Matteuksen 7
1 "Älkää tuomitko, ettei teitä tuomittaisi;
“Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
2 sillä millä tuomiolla te tuomitsette, sillä teidät tuomitaan; ja millä mitalla te mittaatte, sillä teille mitataan.
If you condemn [other people], [God] will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {[God] will condemn you}.
3 Kuinka näet rikan, joka on veljesi silmässä, mutta et huomaa malkaa omassa silmässäsi?
(None of you should be concerned [about someone else’s small faults] [MET]!/Why should any of you be concerned [about someone else’s small faults]?) [MET, RHQ] [That would be like noticing] a speck in that person’s eye. But you should [be concerned about your own big faults. They are like] [MET] planks in your own eye, which you do not notice.
4 Taikka kuinka saatat sanoa veljellesi: 'Annas, minä otan rikan silmästäsi', ja katso, malka on omassa silmässäsi?
(You should not say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’) [RHQ] [You should not say that] if a plank is still in your own eye [MET].
5 Sinä ulkokullattu, ota ensin malka omasta silmästäsi, ja sitten sinä näet ottaa rikan veljesi silmästä.
You hypocrite, [stop committing your own sins! That will be like] removing the plank from your own eye [MET]. Then, as a result, you will be able to perceive things spiritually so that you can help other people get rid of the [faults] [MET] [that are like] specks in their eyes.”
6 Älkää antako pyhää koirille, älkääkä heittäkö helmiänne sikojen eteen, etteivät ne tallaisi niitä jalkoihinsa ja kääntyisi ja repisi teitä.
“You do not give holy things to dogs [that would ignore those things] and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, [because they would just ignore them] and trample them. [Similarly], do not give [precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you].”
7 Anokaa, niin teille annetaan; etsikää, niin te löydätte; kolkuttakaa, niin teille avataan.
“Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you. Confidently keep [expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like] [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] [MET] knocking [on a door in order to enter a room]. And the way will be opened {[God] will open the way} for you [to get what you pray for].
8 Sillä jokainen anova saa, ja etsivä löytää, ja kolkuttavalle avataan.
Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep persistently praying for].
9 Vai kuka teistä on se ihminen, joka antaa pojallensa kiven, kun tämä pyytää häneltä leipää,
(No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?) [RHQ]
10 taikka, kun hän pyytää kalaa, antaa hänelle käärmeen?
Likewise, (no man would give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish./would anyone give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish?) [RHQ]
11 Jos siis te, jotka olette pahoja, osaatte antaa lapsillenne hyviä lahjoja, kuinka paljoa ennemmin teidän Isänne, joka on taivaissa, antaa sitä, mikä hyvää on, niille, jotka sitä häneltä anovat!
You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So [God], your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.”
12 Sentähden, kaikki, mitä te tahdotte ihmisten teille tekevän, tehkää myös te samoin heille; sillä tämä on laki ja profeetat.
“So in whatever way you want others to act toward you [(pl)], that is the way you [(pl)] should act toward them, because that [sums up what Moses wrote in] the laws [that God gave him] and [also what] the prophets [wrote long ago].”
13 Menkää ahtaasta portista sisälle. Sillä se portti on avara ja tie lavea, joka vie kadotukseen, ja monta on, jotka siitä sisälle menevät;
“[Going to] where people live eternally [with God in heaven] is difficult. [It is like] going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. [The way] that most [people take] is easy, [but it results in their being punished] {[God punishing them]} [in hell. That way is like a] wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where [they] will be destroyed {[God] will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I [am telling you to leave the wide road and] enter the narrow gate [to heaven].” (questioned)
14 mutta se portti on ahdas ja tie kaita, joka vie elämään, ja harvat ovat ne, jotka sen löytävät.
15 Kavahtakaa vääriä profeettoja, jotka tulevat teidän luoksenne lammastenvaatteissa, mutta sisältä ovat raatelevaisia susia.
“Beware of people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you [what God has said]. [They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like] wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins [to make people believe that they are sheep] [MET], but they actually are wolves that attack people [MET].
16 Heidän hedelmistään te tunnette heidät. Eihän orjantappuroista koota viinirypäleitä eikä ohdakkeista viikunoita?
[So how will you know that they are false?] Well, by seeing what plants produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are [MET]. [For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes], so (no one can pick grapes from thornbushes./can anyone pick grapes from thornbushes?) [RHQ] And [thistles cannot produce figs], so (no one can pick figs from thistles./can anyone pick figs from thistles?) [RHQ]
17 Näin jokainen hyvä puu tekee hyviä hedelmiä, mutta huono puu tekee pahoja hedelmiä.
[Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
18 Ei saata hyvä puu kasvaa pahoja hedelmiä eikä huono puu kasvaa hyviä hedelmiä.
No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
19 Jokainen puu, joka ei tee hyvää hedelmää, hakataan pois ja heitetään tuleen.
[And] all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} [to get rid of them]. [Similarly], those who falsely claim to be prophets [will be thrown] {[God will throw false prophets]} [into the fires of hell]. (questioned)
20 Niin te siis tunnette heidät heidän hedelmistään.
By seeing [what plants] produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are. [Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do], [you will know if they are false prophets].”
21 Ei jokainen, joka sanoo minulle: 'Herra, Herra!', pääse taivasten valtakuntaan, vaan se, joka tekee minun taivaallisen Isäni tahdon.
“[Even though many] people [habitually] call me ‘Lord’, [pretending that they have my authority], some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, [because they do not do what he desires]. [Only] those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires [will go there].
22 Moni sanoo minulle sinä päivänä: 'Herra, Herra, emmekö me sinun nimesi kautta ennustaneet ja sinun nimesi kautta ajaneet ulos riivaajia ja sinun nimesi kautta tehneet monta voimallista tekoa?'
On the day [MTY] [that God judges everyone], many [people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven], will say to me, ‘Lord, we(exc) spoke God’s message as your representatives [MTY, RHQ]! As your representatives we(exc) expelled demons from [people] [RHQ]! And as your representatives, many times we(exc) performed miracles [RHQ]!’
23 Ja silloin minä lausun heille julki: 'Minä en ole koskaan teitä tuntenut; menkää pois minun tyköäni, te laittomuuden tekijät'.
Then I will declare to them, ‘I have never said that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!’”
24 Sentähden on jokainen, joka kuulee nämä minun sanani ja tekee niiden mukaan, verrattava ymmärtäväiseen mieheen, joka huoneensa kalliolle rakensi.
“So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
25 Ja rankkasade lankesi, ja virrat tulvivat, ja tuulet puhalsivat ja syöksyivät sitä huonetta vastaan, mutta se ei sortunut, sillä se oli kalliolle perustettu.
[Even though] the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation.
26 Ja jokainen, joka kuulee nämä minun sanani eikä tee niiden mukaan, on verrattava tyhmään mieheen, joka huoneensa hiekalle rakensi.
On the other hand, anyone who hears what I say but does not obey what I say will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 Ja rankkasade lankesi, ja virrat tulvivat, ja tuulet puhalsivat ja syöksähtivät sitä huonetta vastaan, ja se sortui, ja sen sortuminen oli suuri."
When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, [because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you].”
28 Ja kun Jeesus lopetti nämä puheet, olivat kansanjoukot hämmästyksissään hänen opetuksestansa,
When Jesus finished saying all those things, the [who had been listening to him were] amazed at the [new] teaching that he had taught them.
29 sillä hän opetti heitä niinkuin se, jolla valta on, eikä niinkuin heidän kirjanoppineensa.
The reason they were amazed was that he was teaching as a person does who has authority. He was not teaching like the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, [who just repeated what other people had taught them].
