Lukas 14
1 Og det skjedde da han kom inn i en av de øverste fariseeres hus på en sabbat for å holde måltid, og de lurte på 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 se, da var der en vattersottig mann like for ham.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 Og Jesus tok til orde og talte til de lovkyndige og fariseerne og sa: Er det tillatt å helbrede på sabbaten, eller ikke?
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 tidde. Og han tok på ham 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 Og han tok atter til orde og sa til dem: Hvem av eder har en sønn eller en okse som faller i en brønn, og drar dem ikke straks op igjen 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 Men de var ikke i stand til å svare ham på dette.
[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 Og han sa en lignelse til gjestene, da han la merke til hvorledes de valgte sig ut de øverste seter:
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 Når du blir buden av nogen til bryllups, da sett dig ikke øverst ved bordet, forat ikke en gjævere enn du skal være buden,
“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 den som innbød dig og ham, skal komme og si til dig: Gi denne mann rum! og du så med skam skal komme til å sitte nederst.
[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 Men når du er buden, da gå og sett dig nederst, forat han som innbød dig, kan si til dig når han kommer: Venn, kom hit, sett dig høiere op! Da får du ære i alle deres øine som sitter til bords med dig;
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 hver den sig selv ophøier, skal fornedres, og den sig selv fornedrer, skal ophøies.
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 Han sa også til den som hadde innbudt ham: Når du gjør gjestebud middag eller aften, da innbyd ikke dine venner eller dine brødre eller dine frender eller rike granner, forat ikke de skal be dig igjen, så du får gjengjeld!
[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 Men når du gjør gjestebud, da be fattige, vanføre, halte, blinde!
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 så er du salig; for de har ikke noget å gi dig igjen, men du skal få det igjen i de rettferdiges opstandelse.
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 Da en av dem som satt med til bords, hørte dette, sa han til ham: Salig er den som får sitte til bords 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 Da sa han til ham: Det var en mann som gjorde en stor nattverd og innbød mange;
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 og han sendte sin tjener ut ved den tid nattverden skulde holdes, for å si til de innbudne: Kom! for nu er det ferdig.
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 alle som én å undskylde sig. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt en aker og må nødvendig gå ut og se på den; jeg ber dig, ha mig undskyldt!
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 Og en annen sa: Jeg har kjøpt fem par okser og går ut for å prøve dem; jeg ber dig, ha mig undskyldt!
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 Og atter en annen sa: Jeg har tatt mig en hustru, og derfor kan jeg ikke komme.
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 Og tjeneren kom og fortalte sin herre dette. Da blev husbonden harm og sa til tjeneren: Gå i hast ut på byens gater og streder, og før herinn de fattige og vanføre og blinde og halte!
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 Og tjeneren sa: Herre! det er gjort som du bød, og der er ennu 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 Da sa herren til tjeneren: Gå ut på veiene og ved gjerdene og nød dem til å komme inn, forat mitt hus 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 For jeg sier eder at ingen av de menn som var innbudt, skal smake min nattverd.
[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 Og meget folk vandret sammen med ham. Og han vendte sig og sa til dem:
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 Om nogen kommer til mig og ikke hater sin far og mor og hustru og barn og brødre og søstre, ja endog sitt eget liv, han kan ikke være min disippel.
“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 Og den som ikke bærer sitt kors og følger efter mig, han kan ikke være min disippel.
[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 For hvem av eder som vil bygge et tårn, setter sig ikke først ned og regner efter hvad det vil koste, om han har nok til å fullføre det med,
[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 forat ikke, når han har lagt grunnen og ikke er i stand til å fullføre det, alle de som ser det, skal begynne å spotte ham og si:
[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 Denne mann begynte å bygge, og var ikke i stand til å fullføre det?
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 Eller hvilken konge som drar ut for å møte en annen konge i strid, setter sig ikke først ned og rådslår om han med ti tusen er i stand til å møte den som kommer imot ham med tyve 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 Men kan han ikke det, da skikker han sendemenn til ham, mens han ennu er langt borte, og tinger 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 Således kan da ingen av eder være min disippel uten at han opgir alt det han eier.
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 Salt er en god ting, men når også saltet mister sin kraft, hvad skal det da saltes med?
[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 Det duer hverken i jord eller i gjødsel; det blir kastet ut. Den som har ører å høre med, han høre!
[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!”
