Lukas 20
1 Som han no ein dag lærde folket i templet og bar fram fagnadbodet, steig øvsteprestarne og dei skriftlærde upp, i hop med styresmennerne,
One day [during that week, Jesus] was teaching the people in the Temple [courtyard] and telling them [God’s] good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, and [other Jewish] elders came to him.
2 og dei tala soleis til honom: «Seg oss: Kva rett hev du til å gjera dette, eller kven var det som gav deg retten?»
They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things [like you did here yesterday]?”
3 «Eg vil og spyrja dykk um ein ting, » svara han: «Seg de meg:
He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
4 Var dåpen åt Johannes frå himmelen, eller var det menneskjeverk?
where did John [the Baptizer] get [his authority to] baptize [those who came to him]? [Did he get it] from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?”
5 Då slo dei yver med seg sjølve og sagde: «Svarar me: «Frå himmelen, » so segjer han: «Kvi trudde de honom ikkje?»
They discussed this among themselves. They said, “[If we(inc) say], ‘[It was] from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘[Then] (you should have believed John’s [message]!/why did you not believe what John preached?) [RHQ]’
6 og svarar me: «Det var menneskjeverk, » so kjem heile folket til å steina oss i hel; for dei trur fullt og fast at Johannes var ein profet.»
But if we say, ‘It was [from] people,’ the people [here] will [kill us by] throwing stones at us, because they [all] believe that John was a prophet [from God].”
7 So svara dei at dei visste ikkje kvar Johannes-dåpen var ifrå.»
So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
8 «Då segjer ikkje eg dykk heller kva rett eg hev til å gjera dette, » sagde Jesus.
Then Jesus said to them, “[Because you did not answer my question], I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things [here yesterday].”
9 So tok han til å tala til folket og sagde deim ei likning: «Det var ein gong ein mann som stelte til ein vingard; den leigde han burt til brukarar, og so for han utanlands og vart burte i lang æva.
Then Jesus told the people this parable [to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself]: “A [certain] man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men [to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return]. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
10 Då rette tidi kom, sende han ein av sveinarne sine til brukarane, og kravde at dei skulde gjeva honom noko av det som var avla i vingarden. Men brukarane slo sveinen og sende honom burt att med tome hender.
When [the vines started producing] grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But [after the servant arrived], they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They [just] sent him away.
11 So sende han atter ein annan svein; den slo dei og, og hædde honom og sende honom burt att med henderne tome.
[Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
12 Og endå ein tridje sende han; den for dei like eins med, slo honom til blods og kasta honom ut.
[Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
13 «Kva skal eg no gjera?» sagde han som åtte vingarden. «Eg vil senda son min, han som eg elskar so høgt; kann henda dei hev age for honom!»
So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘(I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?) [RHQ]’ [Then he had an idea. He thought to himself], ‘I will send my son, [whom I] love [very much]. Perhaps they will respect him [and give him my share of the grapes].’
14 Men då brukarane fekk sjå honom, lagde dei yver med kvarandre og sagde: «Dette er ervingen! Lat oss slå han i hel, so me kann få arven!»
[So he sent his son], but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him [coming], they said to each other, ‘Here [comes] the man who will [some day] inherit [the vineyard]. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’
15 So kasta dei honom ut or vingarden og slo honom i hel. Kva skal no vingardseigaren gjera med deim?
So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So (I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?) [RHQ]
16 Han skal koma og gjera ende på desse brukarane og lata andre få vingarden.» Då dei høyrde det, sagde dei: «Slikt må aldri henda!»
He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “[We would] not do anything like those wicked men did!”
17 Då såg han på deim og sagde: «Kva tyder då dette ordet i skrifti: «Den steinen byggjarane vanda, den var det som vart hyrnestein?»
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, [but think about] the meaning of these words that are written {which [a prophet] wrote} [RHQ] [in the Scriptures], The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building [MET].
18 Kvar den som fell på den steinen, skal slå seg sund; men den som steinen fell på, skal han smuldra til dust.»
[That stone represents me, the Messiah], and those who reject me are [like people who fall on this stone]. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
19 Dei skriftlærde og øvsteprestarne vilde ha lagt hand på honom i same stund, men dei torde ikkje for folket; dei skyna at det var deim han meinte med likningi si.
The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable [about what those wicked men did]. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize [MTY] him, but [they did not seize him, because] they were afraid of [what] the people [there would do if they did that].
20 So gjætte dei på honom og sende folk ut som skulde lura på honom og låst vera lovlydige, so dei kunde fanga honom i ord, og so gjeva honom yver til styremagti og i henderne på landshovdingen.
So they watched him carefully. They also hired (spies/secret agents) who pretended to be sincere. [But] they really wanted to get him to say something for [which they could accuse] him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor [of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government].
21 Dei sette fram eit spursmål for honom og sagde: «Meister, me veit at du talar og lærer rett og ikkje gjer skil på folk, men lærer Guds veg etter sanningi -
[So] one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we [(exc)] know that you [(sg)] speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do.
22 er det rett at me legg skatt til keisaren, eller er det ikkje?»
[So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
23 Men han gådde listi deira og sagde til deim:
But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him [to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government]. So he said to them,
24 «Syn meg ein sylvmynt! Kva bilæte og namn er det han hev?» «Det er keisarens, » svara dei.
“Show me a [Roman] coin. [Then tell me] whose picture is on it. And [tell me whose] name is on it.” They [showed him a coin and] said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].”
25 «Vel, » sagde han til deim, «gjev so keisaren det som keisarens er, og Gud det som Guds er!»
He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
26 Soleis kunde dei ikkje fanga honom i noko ord so folket var vitne på det; dei undra seg berre yver svaret hans og tagde.
While the people were there, the [spies] were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing.
27 So kom det nokre sadducæarar - det er dei som neittar at dei daude skal standa upp att - dei og sette fram eit spursmål for honom og sagde:
Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
28 «Meister, Moses hev skrive den lovi åt oss, at når ein gift mann døyr barnlaus, so skal bror hans gifta seg med enkja og halda uppe ætti åt bror sin.
They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question [in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again]. One of them said [to Jesus], “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the [dead man’s] widow so that she can have a child by him. People [will consider] that the child is the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].
29 No var det ein gong sju brør. Den fyrste tok seg ei kona, men døydde barnlaus.
Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died.
30 So gifte den andre seg med henne,
The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
31 og so den tridje, og sameleis alle sju; dei døydde og hadde ikkje born etter seg.
Then the third [brother] married her, [but the same thing happened again]. All seven [brothers, one by one, married that woman], [but] they had no children, and [one by one] they died.
32 Til slutt døydde kona og.
Afterwards, the woman died, too.
33 Kven av deim skal no den kona høyra til i eit anna liv? For alle sju hev havt henne til kona.»
Therefore, [if it is true that there will be a time] when dead people will become alive again, whose wife [do you think that woman] will be [then]? ([Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because] she was married to all seven brothers!) [RHQ]”
Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
35 men dei som vert haldne verdige til å nå hi verdi og standa upp att frå dei daude, dei korkje gifter seg eller vert burtgifte; (aiōn g165)
But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
36 dei kann heller ikkje døy meir; for dei er liksom englarne og er Guds born, av di dei hev stade upp att til eit nytt liv.
[You need to know also that] they cannot die any more, because they will be [immortal] [SIM] like angels. [The fact that God has caused] them to be alive again [will show] that they are God’s children.
37 Men at dei avlidne skal vekkjast upp att, det hev Moses og synt i soga um klungeren, der han kallar Herren Abrahams Gud og Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud.
But [as for people] becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where [he wrote about] the [burning] bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].
38 Og han er ikkje Gud for dei daude, men for dei livande; for alle er livande for honom.»
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(inc) know their spirits were still alive]! All [people] whose [spirits] are alive [again after they die continue to live to honor God]!”
39 Då tok nokre skriftlærde til ords og sagde: «No tala du vel, meister.»
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
40 Og dei torde ikkje oftare spyrja honom um noko.
After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
41 So sagde han til deim: «Korleis kann dei segja at Messias er Davids son?
Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people [are wrong who] say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David! [RHQ]
42 David segjer då sjølv i Salmeboki: «Herren sagde til herren min: «Sit ved høgre handi mi,
Because David himself wrote [about the Messiah] in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit [here beside me] on my right, [where I will highly honor you(sg)] [MTY].
43 til eg dine fiendar fær til fotbenk for deg lagt!»»
[Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 So kallar no David honom herre; korleis kann han då vera son hans?»
King David calls [the Messiah] ‘[my] Lord’! So ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from [King] David!/how can the Messiah be [just] someone descended from [King] David?) [RHQ] [What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right]?”
45 Sidan tala han til læresveinarne og sagde so heile folket høyrde det:
While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
46 «Agta dykk for dei skriftlærde som likar å ganga ikring i side kjolar og gjerne vil helsast torgi og hava dei fremste sessarne i synagogorne og dei høgste sæti i gjestebod!
“Beware that [you do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around [to make people think that they are very important]. [They] also like [people to] greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces. They like [to sit in] the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
47 dei som et upp huset for enkjor og for ei syn skuld held lange bøner. Dei skal få so mykje strengare dom.»
They swindle [MET] the houses [and property] of widows. [Then] they pretend they are good, as they pray [long] prayers [publicly. God] will [certainly] punish them very severely.”
