San Lucas 7
1 Después de haber llegado al final de todas sus palabras al pueblo que le oía, entró en Capernaum.
After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
2 Y cierto capitán tenía un siervo que era muy querido para él; este sirviente estaba enfermo y casi muerto.
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 Y cuando las noticias de Jesús llegaron a sus oídos, envió a él a los ancianos de los judíos, pidiéndole que viniera y sanara 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 Y cuando llegaron a Jesús, le rogaron mucho, diciendo: es digno que le concedas esto;
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 él ama nuestra nación, y él mismo ha puesto una sinagoga para nosotros.
because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
6 Y Jesús fue con ellos. Y cuando él no estaba lejos de la casa, el hombre le envió amigos, diciéndole: Señor, no te molestes, 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, no me atreví a ir a buscarte en persona: solo di la palabra y mi siervo sanará.
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 yo, yo soy un hombre puesto bajo autoridad, teniendo soldados bajo mis órdenes; y le digo a éste: Ve, y él va; y a otro, ven, y él viene; y a mi sirviente, haz esto, y él 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 Y cuando le dijeron estas cosas a Jesús, se sorprendió y, volviéndose a la multitud que lo seguía, dijo: No he visto tanta fe, no, no 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 Y cuando los que fueron enviados regresaron a la casa, vieron que el siervo estaba sano.
When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
11 Y sucedió que, pasado un tiempo, fue a un pueblo llamado Naín; y sus discípulos fueron con él, y un gran número de personas.
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, sacaron a un hombre muerto, el único hijo de su madre, que era viuda; y un gran número de personas del pueblo estaban con ella.
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 Cuando el Señor la vio, se apiadó de ella y le dijo: No llores.
When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
14 Y llegando cerca, puso su mano en la camilla donde estaba el muerto, y los que lo llevaban se detuvieron. Y él dijo: Joven, a ti te digo, levántate.
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 Y el muerto se levantó, y comenzó a hablar. Y él se lo dio a su madre.
The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
16 Y el temor vino sobre todos, y alabaron a Dios, diciendo: Un gran profeta está 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 Y esta historia acerca de él; extendió su fama por toda Judea y los lugares de alrededor.
[Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
18 Y los discípulos de Juan le dieron cuenta de todas estas cosas. Y Juan llamó a dos de sus discípulos,
The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
19 Entonces Juan envió a dos de sus discípulos al Señor, diciendo: ¿Eres tú el que ha de venir, o esperamos 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 Y cuando los hombres vinieron a él, le dijeron: Juan el Bautista nos ha enviado a ti, diciendo: ¿Eres tú el que ha de venir, o estamos esperando 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 ese momento, liberó a varias personas de sus enfermedades y dolores, y de espíritus malos; y a otros que estaban 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 Y respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Ve, y hazle saber a Juan de lo que has visto, y oído; los ciegos ahora ven, los cojos caminan, los leprosos son limpiados, los sordos oyen, los muertos son resucitados, y a los pobres es anunciado el mensaje de salvación.
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 Y bienaventurado es aquel que no halle tropiezo en mí.
[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 Y cuando los hombres que fueron enviados por Juan, se habían ido, él dijo a la gente, acerca de Juan: ¿Qué salisteis a ver al desierto? un tallo alto moviéndose 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 salieron a ver? un hombre con ropa delicada? Mira ahora, aquellos que tienen ropa hermosa y comida deliciosa están en casas de 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 salieron a ver? ¿un profeta? Sí, les digo, y 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 se ha escrito: Mira, envío a mi siervo delante de ti, quien preparará tu 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 Les digo que entre los nacidos de mujeres, ninguno es mayor 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 Y todo el pueblo y los recaudadores de impuestos, que lo oyeron, reconocieron la justicia de Dios, siendo 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 maestros de la ley estaban en contra del propósito de Dios para ellos mismos, no siendo bautizados por Juan.
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 Y dijo él Señor ¿Qué comparación debo hacer de los hombres de esta generación? cómo son?
[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 están sentados en el mercado, clamando unos a otros, y diciendo: Hicimos música para ti, pero no participaste en el baile; lanzamos gritos de dolor, pero no lloraste.
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 vino Juan el Bautista, que no comía ni bebía, y dicen: Él tiene espíritu malo.
[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 se fue de fiesta y ustedes dicen: Aquí hay un amante de la comida y el vino, un amigo de los publicanos y los 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 Mas la sabiduría es juzgada por todos sus hijos.
But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
36 Y uno de los fariseos le pidió que comiera con él. Y él fue a 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 Y había una mujer en la ciudad que era pecadora; y cuando tuvo noticias de que era un invitado en la casa del fariseo, tomó una botella de alabastro con perfume,
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 Y entró y tomó su lugar detrás de él, cerca de sus pies, llorando, de modo que sus pies se lavaron con las lágrimas de sus ojos, y con su cabello los hizo secar, y besando sus pies ella colocó el perfume sobre ellos.
[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 Cuando el fariseo en cuya casa estaba, lo vio, se dijo a sí mismo: Este hombre, si fuera profeta, sería consciente de qué clase de mujer es esta que le puso las manos encima, que es 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 Y Jesús, respondiendo, dijo: Simón, tengo algo que decirte. Y él dijo: Maestro, continúa.
Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
41 Y él dijo: Dos hombres estaban en deuda con cierto hombre de negocios: uno tenía una deuda de quinientos denarios, y la otra de 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 Cuando no pudieron hacer el pago, los liberó de sus deudas. ¿Cuál de ellos, ahora, tendrá mayor amor por él?
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, en respuesta, dijo: Parece ser él, cuya deuda era mayor. Y él dijo: Tu decisión es correcta.
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 Y volviéndose a la mujer, le dijo a Simón: ¿Ves a esta mujer? Entré a tu casa; no me diste agua para mis pies, pero ella me lavó los pies con las lágrimas de sus ojos y los secó con su cabello.
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 un beso, pero ella, desde el momento en que entré, ha seguido besándome los 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 No pusiste aceite sobre mi cabeza; mas ella puso perfume en mis pies.
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 Y así te digo, ella tendrá perdón por su gran número de pecados que son muchos, por su gran amor; pero el que tiene poca necesidad de perdón, da poco amor.
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 él le dijo a ella: Tus tus pecados te son perdonados.
Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
49 Y los que estaban sentados a la mesa con él, se dijeron a sí mismos: ¿Quién es éste que perdona 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 Y dijo a la mujer: Por tu fe tienes la salvación; 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!”
