Luke 12
1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
EN esto, juntándose muchas gentes, tanto que unos á otros se hollaban, comenzó á decir á sus discípulos primeramente: Guardáos de la levadura de los Fariséos, que es hipocresía.
2 But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
Porque nada hay encubierto, que no haya de ser descubierto; ni oculto, que no haya de ser sabido.
3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Por tanto las cosas que dijisteis en tinieblas, á la luz serán oidas; y lo que hablasteis al oido en las cámaras, será pregonado en los terrados.
4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Mas os digo, amigos mios: No temais de los que matan el cuerpo, y despues no tienen más que hacer.
5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna (Geenna g1067). Yes, I tell you, fear him.
Mas os enseñará á quien temais: Temed á aquel que despues de haber quitado la vida, tiene poder de echar en la gehenna: así os digo: A este temed. (Geenna g1067)
6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
¿No se venden cinco pajarillos por dos blancas? pues ni uno de ellos está olvidado delante de Dios.
7 But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore do not be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Y aun los cabellos de vuestra cabeza están todos contados. No temais pues: de mas estima sois [vosotros] que muchos pajarillos.
8 “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
Y os digo que todo aquel que me confesare delante de los hombres, tambien el Hijo del hombre le confesará delante de los ángeles de Dios:
9 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
Mas el que me negare delante de los hombres, será negado delante de los ángeles de Dios:
10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Y todo aquel que dice palabra contra el Hijo del hombre, le será perdonado; mas al que blasfemare contra el Espíritu Santo, no [le] será perdonado.
11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will say;
Y cuando os trajeren á las sinagogas, y á los magistrados y potestades, no esteis solícitos cómo ó qué hayais de responder, ó qué hayais de decir;
12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
Porque el Espíritu Santo os ensenará en la misma hora lo que será necesario decir.
13 One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Y díjole uno de la compañía: Maestro, dí á mi hermano que parta conmigo la herencia.
14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
Mas él le dijo: hombre, ¿quién me puso por juez ó partidor sobre vosotros?
15 He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
Y díjoles: Mirad, y guardáos de toda avaricia; porque la vida del hombre no consiste en la abundancia de los bienes que posee.
16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
Y refirióles una parábola, diciendo: La heredad de un hombre rico habia llevado mucho;
17 He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I do not have room to store my crops?’
Y [él] pensaba dentro de sí, diciendo: ¿Qué haré, que no tengo donde junte mis frutos?
18 He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Y dijo: Esto haré; derribaré mis alfolíes, y edificaré[los] mayores; y allí juntaré todos mis frutos y mis bienes,
19 I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
Y diré á mi alma: Alma, muchos bienes tienes almacenados para muchos años: repósate, come, bebe, huélgate.
20 “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
Y díjole Dios: ¡Necio! esta noche vuelven á pedir tu alma: y lo que has prevenido, ¿de quién será?
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Así [es] el que hace para sí tesoro, y no es rico en Dios.
22 He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
Y dijo á sus discípulos: Por tanto os digo, no esteis afanosos de vuestra vida, que comeréis, ni del cuerpo, qué vestiréis.
23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
La vida más es que la comida, y el cuerpo que el vestido.
24 Consider the ravens: they do not sow, they do not reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
Considerad los cuervos, que ni siembran, ni siegan; que ni tienen cillero, ni alfolí; y Dios los alimenta. ¿Cuánto de más estima sois vosotros que las aves?
25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
¿Y quién de vosotros podrá con [su] afan añadir á su estatura un codo?
26 If then you are not able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
Pues si no podeis aun lo que es ménos, ¿para qué estaréis afanosos de lo demás?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They do not toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Considerad los lirios, como crecen; no labran, ni hilan: y os digo, que ni Salomon con toda su gloria se vistió como uno de ellos.
28 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
Y si así viste Dios á la yerba, que hoy está en el campo, y mañana es echada en el horno, ¿cuánto más á vosotros, [hombres] de poca fé?
29 “Do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Vosotros, pues, no procuréis qué hayais de comer, ó qué hayais de beber, ni estéis en ansiosa perplejidad.
30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
Porque todas estas cosas buscan las gentes del mundo: que vuestro Padre sabe que necesitais estas cosas.
31 But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
Mas procurad el reino de Dios, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.
32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
No temais, manada pequeña, porque al Padre ha placido daros el reino.
33 Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Vended lo que poseeis, y dad limosna; hacéos bolsas que no se envejecen, tesoro en los cielos que nunca falta; donde ladron no llega, ni polilla corrompe.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Porque donde está vuestro tesoro, allí tambien estará vuestro corazon.
35 “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
Estén ceñidos vuestros lomos, y [vuestras] antorchas encendidas:
36 Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
Y vosotros, semejantes á hombres que esperan cuando su señor ha de volver de las bodas; para que cuando viniere, y tocare, luego le abran.
37 Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
Bienaventurados aquellos siervos á los cuales, cuando el señor viniere, hallare velando; de cierto os digo, que se ceñirá, y hará que se sienten á la mesa y pasando les servirá.
38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
Y aunque venga á la segunda vigilia: y aunque venga á la tercera vigilia, y [los] hallare así, bienaventurados son los tales siervos.
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
Esto empero sabed, que si supiese el padre de familia á que hora habia de venir el ladron, velaria ciertamente y no dejaria minar su casa.
40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you do not expect him.”
Vosotros, pues, tambien estad apercibidos: porque á la hora que no pensais, el Hijo del hombre vendrá.
41 Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”
Entónces Pedro le dijo: Señor, ¿dices esta parábola á nosotros, ó tambien á todos?
42 The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
Y dijo el Señor: ¿Quién es el mayordomo fiel y prudente, al cual el señor pondrá sobre su familia, para que en tiempo les de [su] racion?
43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
Bienaventurado aquel siervo al cual, cuando el señor viniere, hallare haciendo así.
44 Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
En verdad os digo, que él le pondrá sobre todos sus bienes.
45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
Mas si el tal siervo dijere en su corazon: Mi señor tarda en venir, y comenzare á herir los siervos y las criadas, y á comer, y á beber, y á embriagarse,
46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
Vendrá el señor de aquel siervo el dia que [él] no espera, y á la hora que [él] no sabe, y le apartará, y pondrá su parte con los infieles.
47 That servant who knew his lord’s will, and did not prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
Porque el siervo que entendió la voluntad de su señor, y no se apercibió, ni hizo conforme á su voluntad, será azotado mucho.
48 but he who did not know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
Mas el que no entendió, é hizo cosas dignas de azotes, será azotado poco: porque á cualquiera que fué dado mucho, mucho será vuelto á demandar de él; y al que encomendaron mucho, mas le será pedido.
49 “I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
Fuego vine á meter en la tierra: ¿y qué quiero, si ya está encendido?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Empero de bautismo me es necesario ser bautizado: y ¡cómo me angustio hasta que sea cumplido!
51 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
Pensais que he venido á la tierra á dar paz? No, os digo; mas disension.
52 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Porque estarán de aquí adelante cinco en una casa divididos, tres contra dos, y dos contra tres.
53 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
El padre estará dividido contra el hijo, y el hijo contra el padre, la madre contra la hija, y la hija contra la madre; la suegra contra su nuera, y la nuera contra su suegra.
54 He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
Y decia tambien á las gentes: Cuando veis la nube que sale del Poniente, luego decís: Agua viene: y es así.
55 When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
Y cuando sopla el Austro, decís: Habrá calor; y lo hay.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you do not interpret this time?
¡Hipócritas! Sabeis examinar la faz del cielo y de la tierra: ¿Y cómo no reconoceis este tiempo?
57 “Why do not you judge for yourselves what is right?
¿Y por qué aun de vosotros mismos no juzgais lo que es justo?
58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
Pues cuando vas al magistrado con tu adversario, procura en el camino librarte de él; porque no te arrastre al juez, y el juez te entregue al alguacil, y el alguacil te meta en la cárcel.
59 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.”
Te digo que no saldrás de allá, hasta que hayas pagado hasta el último maravedí.
