San Lucas 14

1 Y aconteció que cuando entraba en la casa de uno de los principales fariseos en sábado, para comer, lo miraban.

One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].

2 Y había cierto hombre que tenía una enfermedad.

Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.

3 Y respondiendo Jesús, dijo a los escribas y fariseos: ¿Está bien hacer que la gente esté bien en sábado o no?

Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”

4 Pero ellos no dijeron nada. Y lo sano y lo envió lejos.

[They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].

5 Y él les dijo: ¿Quién de ustedes, cuyo buey o asno ha entrado en un pozo de agua, no lo sacará inmediatamente en sábado?

Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”

6 Y no tenían respuesta a esa pregunta.

[They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.

7 Y les dio enseñanza en forma de historia a los invitados que asistieron a la fiesta, cuando vio cómo tomaron los mejores asientos; diciéndoles:

Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:

8 Cuando reciban una invitación para que vengan a una fiesta, no tomen el mejor asiento, porque un hombre más importante que ustedes pueda venir,

“When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].

9 Y entonces el que da la fiesta vendrá a ti y te dirá: da tu lugar para este hombre; y tu, con vergüenza, tendrás que tomar el asiento más bajo.

[When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.

10 Pero cuando vengan, ve y toma el asiento más bajo, para que cuando llegue el dador de la fiesta, él te diga: Amigo, sube más alto; y luego tendrás honor a los ojos de todos los demás que están allí.

Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.

11 Porque todo hombre que se humilla a sí mismo en un lugar alto será derribado, pero el que toma asiento será levantado.

Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”

12 Y él le dijo al dueño de la casa: Cuando hagas una fiesta, no invites a tus amigos ni a tus hermanos ni a tu familia, ni a tus vecinos que tienen riquezas, porque ellos pueden darte un festín, y así recibirás una recompensa.

[Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.

13 Pero cuando hagas una fiesta, invita a los pobres y a los ciegos y a los paralíticos.

Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].

14 Y tendrás una bendición, porque no podrán darte ningún pago, y recibirás tu recompensa cuando el justo vuelve de entre los muertos.

They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”

15 Y al oír estas palabras, uno de los que estaban sentados a la mesa con él le dijo: Bienaventurado el hombre que será huésped en el reino de Dios.

One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”

16 Y él les dijo: Un hombre dio un gran banquete, y envió un mensaje a varias personas.

But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.

17 Y cuando llegó el momento, envió a sus siervos a decirles: Vengan, porque todas las cosas están ahora listas.

When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’

18 Y todos dieron razones por las que no pudieron venir. El primero le dijo: Tengo un campo nuevo, y es necesario que vaya y lo vea: lo siento disculpame por no poder ir.

But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’

19 Y otro dijo: He comprado ganado, y voy a hacer una prueba de ellos: discúlpame por no poder ir.

Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’

20 Y otro dijo: Acabo de casarme, y por eso no puedo venir.

Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’

21 Y el criado regresó y le contó a su señor estas cosas. Entonces el dueño de la casa se enojó y le dijo al criado, sal rápidamente a las calles de la ciudad y trae acá a los pobres, los ciegos y los cojos y mancos.

So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’

22 Y el criado dijo: Señor, tus mandamientos han sido cumplidos, y aún hay lugar.

[After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’

23 Y el señor dijo al siervo: Ve por los caminos y los campos, y hazlos entrar, para que se llene mi casa.

[So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”

24 Porque les digo que ninguno de los que fueron invitados a venir probará mi cena.

[Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”

25 Ahora una gran cantidad de gente fue con él.

Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,

26 Y volviéndose, les dijo: Si alguno viene a mí, y no aborrece a su padre, a su madre, a su mujer, a sus hijos, a sus hermanos, a sus hermanas, y aun a su vida, no será mi discípulo.

“If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!

27 El que no toma su cruz y viene en pos de mí, no puede ser mi discípulo.

[People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.

28 ¿Para quién de ustedes, deseando construir una torre, primero no se sienta y hace un cálculo de gastos, para saber si él tendrá suficiente para completarlo?

[I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.

29 Por temor a que si él comienza y no puede continuar hasta el final, todos los que lo vean se burlen de él,

[If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.

30 y diciendo: Este hombre comenzó a construir y no puedo completar.

They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’

31 ¿O qué rey, yendo a la guerra con otro rey, primero no pensará si será lo suficientemente fuerte, con diez mil hombres, para evitar que el que viene contra él con veinte mil?

Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].

32 O mientras el otro está todavía a una gran distancia, envía representantes solicitando condiciones de paz.

If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’

33 Y entonces, quien no esté dispuesto a renunciar a todo lo que tiene, puede que no sea mi discípulo.

So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”

34 Porque la sal es buena, pero si el sabor va de ella, ¿de qué sirve?

[Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]

35 No es bueno para la tierra o para el lugar del desperdicio; nadie tiene un uso para eso. El que tiene oídos, que oiga.

[If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”