“ The manager said within himself,‘ What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

那管家心里说：‘主人辞我，不用我再作管家，我将来做什么？锄地呢？无力；讨饭呢？怕羞。

那管家心里说：‘主人辞我，不用我再作管家，我将来做什么呢？锄地嘛，没有力气；讨饭嘛，怕羞。

那管家心里说：‘主人辞我，不用我再作管家，我将来做什么呢？锄地嘛，没有力气；讨饭嘛，怕羞。

“管家私下盘算，‘主人要辞退我了，怎么办呢？锄地我没有力气，讨饭我又感到羞耻。

那管家心里说：‘主人不要我再作管家了，我作什么才好呢？锄地吧，没有力气！讨饭吧，怕羞！

“那管家心里说：‘主人要把我管家的任务拿去了，我能做什么呢？挖地没有力气，乞讨又感到羞耻。

那管家心裏說：『主人辭我，不用我再作管家，我將來做甚麼？鋤地呢？無力；討飯呢？怕羞。

那管家心裏說：『主人辭我，不用我再作管家，我將來做甚麼呢？鋤地嘛，沒有力氣；討飯嘛，怕羞。

那管家心裏說：『主人辭我，不用我再作管家，我將來做甚麼呢？鋤地嘛，沒有力氣；討飯嘛，怕羞。

「管家私下盤算，『主人要辭退我了，怎麼辦呢？鋤地我沒有力氣，討飯我又感到羞恥。

那管家心裡說：‘主人不要我再作管家了，我作甚麼才好呢？鋤地吧，沒有力氣！討飯吧，怕羞！

那管家心裏說：「我主人要把管家職事給我撤了，我要作甚麼？鋤地呢、無力；叫化呢、怕羞！

「那管家心裡說：『主人要把我管家的任務拿去了，我能做什麼呢？挖地沒有力氣，乞討又感到羞恥。

家宰意謂、主奪我職、我將何為乎、鋤無力、乞則恥、

操會者意謂、主奪我操會、將若何、鋤無力、乞可恥、

司事者心內云、主人奪我司事之職、將如何、鋤田則無力、乞食則可恥、

掌家自思曰：「主免吾職、將如之何？耕既無力、丐又無顏。

“ 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—

“ The manager said to himself,‘ What will I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig. And I’m too ashamed to beg.

And the manager said to himself,‘ What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

“ The manager thought to himself,‘ Now what? My boss has fired me. I don’t have the strength to dig ditches, and I’m too proud to beg.

“ Then the manager said to himself,‘ What will I do since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

And the manager said to himself,‘ What am I to do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

“ 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.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

“ Then the manager said to himself,‘ What should I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

Then the manager said to himself,‘ What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m too ashamed to beg.

He wouldn’t for a while, but afterward he said to himself,‘ Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Yahweh?

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding:Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said,“ Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

He reasoned within himself, saying,‘ What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

So Haman came in. The king said to him,“ What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman said in his heart,“ Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

The sluggard says,“ There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

But rise up and enter into the city, then you will be told what you must do.”