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1 Och en dag, då han undervisade folket i helgedomen och förkunnade evangelium, trädde översteprästerna och de skriftlärde, tillika med de äldste, fram
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 och talade till honom och sade: »Säg oss, med vad myndighet gör du detta? Och vem är det som har rivit dig sådan myndighet?»
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 Han svarade och sade till dem: »Också jag vill ställa en fråga till eder; svaren mig på den.
He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
4 Johannes' döpelse, var den från himmelen eller från människor?»
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 Då överlade de med varandra och sade: »Om vi svara: 'Från himmelen' så frågar han: 'Varför trodden I honom då icke?'
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 Men om vi svara: 'Från människor', då kommer allt folket att stena oss, ty de äro förvissade om att Johannes var en profet.»
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 De svarade alltså att de icke visste varifrån den var.
So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
8 Då sade Jesus till dem: »Så säger icke heller jag eder med vad myndighet jag gör detta.»
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 Och han framställde för folket denna liknelse: »En man planterade en vingård och lejde ut den åt vingårdsmän och för utrikes för lång tid.
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 När sedan rätta tiden var inne, sände han en tjänare till vingårdsmännen, för att de åt denne skulle lämna någon del av vingårdens frukt. Men vingårdsmännen misshandlade honom och läto honom gå tomhänt bort.
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 Ytterligare sände han en annan tjänare. Också honom misshandlade och skymfade de och läto honom gå tomhänt bort.
[Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
12 Ytterligare sände han en tredje. Men också denne slogo de blodig och drevo bort honom.
[Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
13 Då sade vingårdens herre: 'Vad skall jag göra? Jo, jag vill sända min älskade son; för honom skola de väl ändå hava försyn.'
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 Men när vingårdsmannen fingo se honom, överlade de med varandra och sade: 'Denne är arvingen; låt oss dräpa honom, för att arvet må bliva vårt.'
[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 Och de förde honom ut ur vingården och dräpte honom. »Vad skall nu vingårdens herre göra med dem?
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 Jo, han skall komma och förgöra de vingårdsmännen och lämna vingården åt andra.» När de hörde detta, sade de: »Bort det!»
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 Då såg han på dem och sade: »Vad betyder då detta skriftens ord: 'Den sten som byggningsmännen förkastade, den har blivit en hörnsten'?
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 Var och en som faller på den stenen, han skall bliva krossad; men den som stenen faller på, honom skall den söndersmula.»
[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 Och de skriftlärde och översteprästerna hade gärna velat i samma stund gripa honom, men de fruktade för folket. Ty de förstodo att det var om dem som han hade talat i denna liknelse.
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 Och de vaktade på honom och sände ut några som försåtligen skulle låtsa sig vara rättsinniga män, för att dessa skulle fånga honom genom något hans ord, så att de skulle kunna överlämna honom åt överheten, i landshövdingens våld.
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 Dessa frågade honom och sade: »Mästare, vi veta att du talar och undervisar rätt och icke har anseende till personen, utan lär om Guds väg vad sant är.
[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.
[So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
23 Är det lovligt för oss att giva kejsaren skatt, eller är det icke lovligt?» Men han märkte deras illfundighet och sade till dem:
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 »Låten mig se en penning. Vems bild och överskrift bär den?» De svarade: »Kejsarens.»
“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 Då sade han till dem: »Given alltså kejsaren vad kejsaren tillhör, och Gud vad Gud tillhör.»
He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
26 Och de förmådde icke fånga honom genom något hans ord inför folket, utan förundrade sig över hans svar och tego.
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 Därefter trädde några sadducéer fram och ville påstå att det icke gives någon uppståndelse. Dessa frågade honom
Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
28 och sade: »Mästare, Moses har givit oss den föreskriften, att om någon har en broder som är gift, men dör barnlös, så skall han taga sin broders hustru till akta och skaffa avkomma åt sin broder.
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 Nu voro här sju bröder. Den förste tog sig en hustru, men dog barnlös.
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 Då tog den andre i ordningen henne
The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
31 och därefter den tredje; sammalunda alla sju. Men de dogo alla, utan att någon av dem lämnade barn efter sig.
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 Slutligen dog ock hustrun.
Afterwards, the woman died, too.
33 Vilken av dem skall då vid uppståndelsen få kvinnan till hustru? De hade ju alla sju tagit henne till hustru.»
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]”
34 Jesus svarade dem: »Med den nuvarande tidsålderns barn är det så, att män taga sig hustrur, och hustrur givas åt män; (aiōn g165)
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 men de som bliva aktade värdiga att få del i den nya tidsåldern och i uppståndelsen från de döda, med dem är det så, att varken män tag sig hustrur, eller hustrur givas män. (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 De kunna ju ej heller mer dö ty de äro lika änglarna och äro, Guds söner, eftersom de hava blivit delaktiga av uppståndelsen.
[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 Men att de döda uppstå, det har ock Moses, på det ställe där det talas om törnbusken, givit till känna, när han kallar Herren 'Abrahams Gud och Isaks Gud och Jakobs Gud';
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 Och han är en Gud icke för döda, utan för levande, ty för honom leva alla.»
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 Då svarade några av de skriftlärde och sade: »Mästare, du har talat rätt.»
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
40 De dristade sig nämligen icke att vidare ställa någon fråga på honom.
After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
41 Men han sade till dem: »Huru kan man säga att Messias är Davids son?
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 David själv säger ju i Psalmernas bok: Herren sade till min herre: Sätt dig på min högra sida,
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 till dess jag har lagt dina fiender dig till en fotapall.'
[Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 David kallar honom alltså 'herre'; huru kan han då vara hans son?»
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 Och han sade till sina lärjungar, så att allt folket hörde det:
While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
46 »Tagen eder till vara för de skriftlärde, som gärna gå omkring i fotsida kläder och gärna vilja bliva hälsade på torgen och gärna sitta främst i synagogorna och på de främsta platserna vid gästabuden --
“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 detta under det att de utsuga änkors hus, medan de för syns skull hålla långa baner. Del skola få en dess hårdare dom.»
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.”
