惡管家的比喻 The Parable of the Wicked Steward

惡管家的比喻
主人遠行，交一幢大屋給一位大總管打理。幾過了五千年，換過了十幾二十個大總管。
話說上一位大總管無能，把其中一房輸了給外人。一百五十五年後，外人交還這一房給現任的大總管。大總管委任一位管家打理這一房，廿多年來，管家亦時有更替。有些管家抱著不做不錯的心態，尚會「按時配給食糧」（路12:42）。可以，有些管家卻做了令人髮齒的事！

事緣有惡僕企圖虐待少主人，有其他僕人嘗試制止，也有僕人把過程紀錄在案，希望把惡僕的罪行，公諸於世。但管家與惡僕得到大總管的支持，有恃無恐，若無其事，不聞不問，戴著耳筒，看中央電視台節目，心裡說：「我的主人必然遲來！」（12:45a）。惡僕「便開始拷打僕婢，也吃也喝也醉酒」（12:45b）。
這個比喻的結局是開放的，但我相信福音的預言，必定會應驗！亞孟。

圖片鳴謝：南華早報

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The Parable of the Wicked Steward 
The Master travels to a far-off place. He delegates a magnificent Villa to the care of a Grand Steward. After 5000 years, scores of Grand Stewards have taken care of the Villa.
The previous Grand Steward was incompetent. He lost one of the houses to aliens. After 150 years, the aliens handed the house back to the current Grand Steward who appointed a steward to manage the house. In two decades' time, a few stewards have emerged successively on the stage. Some stewards played safe and were able "to distribute the food allowance at proper time" (Luke 12:42). However, some stewards have done unspeakably xxxx things!
It happens that a wicked servant abuses the young master. Other servants have tried to restrain him, while others put the incidents into record in order to expose the crimes of the wicked servant to the whole world. However, the steward and the wicked servant have received the full support of the Grand Steward. No more would there be anything to threaten her, she could not care less and refuse to listen. She puts on the headphone to listen to the CCTV, saying to herself, "My master is delayed in coming." (12:45a). Meanwhile, the wicked servant "begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk." (12:45b)

The ending of this parable is open. But I believe that the prophecies of the gospel will be fulfilled! Amen.