Luca 20
1 Într-una din zilele acelea, pe când învăța pe norod în Templu și propovăduia vestea cea bună, au venit la El preoții și cărturarii și bătrânii.
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 Ei l-au întrebat: “Spune-ne: cu ce autoritate faci aceste lucruri? Sau cine îți dă această autoritate?”
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 El le-a răspuns: “Și eu vă voi pune o întrebare. Spuneți-mi:
He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
4 Botezul lui Ioan a fost din cer sau de la oameni?”
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 Ei se gândeau între ei și ziceau: “Dacă vom zice: “Din cer”, va zice: “De ce nu l-ați crezut?”
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 Dar dacă vom zice: “De la oameni”, tot poporul ne va ucide cu pietre, pentru că sunt încredințați că Ioan a fost prooroc”.
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 Ei au răspuns că nu știau de unde este.
So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
8 Isus le-a zis: “Nici Eu nu vă voi spune cu ce putere fac aceste lucruri.”
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 Și a început să spună poporului pilda aceasta: “Un om a plantat o vie, a dat-o în arendă unor agricultori și a plecat în altă țară pentru multă vreme.
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 La vremea potrivită, a trimis un slujitor la fermieri pentru a-și lua partea lui din roadele viei. Dar fermierii l-au bătut și l-au trimis acasă cu mâna goală.
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 A mai trimis încă un servitor, dar și pe acesta l-au bătut și l-au tratat cu rușine, și l-au trimis cu mâna goală.
[Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
12 A mai trimis încă un al treilea, dar l-au rănit și pe el și l-au aruncat afară.
[Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
13 Stăpânul viei a zis: “Ce să fac? Voi trimite pe fiul meu iubit. Poate că, văzându-l, îl vor respecta'.
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 Iar țăranii, văzându-l, s-au gândit între ei și au zis: “Acesta este moștenitorul. Haideți să-l omorâm, ca moștenirea să fie a noastră.'
[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 Atunci l-au aruncat afară din vie și l-au ucis. Ce le va face, așadar, stăpânul viei?
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 El va veni și îi va nimici pe acești agricultori și va da via altora.” Când au auzit asta, au spus: “Să nu se întâmple asta niciodată!”.
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 Dar El, uitându-se la ei, a zis: “Ce este deci ceea ce este scris? “Piatra pe care au respins-o zidarii a fost făcută piatra de temelie?
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 Oricine va cădea pe piatra aceea va fi sfărâmat, dar va face praf pe oricine va cădea pe el.”
[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 Preoții cei mai de seamă și cărturarii au căutat să pună mâna pe El chiar în ceasul acela, dar se temeau de popor, căci știau că El spusese pilda aceasta împotriva lor.
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 L-au urmărit și au trimis spioni, care se prefăceau că sunt drepți, ca să-l prindă în capcană cu ceva din ceea ce ar fi spus, ca să-l predea puterii și autorității guvernatorului.
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 Ei l-au întrebat: “Învățătorule, știm că tu spui și înveți ceea ce este drept și nu ești părtinitor față de nimeni, ci înveți cu adevărat calea lui Dumnezeu.
[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 Ne este permis să plătim sau nu impozite Cezarului?”
[So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
23 Dar El, înțelegând viclenia lor, le-a zis: “Pentru ce Mă puneți la încercare?
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 Arătați-mi un denar. A cui sunt chipul și inscripția de pe el?” Ei au răspuns: “A lui Cezar”.
“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 Și le-a zis: “Dați Cezarului ce este al Cezarului și lui Dumnezeu ce este al lui Dumnezeu.”
He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
26 N-au putut să-l prindă în cuvintele lui în fața poporului. Ei s-au mirat de răspunsul lui și au tăcut.
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 Unii dintre saduchei au venit la el, cei care neagă că există o înviere.
Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
28 L-au întrebat: “Învățătorule, Moise ne-a scris că, dacă fratele unui om moare având o soție, iar acesta nu are copii, fratele său trebuie să ia soția și să crească copii pentru fratele său.
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 Așadar, erau șapte frați. Primul și-a luat o soție și a murit fără copii.
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 Al doilea a luat-o de soție, și a murit fără copii.
The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
31 Cel de-al treilea a luat-o și, la fel, toți cei șapte nu au lăsat copii și au murit.
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 După aceea a murit și femeia.
Afterwards, the woman died, too.
33 Prin urmare, la înviere, a cui soție dintre ei va fi ea? Căci cei șapte au avut-o ca soție.”
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 Dar cei care sunt considerați vrednici să ajungă la vârsta aceea și la învierea din morți nu se căsătoresc și nici nu sunt dați în căsătorie. (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 Căci ei nu mai pot muri, pentru că sunt asemenea îngerilor și sunt copii ai lui Dumnezeu, fiind copii ai învierii.
[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 Dar că morții înviază, chiar Moise a arătat-o la tufiș, când L-a numit pe Domnul “Dumnezeul lui Avraam, Dumnezeul lui Isaac și Dumnezeul lui Iacov”.
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, El nu este Dumnezeul morților, ci al celor vii, căci pentru El toți sunt vii.”
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 Unii din cărturari au răspuns: “Învățătorule, bine vorbești.”
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
40 Nu au îndrăznit să-i mai pună întrebări.
After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
41 El le-a zis: “Pentru ce zic că Hristosul este fiul lui David?
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 Însuși David spune în cartea Psalmilor “Domnul a spus Domnului meu, “Stai la dreapta mea,
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 până ce voi face din vrăjmașii tăi scăunelul picioarelor tale.”
[Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 “David îl numește deci Domn, și cum este el fiul său?”
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 În auzul întregului norod, a zis ucenicilor Săi:
While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
46 “Feriți-vă de cărturarii aceia cărora le place să umble în haine lungi, și care iubesc să fie salutați în piețe, să aibă cele mai bune locuri în sinagogi și cele mai bune locuri la ospețe;
“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 care mănâncă casele văduvelor și care, pentru a se preface, fac rugăciuni lungi. Aceștia vor primi o condamnare mai mare”.
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.”
