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: ]
So tok Jesus til ords att og sagde dei ei onnor likning:
2 “[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
«Himmelriket kann liknast med ein konge som gjorde bryllaup åt son 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 sende ut sveinarne sine, og kalla deim som var bedne til bryllaups; men dei vilde ikkje koma.
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!’”’
So sende han andre sveinar og sagde: «Seg til deim som er bedne: «No hev eg stelt til bryllaupsmaten; uksane mine og gjødfeet er slagta, og alt er ferdigt. Kom no til bryllaups!»»
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 dei brydde seg ikkje um det; ein gjekk ut på åkeren sin og ein annan til krambudi si;
6 The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
og dei hine greip sveinarne hans, og skamførde deim og drap deim.
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.
Då vart kongen harm. Han sende ut herarne sine og gjorde ende på dråpsmennerne og brende upp byen deira.
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].
So sagde han til sveinarne sine: «Alt er ferdigt til bryllaupet, men dei bedne var ikkje verde det.
9 So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
Gakk no ut på vegar og vegskil og bed til bryllaups alle deim de finn!»
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.
So gjekk sveinarne ut på vegarne og bad i hop alle dei fann, både vonde og gode, og bryllaups-stova vart full av 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].
Då so kongen kom inn og vilde sjå gjesterne, vart han var ein som ikkje var bryllaupsklædd.
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].
Han segjer til honom: «Kjære, korleis hev du kome inn her og er ikkje bryllaupsklædd?» Men han kunde ingen ting svara.
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].’”
Då sagde kongen til bordsveinarne: «Bitt hender og føter på honom, og kasta honom ut i myrkret utanfor, der dei græt og skjer tenner!»
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].”
For mange er kalla, men få er utvalde.»
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.
Då gjekk farisæarane burt og lagde råd um korleis dei skulde få fanga honom i ord.
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.
Dei sende læresveinarne sine til honom i lag med Herodes-mennerne og let deim segja: «Meister, me veit du er ærleg, og det er sanning det du lærer oss um Guds veg, og du bryr deg ikkje um nokon; for du gjer ikkje skil på folk.
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?”
Seg oss no: Kva meiner du? Er det rett å svara skatt til keisaren, eller er det ikkje?»
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.
Men Jesus skyna den vonde meiningi deira og sagde: «Kvi freistar de meg, hyklarar?
19 Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
Lat meg sjå skattemynti!» So flidde dei honom ein sylvpening.
20 He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
«Kva er dette for eit bilæte og namn?» spurde han.
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].”
«Det er keisarens, » svara dei. Då sagde han til deim: «So gjev keisaren det som keisarens er, og Gud det som Guds er!»
22 When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
Då dei høyrde det, undra dei seg og gjekk burt ifrå honom.
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.
Same dagen kom det nokre sadducæarar til honom - det er dei som segjer at det ikkje er nokor uppstoda - dei sette fram eit spursmål for honom og sagde:
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].’
«Meister, Moses hev sagt: «Når ein mann døyr barnlaus, so skal bror hans gifta seg med enkja og halda uppe ætti åt bror sin.»
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].
No var det sju brør hjå oss. Den eine gifte seg, og døydde; han hadde ikkje born, og let etter seg kona si til broren.
26 The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
Like eins den andre og den tridje, radt til den sjuande.
27 Last of all, the widow also died.
Etter deim alle døydde kona.
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.”
Kven av dei sju skal no ho høyra til i eit anna liv? For dei hev havt henne alle.»
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 svara: «De fer vilt, av di de ikkje kjenner skrifterne og ikkje Guds magt.
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].
For i eit anna liv er det ingen som gifter seg eller vert burtgift; dei er som Guds englar 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 at dei avlidne skal standa upp att, hev de’kje lese kva Gud hev tala til dykk um det, når han segjer:
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]!”
«Eg er Abrahams Gud og Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud?» Og han er ikkje Gud for dei daude, men for dei livande.»
33 When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
Då folket høyrde det, vart dei reint upp i under yver læra 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].
So snøgt som farisæarane fekk høyra at han hadde målbunde sadducæarane, samla dei seg kringum honom,
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,
og ein av deim, som var kunnig i lovi, vilde freista honom og spurde:
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
«Meister, kva bod er det største i lovi?»
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.’
Han svara: «»Du skal elska Herren, din Gud, av alt ditt hjarta og av all din hug og av alt ditt vit!»
38 That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
Det er det største og fyrste bodet.
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.’
Men det er eit anna som likjest det, og det er: «Du skal elska næsten din som deg sjølv!»
40 These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
På desse tvo bodi kviler heile lovi og profetarne.»
41 While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
Med farisæarane var samla, spurde Jesus deim åt:
42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
«Kva trur de um Messias? Kven er han son åt?» «Åt David, » svara dei.
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]
Då sagde han: «Korleis kann då David i Anden kalla honom herre, når han segjer:
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].”’
«Herren sagde til herren min: «Sit ved høgre handi mi, til eg dine fiendar fær for dine føter lagt!»»
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]!”
Kallar no David honom herre, korleis kann han då vera son hans?»
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 ingen kunde svara honom eit ord. Og ingen torde etter den dag koma med fleire spursmål til honom.
