Jesus
told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a
landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After
agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going
out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he
said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.' So
they went off. And he went out again around noon, and around three o'clock, and
did likewise. Going out about five o'clock, he found others standing around,
and said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They answered, 'Because
no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard.' When it
was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Summon the laborers
and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.' When
those who had started about five o'clock came, each received the usual daily
wage. So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but
each of them also got the usual wage. And on receiving it they grumbled against
the landowner, saying, 'These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made
them equal to us, who bore the day's burden and the heat.' He said to one of
them in reply, 'My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for
the usual daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this
last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are
you envious because I am generous?' Thus, the last will be first, and the first
will be last."
Reflection:
Dili unta
masina sa mga trabahador na naulihi magtrabaho sa oras na alas singko an mga
nakasugod pagtrabaho nan egsakto na oras na nuwebe nan buntag na parehas sila
tanan an tagdawat na suweldo gikan sa ila agalon.
An punto
dinhi na an pagka-mangginhatagon o generousity nan employer sa mga pobre dili
nato kinahanglan kuwestiyunon kay pagbuot man ini nija, amo na pare-parihas an
ila nadawat na suweldo, mangginhatagon sija sa mga kabus, na naulihi ma-hire magtrabaho.
Amo ‘sab
ini an punto sa pagka-mangginhatagon ni God, mangginhatagon nan kalooy sa mga
dugay na naghinulsol sanan sa mga tawo na naghinulsol sa ila mga kasay’anan
bisan jaon na sila sa bingit nan kamatajon.
Waya gaju’y
makalabaw sa pagka-mangginhatagon ni God.
