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1 Gdy Jezus ponownie znalazł się w świątyni i nauczał lud oraz głosił dobrą nowinę, najwyżsi kapłani, przywódcy religijni i starsi
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 zapytali Go: —Jakim prawem wyrzuciłeś ze świątyni sprzedawców? Kto dał ci taką władzę?
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 —Ja też zadam wam pytanie—odparł.
He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
4 —Czy chrzest, do którego wzywał Jan Chrzciciel, pochodził od Boga, czy był tylko ludzkim wymysłem?
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 Wtedy zaczęli się naradzać nad odpowiedzią: —Jeśli powiemy, że pochodził od Boga, to zapyta nas: „Czemu go nie przyjęliście?”.
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 A jeśli powiemy, że był ludzkim wymysłem, to tłumy obrzucą nas kamieniami, bo wszyscy wierzą, że Jan był prorokiem.
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 —Nie potrafimy na to odpowiedzieć—rzekli w końcu.
So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
8 —Wobec tego i Ja nie odpowiem na wasze pytanie—odparł Jezus.
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 Następnie, zwracając się do wszystkich, opowiedział przypowieść: —Pewien człowiek założył winnicę, po czym wynajął ją rolnikom, sam zaś wyjechał na długi czas.
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 Gdy nastała pora zbiorów, wysłał jednego ze swoich ludzi, aby odebrał należną mu część plonów. Lecz rolnicy pobili posłańca i odesłali go z pustymi rękami.
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 Właściciel wysłał więc innego pełnomocnika, lecz z nim postąpili podobnie—pobili go, znieważyli i odesłali z niczym.
[Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
12 Potem posłał jeszcze trzeciego, ale jego także zranili i wyrzucili.
[Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
13 „Co robić?”—zastanawiał się właściciel. „Już wiem! Wyślę mojego ukochanego syna. Przynajmniej jemu chyba okażą szacunek”.
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 Lecz rolnicy, widząc nadchodzącego syna, powiedzieli sobie: „To ten, który ma przejąć winnicę. Zabijmy go, a winnica będzie nasza!”.
[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 Napadli go więc, wywlekli poza winnicę i zabili. Co zrobi właściciel gdy się o tym dowie?—kontynuował Jezus.
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 —Przyjdzie i ukarze wszystkich śmiercią, a winnicę da innym! —Oby nie!—zawołali słuchacze.
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 Wówczas Jezus spojrzał na nich uważnie i rzekł: —A co znaczą te słowa Pisma: „Kamień odrzucony przez budujących stał się kamieniem węgielnym, najważniejszym w całym budynku!”
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 I dodał: —Każdy, kto upadnie na ten kamień, roztrzaska się o niego, a jeśli on na kogoś spadnie, zetrze go na proch.
[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 Przywódcy religijni i najwyżsi kapłani zrozumieli, że to ich Jezus miał na myśli, opowiadając przypowieść o złych rolnikach. Dlatego chcieli Go natychmiast aresztować, ale obawiali się reakcji tłumu.
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 Postanowili więc sprowokować Go do jakiejś niefortunnej wypowiedzi. Potrzebny był im bowiem pretekst do oskarżenia Go przed rzymskim gubernatorem i aresztowania Go. Wysłali więc szpiegów, udających pobożnych ludzi,
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 którzy zadali Mu takie pytanie: —Nauczycielu! Wiemy, że nauczasz prawdy. Nie dostosowujesz się też do opinii ludzi ani do ich oczekiwań, lecz uczciwie nauczasz prawd Bożych.
[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 Powiedz nam więc, czy słusznie płacimy podatki Rzymowi, czy nie?
[So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
23 Jezus, zdając sobie sprawę z ich podstępu, powiedział:
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 —Pokażcie mi najpierw monetę. Czyją podobiznę i tytuł na niej widzicie? —Cezara—odpowiedzieli.
“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 —Oddajcie więc cezarowi to, co jego, a Bogu—co należy do Boga!
He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
26 Nie udało im się więc na oczach ludzi sprowokować Go do jakiejś niefortunnej wypowiedzi na temat podatków. A zaskoczeni Jego odpowiedzią, zamilkli.
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 Wtedy przyszli do Jezusa saduceusze—przedstawiciele ugrupowania nauczającego, że nie będzie zmartwychwstania:
Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
28 —Nauczycielu!—zwrócili się do Jezusa. —Prawo Mojżesza naucza: „Jeśli umrze mężczyzna, nie pozostawiając potomstwa, jego brat powinien ożenić się z wdową po zmarłym i mieć z nią potomstwo”.
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 Otóż żyło kiedyś siedmiu braci. Najstarszy z nich ożenił się, ale wkrótce zmarł, nie pozostawiając dzieci.
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 Wówczas z wdową ożenił się drugi,
The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
31 potem trzeci brat, potem następny i kolejny—aż do siódmego—lecz wszyscy zmarli bezdzietnie.
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 W końcu umarła także ta kobieta.
Afterwards, the woman died, too.
33 Jeśli rzeczywiście umarli zmartwychwstaną, to czyją będzie wtedy żoną, skoro wszyscy bracia się z nią ożenili?
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]”
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 —Natomiast ci, którzy okażą się godnymi nieba i zmartwychwstania, nie będą zawierać małżeństw. (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 Pod tym względem będą podobni do aniołów: nie umrą po raz drugi i będą synami Boga, zmartwychwstałymi do nowego życia.
[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 A to, że umarli zmartwychwstają, udowodnił już Mojżesz. Opisując swoje spotkanie z Bogiem przy płonącym krzaku, nazywa Go „Bogiem Abrahama, Bogiem Izaaka i Bogiem Jakuba”.
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 Bóg nie jest przecież Bogiem tych, którzy już nie istnieją! Dla Niego wszyscy żyją.
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 —Nauczycielu! Dobrze odpowiedziałeś!—przyznali stojący tam przywódcy religijni.
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
40 I już nikt nie miał odwagi zadawać Mu więcej pytań.
After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
41 Wtedy Jezus zapytał ich: —Dlaczego niektórzy twierdzą, że Mesjasz ma pochodzić z rodu króla Dawida?
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 Przecież sam Dawid napisał o Nim w Księdze Psalmów: „Bóg rzekł do mojego Pana: Zasiądź po mojej prawej stronie,
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 dopóki nie rzucę Ci pod nogi Twoich nieprzyjaciół”.
[Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 Skoro Dawid nazwał Go Panem, to jak Mesjasz może być jego potomkiem?
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 Tłum ludzi słuchał tych nauk z wielkim zainteresowaniem. Wtedy Jezus zwrócił się do uczniów:
While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
46 —Strzeżcie się przywódców religijnych! Oni lubią nosić wytworne szaty, oczekują wyrazów szacunku ze strony innych ludzi oraz najlepszych miejsc w synagogach i na przyjęciach.
“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 Bezwstydnie okradają biedne wdowy! Udają przy tym pobożnych i wygłaszają długie modlitwy, aby ukryć, kim są naprawdę. Tym większa spotka ich kara!
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.”
