. Wu, interpreter: Steve Sheng 6/7/2009

2 Two Simple Questions 两个小问题
Who wants to go to heaven? 谁盼望上天堂？ Who wants to go to heaven, now? 谁愿意现在就去呢？

3 The Shrewd Manager 精明的管家
Luke 16:1-13 Background： Jesus preached for over 3 years already, in Palestine. Jesus making his way toward Jerusalem. Jesus teaching a crowd, near the suburb. 路加福音 16:1-13 背景： 耶稣已在巴勒斯坦传道三年馀了。 耶稣正往耶路撒冷去。 耶稣在城外的郊区教训民众。

4 The Shrewd Manager 精明的管家
Luke 16:1-13 1-8 The Story 9-13 Commentary by the Story Teller himself. 路加福音 16:1-13 1-8 故事 9-13 讲故事的本人的讲解

5 Luke 路加 16:1,2 Jesus told his disciples: There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in and asked him, “What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.” 耶稣又对门徒说，有一个财主的管家。别人向他主人告他浪费主人的财物。主人叫他来，对他说，我听见你这事怎么样呢？把你所经管的交代明白。因你不能再作我的管家。

6 Luke 路加 16:3,4 The manager said to himself, “What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg. I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.” 那管家心里说，主人辞我，不用我再作管家，我将来作什么？锄地呢？无力。讨饭呢？怕羞。我知道怎么行，好叫人在我不作管家之后，接我到他们家里去。

7 Luke 路加 16:5-7 So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, “How much do you owe my master?” “Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,” he replied. The manager told him, “Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.” Then he asked the second, “And how much do you owe?” “A thousand bushels of wheat,” he replied. He told him, “Take your bill and make it eight hundred.” 于是把欠他主人债的，一个一个地叫了来，问头一个说，你欠我主人多少。他说，一百篓油。管家说，拿你的账快坐下写五十。又问一个说，你欠多少。他说，一百石麦子。管家说，拿你的账写八十。

8 What did the Manager do? 管家作了甚么？
He reduced the amount for each debtor。 (probably at a loss to his rich man master.) What was his intention? Was that a right thing for him to do? 把每一位欠债的欠款大幅减少。 (可能引至主人损失。) 管家为甚么这样作呢？ 管家这样作对吗？

9 Luke 路加 16:8 主人就夸奖这不义的管家作事聪明。因为今世之子，在世事之上，较比光明之子，更加聪明。
"The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. 主人就夸奖这不义的管家作事聪明。因为今世之子，在世事之上，较比光明之子，更加聪明。

10 What can we learn? 可学的功课 学习他的精明 不是他的不诚实 主人誇奖不义的管家精明，不是他的不义。
The master commended his shrewdness, not his dishonesty. 主人誇奖不义的管家精明，不是他的不义。 We should learn... from his shrewdness not his dishonesty 我们应学的功课… 学习他的精明 不是他的不诚实

11 Luke 路加 16:9 我又告诉你们，要借着那不义的钱财，结交朋友。到了钱财无用的时候，他们可以接你们到永存的帐幕里去。
I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 我又告诉你们，要借着那不义的钱财，结交朋友。到了钱财无用的时候，他们可以接你们到永存的帐幕里去。

12 What can we learn? 可学的功课 用钱来结交朋友到永生里，得到永恒的价值。
Use money to gain friends in eternity. Money is but temporary; turn it into eternal value! 用钱来结交朋友到永生里，得到永恒的价值。 （钱虽然是属世而短暂的，却可以建立永恒的价值。）

13 Luke 路加 16:10-12 Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own? 人在最小的事上忠心，在大事上也忠心。在最小的事上不义，在大事上也不义。倘若你们在不义的钱财上不忠心，谁还把那真实的钱财托付你们呢？倘若你们在别人的东西上不忠心，谁还把你们自己的东西给你们呢？

14 What can we learn? 可学的功课 用属世的钱财，结交朋友到永生。 理财—要诚实，要忠心。
Use worldly wealth to gain friends in eternity. Be honest – trustworthy, when dealing with money. Integrity of character stays with us, forever. The deeper question is: whom do we serve? 用属世的钱财，结交朋友到永生。 理财—要诚实，要忠心。 (整全的人格永不离开,与我们一起存到永远。) 更深的一个问题是：我所事奉的，是谁？

15 Luke 路加 16:13 一个仆人不能事奉两个主。不是恶这个爱那个，就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又事奉神，又事奉玛门。
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. 一个仆人不能事奉两个主。不是恶这个爱那个，就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又事奉神，又事奉玛门。

16 What can we learn? 可学的功课 用属世的钱财结交朋友到永生。 理财要诚实，要忠心。 单单事奉神。
June 7, 2009 What can we learn? 可学的功课 Use worldly wealth to gain friends in eternity. Be honest – trustworthy – dealing with money. Serve God only – cannot serve two masters. 用属世的钱财结交朋友到永生。 理财要诚实，要忠心。 单单事奉神。