Luca 7
1 ORA, dopo ch'egli ebbe finiti tutti questi suoi ragionamenti, udente il popolo, entrò in Capernaum.
After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
2 E il servitore di un certo centurione, il quale gli era molto caro, era malato, e stava per morire.
There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die.
3 Or [il centurione], avendo udito [parlar] di Gesù, gli mandò degli anziani de' Giudei, pregandolo che venisse, e salvasse il suo servitore.
When the officer heard about Jesus, he [summoned] some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave.
4 Ed essi, venuti a Gesù, lo pregarono instantemente, dicendo: Egli è degno che tu gli conceda questo;
When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus [to return with them]. They said, “This officer deserves that you [(sg)] do this [for him],
5 perciocchè egli ama la nostra nazione, ed egli è quel che ci ha edificata la sinagoga.
because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
6 E Gesù andava con loro. E come egli già era non molto lungi dalla casa, il centurione gli mandò degli amici, per dirgli: Signore, non faticarti, perciocchè io non son degno che tu entri sotto al mio tetto.
So Jesus went with them. When he was near the [officer’s] house, the officer [decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he] summoned some friends. He [told them to] go to Jesus and tell him this: “Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. [Because I am a non-Jew], I am not worthy for you [(sg)], [a Jew], to come into my house [MTY] [and associate with me].
7 Perciò ancora, non mi son reputato degno di venire a te ma comanda [solo] con una parola, e il mio servitore sarà guarito.
I did not feel worthy to come to you, [either]. But [please] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will become well!
8 Perciocchè io sono uomo sottoposto alla podestà [altrui], ed ho sotto di me de' soldati; e pure, se dico all'uno: Va', egli va; se all'altro: Vieni, egli viene; e [se dico] al mio servitore: Fa' questo, egli [lo] fa.
[I believe this] because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me [and I obey them]. I also have soldiers under my [authority]. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. [And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority].”
9 E Gesù, udite queste cose, si maravigliò di lui, e rivoltosi, disse alla moltitudine che lo seguitava: Io vi dico, che non pure in Israele ho trovata una cotanta fede.
When [the officer’s friends arrived and] told that to Jesus, he marveled at what [the officer had said]. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, “I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted [in me like this non-Jewish man does]. No one from Israel, [where I would expect people to believe in me], has trusted in me like he has!”
10 E quando coloro ch'erano stati mandati furon tornati a casa, trovarono il servitore ch'era stato infermo esser sano.
When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
11 ED avvenne nel [giorno] seguente, che egli andava in una città, detta Nain; e i suoi discepoli, in gran numero, e una gran moltitudine andavano con lui.
Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd [of other people] went with him.
12 E come egli fu presso della porta della città, ecco, si portava a seppellire un morto, figliuolo unico di sua madre, la quale ancora era vedova, e gran moltitudine della città [era] con lei.
As they approached the town gate, the corpse of a young man who had just died was being carried out [on a stretcher] {[people] were carrying out [on a stretcher] the corpse of a young man who had just died}. His mother was a widow, and he was her only son. A large group of people from the town were accompanying them.
13 E il Signore, vedutala, ebbe pietà di lei, e le disse: Non piangere.
When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
14 Ed accostatosi, toccò la bara (or i portatori si fermarono), e disse: Giovanetto, io tel dico, levati.
Then, [ignoring the Jewish laws about not coming near a corpse], he came close and touched the stretcher [on which the body was lying]. So the men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”
15 E il morto si levò a sedere, e cominciò a parlare. E [Gesù] lo diede a sua madre.
The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
16 E spavento li occupò tutti, e glorificavano Iddio, dicendo: Un gran profeta è sorto fra noi; Iddio ha visitato il suo popolo.
Then everyone [there] was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!”
17 E questo ragionamento intorno a lui si sparse per tutta la Giudea, e per tutto il paese circonvicino.
[Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
18 OR i discepoli di Giovanni gli rapportarono tutte queste cose.
The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
19 Ed egli, chiamati a sè due de' suoi discepoli, li mandò a Gesù, a dir[gli: ] Sei tu colui che ha da venire, o pur ne aspetteremo noi un altro?
So [one day] John summoned two [of his disciples] and [told them] to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you [the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come], or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
20 Quegli uomini adunque, essendo venuti a Gesù, [gli] dissero: Giovanni Battista ci ha mandati a te, a dir[ti: ] Sei tu colui che ha da venire, o pur ne aspetteremo noi un altro?
When those two men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you [(sg)] this: Are you [the Messiah that] we are expecting [God] to send, or shall we [(exc)] expect someone else?”
21 (Or in quella stessa ora egli ne guarì molti d'infermità, e di flagelli, e di spiriti maligni; ed a molti ciechi donò il vedere)
At that very time Jesus was healing many people of their diseases and [other] sicknesses, he was [casting out] evil spirits, and he was causing many blind people to be able to see.
22 E Gesù, rispondendo, disse loro: Andate, e rapportate a Giovanni le cose che avete vedute ed udite: che i ciechi ricoverano la vista, che gli zoppi camminano, che i lebbrosi son nettati, che i sordi odono, che i morti sono risuscitati, che l'evangelo è annunziato a' poveri.
So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen [me doing] and what you have heard [me telling people. I am enabling] blind people to see. [I am enabling] lame people to walk. [I am] healing people who have leprosy. [I am enabling] deaf people to hear. [I am causing] dead people to become alive again, [and I am] telling [God’s] good message to poor people.
23 E beato è chi non sarà stato scandalezzato in me.
[Also tell John that God] is pleased with those who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do].”
24 E quando i messi di Giovanni se ne furono andati, egli prese a dire alle turbe, intorno a Giovanni: Che andaste voi a veder nel deserto? una canna dimenata dal vento?
When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John] [RHQ]. [You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message] [MET], [like] a reed that is blown back and forth by the wind [RHQ].
25 Ma pure che andaste voi a vedere? un uomo vestito di vestimenti morbidi? ecco, coloro che usano vestimenti magnifici, [e vivono] in delizie, stanno ne' palazzi dei re.
Then what kind of man did you go there to see [RHQ]? Was he [RHQ] a man who wore expensive clothes? No! [You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ palaces, [not in the desolate areas]!
26 Ma pure, che andaste voi a vedere? un profeta? certo, io vi dico, uno eziandio più che profeta.
Then what [kind of person] did you go to see? [Did you] [RHQ] [go there to see John because he was] a prophet? Yes! But I will tell you that [John is] more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
27 Egli è quello del quale è scritto: Ecco, io mando il mio messo davanti alla tua faccia, il quale preparerà il tuo cammino dinanzi a te.
He is the one about whom [these words] that God said to the Messiah have been written {[the prophet Malachi] wrote [these words]} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Listen! I am going to send my messenger ahead of you [(sg)] [SYN]. He will prepare [people] for your coming.’
28 Perciocchè io vi dico che fra coloro che son nati di donna, non vi [è] profeta alcuno maggior di Giovanni Battista; ma il minimo nel regno di Dio è maggior di lui.
I tell you that from among all the people who have ever lived, [God considers that] no one is greater than John. However, [God considers] everyone who has let God rule their [lives] [MET] to be greater than [John], [even if they are] insignificant [people].”
29 E tutto il popolo, e i pubblicani ch'erano stati battezzati del battesimo di Giovanni, udite [queste cose], giustificarono Iddio.
When they heard [what Jesus said] (OR, [what John preached]), all the people, including tax collectors, [whom many people despised], agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By [letting] John baptize them}, [they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right].
30 Ma i Farisei, e i dottori della legge, che non erano stati battezzati da lui, rigettarono a lor danno il consiglio di Dio.
But the Pharisees and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws were not baptized by John {did not [let] John baptize them} because they rejected what God wanted them to do.
31 E il Signore disse: A chi dunque assomiglierò gli uomini di questa generazione? ed a chi sono essi simili?
[Then Jesus also said], “[Many of] you people have heard what [John and I] have taught. (I will illustrate what you are like./Do you know what [many of] you people who have heard what [John and I] have taught are like?) [RHQ]
32 Son simili a' fanciulli che seggono in su la piazza, e gridano gli uni agli altri, e dicono: Noi vi abbiamo sonato, e voi non avete ballato; vi abbiamo cantate canzoni lamentevoli, e voi non avete pianto.
You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of them] are calling to [the others], saying, ‘We [(exc)] played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’
33 Perciocchè Giovanni Battista è venuto, non mangiando pane, nè bevendo vino, e voi avete detto: Egli ha il demonio.
[Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me]! When John came and [preached to you], he did not eat [ordinary] food [SYN] or drink wine, [like most people do]. But you [rejected him], saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
34 Il Figliuol dell'uomo è venuto, mangiando, e bevendo, e voi dite: Ecco un uomo mangiatore, e bevitor di vino, amico di pubblicani, e di peccatori.
In [contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same food] and drink [wine as others do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’
35 Ma la Sapienza è stata giustificata da tutti i suoi figliuoli.
But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
36 OR uno de' Farisei lo pregò a mangiare in casa sua; ed egli, entrato in casa del Fariseo, si mise a tavola.
[One day] one of the Pharisees [named Simon] invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined [to eat].
37 Ed ecco, [vi era] in quella città una donna ch'era stata peccatrice, la quale, avendo saputo ch'egli era a tavola in casa del Fariseo, portò un alberello d'olio odorifero.
There was a woman in that city [who many people knew had been] a prostitute [EUP]. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. So she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
38 E stando a' piedi di esso, di dietro, piangendo, prese a rigargli di lagrime i piedi, e li asciugava co' capelli del suo capo; e gli baciava i piedi, e [li] ungeva con l'olio.
[As the people there were reclining to eat], the woman stood behind [Jesus, at his] feet. As she was crying [because she was sorry for her sins, her tears fell on Jesus’ feet]. Then she wiped his feet with her hair, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
39 E il Fariseo che l'avea convitato, avendo veduto [ciò], disse fra sè medesimo: Costui, se fosse profeta, conoscerebbe pur chi, e quale [sia] questa donna che lo tocca; perciocchè ella è una peccatrice.
When the Pharisee who had invited [Jesus] saw that, he thought, “[Prophets know about other people’s lives], [so] if Jesus were a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of a person she is. He would have known that she is a prostitute! [EUP]”
40 E Gesù gli fece motto, e disse: Simone, io ho qualche cosa a dirti. Ed egli disse: Maestro, di' pure.
Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
41 [E Gesù gli disse: ] Un creditore avea due debitori; l'uno gli dovea cinquecento denari, e l'altro cinquanta.
Jesus replied, “Two people owed some money to a man who [earned money by] lending [it to others]. One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50 silver coins.
42 E non avendo essi di che pagare, egli rimise il debito ad amendue. Di' adunque, qual di loro l'amerà più?
Neither of them was able to pay back [what he owed], so the man [very kindly] said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?”
43 E Simone, rispondendo, disse: Io stimo colui a cui egli ha più rimesso. E Gesù gli disse: Tu hai dirittamente giudicato.
Simon replied, “I think that the one who owed the most money and did not have to pay it back [will love him more].” Jesus said to him, “That is correct.”
44 E rivoltosi alla donna, disse a Simone: Vedi questa donna; io sono entrato in casa tua, [e] tu non mi hai dato dell'acqua a' piedi; ma ella mi ha rigati di lagrime i piedi, e li ha asciugati coi capelli del suo capo.
Then he turned toward the woman, and said to Simon, “(Think about [what] this woman [has done]!/Do you [(sg)] see [what] this woman [has done]?) [RHQ] When I entered your house, you [did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by] giving me any water [to wash] my feet, but this woman has wet my feet with her tears and then wiped them with her hair!
45 Tu non mi hai dato neppure un bacio; ma costei, da che è entrata, non è mai restata di baciarmi i piedi.
You did not [follow our custom of greeting by] kissing me, but since I came in, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!
46 Tu non mi hai unto il capo d'olio; ma ella mi ha unti i piedi d'olio odorifero.
You did not [follow our custom of welcoming guests by] anointing my head with [olive] oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume.
47 Per tanto, io ti dico, che i suoi peccati, che sono in gran numero, le son rimessi, perchè ella ha molto amato; ma a chi poco è rimesso poco ama.
So I will tell you that even though this woman has sinned very much, she has been forgiven {[I] have forgiven her}. [By what she has done she has shown that] she loves [me] very much. But a person who has [sinned] just a little bit, but whom [I] have forgiven, will love [me just a little bit].”
48 Poi disse a colei: I tuoi peccati ti son rimessi.
Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
49 E coloro ch'eran con lui a tavola presero a dire fra loro stessi: Chi è costui, il quale eziandio rimette i peccati?
Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “(This man must [think that he is God]!/Who does this man [think that he] is [RHQ]), saying that he can forgive [people for] their sins?”
50 Ma [Gesù] disse alla donna: La tua fede ti ha salvata; vattene in pace.
But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have trusted [PRS] [in me, God] has saved you [from the guilt of your sins]. May [God] give you inner peace as you go!”
