Luke 15
1 Then all the tax collectors and ‘sinners’ were getting close to Him to hear Him.
Todos los recaudadores de impuestos y los pecadores se acercaban a él para escucharle.
2 Well the Pharisees and the scribes started complaining, saying, “This man welcomes ‘sinners’ and eats with them.”
Los fariseos y los escribas murmuraban diciendo: “Este acoge a los pecadores y come con ellos.”
3 So He told them this parable, saying:
Les contó esta parábola:
4 “What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not abandon the ninety-nine in the wild and go after the lost one until he finds it?
“¿Quién de vosotros, si tuviera cien ovejas y perdiera una de ellas, no dejaría las noventa y nueve en el desierto e iría tras la que se perdió, hasta encontrarla?
5 And upon finding it he joyfully puts it on his shoulders.
Cuando la encuentra, la lleva sobre sus hombros, alegrándose.
6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost!’
Cuando vuelve a casa, convoca a sus amigos y a sus vecinos, diciéndoles: “Alegraos conmigo, porque he encontrado mi oveja que se había perdido”.
7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.
Os digo que así habrá más alegría en el cielo por un solo pecador que se arrepienta, que por noventa y nueve justos que no necesitan arrepentirse.
8 “Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
“¿O qué mujer, si tuviera diez monedas de dracma, si perdiera una moneda de dracma, no encendería una lámpara, barrería la casa y buscaría diligentemente hasta encontrarla?
9 And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I lost!’
Cuando la encuentra, convoca a sus amigos y vecinos, diciendo: “¡Alégrense conmigo, porque he encontrado la dracma que había perdido!
10 Just so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Así os digo que hay alegría en presencia de los ángeles de Dios por un pecador que se arrepiente.”
11 Then He said: “A certain man had two sons.
Dijo: “Un hombre tenía dos hijos.
12 And the younger one said to the father, ‘Father, give me the appropriate share of the estate.’ So he divided the property between them.
El menor de ellos dijo a su padre: “Padre, dame mi parte de tus bienes”. Así que repartió su sustento entre ellos.
13 Not many days later the younger son, having converted it all, journeyed to a distant country; and there he squandered his wealth living dissolutely.
No muchos días después, el hijo menor lo reunió todo y se fue a un país lejano. Allí malgastó sus bienes con una vida desenfrenada.
14 But when he had spent it all, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
Cuando lo hubo gastado todo, sobrevino una gran hambruna en aquel país, y empezó a pasar necesidad.
15 Then he went and attached himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Fue y se unió a uno de los ciudadanos de aquel país, y éste lo envió a sus campos para alimentar a los cerdos.
16 He would gladly have filled his stomach with the carob pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
Quiso llenar su vientre con las vainas que comían los cerdos, pero nadie le dio nada.
17 But when he came to himself he said: ‘How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, while I am dying of hunger!
Cuando volvió en sí, dijo: “¡Cuántos jornaleros de mi padre tienen pan de sobra, y yo me muero de hambre!
18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,
Me levantaré, iré a ver a mi padre y le diré: “Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y ante tus ojos.
19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired servants.’
Ya no soy digno de ser llamado hijo tuyo. Hazme como uno de tus jornaleros”.
20 “So he got up and went to his own father. But while he was still a good ways off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion—he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him!
“Se levantó y vino a su padre. Pero cuando aún estaba lejos, su padre lo vio y se compadeció, corrió, se echó a su cuello y lo besó.
21 Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
El hijo le dijo: “Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y ante tus ojos. Ya no soy digno de ser llamado hijo tuyo”.
22 But the father said to his slaves: ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
“Pero el padre dijo a sus siervos: “Sacad el mejor vestido y ponédselo. Ponedle un anillo en la mano y sandalias en los pies.
23 And bring in and kill the fatted calf, and let us eat and celebrate;
Traed el ternero cebado, matadlo y comamos y celebremos;
24 because this son of mine was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
porque éste, mi hijo, estaba muerto y ha vuelto a vivir. Se había perdido y se ha encontrado”. Entonces se pusieron a celebrar.
25 “Now his older son was in the field; and as he came approaching the house he heard music and dancing.
“Su hijo mayor estaba en el campo. Al acercarse a la casa, oyó música y danzas.
26 So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
Llamó a uno de los criados y le preguntó qué pasaba.
27 He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’
Este le dijo: “Tu hermano ha venido, y tu padre ha matado el ternero cebado, porque lo ha recibido sano y salvo”.
28 So he became angry and refused to go in. Then his father came out and began to plead with him.
Pero él se enfadó y no quiso entrar. Entonces su padre salió y le rogó.
29 But in answer he said to the father: ‘Just look at how many years I have been serving you without ever transgressing your commandment; yet you never gave me even a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends.
Pero él respondió a su padre: ‘Mira, estos muchos años te he servido, y nunca he desobedecido un mandamiento tuyo, pero nunca me has dado un cabrito para que lo celebre con mis amigos.
30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’
Pero cuando vino este hijo tuyo, que ha devorado tu sustento con las prostitutas, mataste para él el ternero cebado’.
31 So he said to him: ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
“Le dijo: ‘Hijo, tú estás siempre conmigo, y todo lo mío es tuyo.
32 But it was right that we celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found.’”
Peroera conveniente celebrar y alegrarse, porque éste, tu hermano, estaba muerto y ha vuelto a vivir. Estaba perdido y ha sido encontrado”.
