Marcos 6
1 Y se fue de allí, y vino a su tierra; y sus discípulos fueron con él.
Jesus left [Capernaum city and went to his hometown, Nazareth]. His disciples went with him.
2 Y cuando llegó el día del sábado, estaba enseñando en la sinagoga; y varias personas que lo escuchaban se sorprendieron y dijeron: ¿De dónde sacó este hombre estas cosas? y, ¿Cuál es la sabiduría dada a este hombre, y cuáles son estas obras de poder hechas por sus manos?
(On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day), [he entered] the Jewish worship house and taught [the people]. Many who were listening to him were astonished. [But some] were saying, “[This man is just an ordinary person like we are! So (we cannot believe that] this man [is able to teach us] about these things and that he has been made very wise {that [God] has made him very wise} and that he is performing such miracles![/how is it that] [RHQ] this man [is able to teach us] about these things and that he has been made very wise {that [God] has made him very wise} and that he is performing such miracles?) [RHQ]
3 ¿No es este el carpintero, el hijo de María, el hermano de Jacobo, José, Judas y Simón? y no son sus hermanas aquí con nosotros? Y ellos se ofendieron con el y no le hicieron caso.
([We know that] he is [just an ordinary] carpenter!/Isn’t he [just an ordinary] carpenter [RHQ]?) [We know him and his family! We know] Mary his mother! ([We know] his [younger] brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon!/Are not his [younger] brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon?) [RHQ] And (his [younger] sisters also live here in this town!/do not his [younger] sisters also live here in this town?) [RHQ]” So they despised him.
4 Y Jesús les dijo: Un profeta es honrado en todas partes, pero no en su tierra, y entre sus parientes, y en su familia.
Jesus [knew that they refused to believe in him]. So he said to them, “[It is certainly true that] people honor [me and other] prophets [in other places, but] not in our hometowns! Even our relatives and the people who live in our own houses do not honor us!”
5 Y no pudo hacer ninguna obra de poder allí, sino solo poner sus manos sobre una o dos personas que estaban enfermas, y sanarlas.
[So], although he healed a few sick people there by touching them, he [decided] not to perform many [other] miracles [in Nazareth] because the people there did not believe that he was the Messiah.
6 Y se sorprendió mucho porque no tenían fe. Y recorrió los lugares del país enseñando.
He was amazed that they did not believe [in him]. Mark 6:6b-13 Jesus [and his disciples] went from town to town [in that region] teaching [the people].
7 Y dio órdenes a los doce, y los envió de dos en dos; y él les dio autoridad sobre los espíritus inmundos;
[One day] he summoned the twelve [disciples], and then he [told them that] he was going to send them out two-by-two [to teach people in various towns]. He gave them power [to expel] evil spirits [from people].
8 Y dijo que no debían llevar nada para su viaje, sino solo un palo; sin pan, sin bolsa, sin dinero en sus bolsillos;
He also instructed them to wear sandals and to take along a walking stick when they were traveling. He told them not to take food, nor a bag [in which travelers carry supplies], nor any money for their journey. He also did not allow them to take extra clothing. [He wanted the people who heard their message to give them what they needed].
9 Debían ir con zapatos comunes en sus pies, y no llevar dos abrigos.
10 Y él les dijo: Dondequiera que vayas a una casa, haz de eso tu lugar de descanso hasta que te vayas.
He also instructed them, “After you enter a town, [if someone invites you to stay in his house], go into his house. Eat and sleep in that same home until you leave that town.
11 Y en cualquier lugar que no te acoja y no te escuche, cuando te vayas, quita el polvo de tus pies como testigo en contra de ellos.
Wherever the people do not welcome you and wherever the people do not listen to you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave [that place]. By doing that, you will warn them [that God will punish them for rejecting your message].”
12 Y salieron, predicando la necesidad de un cambio de corazón en los hombres.
[So] after the disciples went out [to various towns], they were preaching that people should stop their sinful behavior.
13 Y echaban fuera muchos espíritus malos, y pusieron aceite sobre gran número de enfermos, y los sanaban.
They were also expelling many evil spirits [from people], and they were anointing many sick people with [olive] oil and healing them.
14 Y el rey Herodes tuvo noticias de él, porque su nombre estaba en los labios de todos; y él dijo: Juan el Bautista ha vuelto de entre los muertos, y por esta razón estos poderes están obrando en él.
[King] Herod [Antipas] heard about [what] Jesus [was doing], because many people were talking [about it. Some] people were saying [about Jesus], “[He must be] John the Baptizer! He has come back to life! That is why he [has God’s] power to perform these miracles!”
15 Pero otros dijeron: Es Elías. Y otros dijeron: Es un profeta, como uno de los profetas.
Others were saying [about Jesus], “He is [the former prophet] Elijah, [whom God promised to send back again].” Others were saying [about Jesus], “[No], he is a [different] prophet, like one of the [other] prophets [who lived long ago].”
16 Pero Herodes, cuando tuvo noticias de esto, dijo: Juan, a quien yo di muerte, ha vuelto de entre los muertos.
Having heard [what the people were saying, King] Herod [Antipas] himself repeatedly said, “The man [performing those miracles] must be John! I [commanded my soldiers to] cut off his head, but he has come back to life again [to get revenge for my killing him]!”
17 Porque Herodes había enviado hombres para tomar a Juan y ponerlo en la cárcel, a causa de Herodías, la esposa de su hermano Felipe, a quien él se había llevado.
The reason [King Herod concluded that John wanted revenge is as follows: Some time before this], Herod married Herodias, while she was [still] the wife of his [younger] brother, Philip.
18 Porque Juan dijo a Herodes: Es malo para ti tener a la mujer de tu hermano.
John kept telling Herod, “[God’s] law does not permit you to marry the wife of your brother [while he is still alive].” Then, because Herodias [urged him to put John in prison], Herod himself sent [soldiers to John]. They seized John and put him in prison.
19 Y Herodías le tenía coraje por eso, y quiso matarlo; pero ella no pudo;
But because Herodias wanted to get [further] revenge on John, she wanted [someone] to execute him. But she could not do that because [while John was in prison], Herod kept John safe [from her].
20 Porque Herodes temía a Juan, siendo consciente de que era un hombre recto y santo, y lo mantenía a salvo. Y al escucharlo, él estaba muy preocupado; y le oyó con gusto.
Herod did this because he respected/feared John, because he knew that he was a righteous and holy man. The king did not know what he should do, but he liked to listen to him.
21 Y llegó la oportunidad cuando Herodes el día de su cumpleaños dio una fiesta a sus amos, a los altos capitanes y a los principales de Galilea;
But [Herodias was able to have someone execute John when they honored/celebrated] the day when Herod was born. On that day, he invited the [most important] government officials, the [most important] army leaders, and the most important men in Galilee [district] in order that they might eat [and celebrate with him].
22 Y cuando la hija de Herodías en persona entró y bailó, Herodes y los que estaban a la mesa con él se complacieron con ella; y el rey le dijo a la muchacha: Haz una petición para cualquier cosa y yo te la daré.
[While they were eating], Herodias’ daughter came into the room and danced, and that pleased [King] Herod and his guests. So the king said to her, “Ask me for whatever you desire and I will give it to you!”
23 Entonces juró, y le dijo: Cualquiera que sea tu deseo, yo te lo daré, hasta la mitad de mi reino.
He said to her, “Whatever you ask, I will give it to you! I will give you up to half of what I own and rule, if you ask for it. May God punish me [if I do not do what I have promised]!”
24 Y ella salió y le dijo a su madre: ¿Que es lo que debo pedir? Y ella dijo: La cabeza de Juan el Bautista.
The girl immediately left the room and went to her mother. She [told her what the king had said, and] asked her, “What shall I ask for?” Her mother replied, “[Ask the king to give you] the head of John the Baptizer!”
25 Y ella entró rápidamente al rey, y dijo: Mi deseo es que me des, ahora mismo, en un plato, la cabeza de Juan el Bautista.
The girl quickly entered the room again. She went to the king and she requested, “I want you to command someone to [cut off] the head of John the Baptizer [and] give it to me at once on a platter, [so that my mother can know he is dead]!”
26 Y el rey estaba muy triste; pero debido a sus juramentos, y a los que estaban con él en la mesa, él no le dijo 'No' a ella.
The king became very distressed [when he heard what she asked for], because he knew John was a very righteous man (OR, because he now knew that he should not have made that promise to her). But he could not refuse [what she requested because] he had promised [that he would give her anything she asked for], and because his guests [had heard him promise that].
27 Y al instante el rey envió a uno de sus hombres armados, y le ordenó que regresara con la cabeza; y él fue y le cortó la cabeza a Juan en la cárcel,
So the king at once ordered the man who executes prisoners to go and [cut off] John’s head and bring it [to the girl]. That man went to the prison and cut off John’s head.
28 Y volvió con la cabeza en un plato, y la dio a la muchacha; y la muchacha se lo dio a su madre.
He [put it on] a platter, brought it back, and gave it to the girl. The girl took it to her mother.
29 Y cuando sus discípulos tenían noticias de esto, vinieron y tomaron su cuerpo, y se lo llevaron a enterrar.
After John’s disciples heard [what happened], they went [to the prison] and took John’s body and then they buried [it in a burial cave].
30 Y los doce se juntaron a Jesús; y le dieron cuenta de todas las cosas que habían hecho, y todo lo que habían estado enseñando.
The [twelve] apostles returned to Jesus [from the places to which they had gone]. They reported to him what they had done and what they had taught [to people].
31 Y él les dijo: Vengan ustedes solos a un lugar tranquilo, y descansen por un tiempo. Porque había un gran número de personas yendo y viniendo, y no tenían tiempo ni siquiera para comer.
He said to them, “Come [with me] to a place where no people are living, in order that we can be alone and rest a little while!” [He said this] because many people were continually coming to them and going [away again], with the result that [Jesus and] his disciples did not have time to eat [or do anything else].
32 Y solo ellos se fueron en la barca a un lugar desolado.
So they went away by themselves in a boat to a place where no people were living.
33 Y el pueblo los vio partir, y algunos de ellos, sabiendo quiénes eran, fueron corriendo juntos de todas las ciudades, y llegaron allí delante de ellos.
[But many] people saw them leaving. They also recognized [that they were Jesus and the disciples, and they saw where they were going]. So they ran [ahead on land] from all the [nearby] towns to the place [where Jesus and his disciples were going]. They [actually] arrived there before [Jesus and the disciples].
34 Y él salió, y vio una gran multitud, y tuvo lástima de ellos, porque eran como ovejas sin dueño; y les dio enseñanza acerca de varias cosas.
As Jesus [and his disciples] got out of the boat, Jesus saw this large crowd. He felt sorry for them because they were [confused], like sheep that do not have a shepherd. So he taught them many things.
35 Y al final del día, sus discípulos se le acercaron y le dijeron: Este lugar es un desierto, y es tarde:
Late [in the afternoon], the disciples came to him and said, “This is a place where no people live and it is very late.
36 Envíalos, para que vayan al campo y a las pequeñas ciudades de alrededor, y consigan algunos comida para ellos.
[So] send the people away in order that they may go to the surrounding farms and villages in order that they can buy for themselves something to eat!”
37 Pero él les respondió: Denles de comer ustedes. Y ellos le dijeron: ¿Tenemos que ir a buscar pan por doscientos denarios, y dárselos?
But he replied, “[No], you [yourselves] give them something to eat!” They replied, “(We could not buy enough bread to feed [this crowd], even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days!/How could we buy enough bread to feed [this mob], even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days?)” [RHQ]
38 Y él les dijo: ¿Cuánto pan tienes? ve y mira. Y cuando lo vieron, dijeron: Cinco tortas de pan y dos pescados.
But he replied to them, “How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and find out!” They [went and] found out and then they told him, “We have [only] five flat loaves and two [cooked] fish!”
39 Y él hizo que todos estuvieran sentados en grupos sobre la hierba verde.
He instructed [the disciples to tell] all the people to sit down on the green grass.
40 Y fueron colocados en grupos, por cientos y por cincuenta.
So the people sat in groups. There were 50 people in some groups and 100 people in other groups.
41 Y tomó los cinco panes y los dos pescados, y mirando al cielo, pronunció palabras de bendición sobre ellos; y cuando partió los panes se los dio a sus discípulos, para que los presentaran a la gente; e hizo división de los dos peces entre todos ellos.
Jesus took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up towards heaven and thanked [God] for them. Then he broke the loaves and fish into pieces and kept giving them to the disciples in order that they would distribute them to the people.
42 Y todos comieron a llenar y sobró.
Everyone ate [this food] until they all had enough to eat!
43 Y todavía llenaron doce canastas llenas de los pedazos rotos y de los peces.
The disciples then collected twelve baskets full of pieces [of bread] and of the fish [that were left over].
44 Y los que comieron del pan fueron cinco mil hombres.
There were approximately 5,000 men who ate the bread [and fish. They did not even count the women and children].
45 Y enseguida hizo subir a sus discípulos a la barca, y fueron delante de él al otro lado de Betsaida, mientras él mismo despedía al pueblo.
Right away Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and then go ahead of him to Bethsaida [town, which was] further around [Lake Galilee. He stayed and] dismissed the many people who were there.
46 Después de despedirlos, subió a la montaña a orar.
After he said goodbye to the people, he went up into the hills in order to pray.
47 Y a la tarde, la barca estaba en medio del mar, y él solo en la tierra.
When it was evening, the [disciples’] boat was in the middle of the lake and Jesus was by himself on the land.
48 Y viendo que tenían problemas para llevar su barco por el agua, porque el viento estaba contra ellos, como a la cuarta vigilia de la noche, vino a ellos, caminando sobre el mar; y él les hizo pensar que pasaría de largo;
He saw that the wind was [blowing] against them as they rowed. As a result, they were having great difficulty. He approached them early in the morning, when it was still dark, by walking on the water. He intended to walk by them.
49 Pero ellos, cuando lo vieron caminar sobre el mar, lo tomaron por espíritu, y dieron un fuerte grito:
They saw him walking on the water, but they thought that he was a ghost. They screamed
50 Porque todos lo vieron, y se turbaron. Pero enseguida les dijo: “Todo está bien, soy yo, no tengan miedo”.
because they all were terrified when they saw him. But he talked to them. He said to them, “Be calm! Do not be afraid, [because] it is I!”
51 Y él fue a ellos en la barca, y el viento se calmó, y estaban super asustados y maravillados;
He got into the boat [and sat down] with them and the wind [immediately] blowing. They were completely amazed [about what he had done].
52 Porque su mente cerrada no les permitía ver quién era él o el milagro que había pasado; porque sus corazones estaban endurecidos.
[Although they had seen Jesus multiply] the [bread and the fish], they did not understand [from that how powerful he was, as they should have]. They did not think clearly about it.
53 Y cuando hubieron cruzado, llegaron a Genesaret, y tomaron su barco y anclaron.
After they went further around [Lake Galilee in a boat, they came to the shore at Gennesaret town]. Then they tied up the boat there.
54 Cuando salieron del bote, la gente rápidamente tuvo noticias de él,
As soon as they got out of the boat, [the people there] recognized Jesus.
55 Y corrieron por todo la región y alrededores, y tomaron en sus camillas a los que estaban enfermos, a donde se dijo que estaba.
So they ran throughout the whole district [in order to tell others that Jesus was there]. Then the people [placed] those who were sick on stretchers and carried them to any place where they heard [people say] that Jesus was.
56 Y a donde quiera que iba, a ciudades pequeñas, o ciudades grandes, o aldeas, tomaban a los enfermos por los lugares del mercado, rogándole que les dejara tocar aunque sea la orilla de su manto, y todos aquellos que lo tocaban quedaban sanos.
In whatever village, town or other place where he entered, they would bring to the marketplaces those who were sick. Then the [sick people] would beg Jesus to let them touch [him or] even the edge of his clothes [in order that Jesus might heal them]. All those who touched [him or his robe] were healed.
