Lukas 14
1 En hviledag var Jesus bedt hjem på mat til en fariseer som var medlem i Det jødiske rådet. De fulgte nøye med ham.
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 Det var nemlig en mann der som led av alvorlig hevelse i kroppen. Plutselig stilte mannen seg foran Jesus.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 Jesus vendte seg da til fariseerne og de skriftlærde og spurte:”Tillater Moseloven å helbrede noen på hviledagen?”
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 nektet å svare. Da rørte Jesus ved den syke mannen og helbredet ham og lot ham 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 Så sa han:”Hva gjør dere selv på hviledagen? Dersom noen av dere har et barn eller kanskje en okse som ramler i en brønn, drar dere ikke da straks opp den som falt i brønnen? Ja, selv om det skulle være på en hviledag!”
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 Dette kunne de ikke svare noe på.
[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 Da Jesus så at gjestene forsøkte å sikre seg plassene nærmest vertskapet mens de tok plass ved bordet, ga han dette rådet:
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 ”Dersom du blir invitert til bryllup, bør du ikke streve etter å få de fremste plassene. Det kan jo komme noen som er mer ansett enn 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 og da vil verten si:’Kan du være så snill og overlate plassen din til denne gjesten.’ Da må du sjenert lete opp en plass lengst nede ved festbordet.
[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 Gjør i stedet slik som dette. Velg en plass lengst nede. Når da verten kommer og ser deg, vil han kanskje si:’Min venn, det finnes en bedre plass her framme til deg!’ Da kommer du til å bli æret i alle gjestenes påsyn.
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 For den som opphøyer seg selv, vil bli ydmyket. Den som derimot ydmyker seg selv, vil bli opphøyd.”
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 Så vendte Jesus seg til fariseeren som hadde invitert ham, og sa:”Når du innbyr til fest, skal du ikke bare be vennene dine eller søsken eller slektninger eller rike naboer, for da blir din eneste belønning at de inviterer deg tilbake.
[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 Nei, invitere i stedet dem som er fattige og handikappet, lamme og blinde.
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 Etter som de ikke kan invitere deg tilbake, vil Gud lønne deg for det du gjorde, den dagen han vekker opp de døde og belønner dem som fulgte hans vilje.”
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 En mann som satt ved bordet og hørte dette, sa:”Lykkelig er den som får komme til festen i Guds nye verden.”
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 Jesus svarte med en fortelling. Han sa:”En mann ordnet en stor fest og innbød mange gjester.
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 Da tiden for festen var inne, sendte han av sted tjenerne sine til dem som var innbudt, for å si:’Alt er klart, velkommen til festen.’
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 alle kom med unnskyldninger. En sa:’Jeg har nettopp kjøpt en gård og må gå for å inspisere den. Tilgi at jeg ikke kan komme!’
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 annen sa:’Det går dessverre ikke. Jeg har nettopp kjøpt fem par okser og vil gjerne se hva de duger til.’
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 En tredje ba om unnskyldning og sa:’Jeg har nettopp giftet meg. Du forstår sikkert at jeg ikke kan komme.’
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 Da tjenerne etter en stund kom tilbake og fortalte det de hadde sagt, ble herren hans sint og ga befaling om at han straks skulle gå ut på alle gatene og smugene i hele byen og hente dem som var fattige og handikappet, blinde og lamme.
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 Tjenerne kom tilbake og sa:’Herre, vi har gjort som du ga befaling om, men fortsatt finnes det plasser igjen.’
[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 Da sa mannen til tjenerne sine:’Gå ut over alt på veiene og stiene der dere oppfordrer alle til å komme, slik at huset mitt kan bli 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 Jeg sier er at ingen av dem som jeg første gangen innbød, skal få være med på festen.’”
[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 Jesus var omgitt av et stort antall mennesker, og han vendte seg mot dem og sa:
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 ”Den som kommer til meg, må elske meg mer enn noen andre, mer enn foreldre, kone eller mann, barn og søsken, ja, til og med mer enn selve livet, ellers kan han ikke være disippelen min.
“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 ikke følger mitt eksempel og er beredt til å dø, kan ikke være disippelen min.
[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 Dere må kalkulere hva det koster. La meg forklare dette med et bilde: Om noen av dere vil bygge et tårn, vil han ikke da først sette seg ned og regne ut om han har nok penger til å fullføre bygget?
[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 Jo, selvfølgelig, ellers vil han kanskje ikke komme lenger enn til grunnmuren, og da blir han ledd ut av alle.
[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 ’Se på denne mannen’, vil folk si med et hånflir:’Han begynte å bygge, men pengene tok slutt før han var ferdig!’
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 Tenk også på dette bilde: En konge planla å dra ut i krig mot en annen konge. Setter han seg ikke først ned og overveier om hæren hans på 10 000 mann er sterk nok til å beseire den fienden som kommer imot ham med 20 000 mann?
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 Viser det seg å være umulig, sender han i stedet ut forhandlere for å be om fred, mens fiendens hær fortsatt er langt unna.
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 Ingen kan altså bli disiplene mine, dersom de ikke er beredt til å gi opp alt de eier, for min skyld.
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 Den som er beredt til å følge meg, samme hva det enn vil koste, han blir som saltet som bevarer verden fra forråtnelse. Men til hvilken nytte er salt dersom det mister sin kraft? Kan da noen få det til å bli salt igjen?
[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 Nei, det duger ikke verken til forbedring av jorden eller til å bli kastet på gjødselhaugen. Det må fjernes helt. Lytt nøye og forsøk å forstå!”
[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!”
