¹Tisto uro pristopijo učenci k Jezusu, govoreč: Kdo je vendar največji v nebeškem kraljestvu?

¹In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”

²In pokliče otroka in ga postavi sredi mednje,

²Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst,

³in reče: Resnično vam pravim, če se ne izpreobrnete in ne postanete kakor otroci, nikakor ne pridete v nebeško kraljestvo.

³and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁴Kdor se torej poniža kakor ta otrok, ta je največji v nebeškem kraljestvu.

⁴ Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁵In kdorkoli sprejme enega takšnega otroka v moje ime, sprejme mene.

⁵ Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

⁶Kdor pa pohujša enega teh malih, ki verujejo v mene, bi mu bilo bolje, da bi mu obesili mlinski kamen na vrat in bi ga potopili v globočino morja.

⁶ but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

⁷Gorje svetu zavoljo pohujšanja! Pohujšanja sicer morajo priti, toda gorje tistemu človeku, po katerem pride pohujšanje!

⁷ “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

⁸Če te pa pohušuje roka tvoja ali noga tvoja, odsekaj jo in vrzi od sebe; bolje ti je hromemu ali brez roke priti v življenje, nego dve roki in dve nogi imeti in vrženemu biti v večni ogenj.

⁸ If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

⁹In če te pohujšuje oko tvoje, izderi ga in vrzi od sebe; bolje ti je z enim očesom priti v življenje, nego dve očesi imeti in vrženemu biti v peklenski ogenj.

⁹ If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna or, Hell of fire.

¹⁰Glejte, da ne zaničujete enega teh malih! Kajti pravim vam, da njih angeli v nebesih vedno gledajo obličje Očeta mojega, ki je v nebesih.

¹⁰ See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

¹¹Zakaj Sin človekov je prišel, da zveliča, kar se je izgubilo.

¹¹ For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

¹²Kaj se vam zdi? Če ima kateri človek sto ovac in ena od njih zajde, ne pusti li on devetindevetdeseterih na gorah in ne pojde, da išče tiste, ki je zašla!

¹² “What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

¹³In če se zgodi, da jo najde, resnično vam pravim, da se je bolj veseli nego devetindevetdeseterih, ki niso zašle.

¹³ If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

¹⁴Tako ni volja Očeta vašega, ki je v nebesih, da se pogubi eden teh malih.

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵Če se pa pregreši brat zoper tebe, pojdi in mu njegov pregrešek pokaži med seboj in njim samim. Če te posluša, si pridobil brata svojega.

¹⁵ “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

¹⁶Če pa ne posluša, vzemi s seboj še enega ali dva, da se opira na usta dveh ali treh prič vsaka beseda.

¹⁶ But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Deuteronomy 19:15

¹⁷Če jih pa ne posluša, povej cerdvi; če pa tudi cerkve ne posluša, naj ti bo kakor pogan in cestninar.

¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

¹⁸Resnično vam pravim: Karkoli zvežete na zemlji, bo zvezano v nebesih, in karkoli razvežete na zemlji, bo razvezano v nebesih.

¹⁸ Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

¹⁹Zopet vam pravim: Če se dva izmed vas zedinita na zemlji v čemerkoli, da bosta za to prosila, se jima zgodi od Očeta mojega, ki je v nebesih.

¹⁹ Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

²⁰Kajti kjer sta dva ali trije zbrani v mojem imenu, tam sem jaz sredi med njimi.

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

²¹Tedaj pristopi k njemu Peter in reče: Gospod, kolikokrat, ko se pregreši brat moj zoper mene, naj mu odpustim? Ali do sedemkrat?

²¹Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

²²Jezus mu reče: Ne pravim ti do sedemkrat, marveč do sedemdesetkrat sedemkrat.

²²Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

²³Zato je nebeško kraljestvo podobno kralju, ki je hotel napraviti račun s hlapci svojimi.

²³ Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

²⁴In ko začne računiti, mu pripeljejo enega, ki je bil dolžen deset tisoč talentov.

²⁴ When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labor.

²⁵Ker pa ni imel s čim plačati, ukaže gospodar njegov prodati njega in ženo njegovo in otroke in vse, kar ima, in naj se mu plača.

²⁵ But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

²⁶Hlapec pa pade pred njega ter se mu poklanja, govoreč: Gospod, potrpi z menoj, in vse ti poplačam.

²⁶ The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

²⁷Gospodar tistega hlapca pa, ganjen usmiljenja, ga oprosti in mu odpusti dolg.

²⁷ The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

²⁸Ko pa ta hlapec gre od njega, najde enega svojih sohlapcev, ki mu je bil dolžen sto denarjev, ter ga zgrabi in davi, govoreč: Plačaj, kar si dolžen!

²⁸ “But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, 100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent. and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

²⁹Njegov sohlapec pa pade k nogam njegovim ter ga prosi, rekoč: Potrpi z menoj, in vse ti poplačam.

²⁹ “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’

³⁰On pa noče, temuč ga odvede in vrže v ječo, dokler ne plača dolga.

³⁰ He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

³¹Ko pa vidijo sohlapci njegovi, kar se je zgodilo, se jim zelo užali; ter pridejo in natanko sporoče gospodarju svojemu ves dogodek.

³¹ So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.

³²Tedaj ga pokliče gospodar njegov in mu veli: Hudobni hlapec! ves tisti dolg sem ti odpustil, ker si me prosil;

³² Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

³³ali bi ne bilo prav, da se tudi ti usmiliš sohlapca svojega, kakor sem se tudi jaz tebe usmilil?

³³ Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

³⁴In gospodar njegov se razjezi in ga izroči trinogom, dokler ne poplača vsega, kar mu je bil dolžen.Tako bo storil tudi Oče moj nebeški vam, ako ne odpustite iz srca svojega vsakteri svojemu bratu.

³⁴ His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

³⁵Tako bo storil tudi Oče moj nebeški vam, ako ne odpustite iz srca svojega vsakteri svojemu bratu.

³⁵ So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”