Matthew 22
1 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:]
Respondiendo Jesús, les volvió a hablar en parábolas, diciendo:
2 “[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
“El Reino de los Cielos es semejante a un rey que hizo fiesta de bodas a su hijo;
3 [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.
y envió a sus siervos a llamar a los convidados a las bodas; mas éstos no quisieron venir.
4 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!’”’
Volvió a enviar otros siervos, diciendo: Decid a los convidados: He aquí, he preparado mi comida; mis toros y animales engordados han sido muertos, y todo está dispuesto; venid a las bodas.
5 [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.
Mas ellos, sin hacer caso, se fueron, uno a su labranza, y otro a sus negocios;
6 The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
y otros, tomando a los siervos, los afrentaron y los mataron.
7 [When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
Al oírlo el rey, se enojó; y enviando sus ejércitos, destruyó a aquellos homicidas, y quemó su ciudad.
8 [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].
“Entonces dijo a sus siervos: Las bodas a la verdad están preparadas; mas los que fueron convidados no eran dignos.
9 So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
Id, pues, a las salidas de los caminos, y llamad a las bodas a cuantos halléis.’
10 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.
Y saliendo los siervos por los caminos, juntaron a todos los que hallaron, juntamente malos y buenos; y las bodas fueron llenas de convidados.
11 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].
«Y entró el rey para ver a los convidados, y vio allí a un hombre que no estaba vestido de boda.
12 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].
Y le dijo: Amigo, ¿cómo entraste aquí, sin estar vestido de boda? Mas él enmudeció.
13 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].’”
Entonces el rey dijo a los que servían: Atadle de pies y manos, y echadle en las tinieblas de afuera; allí será el lloro y el crujir de dientes.
14 [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].”
Porque muchos son llamados, y pocos escogidos».
15 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.
Entonces se fueron los fariseos y consultaron cómo sorprenderle en alguna palabra.
16 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.
Y le enviaron los discípulos de ellos con los herodianos, diciendo: «Maestro, sabemos que eres amante de la verdad, y que enseñas con verdad el camino de Dios, y que no te cuidas de nadie, porque no miras la apariencia de los hombres.
17 So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
Dinos, pues, qué te parece: ¿Es lícito dar tributo a César, o no?»
18 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.
Pero Jesús, conociendo la malicia de ellos, les dijo: «¿Por qué me tentáis, hipócritas?
19 Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
Mostradme la moneda del tributo». Y ellos le presentaron un denario.
20 He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
Entonces les dijo: «¿De quién es esta imagen, y la inscripción?»
21 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].”
Le dijeron: «De César». Y les dijo: «Dad, pues, a César lo que es de César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios».
22 When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
Oyendo esto, se maravillaron, y dejándole, se fueron.
23 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.
Aquel día vinieron a él los saduceos, que dicen que no hay resurrección, y le preguntaron,
24 [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].’
diciendo: «Maestro, Moisés dijo: Si alguno muriere sin hijos, su hermano se casará con su mujer, y levantará descendencia a su hermano.
25 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].
Hubo, pues, entre nosotros siete hermanos; el primero se casó, y murió; y no teniendo descendencia, dejó su mujer a su hermano.
26 The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
De la misma manera también el segundo, y el tercero, hasta el séptimo.
27 Last of all, the widow also died.
Y después de todos murió también la mujer.
28 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.”
En la resurrección, pues, ¿de cuál de los siete será ella mujer, ya que todos la tuvieron?»
29 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].
Entonces respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: «Erráis, ignorando las Escrituras y el poder de Dios.
30 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].
Porque en la resurrección ni se casarán ni se darán en casamiento, sino serán como los ángeles de Dios en el cielo.
31 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],
Pero respecto a la resurrección de los muertos, ¿no habéis leído lo que os fue dicho por Dios, cuando dijo:
32 ‘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]!”
Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, el Dios de Isaac y el Dios de Jacob? Dios no es Dios de muertos, sino de vivos».
33 When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
Oyendo esto la gente, se admiraba de su doctrina.
34 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].
Entonces los fariseos, oyendo que había hecho callar a los saduceos, se juntaron a una.
35 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,
Y uno de ellos, intérprete de la ley, preguntó por tentarle, diciendo:
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
«Maestro, ¿cuál es el gran mandamiento en la ley?»
37 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.’
Jesús le dijo: «Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, y con toda tu alma, y con toda tu mente.
38 That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
Éste es el primero y grande mandamiento.
39 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.’
Y el segundo es semejante: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo.
40 These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
De estos dos mandamientos depende toda la ley y los profetas».
41 While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
Y estando juntos los fariseos, Jesús les preguntó,
42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
diciendo: «¿Qué pensáis del Cristo? ¿De quién es hijo?» Le dijeron: «De David».
43 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]
Él les dijo: “¿Pues cómo David en el Espíritu le llama Señor, diciendo:
44 [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].”’
Dijo el Señor a mi Señor: Siéntate a mi derecha, Hasta que ponga a tus enemigos por estrado de tus pies?
45 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]!”
«Pues si David le llama Señor, ¿cómo es su hijo?»
46 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].
Y nadie le podía responder palabra; ni osó alguno desde aquel día preguntarle más.
