Matthew 11
1 When Jesus had finished instructing [us] twelve disciples [about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns]. Then he went to teach and preach in [other Israelite] towns [in that area].
En het is geschied, toen Jezus geëindigd had aan zijn twaalf discipelen bevelen te geven, dat Hij vandaar ging om te onderwijzen en te prediken in hun steden.
2 While John [the Baptizer] was in prison, he heard what [Jesus, the man whom he thought was] the Messiah, was doing. So he sent [some of] his disciples [to him] in order
En Johannes de Dooper, in de gevangenis vernomen hebbende van de werken van Christus, zond twee van zijn discipelen om tot Hem te zeggen:
3 to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
Zijt Gij degene die komen zou, of moeten wij een ander verwachten?
4 [After they asked] Jesus [that question], he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear [me telling people] and what you see [me doing].
En Jezus antwoordde en zeide tot hen: Gaat heen, boodschapt aan Johannes wat gij hoort en ziet:
5 I [am enabling] blind people to see and lame people to walk. I [am] healing [people] who have leprosy. I [am enabling] deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I [am] telling poor people [God’s] good message.
Blinden worden ziende, en kreupelen wandelen; melaatschen worden gezuiverd, en dooven hooren; dooden worden opgewekt, en aan armen wordt het Evangelie verkondigd;
6 [Also tell John that God] is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do].”
en zalig is hij, die zich aan Mij niet zal ergeren.
7 When John’s disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John]. ([You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like] a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [MET]!/Did you go there [to listen to a man whose message changes continually like] long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [changes its direction]?) [MET, RHQ]
Toen dezen nu heengingen, begon Jezus te zeggen tot de scharen aangaande Johannes: Wat zijt gij in de woestijn gaan zien? Een riet dat door den wind heen en weder geschud wordt?
8 Then what [kind of person] did you go [there] to see [RHQ]? ([You did not go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes.[/Did you go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes?) [RHQ] [No! You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces [and not in desolate areas].
Maar wat zijt gij gaan zien? Een mensch met schoone kleederen bekleed? Ziet, die schoone kleederen dragen, zijn in de huizen der koningen.
9 Then what [kind of person] did you go to see [RHQ]? [Did you go there] [RHQ] [to see John because he was] (a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say)? Yes! But I will tell you that [John] is more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
Maar waartoe zijt gij uitgegaan? Om een profeet te zien? — Ja, zeg Ik u, ook veel meer dan een profeet.
10 He is the one [to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words] that are written {about whom [the prophet Malachi] wrote} [in the Scriptures: ] Listen! I am going to send my messenger [to go] before you [SYN] to prepare [the people] [MET] for your coming.
Want hij is het van wien is geschreven: Ziet, Ik zend mijn engel voor uw aangezicht, die den weg vóór U uit bereiden zal.
11 Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, [God does not consider] that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, [God considers that all] those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than [John, even if they are insignificant people].
Voorwaar Ik zeg u, onder die van vrouwen geboren zijn, is er geen meerdere opgestaan dan Johannes de Dooper; maar de minste in het koninkrijk der hemelen is meer dan hij.
12 From the time that John the Baptizer [preached] until now, [other people] have violently attacked the people who have [allowed] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people [who have thought that I would become their king] have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer).
En van de dagen van Johannes den Dooper af tot nu toe, wordt het koninkrijk der hemelen bestormd en bestormers rooven het weg.
13 [All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that] all the men who wrote the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold [about God ruling people’s lives], until John [the Baptizer came].
Want al de profeten en de wet hebben geprofeteerd tot op Johannes.
14 [Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to] anyone who is willing to believe [it]: John is [the man who is like] Elijah [MET]. He is the one who [one of the prophets said] would come [in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah].
En zoo gij het wilt aannemen, hij is de Elias die komen zou.
15 If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
Wie ooren heeft om te hooren, die hoore.
16 “(I will illustrate what [you] people who have heard what John [the Baptizer] and I have taught are like./Do you know what [you] people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?) [RHQ] You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of the children] are calling to the others, saying,
Doch waarbij zal Ik dit geslacht vergelijken? Het is gelijk aan de kinderen die op de pleinen zitten, en hun gezellen toeroepen, zeggende:
17 ‘We played [happy music] on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry [MET]!’
Op de fluit speelden wij voor u, en gedanst hebt gij niet; klaagliederen hebben wij gezongen, en gij hebt niet geweend!
18 [Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me]! When John came [and preached to you], he did not eat [good food] and did not drink [wine, like most people do]. But you [rejected him] saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
Want Johannes is gekomen, niet etende of drinkende, en men zegt: Hij heeft een boozen geest!
19 [In contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same] food and drink [wine as other people do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’ But people [who really think about] what [John] and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise [MET, PRS].”
De Zoon des menschen is gekomen, etende en drinkende, en men zegt: Ziet daar, een gulzigaard en dronkaard, een vriend van tollenaars en zondaars! En de wijsheid is gerechtvaardigd door haar kinderen.
20 [The people who lived in] the towns [MTY] [in the area where Jesus was saw him] perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them [by saying to them],
Toen begon Hij de steden te verwijten, waarin zijn meeste krachten geschied warén, omdat zij zich niet bekeerden:
21 “You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
Wee u, Chorazin! Wee u, Bethsaïda! Want zoo in Tyrus en Sidon de krachten geschied waren die in u geschied zijn, zij hadden al lang in zak en assche boetvaardigheid gedaan.
22 So note this: [God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [MTY], but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges [all people].
Maar Ik zeg u: Tyrus en Sidon zal het verdragelijker zijn in den dag des oordeels dan ulieden!
23 [also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
En gij Kapernaüm! zijt gij niet tot den hemel toe verhoogd? Tot het doodenrijk toe zult gij nedergestooten worden. Want zoo in Sodom de krachten geschied, waren die in u geschied zijn, het zou tot vandaag toe bestaan hebben. (Hadēs g86)
24 So note this: [God] will punish [the people who lived in] Sodom [city] [MTY], but he will punish you [even] more severely on the final day when [he] judges [all people].”
Maar Ik zeg u dat het den lande van Sodom verdragelijker zal zijn in den dag des oordeels dan u.
25 At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth. I thank you that you have prevented [people who think that they] are wise [IRO] because they are well-educated, from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily as] little children [MET] [do].
In dien tijd antwoordde Jezus en zeide: Ik loof U, Vader, Heere des hemels en der aarde, dat Gij deze dingen verborgen hebt voor wijzen en verstandigen, en ze aan kinderen hebt geopenbaard.
26 Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
Ja, o Vader! want alzoo is het voor U welbehagelijk geweest.
27 [Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all the things [that I need to know in order to do my work]. Only my Father knows [who] I [really am]. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know [what God] my Father [is like].
Alles is Mij overgegeven van mijn Vader, en niemand kent den Zoon dan de Vader, en niemand kent den Vader dan de Zoon, en wien het de Zoon wil openbaren.
28 Come to me, all you people who are very weary [of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey] [MET]. I will enable you to quit [trying to obey all those laws].
Komt tot Mij, gij allen die vermoeid en beladen zijt, en Ik zal u rust geven.
29 Let me [help] you [carry those loads, just like two oxen who have] a yoke [on their necks] [MET, DOU] [help each other pull a heavy load]. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach [about what God wants you to do]. [And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and] your spirits will be at peace.”
Neemt mijn juk op u en leert van Mij, want Ik ben zachtmoedig en nederig van hart, en gij zult rust vinden voor uw zielen.
Want mijn juk is zacht en mijn last is licht.
