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1 När han på en sabbat hade kommit in till en av de förnämligaste fariséerna för att intaga en måltid, hände sig, medan man där vaktade på honom,
One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].
2 att en vattusiktig man kom dit och stod framför honom.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 Då tog Jesus till orda och sade till de lagkloke och fariséerna: »Är det lovligt att bota sjuka på sabbaten, eller är det icke lovligt?»
Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”
4 Men de tego. Då tog han mannen vid handen och gjorde honom frisk och lät honom gå.
[They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].
5 Sedan sade han till dem: »Om någon av eder har en åsna eller en oxe som faller i en brunn, går han icke då strax och drager upp den, jämväl på sabbatsdagen?»
Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”
6 Och de förmådde icke svara något härpå.
[They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.
7 Då han nu märkte huru gästerna utvalde åt sig de främsta platserna, framställde han för dem en liknelse; han sade till dem:
Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:
8 »När du av någon har blivit bjuden till bröllop, så tag icke den främsta platsen vid bordet. Ty kanhända finnes bland gästerna någon som är mer ansedd än du,
“When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].
9 och då kommer till äventyrs den som har bjudit både dig och honom och säger till dig: 'Giv plats åt denne'; och så måste du med skam intaga den nedersta platsen.
[When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
10 Nej, när du har blivit bjuden, så gå och tag den nedersta platsen vid bordet. Ty det kan då hända att den som har bjudit dig säger till dig, när han kommer: 'Min vän, stig högre upp.' Då vederfares dig heder inför alla de andra bordsgästerna.
Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.
11 Ty var och en som upphöjer sig, han skall bliva förödmjukad, och den som ödmjukar sig, han skall bliva upphöjd.»
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 Han sade ock till den som hade bjudit honom: »När du gör ett gästabud, på middagen eller på aftonen, så inbjud icke dina vänner eller dina bröder eller dina fränder, ej heller rika grannar, så att de bjuda dig igen och du därigenom får vedergällning.
[Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.
13 Nej, när du gör gästabud, så bjud fattiga, krymplingar, halta, blinda.
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 Salig är du då; ty eftersom de icke förmå vedergälla dig, skall du få din vedergällning vid de rättfärdigas uppståndelse.»
They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”
15 Då nu en av de andra vid bordet hörde detta, sade denne till honom: »Salig är den som får bliva bordsgäst i Guds rike!»
One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”
16 Då sade han till honom: »En man tillredde ett stort gästabud och bjöd många.
But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.
17 Och när gästabudet skulle hållas, sände han ut sin tjänare och lät säga till dem som voro bjudna: 'Kommen, ty nu är allt redo.'
When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’
18 Men de begynte alla strax ursäkta sig. Den förste sade till honom: 'Jag har köpt ett jordagods, och jag måste gå ut och bese det. Jag beder dig, tag emot min ursäkt.'
But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
19 En annan sade: 'Jag har köpt fem par oxar, och jag skall nu gå åstad och försöka dem. Jag beder dig, tag emot min ursäkt.'
Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
20 Åter en annan sade: 'Jag har tagit mig hustru, och därför kan jag icke komma.'
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 Och tjänaren kom igen och omtalade detta för sin herre. Då blev husbonden vred och sade till sin tjänare: 'Gå strax ut på gator och gränder i staden, och för hitin fattiga och krymplingar och blinda och halta.'
So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’
22 Sedan sade tjänaren: 'Herre, vad du befallde har blivit gjort, men har är ännu rum.'
[After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’
23 Då sade herren till tjänaren: 'Gå ut på vägar och stigar, och nödga människorna att komma hitin, så att mitt hus bliver fullt.
[So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”
24 Ty jag säger eder att ingen av de män som voro bjudna skall smaka sin måltid.'»
[Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”
25 Och mycket folk gick med honom; och han vände sig om och sade till dem:
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 »Om någon kommer till mig, och han därvid ej hatar sin fader och sin moder, och sin hustru och sina barn, och sina bröder och systrar, därtill ock sitt eget liv, så kan han icke vara min lärjunge.
“If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!
27 Den som icke bär sitt kors och efterföljer mig, han kan icke vara min lärjunge.
[People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.
28 Ty om någon bland eder vill bygga ett torn, sätter han sig icke då först ned och beräknar kostnaden och mer till, om han äger vad som behöves för att bygga det färdigt?
[I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.
29 Eljest, om han lade grunden, men icke förmådde fullborda verket skulle ju alla som finge se det begynna att begabba honom
[If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
30 och säga: 'Den mannen begynte bygga, men förmådde icke fullborda sitt verk.'
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 Eller om en konung vill draga ut i krig för att drabba samman med en annan konung, sätter han sig icke då först ned och tänker efter, om han förmår att med tio tusen möta den som kommer emot honom med tjugu tusen?
Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].
32 Om så icke är, måste han ju, medan den andre ännu är långt borta, skicka sändebud och underhandla om fred.
If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’
33 Likaså kan ingen av eder vara min lärjunge, om han icke försakar allt vad han äger. --
So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”
34 Så är väl saltet en god sak, men om till och med saltet mister sin sälta, varmed skall man då återställa dess kraft?
[Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]
35 Varken för jorden eller för gödselhögen är det tjänligt; man kastar ut det. Den som har öron till att höra, han höre.»
[If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”
