Luke 10
1 After that, the Lord Jesus appointed 72 other [people]. He [prepared to] send them out, two-by-two, to every town and village where he [SYN] intended to go.
Herren Jesus valgte seg nå ut 72 disipler. Han sendte dem i forveien, to og to, til alle de stedene og byene som han seinere planla å besøke.
2 He said to them, “The [people who are ready to receive my message] are like a field [of] [MET] [grain] that is ready for [people] to harvest {to be harvested}. But there are not many people [to bring them to God]. So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his fields [to gather the] harvest.
Før de ga seg av sted, sa han:”Høsten er stor, men arbeiderne er få. Be derfor om at den som har ansvaret for å høste inn avlingen, må sende ut flere arbeidere på feltet.
3 Start going; but [remember that] I am sending you [(pl)] out [to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be] like lambs among wolves.
Gå nå, og husk at jeg sender dere som lam inn blant ulver.
4 Do not take along [any money in] a purse. Do not take a traveler’s bag. Do not take [extra] sandals. Do not [spend a lot of time] greeting people along the way.
Ta ikke med dere noen penger, ingen veske og ingen ekstra sko. Ta vel vare på tiden og ikke stans underveis for å prate.
5 Whenever you enter a house [to lodge there], first say to those people, ‘May [God give inner] peace to [you people] [MTY] [in] this house!’
Når dere kommer inn i et hus, så skal dere først ønske familien fred fra Gud.
6 If people who [live] there [are (desiring to have]/worthy of receiving) [God’s] peace, they will experience the [inner] peace that you are [offering them]. If people who [live] there [are not desiring to have God’s] peace, you [will experience God’s inner] peace, [but they will not].
Om de da fortjener å få del i Guds fred, da vil Gud gi av sin fred. Dersom de ikke fortjener det, da får dere selv beholde den freden dere ønsket dem.
7 [If they welcome you], stay in that same house [until you leave that village]. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you. A worker deserves to get pay [MET] [from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go].
Bli værende i dette hjemmet og la dem by dere på mat. Dere skal ikke nøle når noen viser dere gjestfrihet, for arbeideren er verd lønnen sin. Ikke flytt fra hus til hus.
8 Whenever you enter a town and the people [there] welcome you, eat what is provided {what [they] provide} for you.
Når dere kommer inn i en by og folket hilser dere velkommen, skal dere takke ja når de byr dere på mat.
9 Heal the people there who are sick. Tell them, ‘It is almost [time for] God to send his king to rule [MET] [your lives].’
Helbred de syke og si til folket:’Gud har kommet for å frelse menneskene og gjøre dem til sitt eget folk.’
10 But if you enter a town whose [people] do not welcome you, go into its [main] streets and say,
Dersom dere kommer til en by der de ikke vil ta imot dere, da gå ut på gatene og si:
11 ‘[Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave], we will also shake off the dust of your town that clings to our sandals, to warn you [that God will reject/punish you]. But [we want you to know that] it is almost [the time when] God will start to rule!’
’Dere har dømt dere selv. Til og med støvet fra gatene deres vil vi riste av føttene våre. En sak skal dere ha klart for dere, og det er at Gud har kommet for å gjøre menneskene til sitt eget folk.’”
12 I will tell you this: On the [MTY] [final] day when [God judges everyone], he will punish the wicked people [MTY] who long ago lived in Sodom, [the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked]. But he will punish [even] more severely the people [MTY] of any town [whose people refused to hear your message]!”
”Jeg forsikrer dere”, fortsatte Jesus,”at til og med byen Sodoma skal slippe billigere unna på dommens dag enn disse stedene som ikke vil hilse dere velkommen.
13 “There will be terrible [punishment] for [you people who live in] [MTY] Chorazin and Bethsaida [cities]. I did great miracles in your cities [to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities], the wicked people who lived there would have long ago [shown that they were sorry for their sins by] sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads.
Ja, hvor fryktelig skal det ikke bli for dem som bor i Korasin og Betsaida! For dersom de miraklene som jeg har gjort hos dere, hadde blitt gjort i Tyrus og Sidon, da hadde menneskene der angret syndene sine og vendt om til Gud for lenge siden.
14 [But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in] Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you more severely [because you did not pay attention to my message].
Jeg forsikrer dere at på dommens dag skal både Tyrus og Sidon få en mildere straff enn dere!
15 [I also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city]. (Do not [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary], [after you die, God] will send you down to the place where [sinful people] will be punished [forever]!” (Hadēs g86)
Og dere, innbyggerne i Kapernaum, tror dere at dere skal bli opphøyd til himmelen? Nei, ned til helvete skal dere bli styrtet.” (Hadēs g86)
16 [Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that] those who listen to your [message] are listening to me, and that those who reject your [message] are rejecting me. And [he will consider that] those who reject me are rejecting [God], the one who sent me.”
Så sa han til disiplene:”Den som hører på dere, han hører på meg, og den som avviser dere, han avviser meg. Men den som avviser meg, han avviser Gud, etter som Gud har sendt meg.”
17 The 72 [people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to]. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, [people did what we(exc) told them to do]! Demons also obeyed us when by your [(sg)] authority [MTY] [we commanded them to leave people]!”
Da de 72 disiplene seinere kom tilbake, kunne de med glede fortelle:”Herre, til og med de onde åndene var lydige mot oss når vi drev dem ut i ditt navn.”
18 Jesus replied, “[When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though] [MET] I saw Satan fall from heaven [as suddenly and quickly] as lightning [strikes].
”Ja”, sa han til dem,”jeg så Satan falle ned fra himmelen som en lyn!
19 Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits [MET] [they will not hurt you]. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, [Satan]. Nothing shall hurt you.
Og jeg har gitt dere makt til å trampe på slanger og skorpioner for å knuse dem, og makt over alle fiendens krefter. Ikke noe skal kunne skade dere.
20 But [although] you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice [more] that your names have been written {that [God] has written your names} in heaven, [because you will be with God forever].”
Men det viktigste er ikke at de onde åndene er lydige mot dere, man at navnene deres er skrevet opp i himmelen.”
21 At that time the Holy Spirit caused [Jesus] to be very happy. He said, “Father, you [(sg)] rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth! Some [people think that they are] wise [because] they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily] [MET] [as] little children [do]. Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
I samme øyeblikk ble Jesus fylt av glede gjennom Guds Hellige Ånd og sa:”Jeg takker deg Far, du som er Herre over himmelen og jorden, for at du skjuler sannheten for dem som tror seg å være så lærde og kloke, men viser den heller for dem som er som barn. Ja, Far i himmelen, slik har du selv ordnet den saken.”
22 [Jesus also said to the 72 disciples], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all [I need to know and the power I need for my work]. Only my Father knows who I [really] am. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know what [God] my Father is [like].”
Jesus fortsatte:”Min Far i himmelen har overlatt alt til meg. Ingen vet hvem Sønnen er, med unntak av Far i himmelen, og ingen vet hvem Far i himmelen er, med unntak av Sønnen og de menneskene som Sønnen vil vise ham for.”
23 Then when Jesus’ disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “[God] is pleased with you [SYN] who have seen [the things that I have done]!
Så vendte han seg spesielt mot sine tolv nærmeste disipler og sa:”Dere kan være lykkelige som har fått se og oppleve alt dette.
24 I want you to know that many prophets and kings [who lived long ago] desired to see the things that you are seeing [me do], but these things did not [happen] then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but these things were not [revealed to them] then.”
Jeg sier dere at mange profeter som bar fram Guds budskap, og mange konger, har ønsket å se og høre det som dere nå får være med om, men de fikk aldri oppleve det.”
25 [One day as Jesus was teaching people], a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that [God gave Moses]. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live [with God] forever?” (aiōnios g166)
En dag kom en skriftlærd for å teste Jesus ved å stille spørsmål. Han sa:”Mester, hva skal et menneske gjøre for å få evig liv?” (aiōnios g166)
26 Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] have read [RHQ] what [Moses] has written in the laws that [God gave him]. What did Moses write about living forever?”
Jesus svarte:”Hva sier Moseloven om dette? Hva lærer budene?”
27 The man replied, “[He wrote that] we [(inc)] must love the Lord our God. [We must show that] by what we feel and by what we do and by what we think. [He] also [wrote that we must love] people that we come in contact with as much as [we love] ourselves.”
Mannen svarte:”’Du skal elske Herren, din Gud, av hele ditt hjerte, av hele din sjel, av hele din kraft og av hele din forstand’, og:’Du skal elske dine medmennesker som deg selv.’”
28 Jesus replied, “You [(sg)] have answered [your question] correctly. If you do all that [continually], you will live [with God forever].”
”Det er riktig!” sa Jesus.”Gjør det så skal du få leve!”
29 But the man wanted to defend [the way] he [acted toward people that he came in contact with] (OR, to defend why he [had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply]). So he said to Jesus, “Which people that I come in contact with [should I love]?”
Men mannen, som gjerne ville vise hvor nøye han var med å følge Guds vilje, spurte Jesus:”Hvem skal egentlig bli regnet som mine medmennesker?”
30 Jesus replied [by telling him this illustration]: “A [Jewish] man was once going down along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bandits attacked him. They took away [most of] the man’s clothes [and everything else that he had], and they beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him.
Da svarte Jesus med en fortelling. Han sa:”En jøde, som var på vei fra Jerusalem til Jeriko, ble overfalt av ransmenn. De slet av han klærne, mishandlet ham og dro fra ham halvdød.
31 It happened that a [Jewish] priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, [instead of helping him], he passed by on the other side [of the road].
Tilfeldigvis kom en prest forbi. Da han så mannen ligge der, gikk han bare videre uten å hjelpe.
32 Similarly, a man who worked in the temple [in Jerusalem] came to that place and saw the man. But he also passed by on the other side [of the road].
Etter en stund kom en tempeltjener til åstedet. Han gjorde akkurat det samme som presten. Til tross for at han så mannen ligge der, gikk han bare videre uten å hjelpe.
33 Then a man from Samaria [province] came along that road to where the man was lying. [People from Samaria despise Jews. But] when he saw that man, he pitied him.
Da kom en samaritan. Han var også på reise, og da han så mannen som var mishandlet, ble han fylt av medfølelse.
34 He went over to him and put some [olive] oil and wine on his wounds [to help heal them]. He wound strips of cloth [around the wounds]. He placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn and took care of him.
Samaritanen gikk fram til den skadde, slo olje og vin over sårene og forbandt skadene. Så løftet han mannen opp på sitt esel og førte ham til en vertshus der han våket over ham hele natten.
35 The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you [(sg)] spend more than this amount [to care for him], I will pay you back when I return.’”
Neste dag, da han måtte reise videre fra vertshuset, betalte han verten et beløp som tilsvarer lønn for to dager, og sa:’Vær så snill og ta hånd om mannen, og om regningen blir større enn dette, skal jeg betale resten når jeg kommer tilbake.’”
36 Then Jesus said, “Three people [saw] the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them [acted in a loving way toward] that man?”
Jesus spurte den skriftlærde:”Hvem av disse tre mener du oppførte seg som et sant medmenneske mot mannen som var blitt mishandlet?”
37 The man who studied the Scriptures replied, “The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] go and act like that [toward] everyone whom [you can help]!”
”Den som viste medfølelse naturligvis”, svarte den skriftlærde. Da sa Jesus:”Nettopp! Gå av sted og gjør det samme, du også.”
38 As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village [near Jerusalem]. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house.
Da Jesus og disiplene fortsatte reisen sin mot Jerusalem, kom de til en by der de ble invitert hjem til en kvinne som het Marta.
39 Her [younger] sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.
Marta hadde en søster som het Maria, og hun slo seg straks ned på gulvet og lyttet til det Herren Jesus hadde å si.
40 But Martha was very much concerned about preparing [a meal]. She went to Jesus and said, “Lord, (you do not seem to care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself!/do you not care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself?) [RHQ] Tell her that she should help me!”
Marta var stresset og tenkte mest på det hun skulle servere gjestene. Derfor gikk hun fram til Jesus og sa:”Herre, er det ikke urettferdig at min søster bare setter seg ned og hører mens jeg må gjøre alt arbeidet selv? Si til henne at hun skal komme og hjelpe meg.”
41 But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you [(sg)] are very worried about many things.
Men Herren sa til henne:”Kjære Marta, du har så mange og store bekymringer for alt mulig!
42 But only one thing is truly necessary, and that is, [to listen to what I am teaching]. Mary has decided to [do that], and that is better [than worrying]. [The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me] will not be taken away from her {No one will take away from her [the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me]}.”
Men egentlig finnes det bare en sak som virkelig er viktig, og Maria har oppdaget hva dette gjelder. Den delen har jeg ikke tenkt å ta fra henne.”
