Mateusza 22
1 A Jezus, odpowiadając, znowu mówił do nich w przypowieściach tymi słowy:
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 Królestwo niebieskie podobne jest do króla, który wyprawił wesele swemu synowi.
“[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
3 I posłał swe sługi, aby wezwali zaproszonych na wesele, ale oni nie chcieli przyjść.
[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 Ponownie posłał inne sługi, mówiąc: Powiedzcie zaproszonym: Oto przygotowałem moją ucztę, zabito moje woły i tuczne zwierzęta i wszystko jest gotowe. Chodźcie na wesele.
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 Lecz oni zlekceważyli to i odeszli, jeden na swoje pole, a inny do swego kupiectwa;
[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 A inni schwytali jego sługi, znieważyli [ich] i zabili.
The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
7 Gdy król to usłyszał, rozgniewał się, a posławszy swoje wojska, wytracił tych morderców i spalił ich miasto.
[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 Potem powiedział swoim sługom: Wesele wprawdzie jest gotowe, lecz zaproszeni nie byli godni.
[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 Idźcie więc na rozstaje dróg i zaproście na wesele wszystkich, których spotkacie.
So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
10 Wtedy słudzy ci wyszli na drogi i zgromadzili wszystkich, których spotkali, złych i dobrych. I [sala] weselna napełniła się gośćmi.
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 A gdy król wszedł, aby zobaczyć gości, ujrzał tam człowieka, który nie był ubrany w strój weselny.
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 I zapytał go: Przyjacielu, jak tu wszedłeś, nie mając stroju weselnego? A on zaniemówił.
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 Wtedy król powiedział sługom: Zwiążcie mu nogi i ręce, weźcie go i wrzućcie do ciemności zewnętrznych. Tam będzie płacz i zgrzytanie zębów.
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 Wielu jest bowiem wezwanych, lecz mało wybranych.
[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 Wtedy faryzeusze odeszli i naradzali się, jak by go usidlić w mowie.
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 I posłali do niego swoich uczniów [wraz] z herodianami, którzy powiedzieli: Nauczycielu, wiemy, że jesteś prawdziwy i drogi Bożej w prawdzie nauczasz, i nie zważasz na nikogo. Nie oglądasz się bowiem na osobę ludzką.
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 Powiedz nam więc, jak ci się wydaje: Czy wolno płacić podatek cesarzowi, czy nie?
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 Ale Jezus poznał ich niegodziwość i powiedział: Czemu wystawiacie mnie na próbę, obłudnicy?
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 Pokażcie mi monetę podatkową. I podali mu grosz.
Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
20 A on ich zapytał: Czyj to wizerunek i napis?
He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
21 Odpowiedzieli mu: Cesarza. Wtedy powiedział im: Oddajcie więc cesarzowi to, co należy do cesarza, a Bogu to, co należy do Boga.
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 A gdy to usłyszeli, zdziwili się, zostawili go i odeszli.
When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
23 Tego dnia przyszli do niego saduceusze, którzy mówią, że nie ma zmartwychwstania, i pytali go:
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 Nauczycielu, Mojżesz powiedział: Jeśli ktoś umrze, nie mając dzieci, to jego brat ma ożenić się z jego żoną i wzbudzić potomstwo swemu bratu.
[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 Było więc u nas siedmiu braci. Pierwszy ożenił się i umarł, a nie mając potomstwa, zostawił żonę swemu bratu.
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 Podobnie drugi i trzeci, aż do siódmego.
The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
27 A w końcu po wszystkich umarła też ta kobieta.
Last of all, the widow also died.
28 Żoną którego z tych siedmiu będzie więc przy zmartwychwstaniu? Gdyż wszyscy ją mieli [za żonę].
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 A Jezus im odpowiedział: Błądzicie, nie znając Pisma ani mocy Boga.
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 Przy zmartwychwstaniu bowiem ani nie będą się żenić, ani za mąż wychodzić, ale będą jak aniołowie Boga w niebie.
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 A co do zmartwychwstania umarłych, czy nie czytaliście, co wam zostało powiedziane przez Boga:
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 Ja jestem Bogiem Abrahama, Bogiem Izaaka i Bogiem Jakuba? Bóg nie jest Bogiem umarłych, ale żywych.
‘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 A tłumy, słysząc to, zdumiewały się jego nauką.
When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
34 Lecz gdy faryzeusze usłyszeli, że zamknął usta saduceuszom, zeszli się razem.
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 I jeden z nich, znawca prawa, wystawiając go na próbę, spytał:
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 Nauczycielu, które przykazanie w prawie jest największe?
“Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
37 A Jezus mu odpowiedział: Będziesz miłował Pana, swego Boga, całym swym sercem, całą swą duszą i całym swym umysłem.
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 To jest pierwsze i największe przykazanie.
That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
39 A drugie jest do niego podobne: Będziesz miłował swego bliźniego jak samego siebie.
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 Na tych dwóch przykazaniach opiera się całe Prawo i Prorocy.
These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
41 A gdy faryzeusze byli zebrani, Jezus ich zapytał:
While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
42 Co sądzicie o Chrystusie? Czyim jest synem? Odpowiedzieli mu: Dawida.
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
43 I powiedział im: Jakże więc Dawid w Duchu nazywa go Panem, mówiąc:
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 Powiedział Pan memu Panu: Siądź po mojej prawicy, aż położę twoich nieprzyjaciół jako podnóżek pod twoje stopy?
[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 Jeśli więc Dawid nazywa go Panem, to jakże może być jego synem?
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 I nikt nie mógł mu odpowiedzieć ani słowa. Od tego też dnia nikt nie śmiał go więcej pytać.
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].
