San Lucas 10
1 Después de esto, el Señor designó también a otros setenta, y los envió de dos en dos delante de él a todas las ciudades y lugares a los que iba a llegar.
After that, the Lord Jesus appointed 72 other [people]. He [prepared to] send them out, two-by-two, to every town and village where he [SYN] intended to go.
2 Y les dijo: “La mies es abundante, pero los obreros son pocos. Rogad, pues, al Señor de la mies que envíe obreros a su mies.
He said to them, “The [people who are ready to receive my message] are like a field [of] [MET] [grain] that is ready for [people] to harvest {to be harvested}. But there are not many people [to bring them to God]. So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his fields [to gather the] harvest.
3 Seguid vuestro camino. He aquí que os envío como corderos en medio de lobos.
Start going; but [remember that] I am sending you [(pl)] out [to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be] like lambs among wolves.
4 No lleven bolso, ni cartera, ni sandalias. No saluden a nadie en el camino.
Do not take along [any money in] a purse. Do not take a traveler’s bag. Do not take [extra] sandals. Do not [spend a lot of time] greeting people along the way.
5 En cualquier casa en la que entréis, decid primero: “Paz a esta casa”.
Whenever you enter a house [to lodge there], first say to those people, ‘May [God give inner] peace to [you people] [MTY] [in] this house!’
6 Si hay un hijo de la paz, tu paz descansará en él; pero si no, volverá a ti.
If people who [live] there [are (desiring to have]/worthy of receiving) [God’s] peace, they will experience the [inner] peace that you are [offering them]. If people who [live] there [are not desiring to have God’s] peace, you [will experience God’s inner] peace, [but they will not].
7 Quédate en esa misma casa, comiendo y bebiendo lo que te den, porque el trabajador es digno de su salario. No vayas de casa en casa.
[If they welcome you], stay in that same house [until you leave that village]. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you. A worker deserves to get pay [MET] [from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go].
8 En cualquier ciudad en la que entres y te reciban, come lo que te pongan delante.
Whenever you enter a town and the people [there] welcome you, eat what is provided {what [they] provide} for you.
9 Sanad a los enfermos que estén allí y decidles: “El Reino de Dios se ha acercado a vosotros”.
Heal the people there who are sick. Tell them, ‘It is almost [time for] God to send his king to rule [MET] [your lives].’
10 Pero en cualquier ciudad en la que entréis y no os reciban, salid a sus calles y decid:
But if you enter a town whose [people] do not welcome you, go into its [main] streets and say,
11 ‘Hasta el polvo de vuestra ciudad que se nos pegue, lo limpiamos contra vosotros. Sin embargo, sabed que el Reino de Dios se ha acercado a vosotros’.
‘[Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave], we will also shake off the dust of your town that clings to our sandals, to warn you [that God will reject/punish you]. But [we want you to know that] it is almost [the time when] God will start to rule!’
12 Os digo que aquel día será más tolerable para Sodoma que para esa ciudad.
I will tell you this: On the [MTY] [final] day when [God judges everyone], he will punish the wicked people [MTY] who long ago lived in Sodom, [the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked]. But he will punish [even] more severely the people [MTY] of any town [whose people refused to hear your message]!”
13 “¡Ay de ti, Corazín! ¡Ay de ti, Betsaida! Porque si en Tiro y en Sidón se hubieran hecho las maravillas que se han hecho en vosotros, hace tiempo que se habrían arrepentido, sentados en cilicio y ceniza.
“There will be terrible [punishment] for [you people who live in] [MTY] Chorazin and Bethsaida [cities]. I did great miracles in your cities [to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities], the wicked people who lived there would have long ago [shown that they were sorry for their sins by] sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads.
14 Pero será más tolerable para Tiro y Sidón en el juicio que para vosotros.
[But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in] Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you more severely [because you did not pay attention to my message].
15 Vosotros, Capernaum, que estáis exaltados hasta el cielo, seréis descendida al Hades. (Hadēs g86)
[I also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city]. (Do not [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary], [after you die, God] will send you down to the place where [sinful people] will be punished [forever]!” (Hadēs g86)
16 El que os escucha a vosotros me escucha a mí, y el que os rechaza a vosotros me rechaza a mí. El que me rechaza a mí, rechaza al que me envió”.
[Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that] those who listen to your [message] are listening to me, and that those who reject your [message] are rejecting me. And [he will consider that] those who reject me are rejecting [God], the one who sent me.”
17 Los setenta volvieron con alegría, diciendo: “¡Señor, hasta los demonios se nos someten en tu nombre!”
The 72 [people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to]. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, [people did what we(exc) told them to do]! Demons also obeyed us when by your [(sg)] authority [MTY] [we commanded them to leave people]!”
18 Les dijo: “He visto a Satanás caer del cielo como un rayo.
Jesus replied, “[When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though] [MET] I saw Satan fall from heaven [as suddenly and quickly] as lightning [strikes].
19 He aquí que os doy autoridad para pisar serpientes y escorpiones, y sobre todo el poder del enemigo. Nada podrá haceros daño.
Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits [MET] [they will not hurt you]. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, [Satan]. Nothing shall hurt you.
20 Sin embargo, no os alegréis de que los espíritus se os sometan, sino alegraos de que vuestros nombres estén escritos en el cielo.”
But [although] you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice [more] that your names have been written {that [God] has written your names} in heaven, [because you will be with God forever].”
21 En esa misma hora, Jesús se regocijó en el Espíritu Santo y dijo: “Te doy gracias, Padre, Señor del cielo y de la tierra, porque has ocultado estas cosas a los sabios y entendidos y las has revelado a los niños. Sí, Padre, porque así ha sido agradable a tus ojos”.
At that time the Holy Spirit caused [Jesus] to be very happy. He said, “Father, you [(sg)] rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth! Some [people think that they are] wise [because] they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily] [MET] [as] little children [do]. Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
22 Volviéndose a los discípulos, dijo: “Todo me ha sido entregado por mi Padre. Nadie sabe quién es el Hijo, sino el Padre, y quién es el Padre, sino el Hijo, y aquel a quien el Hijo quiera revelarlo.”
[Jesus also said to the 72 disciples], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all [I need to know and the power I need for my work]. Only my Father knows who I [really] am. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know what [God] my Father is [like].”
23 Volviéndose a los discípulos, les dijo en privado: “Dichosos los ojos que ven lo que vosotros veis,
Then when Jesus’ disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “[God] is pleased with you [SYN] who have seen [the things that I have done]!
24 porque os digo que muchos profetas y reyes desearon ver lo que vosotros veis, y no lo vieron, y oír lo que vosotros oís, y no lo oyeron.”
I want you to know that many prophets and kings [who lived long ago] desired to see the things that you are seeing [me do], but these things did not [happen] then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but these things were not [revealed to them] then.”
25 He aquí que un abogado se levantó y le puso a prueba, diciendo: “Maestro, ¿qué debo hacer para heredar la vida eterna?” (aiōnios g166)
[One day as Jesus was teaching people], a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that [God gave Moses]. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live [with God] forever?” (aiōnios g166)
26 Le dijo: “¿Qué está escrito en la ley? ¿Cómo la lees?”
Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] have read [RHQ] what [Moses] has written in the laws that [God gave him]. What did Moses write about living forever?”
27 Respondió: “Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma, con todas tus fuerzas y con toda tu mente, y a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”.
The man replied, “[He wrote that] we [(inc)] must love the Lord our God. [We must show that] by what we feel and by what we do and by what we think. [He] also [wrote that we must love] people that we come in contact with as much as [we love] ourselves.”
28 Le dijo: “Has respondido correctamente. Haz esto y vivirás”.
Jesus replied, “You [(sg)] have answered [your question] correctly. If you do all that [continually], you will live [with God forever].”
29 Pero él, queriendo justificarse, preguntó a Jesús: “¿Quién es mi prójimo?”
But the man wanted to defend [the way] he [acted toward people that he came in contact with] (OR, to defend why he [had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply]). So he said to Jesus, “Which people that I come in contact with [should I love]?”
30 Jesús respondió: “Un hombre bajaba de Jerusalén a Jericó, y cayó en manos de unos ladrones, que lo despojaron y golpearon, y se fueron dejándolo medio muerto.
Jesus replied [by telling him this illustration]: “A [Jewish] man was once going down along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bandits attacked him. They took away [most of] the man’s clothes [and everything else that he had], and they beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him.
31 Por casualidad, un sacerdote bajaba por ese camino. Al verlo, pasó por el otro lado.
It happened that a [Jewish] priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, [instead of helping him], he passed by on the other side [of the road].
32 Del mismo modo, un levita, al llegar al lugar y verlo, pasó por el otro lado.
Similarly, a man who worked in the temple [in Jerusalem] came to that place and saw the man. But he also passed by on the other side [of the road].
33 Pero un samaritano, que iba de camino, llegó donde él estaba. Al verlo, se compadeció,
Then a man from Samaria [province] came along that road to where the man was lying. [People from Samaria despise Jews. But] when he saw that man, he pitied him.
34 se acercó a él y vendó sus heridas, echando aceite y vino. Lo montó en su propio animal, lo llevó a una posada y lo cuidó.
He went over to him and put some [olive] oil and wine on his wounds [to help heal them]. He wound strips of cloth [around the wounds]. He placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn and took care of him.
35 Al día siguiente, cuando se marchó, sacó dos denarios, se los dio al anfitrión y le dijo: “Cuida de él. Lo que gastes de más, te lo devolveré cuando vuelva’.
The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you [(sg)] spend more than this amount [to care for him], I will pay you back when I return.’”
36 Ahora bien, ¿cuál de estos tres te parece que era prójimo del que cayó entre los ladrones?”
Then Jesus said, “Three people [saw] the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them [acted in a loving way toward] that man?”
37 Dijo: “El que se apiadó de él”. Entonces Jesús le dijo: “Ve y haz lo mismo”.
The man who studied the Scriptures replied, “The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] go and act like that [toward] everyone whom [you can help]!”
38 Mientras iban de camino, entró en una aldea, y una mujer llamada Marta le recibió en su casa.
As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village [near Jerusalem]. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house.
39 Ella tenía una hermana llamada María, que también se sentaba a los pies de Jesús y escuchaba su palabra.
Her [younger] sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.
40 Pero Marta estaba distraída con muchos quehaceres, y se acercó a él y le dijo: “Señor, ¿no te importa que mi hermana me haya dejado sola para servir? Pídele, pues, que me ayude”.
But Martha was very much concerned about preparing [a meal]. She went to Jesus and said, “Lord, (you do not seem to care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself!/do you not care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself?) [RHQ] Tell her that she should help me!”
41 Jesús le contestó: “Marta, Marta, te afanas y te preocupas por muchas cosas,
But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you [(sg)] are very worried about many things.
42 perouna cosa es necesaria. María ha elegido la parte buena, que no le será quitada”.
But only one thing is truly necessary, and that is, [to listen to what I am teaching]. Mary has decided to [do that], and that is better [than worrying]. [The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me] will not be taken away from her {No one will take away from her [the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me]}.”
