Matteus 7
1 Dömer icke, på det I icke skolen varda dömde.
“Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
2 Ty med den dom, som I dömen, skolen I dömde varda; och med det mått, som I mäten, skall eder mätet varda.
If you condemn [other people], [God] will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {[God] will condemn you}.
3 Huru ser du ett grand i dins broders öga, och varder icke varse en bjelka i ditt öga?
(None of you should be concerned [about someone else’s small faults] [MET]!/Why should any of you be concerned [about someone else’s small faults]?) [MET, RHQ] [That would be like noticing] a speck in that person’s eye. But you should [be concerned about your own big faults. They are like] [MET] planks in your own eye, which you do not notice.
4 Eller, huru säger du dinom broder: Håll, jag vill taga ut grandet af ditt öga; och si, en bjelke är i ditt öga?
(You should not say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’) [RHQ] [You should not say that] if a plank is still in your own eye [MET].
5 Du skrymtare, kasta först ut bjelkan af ditt öga; sedan se till, huru du kan uttaga grandet af dins broders öga.
You hypocrite, [stop committing your own sins! That will be like] removing the plank from your own eye [MET]. Then, as a result, you will be able to perceive things spiritually so that you can help other people get rid of the [faults] [MET] [that are like] specks in their eyes.”
6 I skolen icke gifva hundomen det heligt är, och edra perlor skolen I icke kasta för svin, att de icke trampa dem med sina fötter, och vända sig om emot eder, och rifva eder.
“You do not give holy things to dogs [that would ignore those things] and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, [because they would just ignore them] and trample them. [Similarly], do not give [precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you].”
7 Beder, och eder skall varda gifvet; söker, och I skolen finna; klapper, och eder skall upplåtas.
“Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you. Confidently keep [expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like] [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] [MET] knocking [on a door in order to enter a room]. And the way will be opened {[God] will open the way} for you [to get what you pray for].
8 Ty den som beder, han får; och den som söker, han finner; och honom, som klappar, varder upplåtet.
Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep persistently praying for].
9 Eller, hvilken är den menniska ibland eder, att om hans son bedes bröd af honom, som bjuder honom en sten?
(No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?) [RHQ]
10 Eller, om han bedes fisk, månn han då räcka honom en orm?
Likewise, (no man would give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish./would anyone give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish?) [RHQ]
11 Är det nu så att I, som onde ären, kunnen likväl gifva edor barn goda gåfvor, huru mycket mer varder edar Fader som är i himmelen, gifvandes dem godt, som bedas af honom?
You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So [God], your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.”
12 Allt det I nu viljen menniskorna skola göra eder, det görer I ock dem; ty detta är lagen och Propheterna.
“So in whatever way you want others to act toward you [(pl)], that is the way you [(pl)] should act toward them, because that [sums up what Moses wrote in] the laws [that God gave him] and [also what] the prophets [wrote long ago].”
13 Går in igenom den trånga porten; ty den porten är vid, och den vägen är bred, som drager till fördömelse; och de äro månge, som gå på honom.
“[Going to] where people live eternally [with God in heaven] is difficult. [It is like] going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. [The way] that most [people take] is easy, [but it results in their being punished] {[God punishing them]} [in hell. That way is like a] wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where [they] will be destroyed {[God] will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I [am telling you to leave the wide road and] enter the narrow gate [to heaven].” (questioned)
14 Och den porten är trång, och den vägen smal, som drager till lifvet; och få äro de, som finna honom.
15 Vakter eder för de falska Propheter, som komma till eder i fårakläder, men invärtes äro de glupande ulfvar.
“Beware of people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you [what God has said]. [They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like] wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins [to make people believe that they are sheep] [MET], but they actually are wolves that attack people [MET].
16 Utaf deras frukt skolen I känna dem; icke hemtar man vindrufvor af törne, ej heller fikon af tistel.
[So how will you know that they are false?] Well, by seeing what plants produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are [MET]. [For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes], so (no one can pick grapes from thornbushes./can anyone pick grapes from thornbushes?) [RHQ] And [thistles cannot produce figs], so (no one can pick figs from thistles./can anyone pick figs from thistles?) [RHQ]
17 Så bär hvart och ett godt trä goda frukt, men ett ondt trä bär onda frukt.
[Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
18 Ett godt trä kan icke bära onda frukt; icke kan heller ett ondt trä bära goda frukt.
No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
19 Hvart och ett trä, som icke bär goda frukt, skall afhuggas, och kastas i elden.
[And] all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} [to get rid of them]. [Similarly], those who falsely claim to be prophets [will be thrown] {[God will throw false prophets]} [into the fires of hell]. (questioned)
20 Derföre skolen I känna dem på deras frukt.
By seeing [what plants] produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are. [Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do], [you will know if they are false prophets].”
21 Icke varder hvar och en kommandes in i himmelriket, som säger till mig: Herre, Herre; utan den som gör mins Faders vilja, som är i himmelen.
“[Even though many] people [habitually] call me ‘Lord’, [pretending that they have my authority], some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, [because they do not do what he desires]. [Only] those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires [will go there].
22 På den dagen varda månge sägande till mig: Herre, Herre, hafve vi icke propheterat uti ditt Namn, och i ditt Namn utdrifvit djeflar, och i ditt Namn många kraftiga gerningar gjort?
On the day [MTY] [that God judges everyone], many [people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven], will say to me, ‘Lord, we(exc) spoke God’s message as your representatives [MTY, RHQ]! As your representatives we(exc) expelled demons from [people] [RHQ]! And as your representatives, many times we(exc) performed miracles [RHQ]!’
23 Då skall jag bekänna dem: Jag kände eder aldrig; går ifrå mig, I ogerningsmän.
Then I will declare to them, ‘I have never said that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!’”
24 Derföre, hvar och en som hörer dessa min ord, och gör derefter, honom liknar jag vid en vis man, som sitt hus byggde på ett hälleberg.
“So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
25 Så föll slagregn, och kom flod, och vädret blåste, och stötte på huset, och föll dock icke omkull; ty det var grundadt på hälleberget.
[Even though] the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation.
26 Och hvar och en, som hörer af mig dessa ord, och gör icke derefter, han liknas vid en fåvitsk man, som byggde sitt hus på sanden.
On the other hand, anyone who hears what I say but does not obey what I say will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 Och föll slagregn, och kom flod, och vädret blåste, och stötte på huset; och det föll omkull, och dess fall var stort.
When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, [because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you].”
28 Och det begaf sig, när Jesus lyktade detta talet, vardt folket förskräckt öfver hans lärdom.
When Jesus finished saying all those things, the [who had been listening to him were] amazed at the [new] teaching that he had taught them.
29 Ty han predikade väldeliga, och icke som de Skriftlärde.
The reason they were amazed was that he was teaching as a person does who has authority. He was not teaching like the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, [who just repeated what other people had taught them].
