Matteus 22
1 Og Jesus tok atter til orde og talte til dem i lignelser og sa:
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: ]
2 Himlenes rike er å ligne med en konge som gjorde bryllup for sin sønn.
“[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
3 Og han sendte sine tjenere ut for å be de innbudne komme til bryllupet; men de vilde ikke komme.
[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.
4 Atter sendte han andre tjenere ut og sa: Si til de innbudne: Se, jeg har gjort i stand mitt måltid: mine okser og mitt gjø-fe er slaktet, og alt er ferdig; kom til bryllupet!
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!’”’
5 Men de brydde sig ikke om det og gikk sin vei, den ene til sin aker, den annen til sitt kjøbmannskap;
[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.
6 og de andre tok fatt på hans tjenere, hånte dem og slo dem ihjel.
The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
7 Men kongen blev harm, og sendte sine krigshærer ut og drepte disse manndrapere og satte ild på deres by.
[When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
8 Derefter sier han til sine tjenere: Bryllupet er vel ferdig, men de innbudne var det ikke verd;
[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].
9 gå derfor ut på veiskjellene og be til bryllups så mange I finner!
So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
10 Så gikk da disse tjenere ut på veiene og fikk sammen alle dem de fant, både onde og gode, og bryllupshuset blev fullt av gjester.
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.
11 Da nu kongen gikk inn for å se på dem som satt til bords, så han der en mann som ikke hadde bryllupsklædning på.
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].
12 Og han sa til ham: Min venn! hvorledes er du kommet inn her og har ikke bryllupsklædning på! Men han tidde.
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].
13 Da sa kongen til tjenerne: Bind hender og føtter på ham og kast ham ut i mørket utenfor! Der skal være gråt og tenners gnidsel.
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].’”
14 For mange er kalt, men få er utvalgt.
[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].”
15 Da gikk fariseerne bort og holdt råd om hvorledes de kunde fange ham i ord.
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.
16 Og de sendte sine disipler avsted til ham sammen med herodianerne og lot dem si: Mester! vi vet at du er sanndru og lærer Guds vei i sannhet, og ikke bryr dig om nogen, for du gjør ikke forskjell på folk;
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.
17 Si oss da: Hvad tykkes dig? er det tillatt å gi keiseren skatt, eller ikke?
So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
18 Men Jesus merket deres ondskap og sa: Hvorfor frister I mig, hyklere?
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.
19 Vis mig skattens mynt! De rakte ham da en penning.
Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
20 Og han sier til dem: Hvis billede og påskrift er dette?
He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
21 De sier til ham: Keiserens. Da sier han til dem: Gi da keiseren hvad keiserens er, og Gud hvad Guds er!
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].”
22 Og da de hørte det, undret de sig, og forlot ham og gikk bort.
When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
23 Samme dag kom nogen sadduseere til ham, de som sier at det ikke er nogen opstandelse, og de spurte ham og sa:
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.
24 Mester! Moses har sagt: Når en mann dør og ikke har barn, da skal hans bror gifte sig med hans hustru og opreise sin bror avkom.
[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].’
25 Nu var det hos oss syv brødre; og den første giftet sig og døde, og da han ikke hadde avkom, efterlot han sin hustru til broren.
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].
26 Likeså den annen og den tredje, like til den syvende.
The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
27 Men sist av alle døde kvinnen.
Last of all, the widow also died.
28 Men i opstandelsen, hvem av de syv skal da få henne til hustru? for de har jo hatt henne alle sammen.
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.”
29 Men Jesus svarte og sa til dem: I farer vill fordi I ikke kjenner skriftene og heller ikke Guds kraft.
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].
30 For i opstandelsen hverken tar de til ekte eller gis de til ekte, men de er som Guds engler i himmelen.
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].
31 Men om de dødes opstandelse, har I da ikke lest hvad som er sagt eder om den av Gud, som sier:
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],
32 Jeg er Abrahams Gud og Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud? Han er ikke de dødes Gud, men de levendes.
‘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]!”
33 Og da folket hørte det, var de slått av forundring over hans lære.
When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
34 Men da fariseerne hørte at han hadde stoppet munnen på sadduseerne, kom de sammen;
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].
35 og en av dem, en lovkyndig, spurte for å friste ham:
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,
36 Mester! hvilket bud er det største i loven?
“Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
37 Han sa til ham: Du skal elske Herren din Gud av alt ditt hjerte og av all din sjel og av all din hu.
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.’
38 Dette er det største og første bud.
That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
39 Men det er et annet som er like så stort: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv.
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.’
40 På disse to bud hviler hele loven og profetene.
These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
41 Men mens fariseerne var samlet, spurte Jesus dem:
While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
42 Hvad tykkes eder om Messias? hvis sønn er han? De sier til ham: Davids.
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
43 Han sier til dem: Hvorledes kan da David i Ånden kalle ham herre, når han sier:
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]
44 Herren sa til min herre: Sett dig ved min høire hånd, til jeg får lagt dine fiender under dine føtter!
[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].”’
45 Kaller nu David ham herre, hvorledes kan han da være hans sønn?
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]!”
46 Og ingen kunde svare ham et ord, og heller ikke vågde nogen å spørre ham mere fra den dag.
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].
