¹Potem pa izvoli Gospod še drugih sedemdeset in jih pošlje po dva in dva pred obličjem svojim v vsako mesto ali kraj, kamor je imel sam priti.

¹Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him literally, “before his face” into every city and place, where he was about to come.

²In pravil jim je: Žetve je sicer mnogo, ali delavcev malo; prosite Gospodarja žetve, naj pošlje delavcev na žetev svojo.

²Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

³Pojdite! Glejte, pošiljam vas kakor jagnjeta med volkove.

³ Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

⁴Ne nosite mošnje, ne torbe, ne obuvala, in nikogar na poti ne pozdravljajte.

⁴ Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.

⁵V katerokoli hišo pa pridete, najprej recite: Mir tej hiši!

⁵ Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

⁶In če je tu sin miru, bo počival mir vaš na njem; če pa ne, se vrne zopet k vam.

⁶ If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

⁷A v tej hiši ostanite in jejte in pijte, kar imajo; kajti vreden je delavec plačila svojega. Ne prehajajte iz hiše v hišo.

⁷ Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.

⁸In v katerokoli mesto pridete in vas sprejmo, jejte, kar vam postavijo,

⁸ Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

⁹in ozdravljajte bolnike, ki so v njem, in jim pravite: Približalo se je k vam kraljestvo Božje.

⁹ Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

¹⁰A v katerokoli mesto pridete in vas ne sprejmo, pojdite na ulice njegove in recite:

¹⁰ But into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say,

¹¹Tudi prah iz vašega mesta, ki se nam je nog prijel, otresamo na vas; toda vedite to, da se je približalo kraljestvo Božje.

¹¹ ‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

¹²Pravim vam, da bo Sodomi tisti dan laže nego temu mestu.

¹² I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

¹³Gorje ti, Korazin! gorje ti, Betsaida! zakaj, ko bi se bili v Tiru in Sidonu zgodili čudeži, ki so se zgodili v vaju, bi se bila davno, v raševniku in pepelu sedeč, izpokorila.

¹³ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴Ali Tiru in Sidonu bo laže na sodbi nego vama.

¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

¹⁵In ti, Kafarnavm, ali nisi bil povzdignjen do neba? a pahnjen boš do pekla!

¹⁵ You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell.

¹⁶Kdor vas posluša, mene posluša, in kdor vas zaničuje, mene zaničuje, kdor pa mene zaničuje, zaničuje njega, ki me je poslal.

¹⁶ Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

¹⁷Vrnejo se pa sedemdeseteri z veseljem, govoreč: Gospod, tudi zli duhovi so nam pokorni v imenu tvojem.

¹⁷The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

¹⁸On pa jim reče: Videl sem satana, da je padel z neba kakor blisk.

¹⁸He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

¹⁹Glejte, dal sem vam oblast, stopati na kače in škorpijone, in oblast nad vso silo sovražnikovo, in nič vam ne bo škodovalo.

¹⁹ Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

²⁰Toda tega se ne veselite, da so vam duhovi pokorni; veselite se marveč, da so imena vaša zapisana v nebesih.

²⁰ Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

²¹V tisto uro se razveseli Jezus v svetem Duhu in reče: Hvalim te, Oče, Gospodar neba in zemlje! da si to skril modrim in razumnim in razodel nedoraslim; da, Oče, ker tako je bila volja tvoja.

²¹In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

²²Vse mi je izročil Oče moj, in nihče ne ve, kdo je Sin, razen Oče, in kdo je Oče, razen Sin in komurkoli hoče Sin razodeti.

²²Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

²³In obrnivši se k učencem posebe, reče: Blagor očem, ki vidijo, kar vi vidite.

²³Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,

²⁴Kajti pravim vam, da je veliko prorokov in kraljev želelo videti, kar vi vidite, a niso videli, in slišati, kar vi slišite, a niso slišali.

²⁴ for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”

²⁵In glej, učenik postave vstane in izkušajoč ga, reče: Učenik, kaj naj storim, da podedujem večno življenje?

²⁵Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁶On pa mu reče: V zakonu kaj je pisano? kako bereš?

²⁶He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

²⁷On pa odgovori in reče: „Ljubi Gospoda, Boga svojega, iz vsega srca svojega in iz vse duše svoje in iz vse moči svoje in iz vse pameti svoje, bližnjega svojega pa kakor samega sebe“.

²⁷He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; Deuteronomy 6:5 and your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18

²⁸Pa mu reče: Prav si odgovoril; to delaj, in živel boš.

²⁸He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

²⁹On pa, hoteč samega sebe opravičiti, reče Jezusu: In kdo je moj bližnji?

²⁹But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

³⁰Jezus odgovori in reče: Neki človek je šel iz Jeruzalema doli v Jeriho in zajde med razbojnike, ki ga tudi slečejo in ranijo ter odidejo, pustivši ga napol mrtvega.

³⁰Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

³¹Po naključbi pa pride neki duhovnik doli po tisti poti, in ko ga vidi, gre mimo.

³¹ By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

³²Enako pa pride tudi levit na tisto mesto in ko ga vidi, gre mimo.

³² In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

³³Neki Samarijan pa, ko je tod potoval, pride do njega, in ko ga ugleda, se mu zasmili,

³³ But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

³⁴in pristopi ter mu obveže rane in vlije vanje olja in vina; in posadivši ga na svoje živinče, ga pripelje v gostilnico in poskrbi zanj.

³⁴ came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

³⁵Drugi dan pa vzame dva denarja iz mošnje in da gostilničarju in mu reče: Skrbi zanj, in karkoli več potrošiš, ti poplačam jaz, kadar se vrnem.

³⁵ On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’

³⁶Kdo od teh treh, meniš, je bil bližnji temu, ki je zašel med razbojnike?

³⁶ Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”

³⁷On pa reče: Tisti, ki mu je izkazal usmiljenje. Jezus mu pa veli: Pojdi, tudi ti delaj enako!

³⁷He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

³⁸Ko pa potujejo dalje, pride on v neko vas; a žena, po imenu Marta, ga sprejme v hišo svojo.

³⁸It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

³⁹In ta je imela sestro, ki se je imenovala Marija, ki je tudi sedla k nogam Gospodovim in je poslušala besedo njegovo.

³⁹She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

⁴⁰A Marta je bila zadržana, ker si je dala veliko opravka s postrežbo; ter pristopi in reče: Gospod, ali ti nič ni mar, da me je moja sestra samo pustila, da strežem? Reci ji torej, naj mi pomaga!

⁴⁰But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”

⁴¹Gospod pa odgovori in ji reče: Marta, Marta, skrbiš in trudiš se za mnogo;le eno pa je potrebno. Marija si je izvolila dobri del, ki se ji ne odvzame.

⁴¹Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

⁴²le eno pa je potrebno. Marija si je izvolila dobri del, ki se ji ne odvzame.

⁴² but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”