San Lucas 15
1 Todos los publicanos y los pecadores se acercaban a Él para oírlo.
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
2 Mas los fariseos y los escribas murmuraban y decían: “Este recibe a los pecadores y come con ellos”.
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
3 Entonces les dirigió esta parábola:
He told them this parable:
4 “¿Qué hombre entre vosotros, teniendo cien ovejas, si llega a perder una de ellas, no deja las otras noventa y nueve en el desierto, para ir tras la oveja perdida, hasta que la halle?
“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
5 Y cuando la hallare, la pone sobre sus hombros, muy gozoso,
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 y vuelto a casa, convoca a amigos y vecinos, y les dice: “Alegraos conmigo, porque hallé mi oveja, la que andaba perdida”.
When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbours, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
7 Así, os digo, habrá gozo en el cielo, más por un solo pecador que se arrepiente, que por noventa y nueve justos que no tienen necesidad de convertirse”.
I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
8 “¿O qué mujer que tiene diez dracmas, si llega a perder una sola dracma, no enciende un candil y barre la casa y busca con cuidado, hasta que la halla?
“Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
9 Y cuando la ha encontrado, convoca a las amigas y las vecinas, y les dice: “Alegraos conmigo, porque he encontrado la dracma que había perdido”.
When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’
10 Os digo que la misma alegría reina en presencia de los ángeles de Dios, por un solo pecador que se arrepiente”.
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
11 Dijo aún: “Un hombre tenía dos hijos,
He said, “A certain man had two sons.
12 el menor de lo cuales dijo a su padre: “Padre, dame la parte de los bienes, que me ha de tocar”. Y les repartió su haber.
The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood between them.
13 Pocos días después, el menor, juntando todo lo que tenía, partió para un país lejano, y allí disipó todo su dinero, viviendo perdidamente.
Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and travelled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
14 Cuando lo hubo gastado todo, sobrevino gran hambre en ese país, y comenzó a experimentar necesidad.
When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
15 Fue, pues, a ponerse a las órdenes de un hombre del país, el cual lo envió a sus tierras a apacentar los puercos.
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16 Y hubiera, a la verdad, querido llenarse el estómago con las algarrobas que comían los puercos, pero nadie se las daba.
He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
17 Volviendo entonces sobre sí mismo, se dijo: “¡Cuántos jornaleros de mi padre tienen pan de sobra, y yo, aquí, me muero de hambre!
But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
18 Me levantaré, iré a mi padre, y le diré: “Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y delante de ti.
I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
19 Ya no soy digno de ser llamado hijo tuyo. Hazme como uno de tus jornaleros”.
I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’
20 Y levantándose se volvió hacia su padre. Y cuando estaba todavía lejos, su padre lo vio, y se le enternecieron las entrañas, y corriendo a él, cayó sobre su cuello y lo cubrió de besos.
“He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 Su hijo le dijo: “Padre, pequé contra el cielo y contra ti. Ya no soy digno de ser llamado hijo tuyo”.
The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 Pero el padre dijo a sus servidores: “Pronto traed aquí la ropa, la primera, y vestidlo con ella; traed un anillo para su mano, y calzado para sus pies;
“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
23 y traed el novillo cebado, matadlo, y comamos y hagamos fiesta:
Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat and celebrate;
24 porque este hijo mío estaba muerto, y ha vuelto a la vida; estaba perdido, y ha sido hallado”. Y comenzaron la fiesta.
for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
25 Mas sucedió que el hijo mayor estaba en el campo. Cuando, al volver llegó cerca de la casa, oyó música y coros.
“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
26 Llamó a uno de los criados y le averiguó qué era aquello.
He called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on.
27 Él le dijo: “Tu hermano ha vuelto, y tu padre ha matado el novillo cebado, porque lo ha recobrado sano y salvo”.
He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’
28 Entonces se indignó y no quería entrar. Su padre salió y lo llamó.
But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and begged him.
29 Pero él contestó a su padre: “He aquí tantos años que te estoy sirviendo y jamás he transgredido mandato alguno tuyo; a mí nunca me diste un cabrito para hacer fiesta con mis amigos.
But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
30 Pero cuando tu hijo, este que se ha comido toda, su hacienda con meretrices, ha vuelto, le has matado el novillo cebado”.
But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
31 El padre le dijo: “Hijo mío, tú siempre estás conmigo, y todo lo mío es tuyo.
“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
32 Pero estaba bien hacer fiesta y regocijarse, porque este hermano tuyo había muerto, y ha revivido; se había perdido, y ha sido hallado”.
But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”
