San Mateo 11
1 Y sucedió que cuando Jesús terminó de dar estas órdenes a sus doce discípulos, se fue de allí, enseñando y predicando en sus ciudades.
When Jesus had finished instructing [us] twelve disciples [about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns]. Then he went to teach and preach in [other Israelite] towns [in that area].
2 Cuando Juan tuvo noticias en la cárcel de las obras del Cristo, envió a sus discípulos.
While John [the Baptizer] was in prison, he heard what [Jesus, the man whom he thought was] the Messiah, was doing. So he sent [some of] his disciples [to him] in order
3 Para decirle: ¿Eres tú el que ha de venir, o estamos esperando a otro?
to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
4 Respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: ve, y hazle saber a Juan de lo que están viendo y oyendo:
[After they asked] Jesus [that question], he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear [me telling people] and what you see [me doing].
5 Los ciegos ven; aquellos que no podían caminar, están caminando; los leprosos están limpios; aquellos que no escuchaban, ahora tienen los oídos abiertos; los muertos vuelven a la vida y los pobres reciben las buenas nuevas.
I [am enabling] blind people to see and lame people to walk. I [am] healing [people] who have leprosy. I [am enabling] deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I [am] telling poor people [God’s] good message.
6 Y una bendición será sobre aquel que no pierde su confianza en mi.
[Also tell John that God] is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do].”
7 Cuando se iban, Jesús, hablando de Juan, dijo a todo el pueblo: ¿Qué salieron a ver en el desierto? un tallo alto moviéndose en el viento?
When John’s disciples had gone away, 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]. ([You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like] a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [MET]!/Did you go there [to listen to a man whose message changes continually like] long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [changes its direction]?) [MET, RHQ]
8 Pero ¿qué salieron a ver? un hombre delicadamente vestido? Aquellos que tienen túnicas delicadas están en casas de reyes.
Then what [kind of person] did you go [there] to see [RHQ]? ([You did not go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes.[/Did you go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes?) [RHQ] [No! You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces [and not in desolate areas].
9 Pero ¿por qué salieron a ver? a ver a un profeta? Sí, les digo, y más que un profeta.
Then what [kind of person] did you go to see [RHQ]? [Did you go there] [RHQ] [to see John because he was] (a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say)? Yes! But I will tell you that [John] is more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
10 Este es aquel de quien se ha dicho: Mira, envío a mi siervo delante de tu rostro, que preparará tu camino delante de ti.
He is the one [to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words] that are written {about whom [the prophet Malachi] wrote} [in the Scriptures: ] Listen! I am going to send my messenger [to go] before you [SYN] to prepare [the people] [MET] for your coming.
11 De cierto, de cierto os digo, que entre los hijos de las mujeres no ha habido mayor que Juan el Bautista; pero el más pequeño en el reino de los cielos es mayor que él.
Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, [God does not consider] that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, [God considers that all] those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than [John, even if they are insignificant people].
12 Y desde los días de Juan el Bautista hasta ahora, el reino de los cielos se está forzando a entrar, y los hombres a la fuerza lo toman.
From the time that John the Baptizer [preached] until now, [other people] have violently attacked the people who have [allowed] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people [who have thought that I would become their king] have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer).
13 Porque todos los profetas y la ley estuvieron vigentes hasta Juan.
[All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that] all the men who wrote the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold [about God ruling people’s lives], until John [the Baptizer came].
14 Y si quieren verlo, este es Elías quien vendría.
[Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to] anyone who is willing to believe [it]: John is [the man who is like] Elijah [MET]. He is the one who [one of the prophets said] would come [in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah].
15 El que tiene oídos para oír, que oiga.
If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
16 ¿Pero qué comparación puedo hacer de esta generación? Es como niños sentados en los mercados, gritando unos a otros,
“(I will illustrate what [you] people who have heard what John [the Baptizer] and I have taught are like./Do you know what [you] people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?) [RHQ] You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of the children] are calling to the others, saying,
17 Hicimos música para ti y no participaste en el baile; Lanzamos gritos de dolor y no hiciste ningún signo de dolor.
‘We played [happy music] on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry [MET]!’
18 Porque Juan vino sin tomar comida ni bebida, y dicen: Él tiene espíritu malo.
[Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me]! When John came [and preached to you], he did not eat [good food] and did not drink [wine, like most people do]. But you [rejected him] saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
19 El Hijo del Hombre se ha dado un banquete, y dicen: Mira, amante de la comida y el vino, amigo de publicanos y pecadores. Y la sabiduría se juzga correcta por sus obras.
[In contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same] food and drink [wine as other people 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!’ But people [who really think about] what [John] and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise [MET, PRS].”
20 Luego pasó a reprender a las ciudades donde se hicieron la mayoría de sus milagros, porque no se habían apartado de sus pecados.
[The people who lived in] the towns [MTY] [in the area where Jesus was saw him] perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them [by saying to them],
21 Ay! De ti, Corazin! Ay! de ti, Betsaida! Porque si los milagros que se hicieron en ustedes hubieran sido hechas en Tiro y en Sidón, en tiempos pasados habrían sido apartadas de sus pecados en cilicio y en ceniza.
“You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
22 Pero yo les digo que será mejor para Tiro y Sidón en el día de juzgar que para ustedes.
So note this: [God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [MTY], but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges [all people].
23 Y tú, Capernaum, ¿crees que serás levantada hasta el cielo? descenderá hasta lo más hondo del infierno, porque si los milagros que se hicieron entre ustedes hubieran sido hechos en Sodoma, habría estado aquí hasta el día de hoy. (Hadēs g86)
[also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
24 Pero yo les digo que será mejor para la tierra de Sodoma en el día de juzgar, que para ustedes.
So note this: [God] will punish [the people who lived in] Sodom [city] [MTY], but he will punish you [even] more severely on the final day when [he] judges [all people].”
25 En aquel tiempo, Jesús respondió y dijo: Te alabo, oh Padre, Señor del cielo y de la tierra, porque has ocultado a los sabios y de los entendidos estas cosas, y las has manifestado a los niños pequeños.
At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth. I thank you that you have prevented [people who think that they] are wise [IRO] because they are well-educated, from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily as] little children [MET] [do].
26 Sí, Padre, porque fue agradable a tus ojos.
Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
27 Todas las cosas me han sido dadas por mi Padre; y nadie tiene conocimiento del Hijo, sino el Padre; y nadie tiene conocimiento del Padre, sino el Hijo, y aquel a quien el Hijo lo quiera revelar.
[Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all the things [that I need to know in order to do my work]. Only my Father knows [who] I [really am]. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know [what God] my Father [is like].
28 Vengan a mí, todos ustedes que están atribulados y cargados con trabajo, y les daré descanso.
Come to me, all you people who are very weary [of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey] [MET]. I will enable you to quit [trying to obey all those laws].
29 Acepten mi yugo sobre ustedes y aprendan de mí, porque soy gentil y sin orgullo, y tendrán descanso para sus almas;
Let me [help] you [carry those loads, just like two oxen who have] a yoke [on their necks] [MET, DOU] [help each other pull a heavy load]. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach [about what God wants you to do]. [And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and] your spirits will be at peace.”
30 Porque mi yugo que les pongo es fácil, y mi carga que les doy ligera.
