San Mateo 22
1 Y Jesús, hablándoles otra vez en parábolas, diciendo:
Then Jesus told [the Jewish leaders] other parables [in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send]. [This is one of those parables: ]
2 El reino de los cielos es semejante a un rey que hizo una fiesta cuando su hijo se casó,
“[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
3 Y envió a sus siervos a llamar a los invitados a la fiesta; y ellos no quisieron venir.
[When] the feast [was ready], the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. [The servants did that]. But the people who had been invited did not want to come.
4 Otra vez envió otros siervos, con órdenes de decir a los invitados: He aquí, preparé mi festín; mis bueyes y mis animales gordos han sido muertos, y todas las cosas están listas; vengan a la fiesta.
So he sent other servants [to] again [tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast]. He said [to those servants], ‘Say to the people whom I invited [to come to the feast], “The king says that he has prepared the food. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered [and cooked]. Everything is ready. It is time [now for you to] come to the wedding feast!’”’
5 Pero ellos no prestaron atención, y se dedicaron a sus asuntos, uno a su granja, y otro a su oficio.
[But when the servants told them that, they] disregarded [what the servants said]. Some of them went to their own fields. Others went to their places of business.
6 Y los demás atacaron violentamente a sus siervos, y los atacaron brutalmente, y los mataron.
The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
7 Pero el rey estaba enojado; y envió sus ejércitos, y los que habían dado muerte a sus siervos, los destruyó, quemando su ciudad con fuego.
[When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
8 Entonces dijo a sus siervos: La fiesta está lista, pero los invitados no fueron dignos.
[After his soldiers had done that], the king said to his other servants, ‘I have prepared the [wedding] feast, but the people who were {whom I} invited do not deserve to [come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited].
9 Vayan a las calles principales, y haz que todos los que veas vengan a la fiesta de la novia.
So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
10 Y aquellos siervos salieron a las calles, y juntaron a todos los que se encontraron, malos y buenos; y la fiesta estaba llena de invitados.
So the servants went there, and they gathered everyone they saw [who wanted to come to the feast]. They gathered [both people that were considered] to be evil and [those that were considered to be] good. They brought them into the hall where the wedding [feast took place]. The hall was filled with people.
11 Pero cuando el rey entró a ver a los invitados, vio allí a un hombre que no estaba vestido como invitado;
But when the king went [into the hall] to see the guests who were there, he saw someone who was not wearing clothes [that had been provided for the guests to wear] at a wedding [feast].
12 Y le dice: Amigo, ¿cómo entraste aquí sin traje de boda? Y él no tenía nada que decir.
The king said to him, ‘Friend, (you should never have entered this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that guests wear] at wedding [feasts]!/how did you enter this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that are appropriate for guests to wear] at a wedding [feast]?) [RHQ]’ The man did not say anything, [because he did not know what to say].
13 Entonces el rey dijo a los sirvientes: atenlo con cuerdas alrededor de sus manos y pies, y échenlo fuera en la oscuridad; allí será el llanto y crujir de dientes.
Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie this person’s feet and hands and throw him outside where there is total darkness. People who are there cry out [because they are suffering] and they gnash their teeth [because of their severe pain].’”
14 Porque muchos son llamados y pocos escogidos.
[Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God] has invited many [to come to him], but only a few people are the ones whom he has chosen [to be there].”
15 Entonces los fariseos fueron y tuvieron una reunión para ver cómo podrían usar sus palabras para atraparlo.
After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him.
16 Y le enviaron sus discípulos, con los herodianos, diciendo: Maestro, vemos que eres amante de la verdad, y que estás enseñando el verdadero camino de Dios, y que no le temes a nadie, porque no juzgas a los hombres por su apariencia.
They sent to him some of their disciples, [who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod. [The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay]. [Those who were sent came and] said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants [us to do]. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you [IDM] teach.
17 Danos, entonces, tu opinión sobre esto: ¿es correcto dar impuestos a César, o no?
So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
18 Pero Jesús vio su truco y dijo: Oh, hipócritas, ¿por qué tratan de ponerme en el error?
But Jesus knew that what they really wanted to do was evil. [They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them], “You are (hypocrites/pretending to ask a legitimate question), but you are just wanting [RHQ] me to say something for which you can accuse me.
19 Déjame ver el dinero de los impuestos. Y ellos le dieron un centavo.
Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
20 Y él les dijo: ¿De quién es esta imagen y nombre?
He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
21 Le dijeron: de César. Entonces él les dijo: Da pues a César lo que es de César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios.
They answered, “[It has the picture and name of] Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].” Then he said to them, “Okay, give to the government what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
22 Al oírlo, se maravillaron y se alejaron de él.
When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
23 En el mismo día vinieron a él los saduceos, que dicen que no hay resurrección, y le hicieron una pregunta, diciendo:
During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. [They are a Jewish sect who do not] believe that people will become alive again after they die. They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question.
24 Maestro, Moisés dijo: Si un hombre, en el momento de su muerte no tiene hijos, deje que su hermano se lleve a su esposa y darle una familia para su hermano;
[In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again], they said [to him], “Teacher, Moses wrote [in the Scriptures], ‘If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the [dead man’s] widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child [will be considered] the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].’
25 Y había entre nosotros siete hermanos; y el primero estaba casado y, al morir, sin descendencia, dio su esposa a su hermano;
Well, there were seven boys in a family [living] near us. The oldest one married someone. He [and his wife] did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. [But he also died without having a child].
26 Del mismo modo, el segundo y el tercero, hasta el séptimo.
The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
27 Y finalmente, la mujer llegó a su fin.
Last of all, the widow also died.
28 En la resurrección, pues ¿de cuál de los siete será ella esposa? porque todos la tuvieron a ella.
So, at the time when people are raised from the dead, which of the seven [brothers do you think] will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her.”
29 Pero Jesús les dijo a ellos en respuesta: Están en error, no teniendo conocimiento de las Escrituras, o del poder de Dios.
Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [in what you are thinking]. You do not know [what is written in] the Scriptures. [You] also do not know [that] God has [the] power [to make people alive again].
30 Porque en la resurrección, ni se casarán, ni se darán en casamiento, sino que son como los ángeles en el cielo.
The fact is that [the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because] after [God causes all dead] people [to] live again, no one will be married. Instead, [people] will be like the angels in heaven. [They do not marry].
31 Pero sobre la resurrección de los muertos, ¿no saben lo que Dios les dijo en las Escrituras:
But as for dead people becoming alive again, God said something about that. (I’m sure you have read it./Have you not read it?) [RHQ] [Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses],
32 Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, el Dios de Isaac y el Dios de Jacob? Dios no es el Dios de los muertos, sino de los vivos.
‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob worships.’ It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive]!”
33 Y la gente que lo escuchaba se sorprendió de su enseñanza.
When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
34 Pero los fariseos, oyendo cómo había hecho callar las bocas de los saduceos, se juntaron a una;
But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not [think of anything that they might say to] respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to [plan what they would say to him]. [Then they approached him].
35 Y uno de ellos, un maestro de la ley, le hizo una pregunta, lo puso a prueba y le dijo:
One of them was a man who had studied well the laws [that God gave Moses]. He wanted to see if Jesus [could answer] his question well [or if he would say something wrong]. He asked him,
36 Maestro, ¿cuál es la regla principal en la ley?
“Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
37 Y le dijo: Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, y con toda tu alma, y con toda tu mente.
Jesus [quoted the Scriptures as he replied], “‘You must love the Lord your God with all [IDM] your (inner being/heart). [Show that you love him] in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.’
38 Esta es la primera y más grande regla.
That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
39 Y un segundo es semejante: Ten amor por tu prójimo como por ti mismo.
The next most important commandment [that everyone must surely obey] is: ‘You must love the people you come in contact with as much as [you love] yourself.’
40 En estas dos reglas se basan toda la ley y los profetas.
These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
41 Mientras los fariseos estaban juntos, Jesús les hizo una pregunta, diciendo:
While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
42 ¿Cuál es tu opinión del Cristo? ¿De quién es hijo? Ellos le dicen: El Hijo de David.
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
43 Les dice: ¿Cómo, pues, David en el Espíritu le puso el nombre de Señor, diciendo:
Jesus said to them, “[If the Messiah is King David’s descendant], then (David should not have called him ‘Lord’ when David was saying [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say./Why did David call the Messiah ‘Lord’ when David was speaking [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say?) [RHQ]
44 Dijo el Señor a mi Señor: Siéntate a mi diestra, hasta que yo ponga debajo de tus pies a todos los que están contra ti?
[David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: ‘God said to my Lord, “Sit [here beside me] on my right, [the place of greatest honor you] [MTY]. [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies [MTY].”’
45 Si David le da el nombre de Señor, ¿cómo es él su hijo?
So, since [King] David called [the Messiah] ‘my Lord’, ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from David!/how can he be [only] the descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]!”
46 Y nadie fue capaz de darle una respuesta, y tan grande era su temor de él, que desde ese día nadie le hizo más preguntas.
No one [who heard what Jesus said] was able to think of even one word to say to him [in response]. And after that, no one else ever dared to ask him another question [to try to trap him].
