Matthew 11
1 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].
Cuando Jesús hubo terminado de darles instrucciones a sus doce discípulos, se fue de allí para ir a enseñar y predicar públicamente en las ciudades cercanas.
2 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
Estando Juan en prisión, escuchó sobre lo que el Mesías estaba haciendo, así que envió a sus discípulos
3 to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
para que preguntaran en su nombre, “¿Eres tú el que estábamos esperando, o debemos seguir esperando a alguien más?”
4 [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].
Jesús les respondió: “Regresen y díganle a Juan lo que ustedes oyen y lo que ven.
5 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.
Los ciegos pueden ver, los paralíticos pueden caminar, los leprosos son sanados, los sordos pueden oír, los muertos han vuelto a vivir y los pobres escuchan la buena noticia.
6 [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].”
¡Benditos son los que no me desprecian!”
7 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]
Cuando los discípulos de Juan se fueron, Jesús comenzó a hablarles a las multitudes sobre Juan. “¿Qué esperaban ver cuando salieron al desierto? ¿Una caña zarandeada por el viento?
8 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].
¿Entonces qué salieron a ver? ¿A un hombre vestido con ropas finas? Las personas que visten así viven en los palacios de los reyes.
9 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.
¿Qué salieron a ver, entonces? ¿A un profeta? Sí, ¡Y les digo que él es mucho más que un profeta!
10 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.
Él es de quien habló la Escritura: ‘Yo envío a mi mensajero por anticipado. Él preparará el camino para ti’.
11 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].
Les digo la verdad, y es que entre la humanidad, no hay ninguno más grande que Juan el Bautista, pero incluso el menos importante en el reino de los cielos es más grande que él.
12 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).
Desde los tiempos de Juan el Bautista hasta ahora el reino de los cielos sigue estando bajo ataque y personas violentas están tratando de apoderarse de él a la fuerza.
13 [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].
Pues todos los profetas y la ley hablaron por Dios hasta que vino Juan.
14 [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].
Si ustedes están listos para creerlo, él es Elías, el que debía venir.
15 If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
¡Todo el que tenga oídos, oiga!
16 “(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,
“¿Con qué compararé esta generación? Son como unos niños que están en la plaza del mercado y se gritan unos a otros diciendo:
17 ‘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]!’
‘tocamos la flauta para ustedes y no danzaron; cantamos canciones tristes y no lloraron’.
18 [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!’
Juan no vino para festejar o beber, entonces la gente dice: ‘él está endemoniado’
19 [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].”
Pero el Hijo del hombre, por el contrario, vino y festejó y bebió, y la gente dice: ‘¡Miren, es un glotón y bebe mucho; es amigo de los recaudadores de impuestos y de los pecadores!’ Pero la sabiduría demuestra ser correcta por los resultados de lo que hace”...
20 [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],
Entonces Jesús comenzó a reprender a las ciudades donde había hecho muchos de sus milagros porque no se habían arrepentido.
21 “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)
“¡Qué vergüenza tienes, Korazin! ¡Qué vergüenza tienes, Betsaida! Si los milagros que hice entre ustedes se hubieran hecho en Tiro y Sidón, hace mucho tiempo ellos se habrían arrepentido en silicio y cenizas.
22 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].
¡Pero les digo que el Día del Juicio será mejor para Tiro y Sidón que para ustedes!
23 [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)
Y ¿qué decir de ti, Capernaúm? ¿Serás exaltada hasta el cielo? No, ¡Tú irás al Hades! Si los milagros que hice entre ustedes hubieran sido hechos en Sodoma, aún hoy existiría Sodoma. (Hadēs g86)
24 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].”
¡Pero te digo que a Sodoma le irá mejor en el Día del Juicio que a ti!”
25 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].
Entonces Jesús oró: “Te alabo, Padre, Señor del cielo y de la tierra, porque has ocultado estas cosas de las mentes de los inteligentes y sabios. Por el contrario, las has revelado a personas comunes.
26 Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
¡Sí, Padre, te complaciste en hacerlo así!
27 [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].
El Padre lo ha confiado todo en mis manos, y ninguno entiende verdaderamente al Hijo, excepto el Padre, y nadie entiende verdaderamente al Padre, excepto el Hijo, y aquellos a quienes el Hijo elige para mostrarles al Padre.
28 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].
Vengan a mí todos ustedes que luchan y están cargados. Yo les daré descanso.
29 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.”
Acepten mi yugo, y aprendan de mí. Porque yo soy bondadoso y tengo un corazón humilde, y en mí encontrarán el descanso que necesitan.
Pues mi yugo es suave, y mi carga es ligera”.
