Matthew 22
1 Then Jesus told [the Jewish leaders] other parables [in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send]. [This is one of those parables: ]
Jesus fortalte et nytt bilde for dem. Han sa:
2 “[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
”Der Gud regjerer, blir det som i denne fortellingen: En konge forberedte en stor bryllupsfest for sønnen sin.
3 [When] the feast [was ready], the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. [The servants did that]. But the people who had been invited did not want to come.
Han innbød mange gjester, og da forberedelsene var ferdige sendte han tjenere ut for å si til dem som var innbudt at tidspunktet var inne for å komme. Men alle takket nei.
4 So he sent other servants [to] again [tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast]. He said [to those servants], ‘Say to the people whom I invited [to come to the feast], “The king says that he has prepared the food. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered [and cooked]. Everything is ready. It is time [now for you to] come to the wedding feast!’”’
Da sendte han andre tjenere for å si til dem:’Alt er klart, oksene og kalvene er slaktet. Skynd dere å komme!’
5 [But when the servants told them that, they] disregarded [what the servants said]. Some of them went to their own fields. Others went to their places of business.
Men gjestene som han hadde bedt, var ikke interessert. Hver og en fortsatte med sitt, den ene med sin bondegård, den andre med sine forretninger.
6 The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Noen grep til og med kongens tjenere, mishandlet og drepte dem.
7 [When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
Da ble kongen sint og sendte ut sin armé, henrettet morderne og brente ned byene deres.
8 [After his soldiers had done that], the king said to his other servants, ‘I have prepared the [wedding] feast, but the people who were {whom I} invited do not deserve to [come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited].
Så sa han til tjenerne sine:’Bryllupsfesten er ferdig, men de gjestene som jeg innbød, er ikke verd å få del i festen.
9 So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
Gå derfor ut på gatehjørnene og be alle dere ser, til bryllupet.’
10 So the servants went there, and they gathered everyone they saw [who wanted to come to the feast]. They gathered [both people that were considered] to be evil and [those that were considered to be] good. They brought them into the hall where the wedding [feast took place]. The hall was filled with people.
Tjenerne gjorde som han sa og tok med seg alle de kunne finne, både onde og gode, og festsalen ble fylt med gjester.
11 But when the king went [into the hall] to see the guests who were there, he saw someone who was not wearing clothes [that had been provided for the guests to wear] at a wedding [feast].
Da kongen kom innfor å hilse på gjestene, la han merke til en mann som ikke hadde på seg klær som passet for anledningen.
12 The king said to him, ‘Friend, (you should never have entered this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that guests wear] at wedding [feasts]!/how did you enter this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that are appropriate for guests to wear] at a wedding [feast]?) [RHQ]’ The man did not say anything, [because he did not know what to say].
’Min venn’, spurte han,’hvordan kan du være her uten å ha på deg klær som passer for bryllupet?’ Men mannen kunne ikke svare.
13 Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie this person’s feet and hands and throw him outside where there is total darkness. People who are there cry out [because they are suffering] and they gnash their teeth [because of their severe pain].’”
Da sa kongen til tjenerne sine:’Bind hendene og føttene hans og kast ut i mørket utenfor. Der skal de gråte av angst og fortvilelse.’”
14 [Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God] has invited many [to come to him], but only a few people are the ones whom he has chosen [to be there].”
Jesus avsluttet med disse ordene:”Mange er innbudt av Gud, men få takker ja og vil tilhøre ham.”
15 After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him.
Fariseerne gikk sin vei for å pønske ut en måte å få Jesus til å si noe som de kunne arrestere ham for.
16 They sent to him some of their disciples, [who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod. [The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay]. [Those who were sent came and] said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants [us to do]. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you [IDM] teach.
Til slutt sendte de noen av mennene sine sammen med kong Herodes sine tilhengere, og lot dem si til Jesus:”Mester, vi vet at du alltid er ærlig. Du sier rett ut det som er Guds vilje og lar deg ikke påvirke av noen.
17 So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
Si oss nå om det er rett eller galt å betale skatt til den romerske keiseren. Hva mener du?”
18 But Jesus knew that what they really wanted to do was evil. [They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them], “You are (hypocrites/pretending to ask a legitimate question), but you are just wanting [RHQ] me to say something for which you can accuse me.
Jesus visste hva de var ute etter.”Dere er falske mennesker som bare later som om dere er lydige mot Gud!” ropte han.”Hvorfor forsøker dere å lure meg?
19 Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
Vis meg en mynt, samme typen som dere betaler skatt med.” De ga ham en romersk mynt,
20 He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
og han spurte dem:”Hvem sitt bilde er dette, og hvem sin signatur står under bildet?”
21 They answered, “[It has the picture and name of] Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].” Then he said to them, “Okay, give to the government what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
”Keiserens”, svarte de.”Da så”, sa han,”gi keiseren det som er hans. Men det som tilhører Gud, det skal dere gi til Gud.”
22 When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
Dette svaret overrasket dem i den grad at de gikk sin vei og lot ham være i fred.
23 During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. [They are a Jewish sect who do not] believe that people will become alive again after they die. They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question.
Samme dagen kom noen av saddukeerne til Jesus. De påstår at de døde ikke kan stå opp igjen, og derfor spurte de ham:
24 [In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again], they said [to him], “Teacher, Moses wrote [in the Scriptures], ‘If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the [dead man’s] widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child [will be considered] the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].’
”Mester, Moses har sagt:’Dersom en mann dør barnløs, da skal hans bror gifte seg med enken og passe på at den døde får en sønn som kan arve ham.’
25 Well, there were seven boys in a family [living] near us. The oldest one married someone. He [and his wife] did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. [But he also died without having a child].
Nå hadde vi faktisk en familie blant oss med sju brødre. Den eldste av brødrene giftet seg og døde barnløs. Derfor giftet bror nummer to seg med enken.
26 The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
Men han døde også barnløs. Da giftet bror nummer tre seg med henne. Slik fortsatte det til hun hadde vært gift med de alle sju.
27 Last of all, the widow also died.
Så døde også kvinnen til slutt.
28 So, at the time when people are raised from the dead, which of the seven [brothers do you think] will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her.”
Hvem blir hun kona til når de døde står opp igjen? Alle sju har jo vært gift med henne!”
29 Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [in what you are thinking]. You do not know [what is written in] the Scriptures. [You] also do not know [that] God has [the] power [to make people alive again].
Jesus svarte:”Dere tar helt feil, etter som dere verken forstår Skriften eller kjenner Guds kraft.
30 The fact is that [the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because] after [God causes all dead] people [to] live again, no one will be married. Instead, [people] will be like the angels in heaven. [They do not marry].
Når de døde står opp igjen, skal det ikke finnes noen som gifter seg. Alle kommer til å være som englene i himmelen.
31 But as for dead people becoming alive again, God said something about that. (I’m sure you have read it./Have you not read it?) [RHQ] [Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses],
Men når det gjelder de dødes oppstandelse, har dere aldri lest det Gud har sagt til dere i Skriften:
32 ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob worships.’ It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive]!”
’Jeg er Abrahams, Isaks og Jakobs Gud’. Gud er ikke en gud for døde, men for de levende.”
33 When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
Da folket hørte dette, ble de helt forundret over undervisningen hans.
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not [think of anything that they might say to] respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to [plan what they would say to him]. [Then they approached him].
Da fariseerne fikk høre at Jesus hadde stoppet munnen på saddukeerne, samlet de seg.
35 One of them was a man who had studied well the laws [that God gave Moses]. He wanted to see if Jesus [could answer] his question well [or if he would say something wrong]. He asked him,
En av dem, en skriftlærd, forsøkte å teste Jesus ved å stille spørsmål:
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
”Mester, hvilket er det viktigste av budene i Moseloven?”
37 Jesus [quoted the Scriptures as he replied], “‘You must love the Lord your God with all [IDM] your (inner being/heart). [Show that you love him] in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.’
Jesus svarte:”’Du skal elske Herren, din Gud, av hele ditt hjerte, av hele din sjel og av hele din forstand.’
38 That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
Dette er det første budet og også det viktigste.
39 The next most important commandment [that everyone must surely obey] is: ‘You must love the people you come in contact with as much as [you love] yourself.’
Det nest viktigste ligner på det første:’Du skal elske dine medmennesker som deg selv.’
40 These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
Disse to budene sammenfatter alt det som Gud har sagt i Moseloven og ved profetene.”
41 While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
Mens fariseerne var samlet rundt Jesus, passet han på å stille dem et spørsmål:
42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
”Hva mener dere om Messias, den lovede kongen? Hvem er han etterkommer av?” De svarte:”Han er etterkommer av kong David.”
43 Jesus said to them, “[If the Messiah is King David’s descendant], then (David should not have called him ‘Lord’ when David was saying [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say./Why did David call the Messiah ‘Lord’ when David was speaking [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say?) [RHQ]
”Hvorfor kaller da David ham’Herre’, når han snakker under innflytelse av Guds Ånd?” spurte Jesus.”David sa jo:
44 [David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: ‘God said to my Lord, “Sit [here beside me] on my right, [the place of greatest honor you] [MTY]. [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies [MTY].”’
’Gud sa til min Herre: Kom og sett deg på min høyre side for å regjere, til jeg har lagt dine fiender under føttene dine.’
45 So, since [King] David called [the Messiah] ‘my Lord’, ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from David!/how can he be [only] the descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]!”
Mener dere virkelig at David skulle kalle en av sine etterkommere for Herre?”
46 No one [who heard what Jesus said] was able to think of even one word to say to him [in response]. And after that, no one else ever dared to ask him another question [to try to trap him].
Men de kunne ikke svare, og fra den dagen av våget ingen å stille flere spørsmål til Jesus.
