English Original
Once upon a time, there was a man who did nothing but gamble, so people called him Gambling Hansel. He gambled away his house and all his possessions.
The day before his creditors were to take his house, the Lord and St. Peter came and asked for shelter. Hansel agreed but said he could offer no bed or food. The Lord insisted, saying they would buy their own food. St. Peter gave Hansel three groschen to fetch bread.
On the way, Hansel passed a gambling den. His old companions called him in, and he gambled away the three groschen. When he returned late, he lied that the money had fallen into a gutter. The Lord knew the truth. St. Peter gave him another three groschen, and this time Hansel bought the bread.
The Lord then asked for wine. Hansel claimed the casks were empty, but the Lord told him to check the cellar. Reluctantly, Hansel went and, to his surprise, found the best wine flowing. They spent the night there.
The next morning, the Lord granted Hansel three wishes. Instead of asking for Heaven, Hansel wished for: 1) a pack of cards that would always win, 2) dice that would always win, and 3) a magical fruit tree from which no one could descend without his permission. The Lord granted these wishes and left.
With his magical items, Hansel quickly won half the world. Alarmed, St. Peter suggested sending Death to stop him. When Death came, Hansel tricked him into climbing the magical tree and trapped him there for seven years, during which no one died.
St. Peter and the Lord then went themselves. The Lord commanded Hansel to release Death, which he did. Death immediately took Hansel's life.
In the afterlife, Hansel was turned away from Heaven and Purgatory. Hell let him in, where he found only Lucifer and some crooked devils. Hansel immediately gambled with Lucifer and won all his devils.
Hansel then led his devil crew to Heaven's gates and began prying them open with a pole. Fearing Heaven would be destroyed, St. Peter convinced the Lord to let Hansel in.
Once inside Heaven, Hansel started gambling again, creating chaos. Finally, St. Peter and the Lord threw him out. Hansel's soul shattered into pieces, which entered all the gambling vagabonds who live to this day.
中文翻译
从前有个人除了赌博什么都不做，因此人们都叫他“赌徒汉塞尔”。他赌掉了自己的房子和所有财产。
就在债主要来收走他房子的前一天，上帝和圣彼得到来，请求借宿一晚。汉塞尔同意了，但说他无法提供床铺或食物。上帝坚持要留下，说他们会自己买食物。圣彼得给了汉塞尔三格罗申，让他去买面包。
路上，汉塞尔经过一个赌窝。他的老赌友们叫他进去，他又把三格罗申输光了。他回去晚了，便撒谎说钱掉进了水沟。上帝早已知道真相。圣彼得又给了他三格罗申，这次汉塞尔买回了面包。
上帝接着要酒喝。汉塞尔声称酒桶都是空的，但上帝让他去地窖看看。汉塞尔不情愿地去了，却惊讶地发现最好的酒流了出来。他们在那儿过了一夜。
第二天早上，上帝答应满足汉塞尔三个愿望。汉塞尔没有要求上天堂，而是许愿要：1) 一副总能赢的牌，2) 总能赢的骰子，以及 3) 一棵神奇的果树，未经他允许，爬上树的人就下不来。上帝满足了他的愿望后便离开了。
凭借这些魔法物品，汉塞尔很快赢得了半个世界。圣彼得感到不安，建议派死神去阻止他。死神到来时，汉塞尔骗他爬上了那棵神奇的果树，将他困在树上七年，这期间无人死亡。
圣彼得和上帝于是亲自前往。上帝命令汉塞尔放死神下来，汉塞尔照做了。死神立刻带走了汉塞尔的性命。
在死后世界，汉塞尔被天堂和炼狱拒之门外。地狱接纳了他，那里只有路西法和一些歪扭的魔鬼。汉塞尔立刻和路西法赌博，赢走了他所有的魔鬼。
接着，汉塞尔带领他的魔鬼队伍来到天堂门口，开始用一根杆子撬门。圣彼得担心天堂会被毁掉，说服上帝让汉塞尔进来。
一进天堂，汉塞尔又开始赌博，制造了一片混乱。最后，圣彼得和上帝将他扔了出去。汉塞尔的灵魂碎裂成片，进入了所有至今仍活着的赌徒流浪汉体内。