Luca 20
1 ED avvenne un di que' giorni, che, mentre egli insegnava il popolo nel tempio, ed evangelizzava, i principali sacerdoti, e gli Scribi, con gli anziani, sopraggiunsero.
One day [during that week, Jesus] was teaching the people in the Temple [courtyard] and telling them [God’s] good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, and [other Jewish] elders came to him.
2 E gli dissero: Dicci di quale autorità tu fai coteste cose; o, chi è colui che ti ha data cotesta autorità.
They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things [like you did here yesterday]?”
3 Ed egli, rispondendo, disse loro: Anch'io vi domanderò una cosa; e voi ditemela:
He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
4 Il battesimo di Giovanni era egli dal cielo, o dagli uomini?
where did John [the Baptizer] get [his authority to] baptize [those who came to him]? [Did he get it] from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?”
5 Ed essi ragionavan fra loro, dicendo: Se diciamo [che era] dal cielo, egli ci dirà: Perchè dunque non gli credeste?
They discussed this among themselves. They said, “[If we(inc) say], ‘[It was] from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘[Then] (you should have believed John’s [message]!/why did you not believe what John preached?) [RHQ]’
6 Se altresì diciamo [che era] dagli uomini, tutto il popolo ci lapiderà; perciocchè egli è persuaso che Giovanni era profeta.
But if we say, ‘It was [from] people,’ the people [here] will [kill us by] throwing stones at us, because they [all] believe that John was a prophet [from God].”
7 Risposero adunque che non sapevano onde [egli fosse].
So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
8 E Gesù disse loro: Io ancora non vi dirò di quale autorità io fo queste cose.
Then Jesus said to them, “[Because you did not answer my question], I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things [here yesterday].”
9 POI prese a dire al popolo questa parabola. Un uomo piantò una vigna, e l'allogò a certi lavoratori, e se ne andò in viaggio, e dimorò fuori lungo tempo.
Then Jesus told the people this parable [to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself]: “A [certain] man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men [to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return]. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
10 E nella stagione mandò un servitore a que' lavoratori, acciocchè gli desser del frutto della vigna; ma i lavoratori, battutolo, lo rimandarono vuoto.
When [the vines started producing] grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But [after the servant arrived], they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They [just] sent him away.
11 Ed egli di nuovo vi mandò un altro servitore; ma essi, battuto ancora lui, e vituperatolo, lo rimandarono vuoto.
[Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
12 Ed egli ne mandò ancora un terzo; ma essi, ferito ancora costui, lo cacciarono.
[Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
13 E il signor della vigna disse: Che farò? io vi manderò il mio diletto figliuolo; forse, quando lo vedranno, gli porteranno rispetto.
So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘(I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?) [RHQ]’ [Then he had an idea. He thought to himself], ‘I will send my son, [whom I] love [very much]. Perhaps they will respect him [and give him my share of the grapes].’
14 Ma i lavoratori, vedutolo, ragionaron fra loro, dicendo: Costui è l'erede; venite, uccidiamolo, acciocchè l'eredità divenga nostra.
[So he sent his son], but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him [coming], they said to each other, ‘Here [comes] the man who will [some day] inherit [the vineyard]. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’
15 E, cacciatolo fuor della vigna, l'uccisero. Che farà loro adunque il signor della vigna?
So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So (I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?) [RHQ]
16 Egli verrà, e distruggerà que' lavoratori, e darà la vigna ad altri. Ma essi, udito [ciò], dissero: Così non sia.
He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “[We would] not do anything like those wicked men did!”
17 Ed egli, riguardatili in faccia, disse: Che cosa adunque è questo ch'è scritto: La pietra che gli edificatori hanno riprovata è divenuta il capo del cantone?
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, [but think about] the meaning of these words that are written {which [a prophet] wrote} [RHQ] [in the Scriptures], The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building [MET].
18 Chiunque caderà sopra quella pietra sarà fiaccato, ed ella triterà colui sopra cui ella caderà.
[That stone represents me, the Messiah], and those who reject me are [like people who fall on this stone]. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
19 ED i principali sacerdoti, e gli Scribi, cercavano in quella stessa ora di mettergli le mani addosso, perciocchè riconobbero ch'egli avea detta quella parabola contro a loro; ma temettero il popolo.
The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable [about what those wicked men did]. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize [MTY] him, but [they did not seize him, because] they were afraid of [what] the people [there would do if they did that].
20 E, spiandolo, gli mandarono degl'insidiatori, che simulassero d'esser giusti, per soprapprenderlo in parole; per darlo in man della signoria, ed alla podestà del governatore.
So they watched him carefully. They also hired (spies/secret agents) who pretended to be sincere. [But] they really wanted to get him to say something for [which they could accuse] him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor [of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government].
21 E quelli gli fecero una domanda, dicendo: Maestro, noi sappiamo che tu parli ed insegni dirittamente, e che non hai riguardo alla qualità delle persone, ma insegni la via di Dio in verità;
[So] one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we [(exc)] know that you [(sg)] speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do.
22 ecci egli lecito di pagare il tributo a Cesare, o no?
[So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
23 Ed egli, avvedutosi della loro astuzia, disse loro: Perchè mi tentate?
But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him [to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government]. So he said to them,
24 Mostratemi un denaro; di cui porta egli la figura, e la soprascritta? Ed essi, rispondendo, dissero: Di Cesare.
“Show me a [Roman] coin. [Then tell me] whose picture is on it. And [tell me whose] name is on it.” They [showed him a coin and] said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].”
25 Ed egli disse loro: Rendete adunque a Cesare le cose di Cesare, e a Dio le cose di Dio.
He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
26 E non lo poterono soprapprendere in parole davanti al popolo; e, maravigliatisi della sua risposta, si tacquero.
While the people were there, the [spies] were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing.
27 OR alcuni de' Sadducei, i quali pretendono non esservi risurrezione, accostatisi, lo domandarono, dicendo:
Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
28 Maestro, Mosè ci ha scritto, che se il fratello d'alcuno muore avendo moglie, e muore senza figliuoli, il suo fratello prenda la moglie, e susciti progenie al suo fratello.
They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question [in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again]. One of them said [to Jesus], “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the [dead man’s] widow so that she can have a child by him. People [will consider] that the child is the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].
29 Or vi furono sette fratelli; e il primo, presa moglie, morì senza figliuoli.
Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died.
30 E il secondo prese quella moglie, e morì anch'egli senza figliuoli.
The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
31 Poi il terzo la prese; e simigliantemente tutti e sette; e morirono senza aver lasciati figliuoli.
Then the third [brother] married her, [but the same thing happened again]. All seven [brothers, one by one, married that woman], [but] they had no children, and [one by one] they died.
32 Ora, dopo tutti, morì anche la donna.
Afterwards, the woman died, too.
33 Nella risurrezione adunque, di chi di loro sarà ella moglie? poichè tutti e sette l'hanno avuta per moglie.
Therefore, [if it is true that there will be a time] when dead people will become alive again, whose wife [do you think that woman] will be [then]? ([Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because] she was married to all seven brothers!) [RHQ]”
34 E Gesù, rispondendo, disse loro: I figliuoli di questo secolo sposano, e son maritati; (aiōn g165)
Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
35 ma coloro che saranno reputati degni d'ottener quel secolo, e la risurrezion de' morti, non isposano, e non son maritati. (aiōn g165)
But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
36 Perciocchè ancora non possono più morire; poichè siano pari agli angeli; e son figliuoli di Dio, essendo figliuoli della risurrezione.
[You need to know also that] they cannot die any more, because they will be [immortal] [SIM] like angels. [The fact that God has caused] them to be alive again [will show] that they are God’s children.
37 Or che i morti risuscitino, Mosè stesso lo dichiarò presso al pruno, quando egli nomina il Signore l'Iddio d'Abrahamo, e l'Iddio d'Isacco, e l'Iddio di Giacobbe.
But [as for people] becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where [he wrote about] the [burning] bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].
38 Or egli non è Dio de' morti, anzi de' viventi; poichè tutti vivono per lui.
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(inc) know their spirits were still alive]! All [people] whose [spirits] are alive [again after they die continue to live to honor God]!”
39 Ed alcuni degli Scribi gli fecer motto, e dissero: Maestro, bene hai detto.
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
40 E non ardirono più fargli alcuna domanda.
After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
41 ED egli disse loro: Come dicono che il Cristo sia figliuolo di Davide?
Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people [are wrong who] say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David! [RHQ]
42 E pur Davide stesso, nel libro de' Salmi, dice: Il Signore ha detto al mio Signore: Siedi alla mia destra,
Because David himself wrote [about the Messiah] in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit [here beside me] on my right, [where I will highly honor you(sg)] [MTY].
43 finchè io abbia posti i tuoi nemici per iscannello de' tuoi piedi.
[Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 Davide adunque lo chiama Signore. E come è egli suo figliuolo?
King David calls [the Messiah] ‘[my] Lord’! So ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from [King] David!/how can the Messiah be [just] someone descended from [King] David?) [RHQ] [What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right]?”
45 ORA, mentre tutto il popolo stava ascoltando, egli disse a' suoi discepoli.
While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
46 Guardatevi dagli Scribi, i quali volentieri passeggiano in vesti lunghe, ed amano le salutazioni nelle piazze, e i primi seggi nelle raunanze, e i primi luoghi ne' conviti.
“Beware that [you do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around [to make people think that they are very important]. [They] also like [people to] greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces. They like [to sit in] the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
47 I quali divorano le case delle vedove, eziandio sotto specie di far lunghe orazioni; essi ne riceveranno maggior condannazione.
They swindle [MET] the houses [and property] of widows. [Then] they pretend they are good, as they pray [long] prayers [publicly. God] will [certainly] punish them very severely.”
