1 Corintios 11

1 Sed imitadores de mí, como yo también lo soy de Cristo.

[Follow my example], just like I [try to] follow Christ’s example.

2 Aláboos pues, hermanos, que en todo os acordáis de mí; y retenéis los preceptos, de la manera que os los entregué.

I praise you because you remember all the things [that I taught you] and because you follow the instructions that I gave you. You have done just like I told you to do.

3 Mas quiero que sepáis, que Cristo es la cabeza de todo varón; y el varón es la cabeza de la mujer; y Dios la cabeza de Cristo.

[Now], I want you to know that the one who has authority over [MTY] every man is Christ, and the ones who have authority over women are men (OR, their husbands), and the one who has authority over Christ is God.

4 Todo varón que ora, o profetiza cubierta la cabeza, afrenta su cabeza.

[So] if any man [wears a covering over] his head when he prays or speaks a message God gave him, he disgraces himself [SYN].

5 Mas toda mujer que ora, o profetiza no cubierta su cabeza, afrenta su cabeza; porque lo mismo es que si se rayese.

Also, if any woman does not wear a covering over her head when she prays or speaks a message that God gave her, she disgraces herself (OR, she dishonors her husband). That would be acting like [SIM] [women who are ashamed because] their heads have been shaved.

6 Porque si la mujer no se cubre, raígase también; y si es vergüenza para la mujer raerse o raparse, cúbrase.

So, if women do not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], they should let someone shave their heads [so that they will be ashamed]. But since women are ashamed if someone cuts their hair [short] or shaves off their hair, they should wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them].

7 Porque el varón no ha de cubrir la cabeza; porque él es imagen y gloria de Dios; mas la mujer es gloria del varón.

Men should not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], because they represent what God is like [MET] and they show how great God is. But women show how great men (OR, their husbands) are.

8 Porque el varón no es de la mujer, sino la mujer del varón.

[Remember that God intends that men have authority over women. We know that] because [God] did not make [the first] man, [Adam], from the [first] woman, [Eve]. Instead, he made that woman [from a bone that he took] from the man.

9 Porque tampoco el varón era criado por causa de la mujer, sino la mujer por causa del varón.

Also, [God] did not create [the first] man [to help] the woman. Instead, [he] created the woman [to help] the man.

10 Por lo cual la mujer debe tener la señal de potestad sobre su cabeza por causa de los ángeles.

For that reason, women should wear something [to cover] their heads [as a symbol of their being under their husbands’] [MTY] authority. They should also [cover their heads] so that the angels [will see that and rejoice].

11 Mas ni el varón es sin la mujer, ni la mujer sin el varón, en el Señor.

However, remember that [even though God created the first] woman from [the first] man, all other men [have been born] from women. So men cannot be independent of women, nor can women be independent of men. But all things, [including men and women], come from God.

12 Porque como la mujer es del varón, así también el varón es por la mujer; empero todas las cosas de Dios.

13 Juzgád en vosotros mismos: ¿es honesto orar la mujer a Dios no cubierta?

Consider this for yourselves: Is it proper for [RHQ] women to pray to God while they do not have coverings over their heads?

14 ¿No os enseña aun la misma naturaleza que al hombre sea deshonesto criar cabello?

(Everyone senses that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair./Doesn’t everyone sense that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair?) [RHQ]

15 Por el contrario a la mujer criar el cabello le es honroso; porque en lugar de velo le es dado el cabello.

But it is very delightful if women have long hair, because [God] gave them long hair to be like a [beautiful] covering [for their heads].

16 Con todo eso si alguno parece ser contencioso, nosotros no tenemos tal costumbre, ni las iglesias de Dios.

But whoever wants to argue [with me about my saying that women should have a covering over their heads when they pray or speak a message from God should consider the fact that] we [apostles] do not [permit] any other custom, and the [other] congregations of God do not have any other custom.

17 Esto empero os anuncio, que no os alabo, que no por mejor, sino por peor os juntáis.

Now I want to tell you [about some other things]. I do not praise you about them, because whenever you believers meet together, good [things do not happen]. Instead, bad things [happen].

18 Porque lo primero, cuando os juntáis en la iglesia, oigo que hay entre vosotros disensiones, y en parte lo creo.

First of all, people have told me that when you gather together as a group [to worship God], you divide into groups [that are hostile to each other]. To some extent I believe that is true.

19 Porque es menester que también haya entre vosotros herejías, para que los que son probados se manifiesten entre vosotros.

It seems that you must divide into [groups that despise each other] in order that it might be clear/evident which people among you [God] approves of!

20 De manera que cuando os juntáis en uno, esto no es comer la cena del Señor:

When you gather together, you [IRO] eat the meal [that you say is to remember the death of] the Lord [Jesus for us].

21 Porque cada uno se anticipa al otro para comer su propia cena; y el uno tiene hambre, y el otro está embriagado.

But [what happens when] you eat is that each person eats his own meal before [he thinks about sharing his food with anyone else]. As a result, [when the meal is over], some people are [still] hungry and others are drunk! [So it is not a meal that honors the Lord].

22 ¡Qué! ¿no tenéis casas en que comáis y bebáis? ¿O menospreciáis la iglesia de Dios, y avergonzáis a los que no tienen? ¿Qué os diré? ¿Os alabaré en esto? No os alabo.

([You act as though] you do not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]!/Do you not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]?) [RHQ] Do you not realize [RHQ] [that by acting selfishly in this way], it is God’s people whom you are despising, and it is the poor people [in your group] whom you are treating as though they were not important? What shall I say to you about that [RHQ]? Do [you expect] me to praise you [about what you do] [RHQ]? I certainly will not praise you!

23 Porque yo recibí del Señor lo que también os he entregado: Que el Señor Jesús la misma noche que fue entregado, tomó pan:

The Lord taught me these things that I also taught you: During the night that Jesus was betrayed {[Judas] enabled [the enemies of] the Lord Jesus to seize him}, he took some bread.

24 Y habiendo dado gracias lo rompió, y dijo: Tomád, coméd: éste es mi cuerpo que por vosotros es rompido: hacéd esto en memoria de mí.

After he thanked God for it, he broke it into pieces. [Then he gave it to his disciples] and said, “This bread [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my body, that [I am about to sacrifice] for you. Eat bread in this [way again and again] to remember my [offering myself as a sacrifice for you].”

25 Asimismo tomó también la copa, después de haber cenado, diciendo: Esta copa es el nuevo testamento en mi sangre: hacéd esto todas las veces que la bebiéreis, en memoria de mí.

Similarly, after they ate their meal, he took a cup [MTY] [of wine]. He [thanked God for it. Then he gave it to his disciples], saying, “[The wine in] [MTY] this cup [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my blood [that will flow from my body] ([to put into effect/to establish]) the new agreement [that God is making with people]. Whenever you drink wine in this way, do it to remember that [my blood flowed for you].”

26 Porque todas las veces que comiereis este pan, y bebiéreis esta copa, la muerte del Señor anunciais hasta que venga.

[Remember that] until the Lord [Jesus] returns [to the earth], whenever you eat the [bread that represents his body] and drink the wine [MTY] [that represents his blood], you are telling other people that he died [for you].

27 De manera que cualquiera que comiere este pan, o bebiere esta copa del Señor indignamente, será culpado del cuerpo y de la sangre del Señor.

So, those who eat that bread and drink that wine [MTY] in a way that is not proper [for those who belong to the Lord] are guilty of [acting in a way that is contrary to what] our [Lord intended when he offered] his body [as a sacrifice] and his blood [flowed when he died].

28 Por tanto examínese cada uno a sí mismo, y así coma de aquel pan, y beba de aquella copa.

Before any believer eats that bread and drinks that wine [MTY], he should think carefully about [what he is doing],

29 Porque el que come y bebe indignamente, condenación come y bebe para sí, no discerniendo el cuerpo del Señor.

because if anyone eats [the bread that represents Christ’s body] and drinks [the wine that represents his blood] without recognizing that all God’s [people should be united, God will] punish him [for doing that].

30 Por lo cual hay muchos enfermos y debilitados entre vosotros, y muchos duermen.

Many people in your group are weak and sick, and several have died [EUP] because of [the way they acted when they ate that bread and drank that wine].

31 Que si nos juzgásemos a nosotros mismos, no seríamos juzgados.

If we would think carefully about what we [are doing], [God] would not judge [and punish] us [like that].

32 Mas siendo juzgados, somos castigados del Señor, para que no seamos condenados con el mundo.

But when the Lord judges [and punishes] us [for acting wrongly], he disciplines us [to correct us], in order that he will not [need to] punish us when he punishes [the people who do not trust in Christ] [MTY].

33 Así que, hermanos míos, cuando os juntáis a comer, esperáos unos a otros.

So, my fellow believers, when you gather together to eat [food to remember the Lord’s dying for you], wait until everyone [has arrived so that you can find out who does not have enough food].

34 Y si alguno tuviere hambre, coma en su casa; porque no os juntéis para juicio. Las demás cosas las pondré en orden cuando viniere.

Those who are so hungry [that they cannot wait to eat until everyone else has arrived] should eat in their own homes [first], in order that when you gather together God will not judge [and punish them for] ([being inconsiderate of/not being concerned about]) [others]. And when I come [to Corinth] I will give you instructions about other matters [concerning the Lord’s Supper].