Mark 12
1 Then Jesus told [those Jewish leaders] a parable. [He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said], “A certain man planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it [in order to protect it]. He made a stone tank [to collect the juice that] they would press [out of the grapes]. He also built a tower [for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard]. Then he leased the vineyard to some men to care for it and [to] give him some of the [grapes] in return. Then he went away to another country.
Og han begynte å tale til dem i lignelser: En mann plantet en vingård, og satte et gjerde omkring den og gravde en vinperse og bygget et tårn, og så leide han den ut til vingårdsmenn og drog utenlands.
2 When the time came to harvest the [grapes], he sent a servant to the men [who were taking care of the vineyard] in order to receive from them his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced.
Og da tiden kom, sendte han en tjener til vingårdsmennene for å ta imot hans del av vingårdens frukt hos vingårdsmennene;
3 But [after the servant arrived], they grabbed him and beat him, and they did not give him any fruit. Then they sent him away.
og de tok og slo ham, og lot ham gå bort med tomme hender.
4 Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him.
Og atter sendte han en annen tjener til dem, og ham slo de i hodet og hånte ham.
5 Later he sent another servant. That man they killed. They mistreated many other servants [whom he sent]. Some they beat and some they killed.
Og han sendte en annen, og ham slo de ihjel, og så gjorde de med mange andre: somme slo de, og somme drepte de.
6 The man still had one other [person with him]. It was his son. He loved him very much. So, finally he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him [and give him some of the grapes].
Nu hadde han bare sin eneste sønn igjen, som han elsket; ham sendte han til sist til dem, idet han sa: De vil undse sig for min sønn.
7 But [when they saw his son coming], those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’
Men disse vingårdsmenn sa til hverandre: Dette er arvingen; kom, la oss slå ham ihjel, så blir arven vår!
8 They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard.
Og de tok og slo ham ihjel, og kastet ham ut av vingården.
9 So (do you know what the man who owns the vineyard will do?/I will tell you what the man who owns the vineyard will do [RHQ]). He will come, and he will kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.
Hvad skal da vingårdens herre gjøre? Han skal komme og drepe vingårdsmennene, og overgi vingården til andre.
10 [Now think carefully about these words], which you have read [in] the Scriptures: The men who were building the building rejected one stone. But others [put that same stone in its proper place, and] it has become the most important stone in the building [MET]!
Og har I ikke lest dette sted i Skriften: Den sten som bygningsmennene forkastet, den er blitt hjørnesten;
11 The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.”
av Herren er dette gjort, og det er underfullt i våre øine?
12 Then [the Jewish leaders] realized that he was accusing them when he told this story [about what those wicked people did]. So they wanted to seize him. But they were afraid of what the crowds [would do if they did that]. So they left him and went away.
Og de søkte å gripe ham, men fryktet for folket; for de skjønte at det var om dem han hadde talt lignelsen. Og de forlot ham og gikk bort.
13 The [Jewish leaders] sent to [Jesus] some Pharisees [who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod [Antipas and the Roman government]. They wanted to make Jesus say something wrong [that would make one of those groups very angry with him].
Og de sendte nogen av fariseerne og herodianerne til ham for å fange ham med ord.
14 After they arrived, they said to him [deceivingly], “Teacher, we know that you [teach] the truth. We also know that you are not concerned about [what] people [say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say]. Instead, you teach truthfully what God wants [us to do]. So [tell us what you think about this matter: ] Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not [MTY]? Should we pay the taxes, or should we not pay them?”
Og de kom og sa til ham: Mester! vi vet at du er sanndru og ikke bryr dig om nogen; for du gjør ikke forskjell på folk, men lærer Guds vei i sannhet: Er det tillatt å gi keiseren skatt, eller ikke? skal vi gi, eller skal vi ikke gi?
15 Jesus knew that they did not really want to know [what God wanted them to do]. So he said to them, “(I [know that] you are [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me./Why are you [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me?) [RHQ] [But I will answer your question anyway]. Bring me a coin so that I might [ask you something after] I look at it.”
Men da han så deres hykleri, sa han til dem: Hvorfor frister I mig? Kom hit med en penning og la mig få se den!
16 After they brought him a coin, he asked them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?” They replied, “It is a picture and the name of Caesar, [the man who rules the Roman government].”
De gav ham en. Og han sier til dem: Hvis billede og påskrift er dette? De sa til ham: Keiserens.
17 Then Jesus said to them, “[That is correct, so] give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].” They were [frustrated at his answer but] amazed at what he said, [because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said].
Og Jesus sa til dem: Gi keiseren hvad keiserens er, og Gud hvad Guds er! Og de undret sig storlig over ham.
18 [Men who belong to the] Sadducee [sect] deny that people become alive again after they die. [In order to discredit] Jesus [by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of] them came to him and asked him,
Og det kom nogen sadduseere til ham, de som sier at det ikke er nogen opstandelse, og de spurte ham og sa:
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] that if a man who has no children dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow. [Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the] children of the man who died, [and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants].
Mester! Moses har foreskrevet oss at når en manns bror dør og efterlater hustru, men ikke barn, da skal hans bror ta hans hustru til ekte og opreise sin bror avkom.
20 [So here is an example]. There were seven boys [in one family]. The oldest one married [a woman], but [he and his wife] did not bear any children. Then he [later] died.
Nu var det syv brødre; og den første tok sig en hustru, og efterlot ikke avkom da han døde.
21 The second [brother followed this law and] married that woman and he, too, did not bear any children. Then he [later] died. The third [brother did] like [his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died].
Og den annen tok henne, og døde uten å efterlate avkom, og den tredje likeså;
22 Eventually all seven [brothers married that woman, one by one], but they had no children, and one by one they died. Afterwards the woman died, too.
og ingen av de syv efterlot avkom. Sist av alle døde også kvinnen.
23 Therefore, [if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die], whose wife do you think that woman will be when people become alive again? ([Keep in mind that] she was married to all seven [brothers]!/She was married to all seven [brothers, so how can anyone decide] [RHQ]?)”
Men i opstandelsen, når de står op, hvem av dem skal da få henne til hustru? for alle syv har jo hatt henne til hustru.
24 Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [RHQ]. You do not know [what they have written in] the Scriptures [about this]. You also do not understand God’s power [to make people alive again].
Jesus sa til dem: Er det ikke derfor I farer vill, fordi I ikke kjenner skriftene og heller ikke Guds kraft?
25 [That woman will not be the wife of any of them], because when people have become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven, [who do not marry].
For når de står op fra de døde, da hverken tar de til ekte eller gis de til ekte, men de er som englene i himmelen.
26 But as to people becoming alive again after they die, in the book that Moses [wrote, he said something about people who have died] that I am sure that you have read [RHQ]. When Moses [was looking at] the bush [that was burning], God said to him, ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].’
Men om de døde, at de står op, har I da ikke lest i Mose bok, der hvor det tales om tornebusken, hvorledes Gud talte til ham og sa: Jeg er Abrahams Gud og Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud?
27 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]! So your [claim that dead people do not become alive again] is very wrong.”
Gud er ikke de dødes Gud, men de levendes. I farer storlig vill.
28 A man who taught the [Jewish] laws heard their discussion. He knew that Jesus answered the question well. So he stepped forward and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the most important?”
Og en av de skriftlærde, som hadde hørt deres ordskifte, gikk til ham, da han forstod at han hadde svart dem godt, og han spurte ham: Hvilket bud er det første av alle?
29 Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, [you people of] Israel! [You must worship] the Lord, our God, our only Lord.
Jesus svarte ham: Det første er dette: Hør, Israel! Herren vår Gud, Herren er én,
30 [You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live] Show it in all that you want and feel, in all that you think, and in all that you do!’
og du skal elske Herren din Gud av alt ditt hjerte og av all din sjel og av all din hu og av all din makt; dette er det første bud.
31 The next [most important commandment] is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!”
Det annet, som er like så stort, er dette: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv. Større enn disse er intet annet bud.
32 The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, [you have answered] well. You correctly said that he is the only [God] and that there is no other God [we must worship/obey].
Og den skriftlærde sa til ham: I sannhet, mester! med rette har du sagt at han er én, og at det ikke er nogen annen foruten ham.
33 You have also said correctly that we ([should/must show that we]) love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love (people with whom we come in contact/others) as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things [pleases God] more than offering/giving animals to him or burning [other] sacrifices.”
Og å elske ham av alt sitt hjerte og av all sin forstand og av all sin sjel og av all sin makt, og å elske sin næste som sig selv, det er mere enn alle brennoffer og slaktoffer.
34 Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “[I perceive that] you will soon [decide to let] God rule your life.” After that, [the Jewish leaders] were afraid to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
Og da Jesus så at han svarte forstandig, sa han til ham: Du er ikke langt borte fra Guds rike. Og ingen vågde mere å spørre ham.
35 [Later], while he was teaching in the Temple [courtyard], Jesus said [to the people], “These men who teach the [Jewish] laws, (they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David!/why do they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ]
Og mens Jesus lærte i templet, tok han til orde og sa: Hvorledes kan de skriftlærde si at Messias er Davids sønn?
36 The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say [about the Messiah], God said to my Lord, ‘Sit here beside me at the place where I will highly honor you! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies! [MTY]’
David selv har jo sagt i den Hellige Ånd: Herren sa til min herre: Sett dig ved min høire hånd, til jeg får lagt dine fiender til skammel for dine føtter!
37 Therefore, [because] David himself calls [the Messiah] ‘my Lord,’ (the Messiah cannot be [just] a man who descended [from King David!]/how can the Messiah be [just] a man who descended [from King David]?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]”! Many people listened to him gladly [as he taught those things].
David selv kaller ham herre; hvorledes kan han da være hans sønn? Og den store mengde hørte ham gjerne.
38 While Jesus was teaching [the people], he said to them, “Beware that you [do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They [like people to honor them, so] they put on long robes and walk around [in order to show people how important they are]. They also like people to greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
Og han sa mens han lærte dem: Ta eder i vare for de skriftlærde, som gjerne vil gå i side klær og la sig hilse på torvene,
39 [They like to sit] in the most important seats in our (synagogue/Jewish meeting place). At festivals, [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
og ha de øverste seter i synagogene og sitte øverst ved gjestebudene;
40 They (swindle/take for themselves) the houses [and property] of widows by cheating them. [Then] they pretend [that they are good] by praying long prayers [publicly. God] will certainly punish them severely!”
de som opeter enkers hus og for et syns skyld holder lange bønner! Disse skal få dess hårdere dom.
41 [Later], Jesus sat down [in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there], he watched as all the people put money in the box. Many rich people put in large amounts [of money].
Og han satte sig rett imot tempelkisten og så på hvorledes folket la penger i kisten; og mange rike la meget.
42 Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value.
Og en fattig enke kom og la to skjerver, som er én øre.
43 He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, [but] they gave [only a small part of it]. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. [So God considers that] this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!”
Da kalte han sine disipler til sig og sa til dem: Sannelig sier jeg eder: Denne fattige enke har lagt mere enn alle de som la i kisten.
For de la alle av sin overflod, men hun la av sin fattigdom alt det hun eide, hele sitt livsophold.
