San Lucas 10
1 Después de esto, el Señor designó a otros 70, a quienes envió de dos en dos a los lugares a donde Él pensaba ir.
After that, the Lord Jesus appointed 72 other [people]. He [prepared to] send them out, two-by-two, to every town and village where he [SYN] intended to go.
2 Y les decía: La cosecha en verdad es mucha, y los obreros pocos. Hablen, pues, con el Señor de la cosecha para que envíe obreros a su cosecha.
He said to them, “The [people who are ready to receive my message] are like a field [of] [MET] [grain] that is ready for [people] to harvest {to be harvested}. But there are not many people [to bring them to God]. So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his fields [to gather the] harvest.
3 ¡Vayan! Consideren que los envío como corderos en medio de lobos.
Start going; but [remember that] I am sending you [(pl)] out [to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be] like lambs among wolves.
4 No lleven bolsa de dinero, ni mochila, ni sandalias y a ninguno saluden en el camino.
Do not take along [any money in] a purse. Do not take a traveler’s bag. Do not take [extra] sandals. Do not [spend a lot of time] greeting people along the way.
5 Cuando entren a una casa primeramente digan: ¡Paz sea a esta casa!
Whenever you enter a house [to lodge there], first say to those people, ‘May [God give inner] peace to [you people] [MTY] [in] this house!’
6 Si vive ahí un hijo de paz, la paz de ustedes reposará sobre él, y si no, regresará a ustedes.
If people who [live] there [are (desiring to have]/worthy of receiving) [God’s] peace, they will experience the [inner] peace that you are [offering them]. If people who [live] there [are not desiring to have God’s] peace, you [will experience God’s inner] peace, [but they will not].
7 Permanezcan en esa misma casa, coman y beban lo que les den, porque el obrero es digno de su salario. No vayan de casa en casa.
[If they welcome you], stay in that same house [until you leave that village]. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you. A worker deserves to get pay [MET] [from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go].
8 En cualquier ciudad donde entren y los reciban, coman lo que les sirvan,
Whenever you enter a town and the people [there] welcome you, eat what is provided {what [they] provide} for you.
9 sanen a los enfermos que estén allí y díganles: El reino de Dios se acercó a ustedes.
Heal the people there who are sick. Tell them, ‘It is almost [time for] God to send his king to rule [MET] [your lives].’
10 Pero en cualquier ciudad donde entren y no los reciban, salgan a sus plazas y digan:
But if you enter a town whose [people] do not welcome you, go into its [main] streets and say,
11 Les sacudimos aun el polvo de su ciudad que se nos pegó a los pies. Pero sepan esto: El reino de Dios se acercó.
‘[Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave], we will also shake off the dust of your town that clings to our sandals, to warn you [that God will reject/punish you]. But [we want you to know that] it is almost [the time when] God will start to rule!’
12 Les digo que en el día del juicio será más tolerable [el juicio] para Sodoma que para aquella ciudad.
I will tell you this: On the [MTY] [final] day when [God judges everyone], he will punish the wicked people [MTY] who long ago lived in Sodom, [the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked]. But he will punish [even] more severely the people [MTY] of any town [whose people refused to hear your message]!”
13 ¡Ay de ti, Corazín! ¡Ay de ti, Betsaida! Porque si en Tiro y Sidón se hubieran hecho los milagros que se hicieron en ustedes, hace tiempo habrían cambiado de mente, sentadas en tela áspera y ceniza.
“There will be terrible [punishment] for [you people who live in] [MTY] Chorazin and Bethsaida [cities]. I did great miracles in your cities [to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities], the wicked people who lived there would have long ago [shown that they were sorry for their sins by] sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads.
14 Por tanto el juicio será más tolerable para Tiro y Sidón que para ustedes.
[But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in] Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you more severely [because you did not pay attention to my message].
[I also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city]. (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, God] will send you down to the place where [sinful people] will be punished [forever]!” (Hadēs g86)
16 El que los oye a ustedes, me oye. El que los rechaza, me rechaza. El que me rechaza, rechaza al que me envió.
[Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that] those who listen to your [message] are listening to me, and that those who reject your [message] are rejecting me. And [he will consider that] those who reject me are rejecting [God], the one who sent me.”
17 Los 70 regresaron con gozo y decían: Señor, aun los demonios se nos someten en tu Nombre.
The 72 [people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to]. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, [people did what we(exc) told them to do]! Demons also obeyed us when by your [(sg)] authority [MTY] [we commanded them to leave people]!”
18 Les dijo: [Yo] veía a Satanás que cayó del cielo como un rayo.
Jesus replied, “[When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though] [MET] I saw Satan fall from heaven [as suddenly and quickly] as lightning [strikes].
19 Recuerden que les di potestad de pisar serpientes y escorpiones y sobre todo el poder del enemigo, y que de ningún modo algo les haga daño.
Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits [MET] [they will not hurt you]. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, [Satan]. Nothing shall hurt you.
20 Pero no se regocijen por esto, que los espíritus se les sometan, sino regocíjense porque sus nombres están inscritos en los cielos.
But [although] you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice [more] that your names have been written {that [God] has written your names} in heaven, [because you will be with God forever].”
21 En aquella misma hora [se] regocijó muchísimo en el Espíritu Santo y dijo: Te alabo, Padre, Señor del cielo y de la tierra, porque escondiste estas cosas de sabios e inteligentes y las revelaste a niños. Sí, Padre, porque así te agradó.
At that time the Holy Spirit caused [Jesus] to be very happy. He said, “Father, you [(sg)] rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth! Some [people think that they are] wise [because] they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily] [MET] [as] little children [do]. Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
22 Todas las cosas me fueron entregadas por mi Padre. Nadie conoce quién es el Hijo sino el Padre, ni quién es el Padre sino el Hijo y aquel a quien el Hijo quiera revelarse.
[Jesus also said to the 72 disciples], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all [I need to know and the power I need for 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].”
23 Al dar la vuelta hacia los discípulos en privado, les dijo: Inmensamente felices los ojos que ven lo que [ustedes] ven,
Then when Jesus’ disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “[God] is pleased with you [SYN] who have seen [the things that I have done]!
24 porque les digo que muchos profetas y reyes desearon ver lo que ustedes ven, y no [lo] vieron, y oír lo que escuchan, y no [lo] escucharon.
I want you to know that many prophets and kings [who lived long ago] desired to see the things that you are seeing [me do], but these things did not [happen] then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but these things were not [revealed to them] then.”
25 De repente un doctor de la Ley apareció para probarlo y preguntó: Maestro, ¿qué haré para heredar [la] vida eterna? (aiōnios g166)
[One day as Jesus was teaching people], a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that [God gave Moses]. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live [with God] forever?” (aiōnios g166)
26 [Jesús] le preguntó: ¿Qué está escrito en la Ley? ¿Cómo lees?
Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] have read [RHQ] what [Moses] has written in the laws that [God gave him]. What did Moses write about living forever?”
27 Él contestó: Amarás al Señor [tu] Dios de todo corazón, con toda [tu] alma, con todas [tus] fuerzas, con todo [tu] entendimiento, y a [tu] prójimo como a [ti] mismo.
The man replied, “[He wrote that] we [(inc)] must love the Lord our God. [We must show that] by what we feel and by what we do and by what we think. [He] also [wrote that we must love] people that we come in contact with as much as [we love] ourselves.”
28 Le dijo: Respondiste correctamente. Haz esto y vivirás.
Jesus replied, “You [(sg)] have answered [your question] correctly. If you do all that [continually], you will live [with God forever].”
29 Pero él para justificarse preguntó a Jesús: ¿Quién es mi prójimo?
But the man wanted to defend [the way] he [acted toward people that he came in contact with] (OR, to defend why he [had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply]). So he said to Jesus, “Which people that I come in contact with [should I love]?”
30 Jesús le respondió: Un hombre bajaba de Jerusalén a Jericó y cayó en manos de salteadores. Lo [desnudaron, lo] golpearon, [lo] dejaron medio muerto y huyeron.
Jesus replied [by telling him this illustration]: “A [Jewish] man was once going down along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bandits attacked him. They took away [most of] the man’s clothes [and everything else that he had], and they beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him.
31 Un sacerdote bajaba por aquel camino y al verlo, pasó por el lado opuesto.
It happened that a [Jewish] priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, [instead of helping him], he passed by on the other side [of the road].
32 Un levita llegó al lugar y cuando lo vio también pasó por el otro lado.
Similarly, a man who worked in the temple [in Jerusalem] came to that place and saw the man. But he also passed by on the other side [of the road].
33 Pero un samaritano que viajaba, pasó cerca de él. Lo vio y fue movido a compasión.
Then a man from Samaria [province] came along that road to where the man was lying. [People from Samaria despise Jews. But] when he saw that man, he pitied him.
34 Se acercó, le vendó las heridas, les derramó aceite y vino, y lo puso sobre su propia cabalgadura. Lo llevó a un hospedaje y cuidó de él.
He went over to him and put some [olive] oil and wine on his wounds [to help heal them]. He wound strips of cloth [around the wounds]. He placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn and took care of him.
35 Cuando salió el día siguiente le dio dos denarios al hospedador y [le] dijo: Cuídalo, y lo que gastes de más, yo te lo pagaré cuando regrese.
The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you [(sg)] spend more than this amount [to care for him], I will pay you back when I return.’”
36 ¿Quién de estos tres te parece que fue prójimo del que cayó entre los salteadores?
Then Jesus said, “Three people [saw] the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them [acted in a loving way toward] that man?”
37 Y él contestó: El que hizo la misericordia con él. Entonces Jesús le dijo: Vé y haz tú lo mismo.
The man who studied the Scriptures replied, “The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] go and act like that [toward] everyone whom [you can help]!”
38 Al proseguir ellos, Él entró a una aldea y una mujer llamada Marta lo hospedó.
As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village [near Jerusalem]. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house.
39 Ésta tenía una hermana llamada María, que escuchaba la Palabra sentada a los pies del Señor.
Her [younger] sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.
40 Pero Marta, quien estaba atareada con muchos quehaceres, se acercó a Él y le dijo: Señor, ¿No te preocupa que mi hermana me dejó servir sola? Dile que me ayude.
But Martha was very much concerned about preparing [a meal]. She went to Jesus and said, “Lord, (you do not seem to care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself!/do you not care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself?) [RHQ] Tell her that she should help me!”
41 Entonces el Señor le respondió: Marta, Marta, estás afanada y distraída en muchas cosas,
But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you [(sg)] are very worried about many things.
42 pero solo una es necesaria. María escogió la buena parte, la cual no se le quitará.
But only one thing is truly necessary, and that is, [to listen to what I am teaching]. Mary has decided to [do that], and that is better [than worrying]. [The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me] will not be taken away from her {No one will take away from her [the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me]}.”
