Matteus 7
1 "Dömen icke, på det att I icke mån bliva dömda;
“Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
2 ty med den dom varmed I dömen skolen I bliva dömda, och med det mått som I mäten med skall ock mätas åt eder.
If you condemn [other people], [God] will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {[God] will condemn you}.
3 Huru kommer det till, att du ser grandet i din broders öga, men icke bliver varse bjälken i ditt eget öga?
(None of you should be concerned [about someone else’s small faults] [MET]!/Why should any of you be concerned [about someone else’s small faults]?) [MET, RHQ] [That would be like noticing] a speck in that person’s eye. But you should [be concerned about your own big faults. They are like] [MET] planks in your own eye, which you do not notice.
4 Eller huru kan du säga till din broder: 'Låt mig taga ut grandet ur ditt öga', du som har en bjälke i ditt eget öga?
(You should not say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’) [RHQ] [You should not say that] if a plank is still in your own eye [MET].
5 Du skrymtare, tag först ut bjälken ur ditt eget öga; därefter må du se till, att du kan taga ut grandet ur din broders öga.
You hypocrite, [stop committing your own sins! That will be like] removing the plank from your own eye [MET]. Then, as a result, you will be able to perceive things spiritually so that you can help other people get rid of the [faults] [MET] [that are like] specks in their eyes.”
6 Given icke åt hundarna vad heligt är, och kasten icke edra pärlor för svinen, på det att dessa icke må trampa dem under fötterna och sedan vända sig om och sarga eder.
“You do not give holy things to dogs [that would ignore those things] and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, [because they would just ignore them] and trample them. [Similarly], do not give [precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you].”
7 Bedjen, och eder skall varda givet; söken, och I skolen finna; klappen, och för eder skall varda upplåtet.
“Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you. Confidently keep [expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like] [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] [MET] knocking [on a door in order to enter a room]. And the way will be opened {[God] will open the way} for you [to get what you pray for].
8 Ty var och en som beder, han får; och den som söker, han finner; och för den som klappar skall varda upplåtet.
Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep persistently praying for].
9 Eller vilken är den man bland eder, som räcker sin son en sten, när han beder honom om bröd,
(No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?) [RHQ]
10 eller som räcker honom en orm, när han beder om fisk?
Likewise, (no man would give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish./would anyone give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish?) [RHQ]
11 Om nu I, som ären onda, förstån att giva edra barn goda gåvor, huru mycket mer skall icke då eder Fader, som är i himmelen, giva vad gott är åt dem som bedja honom!
You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So [God], your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.”
12 Därför, allt vad I viljen att människorna skola göra eder, det skolen I ock göra dem; ty detta är lagen och profeterna.
“So in whatever way you want others to act toward you [(pl)], that is the way you [(pl)] should act toward them, because that [sums up what Moses wrote in] the laws [that God gave him] and [also what] the prophets [wrote long ago].”
13 Gån in genom den trånga porten. Ty vid och bred är den väg som leder till fördärvet, och många äro de som gå fram på den;
“[Going to] where people live eternally [with God in heaven] is difficult. [It is like] going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. [The way] that most [people take] is easy, [but it results in their being punished] {[God punishing them]} [in hell. That way is like a] wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where [they] will be destroyed {[God] will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I [am telling you to leave the wide road and] enter the narrow gate [to heaven].” (questioned)
14 och den port är trång och den väg är smal, som leder till livet, och få äro de som finna den.
15 Tagen eder till vara för falska profeter, som komma till eder i fårakläder, men invärtes äro glupande ulvar.
“Beware of people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you [what God has said]. [They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like] wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins [to make people believe that they are sheep] [MET], but they actually are wolves that attack people [MET].
16 Av deras frukt skolen I känna dem. Icke hämtar man väl vindruvor från törnen, eller fikon från tistlar?
[So how will you know that they are false?] Well, by seeing what plants produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are [MET]. [For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes], so (no one can pick grapes from thornbushes./can anyone pick grapes from thornbushes?) [RHQ] And [thistles cannot produce figs], so (no one can pick figs from thistles./can anyone pick figs from thistles?) [RHQ]
17 Så bär vart och ett gott träd god frukt, men ett dåligt träd bär ond frukt.
[Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
18 Ett gott träd kan icke bära ond frukt, ej heller kan ett dåligt träd bära god frukt.
No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
19 Vart träd som icke bär god frukt bliver avhugget och kastat i elden.
[And] all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} [to get rid of them]. [Similarly], those who falsely claim to be prophets [will be thrown] {[God will throw false prophets]} [into the fires of hell]. (questioned)
20 Alltså skolen I känna dem av deras frukt. --
By seeing [what plants] produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are. [Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do], [you will know if they are false prophets].”
21 Icke kommer var och en in i himmelriket, som säger till mig: 'Herre, Herre', utan den som gör min himmelske Faders vilja.
“[Even though many] people [habitually] call me ‘Lord’, [pretending that they have my authority], some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, [because they do not do what he desires]. [Only] those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires [will go there].
22 Många skola på 'den dagen' säga till mig: 'Herre, Herre, hava vi icke profeterat i ditt namn och genom ditt namn drivit ut onda andar och genom ditt namn gjort många kraftgärningar?'
On the day [MTY] [that God judges everyone], many [people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven], will say to me, ‘Lord, we(exc) spoke God’s message as your representatives [MTY, RHQ]! As your representatives we(exc) expelled demons from [people] [RHQ]! And as your representatives, many times we(exc) performed miracles [RHQ]!’
23 Men då skall jag betyga för dem: 'Jag har aldrig känt eder; gån bort ifrån mig, I ogärningsmän.'
Then I will declare to them, ‘I have never said that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!’”
24 Därför, var och en som hör dessa mina ord och gör efter dem, han må liknas vid en förståndig man som byggde sitt hus på hälleberget.
“So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
25 Och slagregn föll, och vattenströmmarna kommo, och vindarna blåste och kastade sig mot det huset; och likväl föll det icke omkull, eftersom det var grundat på hälleberget.
[Even though] the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation.
26 Men var och en som hör dessa mina ord och icke gör efter dem, han må liknas vid en oförståndig man som byggde sitt hus på sanden.
On the other hand, anyone who hears what I say but does not obey what I say will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 Och slagregn föll, och vattenströmmarna kommo, och vindarna blåste och slogo mot det huset; och det föll omkull, och dess fall var stort."
When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, [because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you].”
28 När Jesus hade slutat detta tal, häpnade folket över hans förkunnelse;
When Jesus finished saying all those things, the [who had been listening to him were] amazed at the [new] teaching that he had taught them.
29 ty han förkunnade sin lära för dem med makt och myndighet, och icke såsom deras skriftlärde.
The reason they were amazed was that he was teaching as a person does who has authority. He was not teaching like the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, [who just repeated what other people had taught them].
