Luca 10
1 ORA, dopo queste cose, il Signore ne ordinò ancora altri settanta, e li mandò a due a due dinanzi a sè, in ogni città, e luogo, ove egli avea da venire.
After that, the Lord Jesus appointed 72 other [people]. He [prepared to] send them out, two-by-two, to every town and village where he [SYN] intended to go.
2 Diceva loro adunque: Bene è la ricolta grande, ma gli operai [son] pochi; pregate adunque il Signor della ricolta che spinga degli operai nella sua ricolta.
He said to them, “The [people who are ready to receive my message] are like a field [of] [MET] [grain] that is ready for [people] to harvest {to be harvested}. But there are not many people [to bring them to God]. So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his fields [to gather the] harvest.
3 Andate; ecco, io vi mando come agnelli in mezzo de' lupi.
Start going; but [remember that] I am sending you [(pl)] out [to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be] like lambs among wolves.
4 Non portate borsa, nè tasca, nè scarpe; e non salutate alcuno per lo cammino.
Do not take along [any money in] a purse. Do not take a traveler’s bag. Do not take [extra] sandals. Do not [spend a lot of time] greeting people along the way.
5 Ed in qualunque casa sarete entrati, dite imprima: Pace [sia] a questa casa.
Whenever you enter a house [to lodge there], first say to those people, ‘May [God give inner] peace to [you people] [MTY] [in] this house!’
6 E se quivi è alcun figliuolo di pace, la vostra pace si poserà sopra esso; se no, ella ritornerà a voi.
If people who [live] there [are (desiring to have]/worthy of receiving) [God’s] peace, they will experience the [inner] peace that you are [offering them]. If people who [live] there [are not desiring to have God’s] peace, you [will experience God’s inner] peace, [but they will not].
7 Ora, dimorate in quella stessa casa, mangiando, e bevendo di quello che vi sarà; perciocchè l'operaio è degno del suo premio; non passate di casa in casa.
[If they welcome you], stay in that same house [until you leave that village]. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you. A worker deserves to get pay [MET] [from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go].
8 E in qualunque città sarete entrati, se vi ricevono, mangiate di ciò che vi sarà messo davanti.
Whenever you enter a town and the people [there] welcome you, eat what is provided {what [they] provide} for you.
9 E guarite gl'infermi, che [saranno] in essa, e dite loro: Il regno di Dio si è avvicinato a voi.
Heal the people there who are sick. Tell them, ‘It is almost [time for] God to send his king to rule [MET] [your lives].’
10 Ma in qualunque città sarete entrati, se non vi ricevono, uscite nelle piazze di quella, e dite:
But if you enter a town whose [people] do not welcome you, go into its [main] streets and say,
11 Noi vi spazziamo eziandio la polvere che si è attaccata a noi dalla vostra città; ma pure sappiate questo, che il regno di Dio si è avvicinato a voi.
‘[Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave], we will also shake off the dust of your town that clings to our sandals, to warn you [that God will reject/punish you]. But [we want you to know that] it is almost [the time when] God will start to rule!’
12 Or io vi dico, che in quel giorno Sodoma sarà più tollerabilmente trattata che quella città.
I will tell you this: On the [MTY] [final] day when [God judges everyone], he will punish the wicked people [MTY] who long ago lived in Sodom, [the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked]. But he will punish [even] more severely the people [MTY] of any town [whose people refused to hear your message]!”
13 Guai a te, Chorazin! guai a te, Betsaida! perciocchè, se in Tiro, ed in Sidon, fossero state fatte le potenti operazioni che sono state fatte in voi, già anticamente, giacendo in sacco, e cenere, si sarebbero pentite.
“There will be terrible [punishment] for [you people who live in] [MTY] Chorazin and Bethsaida [cities]. I did great miracles in your cities [to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities], the wicked people who lived there would have long ago [shown that they were sorry for their sins by] sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads.
14 Ma pure Tiro e Sidon, saranno più tollerabilmente trattate nel giudicio, che voi.
[But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in] Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you more severely [because you did not pay attention to my message].
15 E tu, Capernaum, che sei stata innalzata infino al cielo, sarai abbassata fin nell'inferno. (Hadēs g86)
[I also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city]. (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, God] will send you down to the place where [sinful people] will be punished [forever]!” (Hadēs g86)
16 Chi ascolta voi ascolta me, chi sprezza voi sprezza me, e chi sprezza me sprezza colui che mi ha mandato.
[Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that] those who listen to your [message] are listening to me, and that those who reject your [message] are rejecting me. And [he will consider that] those who reject me are rejecting [God], the one who sent me.”
17 Or que' settanta tornarono con allegrezza, dicendo: Signore, anche i demoni ci son sottoposti nel nome tuo.
The 72 [people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to]. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, [people did what we(exc) told them to do]! Demons also obeyed us when by your [(sg)] authority [MTY] [we commanded them to leave people]!”
18 Ed egli disse loro: Io riguardava Satana cader del cielo, a guisa di folgore.
Jesus replied, “[When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though] [MET] I saw Satan fall from heaven [as suddenly and quickly] as lightning [strikes].
19 Ecco, io vi do la podestà di calcar serpenti, e scorpioni; [vi do] eziandio [potere] sopra ogni potenza del nemico; e nulla vi offenderà.
Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits [MET] [they will not hurt you]. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, [Satan]. Nothing shall hurt you.
20 Ma pure non vi rallegrate di ciò che gli spiriti vi son sottoposti; anzi rallegratevi che i vostri nomi sono scritti ne' cieli.
But [although] you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice [more] that your names have been written {that [God] has written your names} in heaven, [because you will be with God forever].”
21 In quella stessa ora, Gesù giubilò in ispirito, e disse: Io ti rendo onore, e lode, o Padre, Signor del cielo e della terra, che tu hai nascoste queste cose ai savi, ed intendenti, e le hai rivelate ai piccoli fanciulli; sì certo, o Padre, perciocchè così ti è piaciuto.
At that time the Holy Spirit caused [Jesus] to be very happy. He said, “Father, you [(sg)] rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth! Some [people think that they are] wise [because] they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily] [MET] [as] little children [do]. Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
22 Ogni cosa mi è stata data in mano dal Padre mio; e niuno conosce chi è il Figliuolo, se non il Padre; nè chi è il Padre, se non il Figliuolo; e colui a cui il Figliuolo avrà voluto rivelar[lo].
[Jesus also said to the 72 disciples], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all [I need to know and the power I need for 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].”
23 E rivoltosi a' discepoli, disse [loro] in disparte: Beati gli occhi che veggono le cose che voi vedete;
Then when Jesus’ disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “[God] is pleased with you [SYN] who have seen [the things that I have done]!
24 perciocchè io vi dico, che molti profeti, e re, hanno desiderato di veder le cose che voi vedete, e non le hanno vedute, e di udir le cose che voi udite, e non le hanno udite.
I want you to know that many prophets and kings [who lived long ago] desired to see the things that you are seeing [me do], but these things did not [happen] then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but these things were not [revealed to them] then.”
25 ALLORA ecco, un certo dottor della legge si levò, tentandolo, e dicendo: Maestro, facendo che, erediterò la vita eterna? (aiōnios g166)
[One day as Jesus was teaching people], a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that [God gave Moses]. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live [with God] forever?” (aiōnios g166)
26 Ed egli gli disse: Nella legge che è egli scritto? come leggi?
Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] have read [RHQ] what [Moses] has written in the laws that [God gave him]. What did Moses write about living forever?”
27 E colui, rispondendo, disse: Ama il Signore Iddio tuo con tutto il tuo cuore, e con tutta l'anima tua, e con tutta la forza tua, e con tutta la mente tua; e il tuo prossimo come te stesso.
The man replied, “[He wrote that] we [(inc)] must love the Lord our God. [We must show that] by what we feel and by what we do and by what we think. [He] also [wrote that we must love] people that we come in contact with as much as [we love] ourselves.”
28 Ed egli gli disse: Tu hai dirittamente risposto; fa' ciò, e viverai.
Jesus replied, “You [(sg)] have answered [your question] correctly. If you do all that [continually], you will live [with God forever].”
29 Ed egli, volendo giustificarsi, disse a Gesù: E chi è mio prossimo?
But the man wanted to defend [the way] he [acted toward people that he came in contact with] (OR, to defend why he [had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply]). So he said to Jesus, “Which people that I come in contact with [should I love]?”
30 E Gesù, replicando, disse: Un uomo scendeva di Gerusalemme in Gerico, e si abbattè in ladroni; i quali, spogliatolo, ed anche dategli di molte ferite, se ne andarono, lasciandolo mezzo morto.
Jesus replied [by telling him this illustration]: “A [Jewish] man was once going down along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bandits attacked him. They took away [most of] the man’s clothes [and everything else that he had], and they beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him.
31 Or a caso un sacerdote scendeva per quella stessa via; e, veduto colui, passò oltre di rincontro.
It happened that a [Jewish] priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, [instead of helping him], he passed by on the other side [of the road].
32 Simigliantemente ancora, un Levita, essendo venuto presso di quel luogo, e, veduto[lo], passò oltre di rincontro.
Similarly, a man who worked in the temple [in Jerusalem] came to that place and saw the man. But he also passed by on the other side [of the road].
33 Ma un Samaritano, facendo viaggio, venne presso di lui; e, vedutolo, n'ebbe pietà.
Then a man from Samaria [province] came along that road to where the man was lying. [People from Samaria despise Jews. But] when he saw that man, he pitied him.
34 Ed accostatosi, fasciò le sue piaghe, versandovi sopra dell'olio, e del vino; poi lo mise sopra la sua propria cavalcatura, e lo menò nell'albergo, e si prese cura di lui.
He went over to him and put some [olive] oil and wine on his wounds [to help heal them]. He wound strips of cloth [around the wounds]. He placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn and took care of him.
35 E il giorno appresso, partendo, trasse fuori due denari, e li diede all'oste, e gli disse: Prenditi cura di costui; e tutto ciò che spenderai di più, io tel renderò quando io ritornerò.
The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you [(sg)] spend more than this amount [to care for him], I will pay you back when I return.’”
36 Quale adunque di questi tre ti pare essere stato il prossimo di colui che si abbattè ne' ladroni?
Then Jesus said, “Three people [saw] the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them [acted in a loving way toward] that man?”
37 Ed egli disse: Colui che usò misericordia inverso lui. Gesù adunque gli disse: Va', e fa' tu il simigliante.
The man who studied the Scriptures replied, “The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] go and act like that [toward] everyone whom [you can help]!”
38 ORA, mentre essi erano in cammino, avvenne ch'egli entrò in un castello; ed una certa donna, [chiamata] per nome Marta, lo ricevette in casa sua.
As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village [near Jerusalem]. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house.
39 Or ella avea una sorella, chiamata Maria, la quale ancora, postasi a sedere a' piedi di Gesù, ascoltava la sua parola.
Her [younger] sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.
40 Ma Marta era occupata intorno a molti servigi. Ed ella venne, e disse: Signore, non ti cale egli che la mia sorella mi ha lasciata sola a servire? dille adunque che mi aiuti.
But Martha was very much concerned about preparing [a meal]. She went to Jesus and said, “Lord, (you do not seem to care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself!/do you not care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself?) [RHQ] Tell her that she should help me!”
41 Ma Gesù, rispondendo, le disse: Marta, Marta, tu sei sollecita, e ti travagli intorno a molte cose.
But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you [(sg)] are very worried about many things.
42 Or d'una sola cosa fa bisogno. Ma Maria ha scelta la buona parte, la qual non le sarà tolta.
But only one thing is truly necessary, and that is, [to listen to what I am teaching]. Mary has decided to [do that], and that is better [than worrying]. [The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me] will not be taken away from her {No one will take away from her [the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me]}.”
