San Lucas 16
1 Y otra vez dijo a los discípulos: Había un hombre de gran riqueza que tenía un administrador; y se le dijo que este siervo estaba desperdiciando sus bienes.
[Jesus] also said to his disciples, “Once there was a rich man who had a household manager. [One day] he was told {[someone] told him} that [the manager] was managing the rich man’s money badly.
2 Y envió a buscarlo, y dijo: ¿Qué es esto que se dice de ti? dame una cuenta de todo lo que has hecho, porque ya no serás el administrador de mi propiedad.
So he summoned [his manager] and said to him, ‘(It is terrible what they are saying about you [(sg)]!/Is it true what they are saying about you [(sg)] [RHQ]?) Give me a written account of [the funds] you have been managing, because you can no longer be my [household] manager!’
3 Y el administrador se dijo a sí mismo: ¿Qué he de hacer ahora que mi señor me quita mi puesto? No tengo la fuerza suficiente para trabajar en el campo, y me avergonzaría si pidiera dinero a la gente en las calles.
Then the manager thought to himself, ‘My master is going to fire me, so (I do not know what to do./what shall I do [RHQ]?) I am not strong enough to [work by] digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg [for money].’
4 He tomado una decisión sobre qué hacer, para que cuando me saquen de mi posición me lleven a sus casas.
[Suddenly he had an idea]. ‘I know what I will do, so that people will take me into their houses [and provide for me] after I am dismissed {after my master dismisses me} from my work!’
5 Y enviando por cada uno que estaba en deuda con su señor, dijo al primero: ¿Cuál es el monto de su deuda con mi señor?
So [one by one] he summoned the people who owed his master money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you [(sg)] owe my master?’
6 Y él dijo: Cien medidas de aceite. Y él dijo: Toma tu cuenta de inmediato y pon cincuenta.
The man replied, ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down and quickly change it to 400 [gallons]!’
7 Entonces dijo a otro: ¿Cuál es el monto de tu deuda? Y él dijo: Cien medidas de grano. Y él le dijo: Toma tu cuenta y baja a ochenta.
He said to another man, ‘How much do you owe?’ The man replied, ‘A thousand bushels of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and change it to 800 [bushels]!’ [He did similar things for the others who owed his master money].
8 Y su señor alabó al mal administrador, porque él había sido sabio; porque los hijos de este mundo son más sabios en los negocios del mundo pecador que los hijos de la luz. (aiōn g165)
When his master [heard what the manager had done], he admired the dishonest manager for the clever thing he had done. [The truth] is that the ungodly people in this world act more wisely toward other people than godly people [MET] act. (aiōn g165)
9 Y les digo: hagan amigos por la riqueza de este mundo pecador, para ganarse amigos para que cuando la riquezas se acaben y llegue a su fin, sean llevados a los eternos lugares de descanso. (aiōnios g166)
[So] I tell you [(pl)] this: Use the money that you have [here] on earth to help others so that they will become your friends. Then when [you die and] you cannot [take] any money with you, [God and his angels] will welcome you into a home [in heaven] that will last forever. (aiōnios g166)
10 El que es fiel en lo poco, es fiel en lo mucho; el que no es honrado en lo poco. no es honrado en lo mucho.
People who faithfully manage small [matters] will also faithfully manage important [matters]. People who are dishonest in [the way they handle] small [matters] will be dishonest [in the way they handle] important [matters].
11 Si, entonces, no has sido fiel en las riquezas de este mundo pecador, ¿quién les confiará la verdadera riqueza?
So if you have not faithfully handled the money that [God has given you here] on earth, (he will certainly not allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven!]/would he allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven]?) [RHQ]
12 Y si no has sido fiel en el cuidado de la propiedad de otras personas, ¿quién les dará lo que les pertenece?
And if you have not faithfully managed things that belong to other people, ([God] will certainly not allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you!/would God allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you?) [RHQ]
13 Ninguno puede ser siervo de dos señores; porque él tendrá odio por uno y amor por el otro; o se quedará con el uno y no tendrá respeto por el otro. No pueden ser siervos de Dios y de la riqueza.
No servant is able to serve two [different] bosses [at the same time. If he tried to do that], he would prefer one of them more than the other one; he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one. [Similarly], you cannot [devote your life] to worshipping God and [worshipping] money and material goods [at the same time].”
14 Y los fariseos, que tenían un gran amor al dinero, al oír estas cosas, se burlaban de él.
There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
15 Y él dijo: Ustedes tienen cuidado de parecer buenos a los ojos de los hombres, pero Dios conoce sus corazones; y las cosas que son importantes en opinión de los hombres, son aborrecidas a los ojos de Dios.
But he said to them, “You try to make other people think that you are righteous, but God knows your (inner beings/hearts). [So he will reject you. Keep in mind that many] things that people think are important, God thinks are detestable.
16 La ley y los profetas fueron hasta Juan; pero luego vino la predicación del reino de Dios, y todos se esfuerzan para entrar en el.
The laws that [God gave Moses] and what the prophets [MTY] [wrote] were ([in effect/what you needed to obey]) until John [the Baptizer] came. Since then [I] have been preaching about how God wants to [rule people’s lives in a new way], and many people are [accepting that message and] very eagerly asking God to control [their lives. But that does not mean that God has abolished the laws that he established previously].
17 Pero el cielo y la tierra llegarán a su fin antes de que la letra más pequeña de la ley deje de cumplirse.
[All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
18 Todo aquel que se divorcia de su mujer y toma a otra, adultera; y el que está casado con una mujer cuyo marido la ha abandonado, adúltera.
[For example, because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that] any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery. He also [considers that] any man who marries a woman who has been divorced by her husband {whose husband has divorced her} is [also] committing adultery.”
19 Y había cierto hombre de gran riqueza, que estaba vestido con ropas de púrpura y delicado lino, y estaba resplandeciente y alegre todos los días.
[Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
20 Y un pobre hombre, llamado Lázaro, estaba tendido a la puerta, lleno de heridas,
And every day a poor man whose name was Lazarus was laid {[some people also] laid a poor man whose name was Lazarus} at the gate of the rich man’s [house]. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores.
21 Deseando los trozos de comida que salían de la mesa del hombre rico; y hasta los perros vinieron y pusieron sus lenguas sobre sus heridas.
He [was so hungry that he] wanted to eat the scraps [of food] that fell from the table where the rich man [ate]. Furthermore, [to make things worse], dogs came and licked his sores.
22 Y con el tiempo el pobre hombre llegó a su fin, y los ángeles lo llevaron al seno de Abraham. Y el hombre rico llegó a su fin y fue sepultado.
[Eventually] the poor man died. Then he was taken by the angels {the angels took him} to [start feasting] next to his [ancestor] Abraham. The rich man also died, and his body was buried {[some people] buried his body}.
23 Y en el infierno, estando en gran dolor, alzando sus ojos vio a Abraham, muy lejos, y Lázaro sobre su seno. (Hadēs g86)
In the place where dead people wait [for God to judge them], he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham. (Hadēs g86)
24 Y él dio un grito y dijo: Padre Abraham, ten misericordia de mí y envía a Lázaro, para que él ponga la punta de su dedo en agua y la ponga sobre mi lengua, porque yo estoy ardiendo cruelmente en esta llama.
So he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So [please] pity me, and send Lazarus [here] so that he can dip his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it!’
25 Pero Abraham dijo: Ten en cuenta, hijo mío, que cuando vivías, tenías tus bienes, mientras que Lázaro tenía sus males; pero ahora, él es consolado y tú tienes dolor.
But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that while you [(sg)] were alive [on earth] you enjoyed [many] good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now [it is fair that] he is happy here, and you are suffering.
26 Y además, hay una división profunda entre nosotros y usted, para que aquellos que puedan ir de aquí a usted no puedan hacerlo, y nadie puede venir de usted hacia nosotros.
Besides that, there is a huge ravine between you [(sg)] and us. So those who want to go from here to where you [(sg)] are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we [(exc)] are.’
27 Y él dijo: Padre, es mi petición que lo envíes a la casa de mi padre;
Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
28 Porque tengo cinco hermanos; y que les dé cuenta de estas cosas, para que no lleguen a este lugar de dolor.
I have five brothers [who live there]. Tell him to warn them [to turn away from their sinful behavior so that] they do not also come to this place, where [we(exc)] suffer great pain!’
29 Pero Abraham dijo: Ellos tienen a Moisés y los profetas; que escuchen lo que dicen.
But Abraham replied, ‘[No, I will not do that, because your brothers] are able to [go to the Jewish meeting places where the priests] read what Moses and the prophets [wrote]. They should listen to what Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote]!’
30 Y él dijo: No, padre Abraham, pero si alguien fuera a ellos de entre los muertos, cambiarían sus corazones.
But the rich man replied, ‘No, father Abraham, [that will not be enough] But if someone from those who have died goes back to them [and warns them], they will turn from their sinful behavior.’
31 Y le dijo: Si no quieren prestar atención a Moisés y a los profetas, no creerán aunque alguno vuelva de entre los muertos.
[Abraham] said to him, ‘No! If they do not listen to [what] [MTY] Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote], even if someone would become alive again [and go and warn them], they would not be convinced {he could not convince them} [that they should turn from their sinful behavior].’”
