Marcos 10
1 Jesús partió de Capernaúm y se fue a la región de Judea y Transjordania. Una vez más la gente se amontonó para verlo, y él les enseñaba como de costumbre.
Jesus left (that place/Capernaum) [with his disciples], and they went through Judea district and on across [to the east side of] the Jordan [River]. When crowds gathered around him again, he taught them again, as he customarily did.
2 Entonces algunos fariseos vinieron a verlo. Trataron de probarlo haciéndole la pregunta: “¿Es legal el divorcio?”
[While he was teaching them, some] Pharisees approached him and asked him, “Does [our Jewish] law permit a man to divorce his wife?” They asked that in order to be able to criticize him [whether he answered “yes” or “no”].
3 “¿Qué les dijo Moisés que hicieran?” les preguntó como respuesta.
He answered them, “What did Moses command your [ancestors about a man divorcing his wife]?”
4 “Moisés permitía que un hombre escribiera un certificado de divorcio y desechara a la esposa”, respondieron ellos.
[One of] them replied, “Moses permitted that a man may write on paper [his reason] for divorcing [his wife], [give this paper to her], and then send her away.”
5 Entonces Jesús les dijo: “Moisés solo escribió esta regla para ustedes por la dureza de sus corazones.
Jesus said to them, “It was because your [ancestors] stubbornly wanted just what they desired that Moses wrote that law for [your ancestors], and you [are just like them]!
6 Sin embargo, en el principio, desde la creación, Dios los creó hombre y mujer.
[Remember] that he [also wrote that, when God] first created [people], he made [one] man, and [one] woman [to become that man’s wife].
7 Esa es la razón por la que el hombre deja a su padre y a su madre y se une en matrimonio con su esposa,
That explains why [God said], ‘When a man [and] woman marry, they should no longer live with their fathers and mothers [after they marry].
8 y los dos se vuelven un solo cuerpo. Ya no son más dos, sino uno.
Instead, the two of them shall [live together, and they shall] become so [closely united] [MET] [that they are like] one person.’ Therefore, although the people [who marry] were two [separate persons] before, [God regards them] as one person now, [so he wants them to remain married].
9 Que nadie separe lo que Dios ha unido”.
Because that is true, a man must not separate from his [wife] whom God has joined [to him, because God’s plan is for them to remain together]!”
10 Cuando volvieron a estar adentro, los discípulos comenzaron a preguntarle sobre esto.
When Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, they asked him again about this.
11 “Todo hombre que se divorcie de su esposa y vuelva a casarse, comete adulterio contra ella”, les dijo.
He said to them, “[God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, so he considers] that any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery, [even] if he divorces his first wife.
12 “Y si la esposa se divorcia de su esposo y se casa nuevamente, comete adulterio”.
[God also considers] a woman who divorces her first husband to be committing adultery if she marries another man.”
13 Aconteció que algunas personas trajeron a sus hijos donde estaba Jesús para que los bendijera, pero los discípulos los echaban y trataban de mantener a los niños lejos de Jesús.
[One day], some people were bringing children to Jesus in order that he would touch [and bless] them. But the disciples scolded those people [because they thought that Jesus] ([did not want to be bothered spending time with/was not concerned about]) [children].
14 Pero cuando Jesús vio lo que estaban haciendo, se molestó mucho y les dijo: “¡Dejen a los niños venir a mí! No se los impidan, porque el reino de los cielos pertenece a todos los que son como estos niños.
When Jesus saw that, he became angry. He said to the [disciples], “Allow the children to come to me! Do not forbid them [DOU]! It is people who [are humble and trust as they do] who can experience (God’s rule [in their lives]/God taking care of them) [MET].
15 Les digo la verdad, y es que todo aquél que no reciba el reino de Dios como un niño, no entrará en él”.
Note this: Those who do not [trustingly] allow God to direct [their lives], as children [do], will not enter the place where God rules.”
16 Y Jesús abrazaba a los niños y colocaba sus manos sobre ellos, y los bendecía.
Then he embraced the children. He also put his hands on them [and asked God to] bless them.
17 Cuando Jesús se dispuso a seguir su camino, vino un hombre y se arrodilló delante de él. “Maestro bueno, ¿qué debo hacer para asegurarme de que tendré la vida eterna?” le preguntó. (aiōnios g166)
As Jesus was starting to travel [again with his disciples], a [young] man ran up to him. He knelt before Jesus and then he asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to have eternal life/in order to live [with God] eternally?” (aiōnios g166)
18 “¿Por qué me llamas bueno?” le preguntó Jesús. “Nadie es bueno, solo Dios.
Jesus said to him, “(You should consider carefully [what you are implying] (OR, [that you are implying that I am God]) [by] calling me good, because only God is good!/Do you realize [what you are implying] (OR, [that you are implying that I am God]) [by] calling me good, because only God is good?) [RHQ] No other person is good
19 Ya conoces los mandamientos: no matarás, no cometerás adulterio, no robarás, no darás falso testimonio, no engañarás, honra a tu padre y a tu madre…”
[But to answer your question], you know the commandments [of Moses, which will cause you to live eternally if you obey them perfectly]. He commanded [things such as] ‘do not murder anyone, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not (testify falsely/lie), do not cheat anyone, and honor your father and mother’.”
20 “Maestro”, respondió el hombre, “ya he obedecido todos esos mandamientos desde que estaba pequeño”.
The man said to him, “Teacher, I have obeyed all those commandments ever since I was young. [So is] ([that enough/there something else that I have not done])?”
21 Jesús lo miró con amor y dijo: “Solo te falta una cosa. Ve y vende todo lo que posees, da el dinero a los pobres, y tendrás tesoro en el cielo. Entonces ven y sígueme”.
Jesus looked at him and loved him. He said to him, “There is one thing that you have not [yet done]. You must go [home], sell all that you possess, and then give [the money] to poor people. [As a result], you will be spiritually rich in heaven. After [you have done what I have told you], come with me [and be my disciple]!”
22 Ante esto, el rostro del hombre se desanimó y se fue sintiéndose muy triste, porque era muy rico.
The man became disappointed when he heard that. He went away sad, because he was very rich [and he did not want to give away everything].
23 Entonces Jesús miró a su alrededor y les dijo a sus discípulos: “¡Será muy difícil para los ricos entrar al reino de Dios!”
Jesus looked around [at the people]. Then he exclaimed to his disciples, “It is very difficult for people who are wealthy to [decide to] let God rule their lives!”
24 Los discípulos quedaron impresionados por esto. Pero Jesús siguió: “Amigos míos, es difícil entrar al reino de Dios.
The disciples were surprised at what he said. [They thought that God favored the rich people, so if God did not save them, he would not save anyone]. So Jesus replied again to them, “My dear friends, it is very difficult for anyone [to decide] to let God rule his life.
25 Es más fácil que un camello pase por el ojo de una aguja, que un rico entre en el reino de Dios”.
It is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is almost as difficult [HYP] for rich people [to decide] to let God rule their [lives].”
26 Y los discípulos estaban aún más confundidos. “Entonces ¿quién podrá ser salvo en toda la tierra?” se preguntaban unos a otros.
The disciples were very astonished. So they said to each other, “If that is so, (it will be unlikely that anyone will be saved {that God will save anyone}!/will [God] save anyone?) [RHQ]”
27 Mirándolos, Jesús respondió: “Desde un punto de vista humano, es imposible, pero no con la ayuda de Dios. Con Dios todo es posible”.
Jesus looked at them and then he said, “[Yes], it is impossible for people [to save themselves]! But God certainly can [save them], because God can do anything!”
28 Pedro levantó la voz y dijo: “Nosotros lo hemos dejado todo para seguirte…”
Peter exclaimed, “[You know that] we have left behind everything and we have become your disciples. [So], ([what about us/will God (accept us/reward us)])?”
29 “Les digo la verdad”, respondió Jesús, “cualquiera que deje todo por mi causa, y por causa de la Buena Noticia, su casa o sus hermanos, sus hermanas o a su padre y su madre, sus hijos o sus tierras,
Jesus replied, “I want you to know this: Those who have left [their] houses, [their] brothers, [their] sisters, [their] father, [their] mother, [their] children, or [their] plots of ground, to [be] my [disciples] and to [proclaim] the good news,
30 recibirá como recompensa cien veces tantas casas y hermanos, hermanas e hijos y tierras, mas persecución. En el mundo por venir recibirán vida eterna. (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166)
will receive in this life 100 times as much [as they left behind. That will include houses and people as dear as] brothers and sisters and mothers and children, and plots of ground. Furthermore, although people will persecute them [here on earth because they believe in me], in the future age [they] will ([have] eternal life/live [with God] eternally). (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166)
31 Sin embargo, muchos de los primeros serán los últimos, y los últimos serán los primeros”.
But I [warn you all]: Many of you who [now consider yourselves] to be very important will be unimportant [at that future time], and many of you who [now consider yourselves] to be unimportant will be very important [at that future time]!”
32 Ellos siguieron su camino hacia Jerusalén, mientras Jesús iba adelante. Los discípulos estaban ansiosos y los otros seguidores estaban asustados. Así que Jesús llevó a los discípulos aparte para explicarles lo que estaba a punto de ocurrirle.
[Some days later as they continued to travel], Jesus and his disciples were walking on the road that leads up to Jerusalem [city]. Jesus was walking ahead of them. [The disciples/apostles] were astonished [that he was going to where there were many people who opposed him], and the other people who were with them were afraid [about what would happen to him in Jerusalem. Along the way he took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves]. Then he began to tell them again about what was going to happen to him, saying,
33 “Vamos a Jerusalén”, les dijo, “y el Hijo del hombre será entregado a los jefes de los sacerdotes y a los maestros religiosos. Ellos lo condenarán a muerte y lo entregarán en manos de los extranjeros.
“Listen carefully! We are going up to Jerusalem. There the chief priests and the men who teach the Jewish laws will be enabled {someone will help the chief priests and those who teach our [Jewish] laws} to seize me. Then they will declare that I must die, [even though] I am the one who came from heaven. Then they will take me to the Roman [authorities].
34 Se burlarán de él, lo escupirán, lo azotarán y lo matarán. Pero tres días después, él se levantará de nuevo”.
Those men will ridicule me. They will spit on me. They will (scourge me/whip me with a leaded whip.) Then they will kill me. But on the third day after that, I will become alive again!”
35 Santiago y Juan, los hijos de Zebedeo, vinieron a verlo. “Maestro”, dijeron ellos, “queremos que hagas por nosotros lo que te pidamos”.
[Along the way], James and John, [who were] the two sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and they said to him, “Teacher, please do for us what we will ask you to do!”
36 “¿Qué quieren que haga por ustedes?” respondió Jesús.
He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
37 “Cuando estés victorioso y sentado en tu trono, haznos sentar a tu lado, uno a la derecha y el otro a la izquierda”, le dijeron.
They said to him, “When you [rule] gloriously, [let us rule with you]. Let one of us [sit] at your right side and one sit at your left side.”
38 “Ustedes no saben lo que están pidiendo”, respondió Jesús. “¿Pueden ustedes beber la copa que yo bebo? ¿Pueden ustedes ser bautizados con el bautismo de dolor que yo voy a sufrir?”
But Jesus said to them, “You do not understand what you are asking for.” Then he asked them, “Can you endure suffering [MTY] like I am about to suffer? Can you endure being killed [MTY] as I will be killed {people killing you as they will kill me}?”
39 “Sí, podemos”, respondieron ellos. “Ustedes beberán la copa que yo bebo, y serán bautizados con el mismo bautismo que yo”, les dijo Jesús.
They said to him, “[Yes], we are able [to do that]!” Then Jesus said to them, “[It is true that] you will endure suffering [MTY] like I will suffer, and you will endure being killed as I will be killed {people killing you as they will kill me}.
40 “Pero no me corresponde a mí decidir quién se sentará a mi derecha o a mi izquierda. Esos lugares están guardados para aquellos para quienes han sido preparados”.
But I am not the one who chooses the ones who will sit next to me [and rule with me. God will give] those places to the ones he appoints.”
41 Cuando los otros diez discípulos escucharon sobre esto, comenzaron a sentirse molestos con Santiago y Juan.
The [other] ten [disciples later] heard about what James and John [had requested]. As a result, they were angry with them [because they also wanted to rule with Jesus in the highest positions].
42 Entonces Jesús reunió a los discípulos y les dijo: “Ustedes pueden darse cuenta de que aquellos que afirman gobernar a las naciones oprimen a su pueblo. Los gobernantes actúan como tiranos.
Then, after Jesus called them all together, he said to them, “You know that those who rule the non-Jews [enjoy] showing that they are powerful. You also know that officials enjoy commanding others.
43 Pero entre ustedes no será así. Cualquiera de ustedes que quiera ser gobernante, tendrá que ser siervo de todos,
But do not be like them! On the contrary, all those among you who want [God to consider them] great must become [like] servants to [the rest of] you.
44 y todo aquel que quiera ser el primero entre ustedes, debe ser el esclavo de todos.
Furthermore, if anyone among you wants [God to consider him] to be the most important, he must [act like] a servant for the rest of you.
45 Porque incluso el Hijo del hombre no vino para que lo sirvieran sino para servir, y para dar su vida en rescate para muchos”.
[You should imitate me]. Even though I am the one who has come from heaven, I did not come to be served {for others to serve me}. On the contrary, I came in order to serve others and to allow others to kill me, in order that my dying for people would be like a payment to rescue [many people from being punished] {[God punishing them]} [for their sins].”
46 Entonces pasaron por Jericó. Y cuando Jesús y sus discípulos salían de la ciudad junto con una gran multitud, Bartimeo, un indigente ciego, estaba sentado a un lado del camino.
[On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus and the disciples came to Jericho town]. Afterwards, while they were leaving Jericho along with a great crowd, a blind man who habitually begged [for money] was sitting beside the road. His name was Bartimaeus and his father’s name was Timaeus.
47 Cuando este escuchó que era Jesús de Nazaret, comenzó a gritar: “¡Jesús, hijo de David, por favor, ten misericordia de mí!”
When he heard people say that Jesus from Nazareth [was passing by], he shouted, “Jesus! [You who are the Messiah] descended from [King] David, (be merciful to/help) me!”
48 Y muchas personas le decían que se callara, pero eso solo lograba que él gritara aún más, “¡Jesús, hijo de David, por favor, ten misericordia de mí!”
Many people rebuked him and told him that he should be quiet. But he shouted even more, “[You who are the Messiah] descended from [King David], (be merciful to/help) me!”
49 Jesús se detuvo y dijo: “Díganle que venga”. Entonces lo llamaron, diciéndole: “¡Buenas noticias! Levántate. Él te llama”.
Jesus stopped and said, “Call him [to come over here]!” They summoned the blind man, saying, “Jesus is calling you! So cheer up and get up [and come]!”
50 Bartimeo se levantó de un salto, tiró su abrigo al suelo, y se apresuró a llegar donde estaba Jesús.
He threw aside his cloak as he jumped up, and he came to Jesus.
51 “¿Qué quieres que haga por ti?” le preguntó Jesús. “Maestro”, le dijo a Jesús, “¡Quiero ver!”
Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Sir, I [want to be able] to see again!”
52 “Puedes irte. Tu confianza en mí te ha sanado”. De inmediato Bartimeo pudo ver y siguió a Jesús por el camino que iba.
Jesus said to him, “[I am] healing you [because] you believed [in me]. So you may go [home]!” He could see immediately. And he went with Jesus along the road.
