Mens folkemengden samlet seg rundt ham for å høre Guds ord, stod han ved bredden av Gennesaretsjøen.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

Han så to båter ligge ved vannkanten, men fiskerne hadde gått ut av dem og skylte garnene sine.

And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

Han gikk ombord i en av båtene, som tilhørte Simon, og ba ham ro litt fra land. Sittende der underviste han folket fra båten.

And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

Da han var ferdig med å tale, sa han til Simon: «Legg ut på dypet og kast ut garnene til fangst.»

And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

Simon svarte: «Mester, vi har slitt hele natten uten å få noe. Men på ditt ord vil jeg kaste ut garnene.»

And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

Da de gjorde dette, fanget de en så stor mengde fisk at garnene var nær ved å revne.

And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

De signaliserte til sine kamerater i den andre båten om å komme og hjelpe dem. De kom, og begge båtene ble så fulle at de holdt på å synke.

And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

Da Simon Peter så dette, falt han ned for Jesu føtter og sa: «Gå fra meg, Herre, for jeg er en syndig mann.»

But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

For han og alle som var med ham, var fulle av undring over den store fangsten de hadde fått.

For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

Også Jakob og Johannes, Sebedeus' sønner, som var partnere med Simon. Men Jesus sa til Simon: «Vær ikke redd; fra nå av skal du fange mennesker.»

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

Da de fikk båtene på land, forlot de alt og fulgte ham.

And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

Mens han var i en av byene, var det en spedalsk der. Da han så Jesus, kastet han seg ned med ansiktet mot bakken og bad: «Herre, om du vil, kan du gjøre meg ren.»

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

Han rakte ut hånden, rørte ved ham og sa: «Jeg vil; bli ren!» Straks forlot spedalskheten ham.

And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.

Jesus påla ham strengt: «Si det ikke til noen, men gå og vis deg for presten og gi den offergave som Moses har påbudt, som et vitnesbyrd for dem.»

And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

Men ryktet om ham spredte seg enda mer, og store folkemengder kom for å høre ham og bli helbredet fra sine sykdommer.

But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

Men han trakk seg tilbake til øde steder og bad.

But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.

En dag mens han underviste, kom noen fariseere og lovlærere fra Galilea og Judea og fra Jerusalem og satt der. Herrens kraft var hos ham så han kunne helbrede.

And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

Da kom noen menn bærende på en lam mann på en båre, og de forsøkte å bringe ham inn og legge ham foran Jesus.

And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

Da de ikke kunne få ham inn på grunn av mengden, gikk de opp på taket og firte ham ned gjennom teglsteinstaket, midt foran Jesus.

And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

Da Jesus så deres tro, sa han: «Mann, dine synder er tilgitt.»

And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.

De skriftlærde og fariseerne begynte å diskutere, og sa: «Hvem er dette som spotter Gud? Hvem kan tilgi synder uten Gud alene?»

And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?

Men Jesus visste hva de tenkte og sa: «Hvorfor tenker dere slik i hjertene deres?

But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

Hva er lettest, å si: Dine synder er tilgitt, eller å si: Stå opp og gå?»

Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

Men for at dere skal vite at Menneskesønnen har makt på jorden til å tilgi synder, (sa han til den lamme,) «Jeg sier deg: Stå opp, ta båren din og gå hjem.»

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

Straks reiste mannen seg foran dem, tok båren han hadde ligget på, og gikk hjem mens han lovpriste Gud.

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

Alle ble grepet av undring, priste Gud og sa fryktsomt: «I dag har vi sett utrolige ting.»

And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

Deretter gikk han ut og så Levi, en toller, som satt ved skatten sin, og sa til ham: «Følg meg!»

And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

Han forlot alt, reiste seg og fulgte ham.

And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

Levi laget et stort gjestebud for ham i sitt hus, og mange tollere og andre lå til bords sammen med dem.

And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

Fariseerne og deres skriftlærde klaget på disiplene og sa: «Hvorfor spiser og drikker dere sammen med tollere og syndere?»

And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

Jesus svarte dem: «Det er ikke de friske som trenger lege, men de syke.

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

Jeg er ikke kommet for å kalle rettferdige, men syndere til omvendelse.»

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

De sa til ham: «Johannes' disipler faster ofte og ber bønner, og det samme gjør fariseernes disipler, men dine disipler spiser og drikker.»

And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

Jesus sa til dem: «Kan dere få bryllupsgjestene til å faste mens brudgommen er hos dem?

And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

Men det skal komme dager da brudgommen tas fra dem. Da, i de dagene, skal de faste.»

But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

Han fortalte dem en lignelse: «Ingen river en lapp av et nytt plagg for å sette den på et gammelt plagg. Ellers river man det nye i stykker, og lappen fra det nye passer ikke til det gamle.

And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

Ingen fyller ny vin i gamle skinnsekker, ellers vil den nye vinen sprenge sekkene, og vinen spilles ut, og sekkene ødelegges.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.

Nei, ny vin må fylles i nye skinnsekker.

But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

Og ingen som har drukket gammel vin, vil ha ny. For de sier: Den gamle er bedre.»

And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.