Marcos 8
1 En esos días se reunió otra gran multitud y de nuevo no tenían nada para comer. Entonces Jesús reunió a los discípulos y les dijo:
During those days, a large crowd of people gathered again. [After they had been there a couple days], they had no food to eat. So Jesus summoned the disciples [to come closer] and then he said to them,
2 “Siento gran pesar por ellos, pues ya han estado aquí conmigo por tres días y no tienen nada que comer.
“This is the third day that these people have been with me, and they have nothing [left] to eat, so now I feel very sorry for them.
3 Si los despido sin comer, se desmayarán en el camino. Y algunos han venido desde muy lejos”.
Furthermore, if I send them home [while they are still] hungry, [some of] them will faint on the way home, because some of them have come from far away.”
4 “¿Dónde podría alguien encontrar suficiente pan para alimentarlos aquí, en este desierto?” respondieron sus discípulos.
[Knowing that he was suggesting that they give the people something to eat, one of] his disciples replied, “(We cannot possibly find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live!/How can we find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live?)” [RHQ]
5 “¿Cuántos panes tienen?” preguntó Jesús. “Siete”, respondieron ellos.
Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “[We have] seven [flat loaves].”
6 Entonces le pidió a la multitud que se sentara en el suelo. Luego tomó los siete panes y dio las gracias por él. Partió el pan y entregó los trozos de pan a sus discípulos para que los dieran a la multitud.
Jesus commanded the crowd, “Sit down on the ground!” [After they sat down], he took the seven loaves, he thanked [God for them], he broke them [into pieces] and started giving them to his disciples in order that they might distribute them [to the people].
7 También tenían un pescado, así que después de bendecirlo, dijo: “Tomen estos y compártanlos también”.
[They found that] they [also] had a few small [dried] fish. So after he thanked God for these, he told the disciples, “Distribute these also.” [After they distributed the bread and fish to the crowd],
8 Y comieron hasta que quedaron saciados, y luego recogieron siete canastas con lo que había sobrado.
the people ate this food and they had plenty [to] satisfy [them]. [The disciples] collected the pieces of food that were left over. [They filled] seven large baskets full of those pieces.
9 Había allí cuatro mil personas. Y después de despedirlos,
[They estimated that] there were about 4,000 people [who ate on that day].
10 Jesús subió a una barca con sus discípulos y se dirigió a la región de Dalmanuta.
Then Jesus dismissed the crowd. Immediately after that, he got into the boat along with his disciples, and they went [around Lake Galilee] to Dalmanutha district.
11 Los fariseos llegaron y comenzaron a discutir con él, queriendo que les mostrara alguna señal milagrosa del cielo, tratando así de probarlo.
[In those days some] Pharisees came to Jesus. They asked him [to perform] a miracle [that would show that] God [had sent him]. They wanted to [find a way by which they could] convince the people to reject him. [So] they started to argue with him.
12 Entonces Jesús suspiró profundamente y preguntó: “¿Por qué la gente quiere una señal? Les digo la verdad: No les daré una señal”.
Jesus sighed quietly to himself, and then he said, “I am disgusted that [RHQ], [even though] you people have seen how I [have healed people], you keep asking me to perform miracles! Note this: Such a miracle will certainly not be shown {I will certainly not show such a miracle} [just] for you people!”
13 Entonces los dejó allí, subió a la barca, y volvió a cruzar el lago.
Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along [with his disciples], and they went further around [Lake Galilee].
14 Pero los discípulos habían olvidado llevar pan. Lo único que tenían en la barca era un solo pan.
The disciples had forgotten to bring along [enough] food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat.
15 “¡Estén alerta y cuídense de la levadura de los fariseos y de Herodes!” les advirtió.
[As they were going], Jesus warned them against [the attitudes the Pharisees and Herod Antipas had, attitudes that were having a bad effect on other people. He did this by telling them a parable]. He said, “Be careful! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”
16 “Él lo dice porque no trajimos pan”, concluyeron ellos.
[The disciples misunderstood him]. So they said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we have no bread.”
17 Pero Jesús sabía lo que ellos estaban diciendo y dijo: “¿Por qué están hablando acerca del pan que no trajeron? ¿Aún no están pensando ni están entendiendo? ¿Han cerrado sus mentes?
Jesus knew [what they were discussing among themselves]. So he said to them, “([I am disappointed that you are] discussing about your not having enough bread!/Why are you discussing about your not having enough bread?) [RHQ] (You should understand by now [that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food!/Why do you not yet perceive or understand that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food]?) [RHQ] (You are not thinking!/Why are you not thinking?) [RHQ]
18 ¿Acaso no tienen ojos para ver y oídos para oír?
(I am also disappointed that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see!/Why is it that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see?) [RHQ] You have ears, but you do not understand [what I say] [RHQ]!” [Then he asked], “Do you not remember [what happened]
19 ¿No recuerdan que repartí cinco panes entre cinco mil personas? ¿Cuántas canastas sobrantes recogieron?” “Doce”, respondieron ellos
when I broke [only] five loaves [and fed] the 5.000 people [RHQ]? [Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over] How many baskets full of pieces of bread [that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “We collected twelve baskets full.”
20 “Y los siete panes que se repartieron entre cuatro mil. ¿Cuántas canastas sobrantes recogieron ustedes?” “Siete”, respondieron.
Then he asked, “When I broke the seven loaves in order to [feed] the 4,000 people, [again when everyone had plenty to eat], how many large baskets [of pieces of bread that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “[We collected] seven [large baskets full].”
21 “¿Aún no entienden?” les preguntó.
Then he kept saying to them, “([I am disappointed that] you do not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]!/Why do you not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]?)” [RHQ]
22 Entonces partieron hacia Betsaida, donde unas personas trajeron a un hombre ciego ante Jesús. Ellos le rogaban a Jesús que lo tocara y lo sanara.
They arrived [in the boat] at Bethsaida [town]. People brought to Jesus a blind man and earnestly requested that Jesus touch him [in order to heal him].
23 Entonces Jesús tomó al hombre ciego por la mano y lo llevó fuera de la aldea. Luego escupió en los ojos del hombre y lo tocó con sus manos. Entonces Jesús le preguntó: “¿Puedes ver?”
Jesus took the hand of the blind man, led him outside the town, he put his saliva on the man’s eyes, he put his hands on the man, and then he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 El hombre miró a su alrededor, y dijo: “Puedo ver a la gente, pero lucen como árboles que caminan”.
The man looked up and then he said, “[Yes], I see people! They are walking around, but I cannot see them [clearly]. They look like trees!”
25 Entonces Jesús tocó una vez más los ojos del hombre, y pudo ver claramente. Había sido curado y su vista estaba clara.
Then Jesus again touched the eyes of the blind man. The man looked intently and at that moment he was completely healed! He could see everything clearly.
26 Entonces Jesús envió al hombre a su casa, y le dijo: “No pases de regreso por la aldea”.
Jesus said to him, “Do not go into the town! [First go straight home and tell the people there about what I did]!” Then he sent the man to his home.
27 Jesús y sus discípulos se marcharon para ir a las aldeas de Cesarea de Filipo. Y cuando iban de camino, le preguntó a sus discípulos: “¿Quién dice la gente que soy?”
Jesus and the disciples [left Bethsaida town and went to the villages near Caesarea Philippi town]. On the way he questioned them, “Who do people say that I [really] am?”
28 “Algunos dicen que eres Juan el Bautista, otros dicen que eres Elías, y otros dicen que eres uno de los profetas”, respondieron ellos.
They replied, “[Some people say] that you are John the Baptizer, [who has come back to life again]. Others say [that you are the prophet] Elijah [who has returned from heaven as God promised]. And others say that you are one of the [other former] prophets [who has come back to life again].”
29 “¿Pero quién dicen ustedes que soy yo?” les preguntó. “¡Tú eres el Mesías!” respondió Pedro.
He asked them, “What about you? Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to him, “[We believe that] you are the Messiah!”
30 Jesús les advirtió acerca de no contarle a nadie sobre él.
Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone [yet that he was the Messiah].
31 Entonces comenzó a explicarles que el Hijo del hombre sufriría muchas cosas y sería rechazado por los ancianos, por los sumos sacerdotes, y por los maestros religiosos. Sería llevado a la muerte, pero tres días después se levantaría de nuevo.
Then Jesus began to teach them, “[Even though] I am the one who came from heaven, it is necessary that I suffer very much. It is also necessary that I be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws {that the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws reject me}, and that I be killed {they kill me}. But on the third day [after I am killed I] will become alive again.”
32 Jesús les explicaba esto de manera muy clara. Pero Pedro lo llevó aparte y comenzó a amonestarlo por decir tales cosas.
He said this to them clearly. But Peter took Jesus aside and then, [because he assumed that the Messiah would never die], he started to rebuke Jesus [for talking about dying].
33 Entonces Jesús se dio vuelta y mirando a sus discípulos, reprendió a Pedro. “Apártate de mí, Satanás”, dijo. “No estás pensando como Dios piensa, sino como piensan los humanos”.
Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples. Then he rebuked Peter, saying, “Stop thinking like that! Satan [is causing you to talk like that! Instead] of wanting what God wants [me to do, you are wanting] me to do [only] what [most] people [would want me to do].”
34 Jesús entonces llamó a la multitud y a sus discípulos para que se acercaran a él, y les dijo: “Si alguno quiere seguirme, debe renunciar a sí mismo, cargar su cruz y entonces seguirme.
Then he summoned the crowd along with his disciples [so that they might listen to him]. He told them, “If any one [of you] wants to be my disciple, you must not do [only] what you yourself want to do. Specifically, you must [be willing to allow people to hurt you and to disgrace you. That is what they do to criminals] who are forced to carry crosses [MET] [to the places where they will be crucified]. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do.
35 Si alguno quiere salvar su vida, la perderá, pero si alguno pierde su vida por mi causa y por causa de la Buena Noticia, la salvará.
[You must do that], because those who try to save their lives [by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me] will not live [eternally], but those who are killed because of being my [disciples] and [because of telling others my] good message will live [forever with me].
36 “¿De qué le servirá a alguien ganar todo en el mundo, y perder su vida?
People might get everything [they want] in this world, but (they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples!]/what will they gain if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples]?) [RHQ]
37 ¿Qué darían ustedes a cambio de su vida?
([Think carefully about the fact that] there is absolutely nothing that people can give [to God] that would enable them to gain eternal life!/Is there anything that a person can give [to God] in order to gain eternal life?) [RHQ]
38 Si ustedes sienten vergüenza de reconocerme a mí y lo que yo digo entre este pueblo infiel y pecaminoso, entonces el Hijo del hombre se avergonzará de ustedes cuando venga con la gloria de su Padre, con los santos ángeles”.
And think about this: Those who refuse [to say that they belong to] me and who reject what I say in these days when many people have turned away [from God] and are very sinful, I, the one who came from heaven, will also refuse [to say that they belong to me] when I come back with the holy angels and have the glorious brightness that my Father has!”
