Luke 15
1 Then all the tax collectors and ‘sinners’ were getting close to Him to hear Him.
Y SE llegaban á él todos los publicanos y pecadores á oirle.
2 Well the Pharisees and the scribes started complaining, saying, “This man welcomes ‘sinners’ and eats with them.”
Y murmuraban los Fariseos y los escribas, diciendo: Este á los pecadores recibe, y con ellos come.
3 So He told them this parable, saying:
Y él les propuso esta parábola, diciendo:
4 “What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not abandon the ninety-nine in the wild and go after the lost one until he finds it?
¿Qué hombre de vosotros, teniendo cien ovejas, si perdiere una de ellas, no deja las noventa y nueve en el desierto, y va á la que se perdió, hasta que la halle?
5 And upon finding it he joyfully puts it on his shoulders.
Y hallada, la pone sobre sus hombros gozoso;
6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost!’
Y viniendo á casa, junta á los amigos y á los vecinos, diciéndoles: Dadme el parabién, porque he hallado mi oveja que se había perdido.
7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.
Os digo, que así habrá [más] gozo en el cielo de un pecador que se arrepiente, que de noventa y nueve justos, que no necesitan arrepentimiento.
8 “Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
¿O qué mujer que tiene diez dracmas, si perdiere una dracma, no enciende el candil, y barre la casa, y busca con diligencia hasta hallarla?
9 And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I lost!’
Y cuando la hubiere hallado, junta las amigas y las vecinas, diciendo: Dadme el parabién, porque he hallado la dracma que había perdido.
10 Just so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Así os digo que hay gozo delante de los ángeles de Dios por un pecador que se arrepiente.
11 Then He said: “A certain man had two sons.
Y dijo: Un hombre tenía dos hijos;
12 And the younger one said to the father, ‘Father, give me the appropriate share of the estate.’ So he divided the property between them.
Y el menor de ellos dijo á su padre: Padre, dame la parte de la hacienda que me pertenece: y les repartió la hacienda.
13 Not many days later the younger son, having converted it all, journeyed to a distant country; and there he squandered his wealth living dissolutely.
Y no muchos días después, juntándolo todo el hijo menor, partió lejos á una provincia apartada; y allí desperdició su hacienda viviendo perdidamente.
14 But when he had spent it all, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
Y cuando todo lo hubo malgastado, vino una grande hambre en aquella provincia, y comenzóle á faltar.
15 Then he went and attached himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Y fué y se llegó á uno de los ciudadanos de aquella tierra, el cual le envió á su hacienda para que apacentase los puercos.
16 He would gladly have filled his stomach with the carob pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
Y deseaba henchir su vientre de las algarrobas que comían los puercos; mas nadie se [las] daba.
17 But when he came to himself he said: ‘How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, while I am dying of hunger!
Y volviendo en sí, dijo: ¡Cuántos jornaleros en casa de mi padre tienen abundancia de pan, y yo aquí perezco de hambre!
18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,
Me levantaré, é iré á mi padre, y le diré: Padre, he pecado contra el cielo, y contra ti;
19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired servants.’
Ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo; hazme como á uno de tus jornaleros.
20 “So he got up and went to his own father. But while he was still a good ways off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion—he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him!
Y levantándose, vino á su padre. Y como aun estuviese lejos, viólo su padre, y fué movido á misericordia, y corrió, y echóse sobre su cuello, y besóle.
21 Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
Y el hijo le dijo: Padre, he pecado contra el cielo, y contra ti, y ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo.
22 But the father said to his slaves: ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
Mas el padre dijo á sus siervos: Sacad el principal vestido, y vestidle; y poned un anillo en su mano, y zapatos en sus pies.
23 And bring in and kill the fatted calf, and let us eat and celebrate;
Y traed el becerro grueso, y matadlo, y comamos, y hagamos fiesta:
24 because this son of mine was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
Porque este mi hijo muerto era, y ha revivido; habíase perdido, y es hallado. Y comenzaron á regocijarse.
25 “Now his older son was in the field; and as he came approaching the house he heard music and dancing.
Y su hijo el mayor estaba en el campo; el cual como vino, y llegó cerca de casa, oyó la sinfonía y las danzas;
26 So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
Y llamando á uno de los criados, preguntóle qué era aquello.
27 He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’
Y él le dijo: Tu hermano ha venido; y tu padre ha muerto el becerro grueso, por haberle recibido salvo.
28 So he became angry and refused to go in. Then his father came out and began to plead with him.
Entonces se enojó, y no quería entrar. Salió por tanto su padre, y le rogaba [que entrase].
29 But in answer he said to the father: ‘Just look at how many years I have been serving you without ever transgressing your commandment; yet you never gave me even a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends.
Mas él respondiendo, dijo al padre: He aquí tantos años te sirvo, no habiendo traspasado jamás tu mandamiento, y nunca me has dado un cabrito para gozarme con mis amigos:
30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’
Mas cuando vino éste tu hijo, que ha consumido tu hacienda con rameras, has matado para él el becerro grueso.
31 So he said to him: ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
El entonces le dijo: Hijo, tú siempre estás conmigo, y todas mis cosas son tuyas.
32 But it was right that we celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found.’”
Mas era menester hacer fiesta y holgar[nos], porque este tu hermano muerto era, y ha revivido; habíase perdido, y es hallado.
