13. Be shomer, be on the alert, therefore, for you do not have daas of the Yom or the Shaah (hour, time).
14. For it is as a man going on a journey, who called to his own avadim (slaves) and handed over to them his possessions.
15. And to this one, he gave five talents, and to this one, two, and to this one, one, each according to his own ability. Then the man went on his journey. Immediately.
16. After the man had gone, the one having received the five talents, went to work with them, and gained five others.
17. Likewise, the one having received the two talents, this one gained two others.
18. But the one, having received one, went out and dug a hole in the ground and buried the gelt (money) of his Adon in a hiding place.
19. And after much time, here comes the Adon of those servants. And he conducts a settling of accounts with them.