Luke 15
1 And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,
Y SE llegaban á él todos los publicanos y pecadores á oirle.
2 and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying — This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
Y murmuraban los Fariseos y los escribas, diciendo: Este á los pecadores recibe, y con ellos come.
3 And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
Y él les propuso esta parábola, diciendo:
4 'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find 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 having found, he doth lay [it] on his shoulders rejoicing,
Y hallada, la pone sobre sus hombros gozoso;
6 and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep — the lost one.
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 so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
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 drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?
¿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 having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm 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 'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
Así os digo que hay gozo delante de los ángeles de Dios por un pecador que se arrepiente.
11 And he said, 'A certain man had two sons,
Y dijo: Un hombre tenía dos hijos;
12 and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to [me], and he divided to them the living.
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 'And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
Y no muchos días después, juntándolo todo el hijo menor, partió lejos á una provincia apartada; y allí desperdició su hacienda viviendo perdidamente.
14 and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
Y cuando todo lo hubo malgastado, vino una grande hambre en aquella provincia, y comenzóle á faltar.
15 and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,
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 and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.
Y deseaba henchir su vientre de las algarrobas que comían los puercos; mas nadie se [las] daba.
17 'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
Y volviendo en sí, dijo: ¡Cuántos jornaleros en casa de mi padre tienen abundancia de pan, y yo aquí perezco de hambre!
18 having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin — to the heaven, and before thee,
Me levantaré, é iré á mi padre, y le diré: Padre, he pecado contra el cielo, y contra ti;
19 and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
Ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo; hazme como á uno de tus jornaleros.
20 'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon 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 and the son said to him, Father, I did sin — to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy 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 'And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the 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 having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry,
Y traed el becerro grueso, y matadlo, y comamos, y hagamos fiesta:
24 because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
Porque este mi hijo muerto era, y ha revivido; habíase perdido, y es hallado. Y comenzaron á regocijarse.
25 'And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to 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 and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,
Y llamando á uno de los criados, preguntóle qué era aquello.
27 and he said to him — Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.
Y él le dijo: Tu hermano ha venido; y tu padre ha muerto el becerro grueso, por haberle recibido salvo.
28 'And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;
Entonces se enojó, y no quería entrar. Salió por tanto su padre, y le rogaba [que entrase].
29 and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;
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 thy son — this one who did devour thy living with harlots — came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
Mas cuando vino éste tu hijo, que ha consumido tu hacienda con rameras, has matado para él el becerro grueso.
31 'And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;
El entonces le dijo: Hijo, tú siempre estás conmigo, y todas mis cosas son tuyas.
32 but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
Mas era menester hacer fiesta y holgar[nos], porque este tu hermano muerto era, y ha revivido; habíase perdido, y es hallado.
