Lukas 15

Den eine sauen – og dei nittini

(Matt 18,12–14)

1 Tollarane og syndarane heldt seg nær til Jesus og høyrde på han. 2 Men farisearane og dei skriftlærde murra og sa seg imellom: «Denne mannen tek imot syndarar og et i lag med dei.» t

3 Då fortalde han dei denne likninga:
4 Om ein av dykk har hundre sauer og misser éin, lèt han ikkje då dei nittini vera att ute i marka og går av stad og leitar etter den bortkomne sauen til han finn han? t 5 Og når han har funne han, vert han glad og tek han på akslene sine. 6 Straks han kjem heim, kallar han saman vener og grannar og seier til dei: «Gled dykk med meg! Eg har funne att den sauen som var bortkomen.»

7 Eg seier dykk: På same måten er det større glede i himmelen over éin syndar som vender om, enn over nittini rettferdige som ikkje treng omvending.

Sølvpengen som vart funnen

10 På same måten, seier eg dykk, vert det glede mellom Guds englar over éin syndar som vender om.

Den bortkomne sonen

16 Han ynskte berre å få metta seg med dei skolmane som grisane åt, for ingen gav han noko.
17 Då gjekk han i seg sjølv og sa: «Kor mange leigekarar heime hjå far min har ikkje fullt opp av mat, og her går eg og svelt i hel! 18 Eg vil ta i veg og gå heim til far min og seia: Far, eg har synda mot Himmelen og mot deg.

19 Eg er ikkje verd å kallast son din lenger. Men lat meg få vera som ein av leigekarane dine.»
20 Så tok han i veg og gjekk heim til far sin. Medan han endå var langt borte, fekk faren sjå han, og han ynkast inderleg. Han sprang imot han, kasta seg om halsen på han og kyste han. 21 Då sa sonen: «Far, eg har synda mot Himmelen og mot deg. Eg er ikkje verd å kallast son din lenger.» 22 Men faren sa til tenarane: «Skunda dykk! Finn fram dei beste kleda og ha på han, og lat han få ring på fingeren og skor på føtene. 23 Hent så gjøkalven og slakt han, og lat oss halda måltid og vera glade.

24 For denne sonen min var død og har vorte levande, han var bortkomen og er attfunnen.» Og så tok gleda til.t
25 Den eldste sonen var ute på marka. Då han gjekk heimetter og kom bort imot garden, høyrde han spel og dans. 26 Han ropa på ein av drengene og spurde kva dette skulle tyda. 27 «Bror din er komen,» svara han, «og far din har slakta gjøkalven fordi han fekk han frisk heim att.» 28 Då vart han arg og ville ikkje gå inn. Far hans kom ut og prøvde å overtala han. 29 Men han svara: «No har eg tent deg i alle år, og aldri gjort imot det du sa. Men meg har du ikkje gjeve så mykje som eit kje, så eg kunne halda fest saman med venene mine. 30 Men når han kjem heim, denne son din, som har øydt opp pengane dine i lag med skjøkjer, då slaktar du gjøkalven åt han!» 31 Då sa far hans: «Du er alltid hjå meg, guten min, og alt mitt er ditt. 32 Men no skal vi vera glade og fegne. For denne bror din var død og har vorte levande, han var bortkomen og er attfunnen.»

LUKE 15

One Sheep

(Matthew 18.12-14)

1  t Tax collectorst and sinners were all crowding around to listen to Jesus.

2 So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses started grumbling, “This man is friendly with sinners. He even eats with them.”

3 Then Jesus told them this story:
4 If any of you has 100 sheep, and one of them gets lost, what will you do? Won't you leave the 99 in the field and go look for the lost sheep until you find it? 5 And when you find it, you will be so glad that you will put it on your shoulder

6 and carry it home. Then you will call in your friends and neighbors and say, “Let's celebrate! I've found my lost sheep.”

7 Jesus said, “In the same way there is more happiness in heaven because of one sinner who turns to God than over 99 good people who don't need to.”

One Coin

8 Jesus told the people another story:
What will a woman do if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them? Won't she light a lamp, sweep the floor, and look carefully until she finds it?

9 Then she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, “Let's celebrate! I've found the coin I lost.”

10 Jesus said, “In the same way God's angels are happy when even one person turns to him.”

Two Sons

11 Jesus told them yet another story:
Once a man had two sons.

12 The younger son said to his father, “Give me my share of the property.” So the father divided his property between his two sons.
13 Not long after that, the younger son packed up everything he owned and left for a foreign country, where he wasted all his money in wild living.

14 He had spent everything, when a bad famine spread through that whole land. Soon he had nothing to eat.
15 He went to work for a man in that country, and the man sent him out to take care of his pigs.t

16 He would have been glad to eat what the pigs were eating, t but no one gave him a thing.
17 Finally, he came to his senses and said, “My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death! 18 I will go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you.

19 I am no longer good enough to be called your son. Treat me like one of your workers.’ ”

20 The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.

21 The son said, “Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. I am no longer good enough to be called your son.”
22 But his father said to the servants, “Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandalst for his feet. 23 Get the best calf and prepare it, so we can eat and celebrate.

24 This son of mine was dead, but has now come back to life. He was lost and has now been found.” And they began to celebrate.
25 The older son had been out in the field. But when he came near the house, he heard the music and dancing.

26 So he called one of the servants over and asked, “What's going on here?”
27 The servant answered, “Your brother has come home safe and sound, and your father ordered us to kill the best calf.”

28 The older brother got so angry that he would not even go into the house.
His father came out and begged him to go in. 29 But he said to his father, “For years I have worked for you like a slave and have always obeyed you. But you have never even given me a little goat, so that I could give a dinner for my friends.

30 This other son of yours wasted your money on prostitutes. And now that he has come home, you ordered the best calf to be killed for a feast.”
31 His father replied, “My son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we should be glad and celebrate! Your brother was dead, but he is now alive. He was lost and has now been found.”