Lucas 15
1 E chegavam-se a ele todos os publicanos e pecadores para o ouvir.
The tax collectors and the outcasts were all drawing near to Jesus to listen to him;
2 E os fariseus e os escribas murmuravam, dizendo: Este recebe pecadores, e come com eles.
but the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law found fault. “This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!” they complained.
3 E ele lhes propôs esta parábola, dizendo:
So Jesus told them this parable –
4 Que homem dentre vós, tendo cem ovelhas, e perdendo uma delas, não deixa no deserto as noventa e nove, e não vai após a perdida até que venha a acha-la?
“Who among you who has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine out in the open country, and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
5 E, achando-a, a põe sobre seus ombros, gostoso;
And, when he has found it, he puts in on his shoulders rejoicing;
6 E, chegando a casa, convoca os amigos e vizinhos, dizendo-lhes: alegrai-vos comigo, porque já achei a minha ovelha perdida.
and, on reaching home, he calls his friends and his neighbors together, and says ‘Come and rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’
7 Digo-vos que assim haverá mais alegria no céu sobre um pecador que se arrependa do que sobre noventa e nove justos que não necessitam de arrependimento.
So, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one outcast who repents, than over ninety-nine religious people, who have no need to repent.
8 Ou qual a mulher que, tendo dez dracmas, se perder uma dracma, não acende a candeia, e não varre a casa, e não busca com diligência até a achar?
Or again, what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
9 E, achando-a, convoca as amigas e vizinhas, dizendo: alegrai-vos comigo, porque já achei a dracma perdida.
And, when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says ‘Come and rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.’
10 Assim vos digo que há alegria diante dos anjos de Deus sobre um pecador que se arrepende.
So, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of God’s angels over one outcast who repents.”
11 E disse: Um certo homem tinha dois filhos;
Then Jesus continued, “A man had two sons;
12 E o mais moço deles disse ao pai: pai, dá-me a parte da fazenda que me pertence. E ele lhes repartiu a fazenda.
and the younger of them said to his father ‘Father, give me my share of the inheritance.’ So the father divided the property between them.
13 E, poucos dias depois, o filho mais novo, ajuntando tudo, partiu para uma terra mui longe, e ali desperdiçou a sua fazenda, vivendo dissolutamente.
A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.
14 E, havendo ele já gastado tudo, houve naquela terra uma grande fome, e começou a padecer necessidade.
After he has spent all that he had, there was a severe famine through all that country, and he began to be in actual want.
15 E foi, e chegou-se a um dos cidadãos daquela terra, o qual o mandou para os seus campos a apascentar os porcos.
So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
16 E desejava saciar o seu estômago com as bolotas que os porcos comiam, e ninguém lhe dava nada.
He even longed to satisfy his hunger with the bean-pods on which the pigs were feeding; and no one gave him anything.
17 E, tornando em si, disse: Quantos jornaleiros de meu pai tem abundância de pão, e eu pereço de fome!
But, when he came to himself, he said ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!
18 Levantar-me-ei, e irei ter com meu pai, e dir-lhe-ei: pai, pequei contra o céu e perante ti;
I will get up and go to my father, and say to him “Father, I sinned against heaven and against you;
19 Já não sou digno de ser chamado teu filho; faze-me como um dos teus jornaleiros.
I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.”’
20 E, levantando-se, foi para seu pai; e, quando ainda estava longe, viu-o seu pai, e se moveu de intima compaixão, e, correndo, lançou-se-lhe ao pescoço e o beijou.
And he got up and went to his father. But, while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was deeply moved; he ran and threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.
21 E o filho lhe disse: pai, pequei contra o céu e perante ti, e já não sou digno de ser chamado teu filho.
‘Father,’ the son said, ‘I sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.’
22 Mas o pai disse aos seus servos: Trazei depressa o vestido melhor, e vesti-lho, e ponde-lhe um anel na mão, e alparcas nos pés;
But the father turned to his servants and said ‘Be quick and fetch a robe – the very best – and put it on him; give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet;
23 E trazei o bezerro cevado, e matai-o; e comamos, e alegremo-nos;
and bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
24 Porque este meu filho era morto, e reviveu, tinha-se perdido, e é achado. E começaram a alegrar-se.
for here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.’ So they began making merry.
25 E o seu filho mais velho estava no campo; e quando veio, e chegou perto de casa, ouviu a música e as danças.
Meanwhile the elder son was out in the fields; but, on coming home, when he got near the house, he heard music and dancing,
26 E, chamando um dos servos, perguntou-lhe que era aquilo.
and he called one of the servants and asked what it all meant.
27 E ele lhe disse: veio teu irmão; e teu pai matou o bezerro cevado, porquanto o recuperou são e salvo.
‘Your brother has come back,’ the servant told him, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
28 Indignou-se, porém, ele, e não queria entrar. E, saindo o pai, o rogava.
This made him angry, and he would not go in. But his father came out and begged him to do so.
29 Mas, respondendo ele, disse ao pai: Eis que te sirvo há tantos anos, e nunca transgredi o teu mandamento, e nunca me deste um cabrito para alegrar-me com os meus amigos;
‘No,’ he said to his father, ‘look at all the years I have been serving you, without ever once disobeying you, and yet you have never given me even a young goat, so that I might have a party with my friends.
30 Vindo, porém, este teu filho, que desperdiçou a tua fazenda com as meretrizes, mataste-lhe o bezerro cevado.
But, no sooner has this son of yours come, who has eaten up your property in the company of prostitutes, than you have killed the fattened calf for him.’
31 E ele lhe disse: Filho, tu sempre estás comigo, e todas as minhas coisas são tuas;
‘Child,’ the father answered, ‘you are always with me, and everything that I have is yours.
32 Portanto era justo alegrarmo-nos e folgarmos, porque este teu irmão era morto, e reviveu; e tinha-se perdido, e achou-se.
We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.’”
