Markus 8
1 Ein gong ved det leitet var det atter mykje folk samla, og dei hadde ingen ting å eta. Då kalla Jesus læresveinarne til seg og sagde:
During those days, a large crowd of people gathered again. [After they had been there a couple days], they had no food to eat. So Jesus summoned the disciples [to come closer] and then he said to them,
2 «Eg ynkast yver folket! No hev dei alt vore hjå meg i tri dagar, og hev ingen ting å eta.
“This is the third day that these people have been with me, and they have nothing [left] to eat, so now I feel very sorry for them.
3 Let eg deim fara fastande heim att, so kjem dei til å ormegtast på vegen; og sume av dei hev kome lange vegar.»
Furthermore, if I send them home [while they are still] hungry, [some of] them will faint on the way home, because some of them have come from far away.”
4 «Kvar kann ein få brød frå til å metta alle desse, her i øydemarki?» svara læresveinarne.
[Knowing that he was suggesting that they give the people something to eat, one of] his disciples replied, “(We cannot possibly find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live!/How can we find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live?)” [RHQ]
5 «Kor mykje brød hev de?» spurde Jesus. «Sju leivar, » sagde dei.
Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “[We have] seven [flat loaves].”
6 Då let han folket setja seg ned på marki, og han tok dei sju leivarne og takka og braut dei sund og gav deim til læresveinarne, so dei skulde setja deim fram; og dei sette deim fram for folket.
Jesus commanded the crowd, “Sit down on the ground!” [After they sat down], he took the seven loaves, he thanked [God for them], he broke them [into pieces] and started giving them to his disciples in order that they might distribute them [to the people].
7 Og dei hadde nokre få små fiskar; deim velsigna han og, og sagde at dei skulde setja deim fram.
[They found that] they [also] had a few small [dried] fish. So after he thanked God for these, he told the disciples, “Distribute these also.” [After they distributed the bread and fish to the crowd],
8 Då dei hadde ete og var mette, samla dei upp dei stykki som låg att; det vart sju korger.
the people ate this food and they had plenty [to] satisfy [them]. [The disciples] collected the pieces of food that were left over. [They filled] seven large baskets full of those pieces.
9 Og der var um lag fire tusund mann. So bad han farvel med deim.
[They estimated that] there were about 4,000 people [who ate on that day].
10 Straks etter gjekk han i båten med læresveinarne sine og for til Dalmanuta-bygdi.
Then Jesus dismissed the crowd. Immediately after that, he got into the boat along with his disciples, and they went [around Lake Galilee] to Dalmanutha district.
11 Dit kom farisæarane og, og dei tok til å ordkastast med honom, og kravde eit teikn frå himmelen av honom; for dei vilde freista honom.
[In those days some] Pharisees came to Jesus. They asked him [to perform] a miracle [that would show that] God [had sent him]. They wanted to [find a way by which they could] convince the people to reject him. [So] they started to argue with him.
12 Då sukka han av hjartans grunn og sagde: «Kvi krev denne ætti eit teikn? Det segjer eg dykk for sant: Aldri skal denne ætti få noko teikn!»
Jesus sighed quietly to himself, and then he said, “I am disgusted that [RHQ], [even though] you people have seen how I [have healed people], you keep asking me to perform miracles! Note this: Such a miracle will certainly not be shown {I will certainly not show such a miracle} [just] for you people!”
13 Dermed gjekk han ifrå deim og steig ut i båten att, og for yver sjøen.
Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along [with his disciples], and they went further around [Lake Galilee].
14 Dei hadde gløymt å taka brød med seg; ein leiv var alt dei hadde med seg i båten.
The disciples had forgotten to bring along [enough] food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat.
15 So vara han deim åt og sagde: «Sjå dykk fyre, og agta dykk for surdeigen åt farisæarane og surdeigen åt Herodes!»
[As they were going], Jesus warned them against [the attitudes the Pharisees and Herod Antipas had, attitudes that were having a bad effect on other people. He did this by telling them a parable]. He said, “Be careful! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”
16 Då tala dei med kvarandre um at dei hadde’kje brød.
[The disciples misunderstood him]. So they said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we have no bread.”
17 Jesus gådde det og sagde til deim: «Kvi talar de um at de ikkje hev brød? Ser og skynar de endå ingen ting? Er de so tungnæme?
Jesus knew [what they were discussing among themselves]. So he said to them, “([I am disappointed that you are] discussing about your not having enough bread!/Why are you discussing about your not having enough bread?) [RHQ] (You should understand by now [that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food!/Why do you not yet perceive or understand that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food]?) [RHQ] (You are not thinking!/Why are you not thinking?) [RHQ]
18 De hev augo, og ser ikkje! De hev øyro og høyrer ikkje! Kjem de då ikkje i hug
(I am also disappointed that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see!/Why is it that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see?) [RHQ] You have ears, but you do not understand [what I say] [RHQ]!” [Then he asked], “Do you not remember [what happened]
19 den gongen eg bytte sund dei fem brødleivarne åt dei fem tusund - kor mange korger fulle av brødstykke sanka de i hop?» «Tolv, » svara dei.
when I broke [only] five loaves [and fed] the 5.000 people [RHQ]? [Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over] How many baskets full of pieces of bread [that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “We collected twelve baskets full.”
20 «Og då eg bytte ut dei sju leivarne åt dei fire tusund, kor mange fulle brødkorger samla de då upp?» - «Sju, » svara dei.
Then he asked, “When I broke the seven loaves in order to [feed] the 4,000 people, [again when everyone had plenty to eat], how many large baskets [of pieces of bread that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “[We collected] seven [large baskets full].”
21 Skynar de endå ingen ting? sagde han då.
Then he kept saying to them, “([I am disappointed that] you do not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]!/Why do you not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]?)” [RHQ]
22 So kom dei til Betsaida. Der leidde dei ein blind mann fram til honom, og bad at han vilde leggja henderne på honom.
They arrived [in the boat] at Bethsaida [town]. People brought to Jesus a blind man and earnestly requested that Jesus touch him [in order to heal him].
23 Då tok han den blinde i handi, og leidde honom ut or grendi. So vætte han augo hans med råke av munnen sin, og lagde henderne på honom og spurde: «Ser du noko?»
Jesus took the hand of the blind man, led him outside the town, he put his saliva on the man’s eyes, he put his hands on the man, and then he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 Mannen såg upp og sagde: «Eg augnar folk som gjeng ikring; dei ser ut for meg som trestuvar.»
The man looked up and then he said, “[Yes], I see people! They are walking around, but I cannot see them [clearly]. They look like trees!”
25 So lagde Jesus endå ein gong henderne på augo hans. Då braut syni hans fram; han vart god att og kunde skilja allting klårt.
Then Jesus again touched the eyes of the blind man. The man looked intently and at that moment he was completely healed! He could see everything clearly.
26 Jesus sende honom heim att og sagde: «Gakk ikkje inn i grendi, og seg det ikkje til nokon i grendi!»
Jesus said to him, “Do not go into the town! [First go straight home and tell the people there about what I did]!” Then he sent the man to his home.
27 Sidan for Jesus og læresveinarne hans burt til grenderne kring Cæsarea Filippi. Og på vegen spurde han deim: «Kven segjer folk at eg er?»
Jesus and the disciples [left Bethsaida town and went to the villages near Caesarea Philippi town]. On the way he questioned them, “Who do people say that I [really] am?”
28 «Johannes døyparen, » svara dei; og sume segjer: «Elia», andre: «Ein av profetarne.»
They replied, “[Some people say] that you are John the Baptizer, [who has come back to life again]. Others say [that you are the prophet] Elijah [who has returned from heaven as God promised]. And others say that you are one of the [other former] prophets [who has come back to life again].”
29 «Kven segjer då de at eg er?» spurde han. Då tok Peter til ords og sagde: «Du er Messias!»
He asked them, “What about you? Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to him, “[We believe that] you are the Messiah!”
30 Men det forbaud han deim strengt å segja med nokon.
Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone [yet that he was the Messiah].
31 So tok han til å læra deim at Menneskjesonen laut lida mykje, og at styresmennerne og dei øvsteprestarne og dei skriftlærde skulde skjota honom ifrå seg, og at han laut lata livet, men tri dagar etter skulde han standa upp att.
Then Jesus began to teach them, “[Even though] I am the one who came from heaven, it is necessary that I suffer very much. It is also necessary that I be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws {that the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws reject me}, and that I be killed {they kill me}. But on the third day [after I am killed I] will become alive again.”
32 Og det sagde han med reine ord. Då tok Peter honom til sides og tok til å telja for honom.
He said this to them clearly. But Peter took Jesus aside and then, [because he assumed that the Messiah would never die], he started to rebuke Jesus [for talking about dying].
33 Men han snudde seg, og då han såg læresveinarne sine, tala han strengt til Peter og sagde: «Burt frå augo mine, Satan! Du hev ingen tanke for det som er Guds vilje, men berre for det som er menneskjevilje.»
Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples. Then he rebuked Peter, saying, “Stop thinking like that! Satan [is causing you to talk like that! Instead] of wanting what God wants [me to do, you are wanting] me to do [only] what [most] people [would want me to do].”
34 So kalla han folket til seg saman med læresveinarne sine og sagde: «Vil nokon vera i lag med meg, so lyt han gløyma seg sjølv, og taka krossen sin upp og fylgja etter meg.
Then he summoned the crowd along with his disciples [so that they might listen to him]. He told them, “If any one [of you] wants to be my disciple, you must not do [only] what you yourself want to do. Specifically, you must [be willing to allow people to hurt you and to disgrace you. That is what they do to criminals] who are forced to carry crosses [MET] [to the places where they will be crucified]. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do.
35 For den som vil berga livet sitt, skal missa det; men den som misser livet for mi og evangeliet skuld, han skal berga det.
[You must do that], because those who try to save their lives [by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me] will not live [eternally], but those who are killed because of being my [disciples] and [because of telling others my] good message will live [forever with me].
36 Kva gagnar det eit menneskje å vinna heile verdi, men tapa sjæli si?
People might get everything [they want] in this world, but (they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples!]/what will they gain if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples]?) [RHQ]
37 For kva kann menneskjet gjeva i byte for sjæli si?
([Think carefully about the fact that] there is absolutely nothing that people can give [to God] that would enable them to gain eternal life!/Is there anything that a person can give [to God] in order to gain eternal life?) [RHQ]
38 For den som skjemmest ved meg og ordi mine i denne utrue og synduge ætti, honom skal og Menneskjesonen skjemmast ved når han kjem i herlegdomen åt Far sin med dei heilage englarne.
And think about this: Those who refuse [to say that they belong to] me and who reject what I say in these days when many people have turned away [from God] and are very sinful, I, the one who came from heaven, will also refuse [to say that they belong to me] when I come back with the holy angels and have the glorious brightness that my Father has!”
