San Lucas 7
1 Cuando terminó de hablar a la gente, entró en Capernaum.
After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
2 El siervo de un centurión, que le era muy querido, estaba enfermo y a punto de morir.
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 Cuando oyó hablar de Jesús, le envió a los ancianos de los judíos, pidiéndole que viniera a sanar a su siervo.
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 Cuando llegaron a Jesús, le rogaron encarecidamente, diciendo: “Es digno de que hagas esto por él,
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 porque ama a nuestra nación y nos ha construido nuestra sinagoga.”
because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
6 Jesús fue con ellos. Cuando ya no estaba lejos de la casa, el centurión envió a sus amigos a decirle: “Señor, no te preocupes, porque no soy digno de que entres bajo mi techo.
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 Por eso ni siquiera me he considerado digno de venir a ti; pero di la palabra, y mi criado quedará sano.
I did not feel worthy to come to you, [either]. But [please] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will become well!
8 Porque también yo soy un hombre puesto bajo autoridad, que tiene bajo su mando soldados. A éste le digo: “Ve”, y va; a otro: “Ven”, y viene; y a mi siervo: “Haz esto”, y lo hace”.
[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 Cuando Jesús oyó estas cosas, se maravilló de él y, volviéndose, dijo a la multitud que le seguía: “Os digo que no he encontrado una fe tan grande, ni siquiera en Israel.”
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 Los enviados, al volver a la casa, encontraron que el siervo que había estado enfermo estaba bien.
When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
11 Poco después, fue a una ciudad llamada Naín. Muchos de sus discípulos, junto con una gran multitud, iban con él.
Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd [of other people] went with him.
12 Cuando se acercó a la puerta de la ciudad, he aquí que sacaban a un muerto, hijo único de su madre, que era viuda. La acompañaba mucha gente de la ciudad.
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 Al verla, el Señor se compadeció de ella y le dijo: “No llores”.
When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
14 Se acercó y tocó el féretro, y los portadores se detuvieron. Dijo: “Joven, te digo que te levantes”.
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 El que estaba muerto se sentó y empezó a hablar. Luego se lo entregó a su madre.
The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
16 El temor se apoderó de todos, y glorificaron a Dios, diciendo: “¡Ha surgido un gran profeta entre nosotros!” y “¡Dios ha visitado a su pueblo!”
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 Esta noticia se difundió sobre él en toda Judea y en toda la región circundante.
[Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
18 Los discípulos de Juan le contaron todas estas cosas.
The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
19 Juan, llamando a dos de sus discípulos, los envió a Jesús, diciendo: “¿Eres tú el que viene, o debemos buscar a otro?”
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 Cuando los hombres se acercaron a él, dijeron: “Juan el Bautista nos ha enviado a ti, diciendo: “¿Eres tú el que viene, o debemos buscar a otro?”
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 En aquella hora curó a muchos de enfermedades y plagas y espíritus malignos; y a muchos ciegos les dio la vista.
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 Jesús les respondió: “Id y contad a Juan lo que habéis visto y oído: que los ciegos ven, los cojos andan, los leprosos quedan limpios, los sordos oyen, los muertos resucitan y a los pobres se les anuncia la buena nueva.
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 Dichoso el que no encuentra en mí ocasión de tropezar”.
[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 Cuando los mensajeros de Juan se marcharon, comenzó a decir a las multitudes sobre Juan: “¿Qué salisteis a ver al desierto? ¿Una caña agitada por el viento?
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 Pero, ¿qué salisteis a ver? ¿A un hombre vestido con ropas finas? He aquí que los que se visten de forma elegante y viven con deleites están en las cortes de los reyes.
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 Pero, ¿qué salisteis a ver? ¿A un profeta? Sí, os digo, y mucho más que un 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 Este es aquel de quien está escrito, ‘He aquí que envío a mi mensajero ante tu rostro, que te preparará el camino delante de ti.’
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 “Porque os digo que entre los nacidos de mujer no hay mayor profeta que Juan el Bautista; pero el más pequeño en el Reino de Dios es mayor que él.”
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 Al oír esto, todo el pueblo y los recaudadores de impuestos declararon que Dios era justo, pues habían sido bautizados con el bautismo de Juan.
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 Pero los fariseos y los letrados rechazaron el consejo de Dios, no siendo ellos mismos bautizados por él.
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 “¿Con qué debo comparar a la gente de esta generación? ¿A qué se parecen?
[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 como niños que se sientan en el mercado y se llaman unos a otros, diciendo: ‘Te cantamos, y no bailaste. Nosotros nos lamentamos, y vosotros no llorasteis’.
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 Porque Juan el Bautista no vino ni a comer pan ni a beber vino, y vosotros decís: ‘Tiene un 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 El Hijo del Hombre ha venido comiendo y bebiendo, y vosotros decís: ‘He aquí un comilón y un borracho, amigo de recaudadores y pecadores.’
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 La sabiduría es justificada por todos sus hijos”.
But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
36 Uno de los fariseos le invitó a comer con él. Entró en la casa del fariseo y se sentó a la mesa.
[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 He aquí que una mujer pecadora de la ciudad, al saber que él estaba reclinado en casa del fariseo, trajo un frasco de alabastro con ungüento.
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 Se puso detrás, a sus pies, llorando, y comenzó a mojarle los pies con sus lágrimas, y se los secó con los cabellos de su cabeza, le besó los pies y se los untó con el ungüento.
[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 Al verla, el fariseo que le había invitado se dijo: “Este hombre, si fuera profeta, se habría dado cuenta de quién y qué clase de mujer es la que le toca, que es una pecadora.”
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 Jesús le respondió: “Simón, tengo algo que decirte”. Él dijo: “Maestro, dígalo”.
Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
41 “Un prestamista tenía dos deudores. Uno debía quinientos denarios y el otro cincuenta.
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 Como no podían pagar, les perdonó a los dos. ¿Cuál de ellos lo amará más?”
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 Simón respondió: “Aquel, supongo, al que más perdonó”. Le dijo: “Has juzgado correctamente”.
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 Volviéndose a la mujer, dijo a Simón: “¿Ves a esta mujer? Entré en tu casa y no me diste agua para mis pies, pero ella ha mojado mis pies con sus lágrimas y los ha enjugado con el pelo de su cabeza.
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 No me diste ningún beso, pero ella, desde que entré, no ha dejado de besar mis pies.
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 Tú no ungiste mi cabeza con aceite, pero ella ha ungido mis pies con ungüento.
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 Por eso os digo que sus pecados, que son muchos, le han sido perdonados, porque ha amado mucho. Pero a quien se le perdona poco, ama poco”.
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 Y le dijo: “Tus pecados están perdonados”.
Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
49 Los que se sentaban a la mesa con él empezaron a decirse: “¿Quién es éste que hasta perdona los pecados?”
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 Le dijo a la mujer: “Tu fe te ha salvado. Ve en paz”.
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!”
