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.
Y se llegaban a él todos los publicanos, y pecadores a oírle.
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!”
Y murmuraban los Fariseos y los escribas, diciendo: Este a los pecadores recibe, y con ellos come.
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
Y él les propuso esta parábola, diciendo:
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 de vosotros, teniendo cien ovejas, si perdiere una de ellas, no deja las noventa y nueve en el desierto, y va a buscar la que se perdió, hasta que la halle?
5 When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
Y hallada, la pone sobre sus hombros 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 viniendo a casa, junta a sus amigos, y a sus vecinos, diciéndoles: Dádme el parabién; porque he hallado mi oveja que se había perdido.
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.
Os digo, que así habrá más gozo en el cielo sobre un pecador que se arrepiente, que sobre noventa y nueve justos, que no han menester arrepentirse.
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 perdiere la una dracma, no enciende luz, y barre la casa, y busca con diligencia, hasta hallar la?
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 hubiere hallado, junta sus amigas, y sus vecinas, diciendo: Dádme el parabién; porque he hallado 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.”
Así os digo, que hay gozo delante de los ángeles de Dios por un 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.
También dijo: 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.
Y el más mozo de ellos dijo a su padre: Padre, dame la parte de la hacienda que me pertenece. Y él les repartió su hacienda.
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.
Y después de no muchos días, juntándolo todo el hijo más mozo, se partió lejos, a una tierra apartada; y allí desperdició su hacienda 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.
Y después que lo hubo todo gastado, vino una grande hambre en aquella tierra; y comenzóle a faltar.
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.
Y fue, y se llegó a uno de los ciudadanos de aquella tierra, el cual le envió a sus campos, para que apacentase 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 deseaba henchir su vientre de las algarrobas que comían los puercos; mas 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]!
Y volviendo en sí, dijo: ¡Cuántos jornaleros en casa de mi padre tienen abundancia de pan, y yo aquí perezco 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, e iré a mi padre, y le diré: Padre, pecado he contra el cielo, y contra 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 tu hijo: hazme como a 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, vino a su padre. Y como aun estuviese lejos, le vio su padre, y fue movido a misericordia; y corriendo a él, se derribó sobre su cuello, y le besó.
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.’
Y el hijo le dijo: Padre, pecado he contra el cielo, y contra ti: ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo.
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]!
Mas el padre dijo a sus siervos: Sacád el principal vestido, y vestídle; y ponéd anillo en su mano, y zapatos en sus pies;
23 Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
Y traéd el becerro grueso, y matád le; y comamos, y hagamos banquete;
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 éste mi hijo muerto era, y ha revivido: se había perdido, y es hallado. Y comenzaron a hacer banquete.
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.
Y su hijo el más viejo estaba en el campo, el cual como vino, y llegó cerca de casa, oyó la sinfonía y las danzas;
26 He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
Y llamando a uno de los siervos, le preguntó 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.’
Y él le dijo: Tu hermano es venido; y tu padre ha muerto el becerro grueso, por haberle recibido 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 él se enojó, y no quería entrar. El padre entonces saliendo, le rogaba que entrase.
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.
Mas él respondiendo, dijo a su padre: He aquí, tantos años ha que te sirvo, que nunca he traspasado tu mandamiento, y nunca me has dado un cabrito para que haga banquete 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!’
Mas después que vino éste tu hijo, que ha engullido tu hacienda con rameras, le has matado el becerro grueso.
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 entonces le dijo: Hijo, tú siempre estás conmigo, y todas mis cosas son tuyas;
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!’”
Mas hacer banquete y holgar nos era menester; porque éste tu hermano muerto era, y revivió: se había perdido, y es hallado.
