【路16:20】 又有一个讨饭的,名叫拉撒路,浑身生疮,被人放在财主门口,
At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
【路16:21】 要得财主桌子上掉下来的零碎充饥。并且狗来舔他的疮。
and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
【路16:22】 后来那讨饭的死了,被天使带去放在亚伯拉罕的怀里。财主也死了,并且埋葬了。
'The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
【路16:23】 他在阴间受痛苦,举目远远地望见亚伯拉罕,又望见拉撒路在他怀里。
In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
【路16:24】 就喊着说,我祖亚伯拉罕哪,可怜我吧,打发拉撒路来,用指头尖蘸点水,凉凉我的舌头。因为我在这火焰里,极其痛苦。
So he called to him, `Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
【路16:25】 亚伯拉罕说,儿阿,你该回想你生前享过福,拉撒路也受过苦。如今他在这里得安慰,你倒受痛苦。
'But Abraham replied, `Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
【路16:26】 不但这样,并且在你我之间,有深渊限定,以致人要从这边过到你们那边,是不能的,要从那边过到我们这边,也是不能的。
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'
【路16:27】 财主说,我祖阿,既是这样,求你打发拉撒路到我父家去。
'He answered, `Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house,
【路16:28】 因为我还有五个弟兄。他可以对他们作见证,免得他们也来到这痛苦的地方。
for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
【路16:29】 亚伯拉罕说,他们有摩西和先知的话,可以听从。
'Abraham replied, `They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
【路16:30】 他说,我祖亚伯拉罕哪,不是的。若有一个从死里复活的,到他们那里去的,他们必要悔改。
'`No, father Abraham,' he said, `but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
【路16:31】 亚伯拉罕说,若不听从摩西和先知的话,就是有一个从死里复活的,他们也是不听劝。
'He said to him, `If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.''