Luke 14
1 On one occasion, as Jesus was going, on a Sabbath into the house of one of the leading Pharisees to dine, they were watching him closely.
Él entró en [la] casa de uno de los principales fariseos a comer pan un sábado. Ellos lo observaban detenidamente.
2 There he saw before him a man who was suffering from dropsy.
Entonces un hombre que era hidrópico estaba delante de Él.
3 “Is it allowable,” said Jesus, addressing the Students of the Law and the Pharisees, “to work a cure on the Sabbath, or is it not?”
Y Jesús preguntó a los doctores de la Ley y a los fariseos: ¿Es lícito sanar en sábado o no?
4 They remained silent. Jesus took hold of the man and cured him, and sent him away.
Pero ellos callaron. Lo tomó, lo sanó y lo despidió.
5 And he said to them: “Which of you, finding that his son or his ox has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath Day?”
Les dijo: ¿A quién de ustedes se le cae un hijo o un buey en un pozo y no se apresura a sacarlo en sábado?
6 And they could not make any answer to that.
Y no pudieron responderle.
7 Observing that the guests were choosing the best places for themselves, Jesus told them this parable —
Al ver que ellos escogían los puestos de honor, les narró una parábola:
8 “When you are invited by any one to a wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place, for fear that some one of higher rank should have been invited by your host;
Cuando seas invitado a una fiesta de bodas, no te reclines en el puesto de honor, no sea que otro más honorable que tú sea invitado por él,
9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you ‘Make room for this man,’ and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.
y al llegar el que te invitó [a ti] y a él, te diga: Da lugar a éste, y entonces ocuparás avergonzado el último lugar.
10 No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you ‘Friend, come higher up’; and then you will be honoured in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.
Pero cuando seas invitado, reclínate en el último lugar, para que cuando llegue el que te invitó, te diga: Amigo, pasa más adelante. Entonces serás honrado delante de todos los que se reclinan contigo.
11 For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Porque todo el que se enaltece será humillado, y el que se humilla será enaltecido.
12 Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him: “When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers, or your relations, or rich neighbours, for fear that they should invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.
Decía también al que lo invitó: Cuando ofrezcas una comida o una cena, no invites a tus amigos, hermanos, parientes, ni vecinos ricos, no sea que también ellos a su vez te inviten y tengas recompensa.
13 No, when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
Pero cuando hagas un banquete, invita a pobres, mancos, cojos, ciegos,
14 and then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good.”
y serás inmensamente feliz, pues no tienen cómo retribuirte, pero te será recompensado en la resurrección de los justos.
15 One of the guests heard what he said and exclaimed: “Happy will he be who shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God!”
Al oírlo, uno de los reclinados le dijo: Inmensamente feliz cualquiera que coma pan en el reino de Dios.
16 But Jesus said to him: “A man was once giving a great dinner. He invited many people,
Él le contestó: Un hombre preparaba una gran cena e invitó a muchos.
17 and sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
A la hora de la cena envió a su esclavo a decir a los invitados: ¡Vengan, porque ya está preparada!
18 They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first man said to the servant ‘I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider me excused.’
Pero todos igualmente comenzaron a excusarse. El primero le dijo: Compré un campo y necesito ir a verlo. Te ruego que me disculpes.
19 The next said ‘I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused’;
Otro dijo: Compré cinco yuntas de bueyes y voy a probarlas. Te ruego que me disculpes.
20 while the next said ‘I am just married, and for that reason I am unable to come.’
Y otro dijo: Me casé, y por esto no puedo ir.
21 On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’
Cuando el esclavo regresó, informó esto a su señor. Entonces el amo de casa se enojó y dijo a su esclavo: ¡Sal pronto por las calles y callejones de la ciudad y trae acá a los pobres, mancos, ciegos y cojos!
22 Presently the servant said ‘Sir, your order has been carried out, and still there is room.’
Luego el esclavo dijo: Señor, hice lo que ordenaste y aún hay lugar.
23 ‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;
Y el señor ordenó al esclavo: Vé por los caminos y senderos. Impúlsalos a entrar para que se llene mi casa.
24 for I tell you all that not one of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
Porque les digo que ninguno de aquellos que fueron invitados probará mi cena.
25 One day, when great crowds of people were walking with Jesus, he turned and said to them:
Iba con Él una gran multitud, y al dar la vuelta, les dijo:
26 “If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.
Si alguno viene a Mí, y no aborrece a padre y madre, esposa e hijos, hermanos y hermanas, y aun su propia vida, no puede ser mi discípulo.
27 Whoever does not carry his own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.
Cualquiera que no levanta su cruz y me sigue, no puede ser mi discípulo.
28 Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? —
Porque ¿quién de ustedes que quiere edificar una torre, no se sienta primero y calcula el costo, si tiene para terminarla?
29 For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him,
No sea que, después de poner el cimiento, y no poder terminarla, todos los que observan comiencen a burlarse:
30 and say ‘Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!’
Este hombre comenzó a edificar, pero no pudo terminar.
31 Or what king, when he is setting out to fight another king, does not first sit down and consider if with ten thousand men he is able to meet one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
¿O cuál rey que marcha a enfrentar en batalla a otro rey, no se sienta primero a planificar si es capaz de enfrentar con 10.000 al que viene contra él con 20.000?
32 And if he cannot, then, while the other is still at a distance, he sends envoys and asks for terms of peace.
Y si no puede, cuando aún está lejos de él, le envía una delegación y solicita condiciones de paz.
33 And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has — he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Así pues, cualquiera de ustedes que no se despoje de todas sus posesiones no puede ser mi discípulo.
34 Yes, salt is good; but, if the salt itself should lose its strength, what shall be used to season it?
Buena es la sal, pero si la sal se desvanece, ¿con qué será sazonada?
35 It is not fit either for the land or for the manure heap. Men throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with hear!”
Ni para una tierra, ni para una pila de abono es útil. La botan. El que tiene oídos para oír, escuche.
