Luke 15
1 Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
Todos los publicanos y los pecadores se acercaban a Él para oírlo.
2 The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
Mas los fariseos y los escribas murmuraban y decían: “Este recibe a los pecadores y come con ellos”.
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
Entonces les dirigió esta parábola:
4 “Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
“¿Qué hombre entre vosotros, teniendo cien ovejas, si llega a perder una de ellas, no deja las otras noventa y nueve en el desierto, para ir tras la oveja perdida, hasta que la halle?
5 When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
Y cuando la hallare, la pone sobre sus hombros, muy gozoso,
6 When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
y vuelto a casa, convoca a amigos y vecinos, y les dice: “Alegraos conmigo, porque hallé mi oveja, la que andaba perdida”.
7 I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
Así, os digo, habrá gozo en el cielo, más por un solo pecador que se arrepiente, que por noventa y nueve justos que no tienen necesidad de convertirse”.
8 Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
“¿O qué mujer que tiene diez dracmas, si llega a perder una sola dracma, no enciende un candil y barre la casa y busca con cuidado, hasta que la halla?
9 When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
Y cuando la ha encontrado, convoca a las amigas y las vecinas, y les dice: “Alegraos conmigo, porque he encontrado la dracma que había perdido”.
10 I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
Os digo que la misma alegría reina en presencia de los ángeles de Dios, por un solo pecador que se arrepiente”.
11 Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
Dijo aún: “Un hombre tenía dos hijos,
12 One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
el menor de lo cuales dijo a su padre: “Padre, dame la parte de los bienes, que me ha de tocar”. Y les repartió su haber.
13 A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
Pocos días después, el menor, juntando todo lo que tenía, partió para un país lejano, y allí disipó todo su dinero, viviendo perdidamente.
14 After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
Cuando lo hubo gastado todo, sobrevino gran hambre en ese país, y comenzó a experimentar necesidad.
15 So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
Fue, pues, a ponerse a las órdenes de un hombre del país, el cual lo envió a sus tierras a apacentar los puercos.
16 [Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
Y hubiera, a la verdad, querido llenarse el estómago con las algarrobas que comían los puercos, pero nadie se las daba.
17 Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
Volviendo entonces sobre sí mismo, se dijo: “¡Cuántos jornaleros de mi padre tienen pan de sobra, y yo, aquí, me muero de hambre!
18 So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
Me levantaré, iré a mi padre, y le diré: “Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y delante de ti.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
Ya no soy digno de ser llamado hijo tuyo. Hazme como uno de tus jornaleros”.
20 So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
Y levantándose se volvió hacia su padre. Y cuando estaba todavía lejos, su padre lo vio, y se le enternecieron las entrañas, y corriendo a él, cayó sobre su cuello y lo cubrió de besos.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
Su hijo le dijo: “Padre, pequé contra el cielo y contra ti. Ya no soy digno de ser llamado hijo tuyo”.
22 But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
Pero el padre dijo a sus servidores: “Pronto traed aquí la ropa, la primera, y vestidlo con ella; traed un anillo para su mano, y calzado para sus pies;
23 Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
y traed el novillo cebado, matadlo, y comamos y hagamos fiesta:
24 because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
porque este hijo mío estaba muerto, y ha vuelto a la vida; estaba perdido, y ha sido hallado”. Y comenzaron la fiesta.
25 While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
Mas sucedió que el hijo mayor estaba en el campo. Cuando, al volver llegó cerca de la casa, oyó música y coros.
26 He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
Llamó a uno de los criados y le averiguó qué era aquello.
27 The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
Él le dijo: “Tu hermano ha vuelto, y tu padre ha matado el novillo cebado, porque lo ha recobrado sano y salvo”.
28 [But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
Entonces se indignó y no quería entrar. Su padre salió y lo llamó.
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
Pero él contestó a su padre: “He aquí tantos años que te estoy sirviendo y jamás he transgredido mandato alguno tuyo; a mí nunca me diste un cabrito para hacer fiesta con mis amigos.
30 But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
Pero cuando tu hijo, este que se ha comido toda, su hacienda con meretrices, ha vuelto, le has matado el novillo cebado”.
31 But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
El padre le dijo: “Hijo mío, tú siempre estás conmigo, y todo lo mío es tuyo.
32 But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
Pero estaba bien hacer fiesta y regocijarse, porque este hermano tuyo había muerto, y ha revivido; se había perdido, y ha sido hallado”.
