1 Da de nærmet seg Jerusalem og kom til Betfage ved Oljeberget, sendte Jesus to disipler,

And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

2 og sa til dem: Gå inn i landsbyen foran dere, så vil dere straks finne et esel bundet, og en fole ved siden av. Løs dem og før dem til meg.

Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

3 Og hvis noen sier noe til dere, skal dere si: Herren har bruk for dem, og straks vil han sende dem.

And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The Lord has need of them; and straight away he will send them.

4 Dette skjedde for at det skulle bli oppfylt som profeten hadde sagt:

Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

5 Si til datteren av Sion: Se, din konge kommer til deg, ydmyk, ridende på et esel, en fole, en esels unge.

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

6 Disiplene gikk og gjorde som Jesus hadde befalt dem.

And the disciples went and did as Jesus had given them orders,

7 De hentet eselet og folen, og la klærne sine på dem, og han satte seg på dem.

And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it.

8 En stor folkemengde bredte kappene sine ut på veien, mens andre skar grener fra trærne og strødde dem på veien.

And all the people put their clothing down in the way; and others got branches from the trees, and put them down in the way.

9 Og folket som gikk foran og de som fulgte etter, ropte høyt: Hosianna, Davids sønn! Velsignet er han som kommer i Herrens navn! Hosianna i det høyeste!

And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

10 Da han kom inn i Jerusalem, ble hele byen satt i bevegelse og sa: Hvem er dette?

And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

11 Folket svarte: Dette er profeten Jesus fra Nasaret i Galilea.

And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

12 Jesus gikk inn i tempelet og drev ut alle som solgte og kjøpte der. Han veltet pengevekslernes bord og duehandlernes benker.

And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.

13 Og han sa til dem: Det står skrevet: Mitt hus skal kalles et bønnens hus, men dere gjør det til en røverhule.

And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

14 De blinde og lamme kom til ham i tempelet, og han helbredet dem.

And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.

15 Men da yppersteprestene og de skriftlærde så de underfulle gjerningene han gjorde, og barna som ropte i tempelet: Hosianna, Davids sønn!, ble de harme

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

16 og sa til ham: Hører du hva disse sier? Jesus svarte: Ja, har dere aldri lest: Fra barn og spedbarns munn har du forberedt din lovprisning?

Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

17 Og han forlot dem, og gikk ut av byen til Betania, hvor han ble natten over.

And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.

18 Tidlig om morgenen, da han vendte tilbake til byen, ble han sulten.

Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

19 Og da han så et fikentre ved veien, gikk han bort til det, men fant ikke annet enn blader. Og han sa til det: Aldri mer skal det bære frukt fra deg. Og straks visnet treet.

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

20 Da disiplene så det, undret de seg og sa: Hvordan visnet fikentreet så raskt?

And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

21 Jesus svarte dem: Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Hvis dere har tro og ikke tviler, skal dere ikke bare gjøre det som ble gjort med fikentreet, men også si til dette fjellet: Løft deg opp og kast deg i havet! Og det skal skje.

And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.

22 Alt dere ber om i bønn, hvis dere tror, skal dere få.

And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.

23 Da han kom inn i tempelet, kom yppersteprestene og folkets eldste til ham mens han underviste, og sa: Med hvilken myndighet gjør du disse ting? Og hvem har gitt deg denne myndigheten?

And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

24 Jesus svarte dem: Jeg skal også spørre dere om én ting; hvis dere svarer meg på det, skal jeg si dere med hvilken myndighet jeg gjør disse ting.

And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.

25 Johannes dåp, hvor var den fra? Fra himmelen eller fra mennesker? De begynte å tenke seg imellom: Hvis vi sier fra himmelen, vil han spørre oss: Hvorfor trodde dere da ikke på ham?

The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

26 Men hvis vi sier fra mennesker, frykter vi folket, for alle mener at Johannes var en profet.

But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

27 Så svarte de Jesus: Vi vet ikke. Da sa han til dem: Så sier heller ikke jeg dere med hvilken myndighet jeg gjør disse ting.

And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

28 Hva mener dere? En mann hadde to sønner. Han gikk til den første og sa: Gå og arbeid i vingården i dag, min sønn.

But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

29 Han svarte: Jeg vil ikke. Men senere angret han og gikk.

And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

30 Så gikk han til den andre og sa det samme. Han svarte: Jeg går, herre. Men han gikk ikke.

And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.

31 Hvem av de to gjorde sin fars vilje? De sa: Den første. Jesus sa til dem: Sannelig, jeg sier dere: Skatteoppkrevere og prostituerte går foran dere inn i Guds rike.

Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

32 For Johannes kom til dere med rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ham ikke, men skatteoppkreverne og de prostituerte trodde ham. Og selv etter å ha sett det, angret dere ikke, så dere kunne tro ham.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

33 Hør en annen lignelse: En mann som var husbond plantet en vingård, satte et gjerde rundt den, gravde et pressekar og bygde et vakttårn. Så leide han den ut til vinbønder og dro utenlands.

Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

34 Da tiden for fruktinnhøstingen nærmet seg, sendte han tjenerne sine til vinbøndene for å hente inn frukten.

And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

35 Men vinbøndene grep tjenerne hans; noen slo de, andre drepte de, og noen steinet de.

And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

36 Igjen sendte han andre tjenere, flere enn de første, og de gjorde det samme med dem.

Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.

37 Til slutt sendte han sønnen sin til dem og sa: De vil respektere sønnen min.

But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

38 Men da vinbøndene så sønnen, sa de til hverandre: Dette er arvingen. Kom, la oss drepe ham og ta arven hans!

But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

39 Så grep de ham, kastet ham ut av vingården og drepte ham.

And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

40 Når vingårdens herre kommer, hva skal han gjøre med disse vinbøndene?

When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?

41 De svarte ham: Han vil brutalt avlive disse onde mennene og leie ut vingården til andre vinbønder, som vil gi ham fruktene i rett tid.

They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.

42 Jesus sa til dem: Har dere aldri lest i Skriften: Den stein som bygningsmennene vraket, er blitt hovedhjørnestein. Dette er Herrens verk, det er underfullt i våre øyne?

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

43 Derfor sier jeg dere: Guds rike skal tas fra dere og gis til et folk som bærer dets frukt.

For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

44 Den som faller på denne stein, skal knuses. Og den på hvem den faller, skal bli knust.

Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

45 Da yppersteprestene og fariseerne hørte hans lignelser, forsto de at han talte om dem.

And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

46 De ønsket å gripe ham der og da, men fryktet folket, fordi de mente han var en profet.

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.