It is true the servant does not know what the master is doing, but that has its bright side. The servant doesn’t take his work home with him. For him the day ends when he puts aside the shovel and the hoe. But sometimes the master is up all night, pacing and worrying. If the servant becomes the friend of the master, then the master’s burdens become the servant’s own. It seems friends of Jesus are never completely free of the duty to bear fruit and to pay the price of love.
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Gender-neutral paraphrase:

It is true the servant does not know what the master is doing, but that has its bright side. The servant doesn’t take home his or her work for the evening. For the servant the day ends when he or she puts aside the shovel and the hoe. But sometimes the master is up all night, pacing and worrying. If the servant becomes the friend of the master, then the master’s burdens become the servant’s own. It seems friends of Jesus are never completely free of the duty to bear fruit and to pay the price of love.