Markus 10
1 Er machte sich auf und zog in die Gegend von Judäa und über den Jordan. Und wieder sammelten sich bei ihm große Scharen, und wie gewöhnlich lehrte er sie wieder.
Jesus left (that place/Capernaum) [with his disciples], and they went through Judea district and on across [to the east side of] the Jordan [River]. When crowds gathered around him again, he taught them again, as he customarily did.
2 Da traten zu ihm Pharisäer, versuchten ihn und fragten, ob es dem Mann erlaubt sei, daß er sein Weib entlasse.
[While he was teaching them, some] Pharisees approached him and asked him, “Does [our Jewish] law permit a man to divorce his wife?” They asked that in order to be able to criticize him [whether he answered “yes” or “no”].
3 Er sprach zu ihnen: "Was hat euch Moses geboten?"
He answered them, “What did Moses command your [ancestors about a man divorcing his wife]?”
4 Sie sprachen: "Moses hat erlaubt, einen Scheidebrief zu schreiben und alsdann zu entlassen."
[One of] them replied, “Moses permitted that a man may write on paper [his reason] for divorcing [his wife], [give this paper to her], and then send her away.”
5 Doch Jesus sprach zu ihnen: "Nur eurer Herzenshärte wegen hat er dieses Gebot für euch geschrieben.
Jesus said to them, “It was because your [ancestors] stubbornly wanted just what they desired that Moses wrote that law for [your ancestors], and you [are just like them]!
6 Doch im Anfang der Schöpfung schuf sie Gott als Mann und Weib.
[Remember] that he [also wrote that, when God] first created [people], he made [one] man, and [one] woman [to become that man’s wife].
7 So wird der Mann Vater und Mutter verlassen und sich seinem Weibe verbinden,
That explains why [God said], ‘When a man [and] woman marry, they should no longer live with their fathers and mothers [after they marry].
8 und diese zwei werden zu einem Fleische werden. So sind sie also nicht mehr zwei, vielmehr sind sie ein einziges Fleisch.
Instead, the two of them shall [live together, and they shall] become so [closely united] [MET] [that they are like] one person.’ Therefore, although the people [who marry] were two [separate persons] before, [God regards them] as one person now, [so he wants them to remain married].
9 Was aber Gott vereinigt hat, das soll der Mensch nicht trennen."
Because that is true, a man must not separate from his [wife] whom God has joined [to him, because God’s plan is for them to remain together]!”
10 Zu Hause fragten ihn dann seine Jünger noch einmal darüber.
When Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, they asked him again about this.
11 Er sprach zu ihnen: "Wer sein Weib entläßt und eine andere heiratet, bricht ihr die Ehe;
He said to them, “[God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, so he considers] that any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery, [even] if he divorces his first wife.
12 und wenn sie ihren Mann entläßt und einen anderen heiratet, bricht sie die Ehe."
[God also considers] a woman who divorces her first husband to be committing adultery if she marries another man.”
13 Man brachte zu ihm Kinder, damit er sie berühre. Allein die Jünger fuhren jene, die sie brachten, an.
[One day], some people were bringing children to Jesus in order that he would touch [and bless] them. But the disciples scolded those people [because they thought that Jesus] ([did not want to be bothered spending time with/was not concerned about]) [children].
14 Als Jesus dies bemerkte, ward er unwillig und sprach zu ihnen: "Laßt die Kinder zu mir kommen, wehrt es ihnen nicht; für solche ist das Reich Gottes!
When Jesus saw that, he became angry. He said to the [disciples], “Allow the children to come to me! Do not forbid them [DOU]! It is people who [are humble and trust as they do] who can experience (God’s rule [in their lives]/God taking care of them) [MET].
15 Wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wer das Reich Gottes nicht aufnimmt wie ein Kind, kommt sicherlich nicht hinein."
Note this: Those who do not [trustingly] allow God to direct [their lives], as children [do], will not enter the place where God rules.”
16 Dann schloß er sie in seine Arme, legte ihnen seine Hände auf und gab ihnen den Segen.
Then he embraced the children. He also put his hands on them [and asked God to] bless them.
17 Er machte sich wieder auf den Weg, da lief einer auf ihn zu, fiel vor ihm auf die Knie und fragte ihn: "Guter Meister, was muß ich tun, um das ewige Leben zu erwerben?" (aiōnios g166)
As Jesus was starting to travel [again with his disciples], a [young] man ran up to him. He knelt before Jesus and then he asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to have eternal life/in order to live [with God] eternally?” (aiōnios g166)
18 Und Jesus sprach zu ihm: "Was nennst du mich 'gut'? Niemand ist gut als Gott allein.
Jesus said to him, “(You should consider carefully [what you are implying] (OR, [that you are implying that I am God]) [by] calling me good, because only God is good!/Do you realize [what you are implying] (OR, [that you are implying that I am God]) [by] calling me good, because only God is good?) [RHQ] No other person is good
19 Du kennst die Gebote: 'Du sollst nicht töten!' 'Du sollst nicht ehebrechen!' 'Du sollst nicht stehlen!' 'Du sollst kein falsches Zeugnis geben!' 'Du sollst nicht betrügen!' 'Du sollst Vater und Mutter ehren!'"
[But to answer your question], you know the commandments [of Moses, which will cause you to live eternally if you obey them perfectly]. He commanded [things such as] ‘do not murder anyone, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not (testify falsely/lie), do not cheat anyone, and honor your father and mother’.”
20 Doch dieser sprach zu ihm: "All dies, Meister, habe ich von Jugend auf gehalten."
The man said to him, “Teacher, I have obeyed all those commandments ever since I was young. [So is] ([that enough/there something else that I have not done])?”
21 Und Jesus schaute ihn liebevoll an und sprach zu ihm: "Eines fehlt dir noch. Geh hin, verkaufe, was du hast, und schenke es den Armen; du wirst dann einen Schatz im Himmel haben. Dann komm und folge mir und trage dein Kreuz."
Jesus looked at him and loved him. He said to him, “There is one thing that you have not [yet done]. You must go [home], sell all that you possess, and then give [the money] to poor people. [As a result], you will be spiritually rich in heaven. After [you have done what I have told you], come with me [and be my disciple]!”
22 Bei diesen Worten ward er kleinmütig und ging betrübt von dannen, denn er besaß viele Güter.
The man became disappointed when he heard that. He went away sad, because he was very rich [and he did not want to give away everything].
23 Da schaute Jesus sich um und sprach zu seinen Jüngern: "Wie schwer geht es doch, daß die Reichen in das Reich Gottes gelangen!"
Jesus looked around [at the people]. Then he exclaimed to his disciples, “It is very difficult for people who are wealthy to [decide to] let God rule their lives!”
24 Die Jünger waren über seine Worte sehr betroffen. Doch Jesus sprach noch einmal zu ihnen: "Kinder! Wie schwer ist es doch für die, die auf ihr Geld vertrauen, in das Reich Gottes zu kommen!
The disciples were surprised at what he said. [They thought that God favored the rich people, so if God did not save them, he would not save anyone]. So Jesus replied again to them, “My dear friends, it is very difficult for anyone [to decide] to let God rule his life.
25 Viel leichter geht ein Kamel durch ein Nadelöhr, als ein Reicher in das Reich Gottes."
It is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is almost as difficult [HYP] for rich people [to decide] to let God rule their [lives].”
26 Darauf erschraken sie noch mehr und sagten zueinander: "Wer kann da noch gerettet werden?"
The disciples were very astonished. So they said to each other, “If that is so, (it will be unlikely that anyone will be saved {that God will save anyone}!/will [God] save anyone?) [RHQ]”
27 Da sah sie Jesus an und sprach zu ihnen: "Bei den Menschen ist dies freilich unmöglich, doch nicht bei Gott; bei Gott ist alles möglich."
Jesus looked at them and then he said, “[Yes], it is impossible for people [to save themselves]! But God certainly can [save them], because God can do anything!”
28 Da nahm Petrus das Wort und sprach: "Siehe, wir haben alles verlassen und sind dir nachgefolgt."
Peter exclaimed, “[You know that] we have left behind everything and we have become your disciples. [So], ([what about us/will God (accept us/reward us)])?”
29 Und Jesus sprach: "Wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wer immer Haus, Brüder oder Schwestern, Mutter, Vater oder Kinder oder Äcker verläßt um meinetwillen und des Evangeliums wegen,
Jesus replied, “I want you to know this: Those who have left [their] houses, [their] brothers, [their] sisters, [their] father, [their] mother, [their] children, or [their] plots of ground, to [be] my [disciples] and to [proclaim] the good news,
30 wird es hundertfach zurückerhalten: in dieser Welt an Häusern, an Brüdern, Schwestern, Müttern, Kindern und an Äckern, allerdings unter Verfolgung, und in der anderen Welt das ewige Leben. (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166)
will receive in this life 100 times as much [as they left behind. That will include houses and people as dear as] brothers and sisters and mothers and children, and plots of ground. Furthermore, although people will persecute them [here on earth because they believe in me], in the future age [they] will ([have] eternal life/live [with God] eternally). (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166)
31 Viele Erste werden Letzte und viele Letzte werden Erste sein."
But I [warn you all]: Many of you who [now consider yourselves] to be very important will be unimportant [at that future time], and many of you who [now consider yourselves] to be unimportant will be very important [at that future time]!”
32 Sie befanden sich auf dem Weg nach Jerusalem hinauf, und Jesus war ihnen stets weit voran, so daß sie sich entsetzten; sie folgten ihm, jedoch mit bangem Herzen. Er nahm die Zwölf wieder zu sich und begann mit ihnen über das zu sprechen, was ihm begegnen werde:
[Some days later as they continued to travel], Jesus and his disciples were walking on the road that leads up to Jerusalem [city]. Jesus was walking ahead of them. [The disciples/apostles] were astonished [that he was going to where there were many people who opposed him], and the other people who were with them were afraid [about what would happen to him in Jerusalem. Along the way he took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves]. Then he began to tell them again about what was going to happen to him, saying,
33 "Seht, wir ziehen nach Jerusalem hinauf. Der Menschensohn wird den Oberpriestern und den Schriftgelehrten und Ältesten ausgeliefert werden, sie werden ihn zum Tod verdammen und ihn den Heiden übergeben.
“Listen carefully! We are going up to Jerusalem. There the chief priests and the men who teach the Jewish laws will be enabled {someone will help the chief priests and those who teach our [Jewish] laws} to seize me. Then they will declare that I must die, [even though] I am the one who came from heaven. Then they will take me to the Roman [authorities].
34 Sie werden ihn verspotten und anspeien, geißeln und töten; doch nach drei Tagen wird er auferstehen."
Those men will ridicule me. They will spit on me. They will (scourge me/whip me with a leaded whip.) Then they will kill me. But on the third day after that, I will become alive again!”
35 Da traten Jakobus und Johannes, die Zebedäussöhne, zu ihm hin und sprachen: "Meister, wir möchten, daß du uns gewährst, um was wir dich bitten.
[Along the way], James and John, [who were] the two sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and they said to him, “Teacher, please do for us what we will ask you to do!”
36 Er sprach zu ihnen: "Was soll ich euch tun?"
He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
37 Sie antworteten ihm: "Verleihe uns, daß wir in deiner Herrlichkeit der eine dir zur Rechten, der andere dir zur Linken sitzen."
They said to him, “When you [rule] gloriously, [let us rule with you]. Let one of us [sit] at your right side and one sit at your left side.”
38 Doch Jesus sprach zu ihnen: "Ihr wißt nicht, um was ihr bittet. Könnt ihr den Kelch trinken, den ich trinken muß, die Taufe, die ich empfange, auch empfangen?"
But Jesus said to them, “You do not understand what you are asking for.” Then he asked them, “Can you endure suffering [MTY] like I am about to suffer? Can you endure being killed [MTY] as I will be killed {people killing you as they will kill me}?”
39 Sie sagten ihm: "Wir können es." Doch Jesus sprach zu ihnen: "Den Kelch, den ich trinke, werdet ihr zwar trinken, und auch die Taufe empfangen, die ich empfange,
They said to him, “[Yes], we are able [to do that]!” Then Jesus said to them, “[It is true that] you will endure suffering [MTY] like I will suffer, and you will endure being killed as I will be killed {people killing you as they will kill me}.
40 die Sitze zu meiner Rechten und zu meiner Linken aber, die kann ich nicht vergeben; denn sie gehören denen, für die sie schon bestimmt sind."
But I am not the one who chooses the ones who will sit next to me [and rule with me. God will give] those places to the ones he appoints.”
41 Als die anderen zehn das hörten, wurden sie unwillig über Jakobus und Johannes.
The [other] ten [disciples later] heard about what James and John [had requested]. As a result, they were angry with them [because they also wanted to rule with Jesus in the highest positions].
42 Doch Jesus rief sie zu sich her und sprach zu ihnen: "Ihr wißt: Die als Fürsten der Heidenvölker gelten, wollen über ihre Völker den Herrn spielen, und ihre Großen lassen sie ihre Macht fühlen.
Then, after Jesus called them all together, he said to them, “You know that those who rule the non-Jews [enjoy] showing that they are powerful. You also know that officials enjoy commanding others.
43 Bei euch ist es aber nicht so; sondern wer unter euch ein Großer werden will, sei euer Diener,
But do not be like them! On the contrary, all those among you who want [God to consider them] great must become [like] servants to [the rest of] you.
44 und wer unter euch Erster sein will, sei der Knecht aller,
Furthermore, if anyone among you wants [God to consider him] to be the most important, he must [act like] a servant for the rest of you.
45 wie auch der Menschensohn nicht gekommen ist, bedient zu werden, vielmehr zu dienen, ja, sein Leben hinzuopfern als Lösegeld für viele."
[You should imitate me]. Even though I am the one who has come from heaven, I did not come to be served {for others to serve me}. On the contrary, I came in order to serve others and to allow others to kill me, in order that my dying for people would be like a payment to rescue [many people from being punished] {[God punishing them]} [for their sins].”
46 So kamen sie nach Jericho. Als er mit seinen Jüngern und mit vielem Volke Jericho verließ, saß der Sohn des Timäus, der Bartimäus, ein blinder Bettler, am Wege.
[On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus and the disciples came to Jericho town]. Afterwards, while they were leaving Jericho along with a great crowd, a blind man who habitually begged [for money] was sitting beside the road. His name was Bartimaeus and his father’s name was Timaeus.
47 Als er vernahm: Jesus von Nazareth ist es, begann er laut zu schreien und zu rufen: "Sohn Davids, Jesus, erbarme dich meiner!"
When he heard people say that Jesus from Nazareth [was passing by], he shouted, “Jesus! [You who are the Messiah] descended from [King] David, (be merciful to/help) me!”
48 Da fuhren ihn viele an, er solle schweigen. Er aber rief nur um so lauter: "Sohn Davids, erbarme dich meiner!"
Many people rebuked him and told him that he should be quiet. But he shouted even more, “[You who are the Messiah] descended from [King David], (be merciful to/help) me!”
49 Darauf blieb Jesus stehen und sprach: "Ruft ihn her!" Da riefen sie den Blinden her und sagten ihm: "Sei guten Muts! Steh auf! Er ruft dich."
Jesus stopped and said, “Call him [to come over here]!” They summoned the blind man, saying, “Jesus is calling you! So cheer up and get up [and come]!”
50 Da warf er seinen Mantel ab, sprang auf und kam zu Jesus.
He threw aside his cloak as he jumped up, and he came to Jesus.
51 Und Jesus sprach zu ihm: "Was soll ich dir tun?" Der Blinde sprach zu ihm: "Rabbuni, ich möchte wieder sehen können."
Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Sir, I [want to be able] to see again!”
52 Und Jesus sprach zu ihm: "Geh hin, dein Glaube hat dir geholfen." Und sogleich konnte er sehen und folgte ihm auf dem Wege.
Jesus said to him, “[I am] healing you [because] you believed [in me]. So you may go [home]!” He could see immediately. And he went with Jesus along the road.
