Luke 15
1 Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
Skattheimtumenn voru þekktir að óheiðarleika. Þeir komu oft ásamt öðrum stórsyndurum til þess að hlusta á Jesú predika.
2 The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
Faríseunum og lögvitringunum líkaði meinilla að hann skyldi umgangast jafn fyrirlitlegt fólk, og meira að segja borða með því!
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
Jesús sagði þeim því eftirfarandi dæmisögu: „Segjum svo að þú ættir hundrað kindur, en ein þeirra villtist í burtu og týndist í óbyggðinni. Myndir þú þá ekki skilja hinar níutíu og níu eftir og fara að leita þeirrar sem týndist, uns þú fyndir hana?
4 “Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
5 When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
Þá yrðir þú svo glaður að þú bærir hana heim á herðum þér.
6 When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
Og kallaðir saman vini þína og granna til að gleðjast með þér yfir því að týnda kindin skyldi hafa fundist.
7 I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
Á sama hátt verður meiri gleði á himnum vegna eins syndara sem snýr sér til Guðs, en yfir öðrum níutíu og níu sem ekki hafa villst frá Guði!
8 Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
Tökum annað dæmi: Kona á tíu dýrmæta silfurpeninga og týnir einum þeirra. Hvað gerir hún þá? Hún kveikir ljós, leitar um allt og sópar hvern krók og kima þangað til hann finnst.
9 When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
Síðan kallar hún á vinkonur sínar og fær þær til að samgleðjast sér.
10 I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
Á sama hátt gleðjast englar Guðs einnig yfir hverjum þeim syndara sem gerir iðrun.“Til enn frekari útskýringar sagði hann þeim þessa sögu:
11 Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
„Maður nokkur átti tvo syni.
12 One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
Yngri sonurinn sagði við föður sinn: „Ég vil gjarnan fá minn hluta arfsins strax, í stað þess að bíða þangað til þú ert dáinn.“Þá skipti faðirinn auðæfum sínum á milli sona sinna.
13 A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
Nokkrum dögum síðar tók yngri sonurinn saman föggur sínar og hélt til fjarlægs lands. Þar eyddi hann öllum peningunum í skemmtanir og skækjur.
14 After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
En þegar hann var að verða peningalaus kom mikil hungursneyð í því landi og hann tók að líða skort.
15 So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
Þá réð hann sig sem svínahirði hjá bónda einum.
16 [Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
Hann varð svo hungraður að hann langaði jafnvel í baunahýðið sem svínin átu. Enginn gaf honum neitt.
17 Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
Að lokum áttaði hann sig á eymd sinni og sagði við sjálfan sig: „Verkamennirnir heima hjá föður mínum hafa nóg að borða og meira en það, en hér er ég að veslast upp af hungri!
18 So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
Ég ætla að fara heim til pabba og segja: „Ég hef syndgað bæði gegn Guði og þér.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
Ég er ekki lengur verður að kallast sonur þinn. Viltu ráða mig sem verkamann hjá þér?““
20 So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
Síðan lagði hann af stað heim til föður síns. Faðir hans sá til hans þegar hann nálgaðist, kenndi í brjósti um hann, hljóp á móti honum, faðmaði hann og kyssti.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
Þá sagði sonurinn: „Faðir, ég hef syndgað bæði gegn Guði og þér. Ég er ekki verður að kallast sonur þinn.“
22 But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
Faðirinn kallaði þá til þjóna sinna og sagði: „Flýtið ykkur! Náið í fallegustu skikkjuna sem til er og færið hann í. Látið líka hring á fingur hans og sækið nýja skó handa honum.
23 Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
Slátrið síðan alikálfinum því að nú ætlum við að halda veislu!
24 because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
Þessi sonur minn var dauður, en nú er hann lifnaður við. Hann var týndur, en nú er hann fundinn.“Síðan hófst veislan.
25 While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
Meðan þetta gerðist var eldri sonurinn við vinnu úti á akri. Þegar hann kom heim, heyrði hann danstónlist frá húsinu
26 He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
og spurði einn þjóninn hvað gengi á.
27 The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
„Bróðir þinn er kominn, “svaraði þjónninn, „og faðir þinn lét slátra kálfinum, sem verið var að ala, og hefur nú stofnað til mikillar veislu til að fagna því að sonurinn er kominn heim heill á húfi.“
28 [But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
Þá reiddist eldri bróðirinn og vildi ekki fara inn. Faðir hans fór þá út og bað hann fyrir alla muni að koma inn.
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
En hann svaraði: „Ég hef stritað fyrir þig öll þessi ár og aldrei neitað að gera neitt sem þú baðst mig. Þó hefur þú aldrei gefið mér svo mikið sem eina geit, allan þennan tíma, svo að ég gæti haldið veislu með vinum mínum.
30 But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
En þegar þessi sonur þinn kemur heim, hann sem eyddi peningum þínum í skækjur, þá heldur þú hátíð og slátrar besta kálfinum.“
31 But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
En faðir hans sagði: „Sonur minn, þú ert alltaf hjá mér og allt sem ég á, átt þú með mér.
32 But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
En nú getum við ekki annað en glaðst, því hann er jú bróðir þinn. Hann var dauður, en er nú lifnaður við! Hann var týndur, en nú er hann fundinn.““
