14 Il en sera comme d'un homme qui, partant pour un voyage, appela ses serviteurs, et leur remit ses biens.
15 Il donna cinq talents à l'un, deux à l'autre, et un au troisième, à chacun selon sa capacité, et il partit. Aussitôt
16 celui qui avait reçu les cinq talents s'en alla, les fit valoir, et il gagna cinq autres talents.
17 De même, celui qui avait reçu les deux talents en gagna deux autres.
18 Celui qui n'en avait reçu qu'un alla faire un creux dans la terre, et cacha l'argent de son maître.
19 Longtemps après, le maître de ces serviteurs revint, et leur fit rendre compte.
20 Celui qui avait reçu les cinq talents s'approcha, en apportant cinq autres talents, et il dit: Seigneur, tu m'as remis cinq talents; voici, j'en ai gagné cinq autres.
21 Son maître lui dit: C'est bien, bon et fidèle serviteur; tu as été fidèle en peu de chose, je te confierai beaucoup; entre dans la joie de ton maître.
22 Celui qui avait reçu les deux talents s'approcha aussi, et il dit: Seigneur, tu m'as remis deux talents; voici, j'en ai gagné deux autres.
23 Son maître lui dit: C'est bien, bon et fidèle serviteur; tu as été fidèle en peu de chose, je te confierai beaucoup; entre dans la joie de ton maître.
24 Celui qui n'avait reçu qu'un talent s'approcha ensuite, et il dit: Seigneur, je savais que tu es un homme dur, qui moissonnes où tu n'as pas semé, et qui amasses où tu n'as pas vanné;
25 j'ai eu peur, et je suis allé cacher ton talent dans la terre; voici, prends ce qui est à toi.
26 Son maître lui répondit: Serviteur méchant et paresseux, tu savais que je moissonne où je n'ai pas semé, et que j'amasse où je n'ai pas vanné;
27 il te fallait donc remettre mon argent aux banquiers, et, à mon retour, j'aurais retiré ce qui est à moi avec un intérêt.
28 Otez-lui donc le talent, et donnez-le à celui qui a les dix talents.
29 Car on donnera à celui qui a, et il sera dans l'abondance, mais à celui qui n'a pas on ôtera même ce qu'il a.
30 Et le serviteur inutile, jetez-le dans les ténèbres du dehors, où il y aura des pleurs et des grincements de dents.
14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.
15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.
16 Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.
17 In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.
18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.
19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.
20 And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.
21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
22 And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.
23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:
25 And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.
26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,
27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?
28 Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.
29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.