1 På den tiden fikk kong Herodes høre om Jesus.

At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;

2 Og han sa til sine tjenere: Dette er døperen Johannes; han har stått opp fra de døde, og derfor virker disse kreftene i ham.

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

3 For Herodes hadde tatt Johannes og kastet ham i fengsel på grunn av Herodias, sin bror Filips kone.

For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

4 Fordi Johannes hadde sagt til ham: Det er ikke rett at du har henne.

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

5 Og han ville ha latt ham henrette, men han fryktet folket, for de anså Johannes som en profet.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

6 Men da Herodes hadde bursdag, danset datteren til Herodias foran dem, og det gledet Herodes.

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.

7 Så han lovet henne med en ed å gi henne hva hun enn ønsket seg.

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

8 Og hun, etter sin mors råd, sa: Gi meg her på et fat hodet til døperen Johannes.

And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

9 Kongen ble bedrøvet, men på grunn av sine eder og sine gjester, ga han ordre om at det skulle gis henne.

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

10 Og han sendte for å få Johannes' hode hogget av i fengselet.

And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

11 Og hans hode ble brakt på et fat og gitt til piken; og hun brakte det til sin mor.

And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

12 Og disiplene hans kom, tok hans kropp og gravla den; og de gikk og fortalte Jesus hva som hadde skjedd.

And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

13 Da Jesus hørte dette, dro han bort derfra i en båt til et øde sted for seg selv; men folket fikk høre om det og fulgte ham til fots fra byene.

Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

14 Og da han gikk i land, så han en stor mengde mennesker, og han fikk medfølelse med dem og helbredet de syke blant dem.

And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.

15 Da det ble kveld, kom disiplene til ham og sa: Dette stedet er øde, og tiden er gått; send folket av sted så de kan dra til landsbyene og kjøpe mat til seg.

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

16 Men Jesus sa til dem: Det er ikke nødvendig at de går bort; gi dere dem mat.

But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

17 Og de sa til ham: Vi har her bare fem brød og to fisker.

And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

18 Og han sa: Bring dem hit til meg.

And he said, Give them to me.

19 Og han ga folket beskjed om å sette seg ned i gresset, og han tok de fem brødene og de to fiskene, så opp mot himmelen, velsignet dem, brøt dem i stykker og ga dem til disiplene, og disiplene ga dem til folket.

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

20 Og de spiste alle og ble mette; og de samlet opp tolv kurver fulle av rester.

And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

21 Og de som spiste var omkring fem tusen menn, i tillegg til kvinner og barn.

And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

22 Straks etter fikk han disiplene til å gå i båten og dra over til den andre siden mens han sendte folket bort.

And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.

23 Og etter at han hadde sendt folket bort, gikk han opp i fjellet for å be alene. Da det ble kveld, var han der alene.

And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.

24 Men båten var allerede langt ute på sjøen og i uro på grunn av bølgene, for vinden var imot dem.

But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

25 Og i den fjerde nattevakt kom han til dem, gående på sjøen.

And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

26 Og da de så ham gå på sjøen, ble de forferdet og sa: Det er et spøkelse; og de skrek av frykt.

And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

27 Men straks talte Jesus til dem og sa: Vær ved godt mot; det er meg, frykt ikke.

But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

28 Og Peter svarte ham: Herre, hvis det er deg, si at jeg kan komme til deg på vannet.

And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.

29 Og han sa: Kom. Og Peter steg ut av båten og gikk på vannet mot Jesus.

And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

30 Men da han så vinden, ble han redd og begynte å synke. Han ropte: Herre, frels meg!

But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

31 Straks rakte Jesus hånden ut, grep ham og sa til ham: Du lite troende, hvorfor tvilte du?

And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?

32 Da de steg opp i båten, stilnet vinden.

And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

33 Og de som var i båten tilba ham og sa: Sannelig, du er Guds Sønn.

And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

34 Da de kom over sjøen, la de til i Gennesaret.

And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.

35 Da mennene der på stedet fikk høre om ham, sendte de bud rundt hele området og brakte til ham alle som var syke,

And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,

36 og ba om at de bare måtte få røre ved kanten av kappen hans; og alle som gjorde det, ble helbredet.

With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.