1 "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them;

4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

6 But at midnight there was a cry, `Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'

7 Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said to the wise, `Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

9 But the wise replied, `Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.

11 Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, `Lord, lord, open to us.'

12 But he replied, `Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.'

13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

14 "For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property;

15 to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.

16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more.

17 So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more.

18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.

19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, `Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.'

21 His master said to him, `Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.'

22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, `Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.'

23 His master said to him, `Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.'

24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, `Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow;

25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'

26 But his master answered him, `You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?

27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

29 For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.'

31 "When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

33 and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.

34 Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

37 Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?

38 And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?

39 And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?'

40 And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, `Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;

42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,

43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

44 Then they also will answer, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?'

45 Then he will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.'

46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

1 Então o reino dos céus será semelhante a dez virgens que, tomando as suas lâmpadas, saíram ao encontro do esposo.

2 E cinco delas eram prudentes, e cinco loucas.

3 As loucas, tomando as suas lâmpadas, não levaram azeite consigo.

4 Mas as prudentes levaram azeite em suas vasilhas, com as suas lâmpadas.

5 E, tardando o esposo, tosquenejaram todas, e adormeceram.

6 Mas à meia-noite ouviu-se um clamor: Aí vem o esposo, saí-lhe ao encontro.

7 Então todas aquelas virgens se levantaram, e prepararam as suas lâmpadas.

8 E as loucas disseram às prudentes: Dai-nos do vosso azeite, porque as nossas lâmpadas se apagam.

9 Mas as prudentes responderam, dizendo: Não seja caso que nos falte a nós e a vós, ide antes aos que o vendem, e comprai-o para vós.

10 E, tendo elas ido comprá-lo, chegou o esposo, e as que estavam preparadas entraram com ele para as bodas, e fechou-se a porta.

11 E depois chegaram também as outras virgens, dizendo: Senhor, Senhor, abre-nos.

12 E ele, respondendo, disse: Em verdade vos digo que vos não conheço.

13 Vigiai, pois, porque não sabeis o dia nem a hora em que o Filho do homem há de vir.

14 Porque isto é também como um homem que, partindo para fora da terra, chamou os seus servos, e entregou-lhes os seus bens.

15 E a um deu cinco talentos, e a outro dois, e a outro um, a cada um segundo a sua capacidade, e ausentou-se logo para longe.

16 E, tendo ele partido, o que recebera cinco talentos negociou com eles, e granjeou outros cinco talentos.

17 Da mesma sorte, o que recebera dois, granjeou também outros dois.

18 Mas o que recebera um, foi e cavou na terra e escondeu o dinheiro do seu senhor.

19 E muito tempo depois veio o senhor daqueles servos, e fez contas com eles.

20 Então aproximou-se o que recebera cinco talentos, e trouxe-lhe outros cinco talentos, dizendo: Senhor, entregaste-me cinco talentos; eis aqui outros cinco talentos que granjeei com eles.

21 E o seu senhor lhe disse: Bem está, servo bom e fiel. Sobre o pouco foste fiel, sobre muito te colocarei; entra no gozo do teu senhor.

22 E, chegando também o que tinha recebido dois talentos, disse: Senhor, entregaste-me dois talentos; eis que com eles granjeei outros dois talentos.

23 Disse-lhe o seu senhor: Bem está, bom e fiel servo. Sobre o pouco foste fiel, sobre muito te colocarei; entra no gozo do teu senhor.

24 Mas, chegando também o que recebera um talento, disse: Senhor, eu conhecia-te, que és um homem duro, que ceifas onde não semeaste e ajuntas onde não espalhaste;

25 E, atemorizado, escondi na terra o teu talento; aqui tens o que é teu.

26 Respondendo, porém, o seu senhor, disse-lhe: Mau e negligente servo; sabias que ceifo onde não semeei e ajunto onde não espalhei?

27 Devias então ter dado o meu dinheiro aos banqueiros e, quando eu viesse, receberia o meu com os juros.

28 Tirai-lhe pois o talento, e dai-o ao que tem os dez talentos.

29 Porque a qualquer que tiver será dado, e terá em abundância; mas ao que não tiver até o que tem ser-lhe-á tirado.

30 Lançai, pois, o servo inútil nas trevas exteriores; ali haverá pranto e ranger de dentes.

31 E quando o Filho do homem vier em sua glória, e todos os santos anjos com ele, então se assentará no trono da sua glória;

32 E todas as nações serão reunidas diante dele, e apartará uns dos outros, como o pastor aparta dos bodes as ovelhas;

33 E porá as ovelhas à sua direita, mas os bodes à esquerda.

34 Então dirá o Rei aos que estiverem à sua direita: Vinde, benditos de meu Pai, possuí por herança o reino que vos está preparado desde a fundação do mundo;

35 Porque tive fome, e destes-me de comer; tive sede, e destes-me de beber; era estrangeiro, e hospedastes-me;

36 Estava nu, e vestistes-me; adoeci, e visitastes-me; estive na prisão, e foste me ver.

37 Então os justos lhe responderão, dizendo: Senhor, quando te vimos com fome, e te demos de comer? ou com sede, e te demos de beber?

38 E quando te vimos estrangeiro, e te hospedamos? ou nu, e te vestimos?

39 E quando te vimos enfermo, ou na prisão, e fomos ver-te?

40 E, respondendo o Rei, lhes dirá: Em verdade vos digo que quando o fizestes a um destes meus pequeninos irmãos, a mim o fizestes.

41 Então dirá também aos que estiverem à sua esquerda: Apartai-vos de mim, malditos, para o fogo eterno, preparado para o diabo e seus anjos;

42 Porque tive fome, e não me destes de comer; tive sede, e não me destes de beber;

43 Sendo estrangeiro, não me recolhestes; estando nu, não me vestistes; e enfermo, e na prisão, não me visitastes.

44 Então eles também lhe responderão, dizendo: Senhor, quando te vimos com fome, ou com sede, ou estrangeiro, ou nu, ou enfermo, ou na prisão, e não te servimos?

45 Então lhes responderá, dizendo: Em verdade vos digo que, quando a um destes pequeninos o não fizestes, não o fizestes a mim.

46 E irão estes para o tormento eterno, mas os justos para a vida eterna.