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Vit vilja heldur nýta tíðina til at boða enn til at bíða.
We would rather be preaching than waiting.

Tey vilja heldur hoyra um loysnir.
They want to hear about solutions.

5 Um telefonina: Summi vilja heldur granska Bíbliuna um telefonina enn andlit til andlits.
5 By Telephone: Some people may be more willing to study the Bible by telephone than in person.

Tey flestu vilja heldur hava, at hini skulu gera nakað fyri tey.
In fact, most people always want others to serve them.

Jehova vitni vilja ikki endiliga verða atsøkt. Tey vilja heldur liva í friði og náðum.
Jehovah’s Witnesses do not seek persecution but would prefer to lead a calm and quiet life.

Men nógvir ísraelsmenn vilja heldur dýrka avgudar enn hin sanna Gud, Jehova.
But many Israelites would rather worship idols than worship the true God Jehovah.

Tey vilja heldur frætta um loysnir.
They want to hear about solutions.

6 Tá vit boða, er endamálið ikki at ’vinna eitt kjak’; vit vilja heldur ikki bara geva nakrar upplýsingar víðari.
6 When preaching, our goal is not to win arguments; neither is it simply to convey information.

„Nú í tíðini taka nógv seg burtur úr teimum etableraðu trúarsamfeløgunum og vilja heldur at dýrka Gud upp á sín egna máta.
“Many today are leaving organized religion to worship God in their own way.

Og tað er tað, vit gjarna vilja vera, heldur tú ikki? —
And isn’t that what we want to be?—

Men tað er ikki teir illu andarnar, vit vilja gleða, heldur tú? —
We don’t want to make the demons happy, do we?—

Teimum vilja vit heldur líkjast, heldur tú ikki?
We want to be like them, don’t we?

Vit vilja avgjørt heldur sjálvi velja á hesum økjum enn at hava onnur at ráða yvir okkum.
We surely prefer to have our choice in such matters rather than have some other person decide for us.

(3 Jóhannes 9, 10) Vit vilja heldur fylgja orðunum hjá Paulusi ápostli, sum skrivaði: „Aktið vegleiðarar tykkara, og gerið, sum teir siga tykkum! Tí teir vakja yvir sálum tykkara, sum teir, ið skulu gera roknskap – so teir kunnu gera tað við gleði og ikki suffandi – tað er tykkum ikki til gagn!“
(3 John 9, 10) Rather, we want to heed the words of the apostle Paul, who wrote: “Be obedient to those who are taking the lead among you and be submissive, for they are keeping watch over you as those who will render an account, so that they may do this with joy and not with sighing, for this would be damaging to you.”

Halt teg ikki burturi tí tú ikki veitst hvat tú skalt siga ella gera: ’Tey vilja ivaleyst heldur vera einsamøll nú,’ siga vit kanska við okkum sjálvi.
Do not keep away because you do not know what to say or do: ‘I’m sure they need to be alone right now,’ we may tell ourselves.

Man hann ikki heldur vilja hava okkum at liva eydnusom og njóta lívið í allar ævir?
Would it not be more reasonable to conclude that he wants us to live happily and to enjoy life forever?

Men onkuntíð vilja vit kanska heldur liggja á knæ, sum Jesus gjørdi.
At other times you may even want to get down on your knees, as Jesus did.

Tí teir heldur vilja hava eina gentu, sum er rein.
Because they prefer someone who is chaste!

Men trýrt tú, at tey veruliga vilja doyggja, ella er tað heldur tað, at tey vilja sleppa undan øllum trupulleikunum?
When a person is that distressed, do you think he really wishes to die, or do you think he just wants relief from his suffering?

Av tí at tey virða Guds lóg, vilja tey heldur ikki hava viðgerð við teimum fýra høvuðslutunum í blóðinum, sum eru reyðir blóðkroppar, hvítir blóðkroppar, blóðplátur og blóðvæta.
Out of respect for God’s law, they also do not accept the four primary components of blood: red cells, white cells, platelets, and plasma.

Slíkar vinir vilja vit ikki hava, heldur tú?
We will not want to make such friends, will we?

„Hví doypir tú tá, táið tú ikki ert Kristus, ei heldur Elias, ei heldur profeturin?“ vilja teir vita.
“Why, then, do you baptize,” they want to know, “if you yourself are not the Christ or Elijah or The Prophet?”

Vit vilja eisini gera Jehova glaðan, heldur tú ikki? — So mugu vit lurta eftir Gudi, soleiðis sum Jesus gjørdi.
We want to please Jehovah too, don’t we?— Then we must show that we really listen to God, as Jesus did.

Tað er heldur, tí tey fegin vilja hava, at fólk skulu halda, at tey eru ótrúliga gávumild.
Actually, Ananias and Sapphira want to make people think that they are better than they really are.

Vit vilja vera sum samverjin, heldur tú ikki? — Tá onkur ger nakað fyri okkum, hvat skulu vit so minnast til? — Ja, vit skulu minnast til at takka.
We want to be like the Samaritan man, don’t we?— So when someone does something kind for us, what should we remember to do?— We ought to express our thanks.