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1 Y COMO acabó todas sus palabras oyéndole el pueblo, entró en Capernaum.
When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.
2 Y el siervo de un centurion, al cual tenia él en estima, estaba enfermo y á punto de morir
A centurion in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill – almost at the point of death.
3 Y como oyó [hablar] de Jesus, envió á él los ancianos de los Judíos, rogándole que viniese, y librase á su siervo.
And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave’s life.
4 Y viniendo ellos á Jesus, rogáronle con diligencia, diciéndole: Porque es digno de concederle esto;
When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. “He deserves the favor from you,” they said,
5 Que ama nuestra nacion, y él nos edificó una sinagoga.
“For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our synagogue for us.”
6 Y Jesus fué con ellos; mas como ya no estuviesen lejos de su casa envió el centurion amigos á él diciéndole: Señor, no te incomodes, que no soy digno que entres debajo de mi tejado:
So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the centurion sent some friends with the message – “Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.
7 Por lo cual ni aun me tuve por digno de venir á tí; mas dí la palabra, y mi criado será sano.
That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.
8 Porque tambien yo soy hombre puesto en potestad, que tengo debajo de mí soldados; y digo á este: Ve; y va: y al otro: Ven; y viene: y á mi siervo: Haz esto; y [lo] hace.
For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and if I say to one of them ‘Go,’ he goes, and to another ‘Come,’ he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this,’ he does it.”
9 Lo cual oyendo Jesus, se maravilló de él; y vuelto, dijo á las gentes que le seguian: Os digo [que] ni aun en Israel he hallado tanta fé.
Jesus was surprised to hear these words from him; and, turning to the crowd which was following him, he said, “I tell you, nowhere in Israel have I met with such faith as this!”
10 Y vueltos á casa los que habian sido enviados, hallaron sano al siervo que habia estado enfermo.
And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.
11 Y aconteció despues, que [él] iba á la ciudad que se llama Nain, é iban con él muchos de sus discípulos, y gran compañía.
Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.
12 Y como llegó cerca de la puerta de la ciudad, hé aquí que sacaban fuera á un difunto, unigénito á su madre, la cual tambien era viuda: y habia con ella grande compañía de la ciudad.
Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial – an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.
13 Y como el Señor la vió, compadecióse de ella, y le dice: No llores.
When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her, “Do not weep.”
14 Y acercándose, tocó el féretro; y los que [le] llevaban, pararon. Y dice: Mancebo, á tí digo, levántate.
Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said, “Young man, I am speaking to you – Rise!”
15 Entónces se incorporó él que habia muerto, y comenzó á hablar; y diólo á su madre.
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.
16 Y todos tuvieron miedo, y glorificaban á Dios, diciendo: Que un gran profeta se ha levantado entre nosotros, y que Dios ha visitado á su pueblo.
Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. “A great prophet has arisen among us,” they said. “God has visited his people.”
17 Y salió esta fama de él por toda Judéa, y por toda la tierra de alrededor.
And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighboring countries as well.
18 Y sus discípulos dieron á Juan las nuevas de todas estas cosas: y llama Juan á dos de sus discípulos.
All these events were reported to John by his disciples.
19 Y envió á Jesus, diciendo: ¿Eres tú aquel que habia de venir, ó esperarémos á otro?
So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask – “Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for someone else?”
20 Y como los hombres vinieron á él, dijeron: Juan el Bautista nos ha enviado á tí, diciendo: ¿Eres tú aquel que habia de venir, ó esperarémos á otro,
When these men found Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask – Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for somebody else?”
21 Y en la misma hora sanó á muchos de enfermedades, y plagas, y de espíritus malos; y á muchos ciegos dió la vista.
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.
22 Y respondiendo Jesus les dijo: Id, dad las nuevas á Juan de lo que habeis visto y oido: Que los ciegos ven, los cojos andan, los leprosos son limpiados, los sordos oyen, los muertos resucitan, á los pobres es anunciado el Evangelio.
So his answer to the question was, “Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard – the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is told to the poor.
23 Y bienaventurado es él que no fuere escandalizado en mí.
And blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.”
24 Y como se fueron los mensajeros de Juan, comenzó á hablar de Juan á las gentes: ¿Que salisteis á ver al desierto? ¿Una caña que es agitada del viento?
When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John,
25 Mas ¿qué salisteis á ver? ¿Un hombre cubierto de vestidos delicados? Hé aquí que los que están en vestido precioso, y viven en delicias, en los palacios de los reyes están.
“What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.
26 Mas ¿qué salisteis á ver? ¿Un profeta? Tambien os digo, y aun más que profeta.
What then did you go to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
27 Este es de quien está escrito: Hé aquí envio mi mensajero delante de tu faz, el cual aparejará tu camino delante de tí.
This is the man of whom scripture says – ‘I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’
28 Porque os digo que entre los nacidos de mujeres, no hay mayor profeta que Juan el Bautista: mas el más pequeño en el reino de los cielos es mayor que él.
There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
29 Y todo el pueblo oyéndole, y los publicanos, justificaron á Dios bautizándose con el bautismo de Juan.
(All the people, when they heard this, and even the tax collectors, having accepted John’s baptism, acknowledged the justice of God.
30 Mas los Fariséos, y los sabios de la ley, desecharon el consejo de Dios contra sí mismos, no siendo bautizados de él.
But the Pharisees and the students of the Law, having rejected John’s baptism, frustrated God’s purpose in regard to them.)
31 Y dice el Señor: ¿A quién pues compararé los hombres de esta generacion, y á qué son semejantes?
“To what then,” Jesus continued, “should I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?
32 Semejantes son á los muchachos sentados en la plaza, y que dan voces los unos á los otros, y dicen: Os tañimos con flautas, y no bailásteis; os endechamos, y no llorásteis.
They are like some little children who are sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another – ‘We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not wept!’
33 Porque vino Juan el Bautista, que ni comia pan, ni bebia vino; y decís: Demonio tiene.
For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying ‘He has a demon in him’;
34 Vino el Hijo del hombre, que come y bebe; y decís: Hé aquí un hombre comilon, y bebedor de vino, amigo de publicanos y de pecadores.
and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying ‘Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and outcasts.’
35 Mas la sabiduría es justificada de todos sus hijos.
And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
36 Y le rogó uno de los Fariséos, que comiese con él. Y entrando en casa del Fariséo, sentóse á la mesa.
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at the table.
37 Y hé aquí una mujer que habia sido pecadora en la ciudad, como entendió que estaba á la mesa en casa de aquel Fariséo, trajo un [vaso de] alabastro de ungüento;
Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
38 Y estando detrás á sus piés, comenzó llorando á regar con lágrimas sus piés, y los limpiaba con los cabellos de su cabeza: y besaba sus piés, y [los] ungia con el ungüento.
and placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.
39 Y como vió [esto] el Fariséo que le habia convidado, habló entre sí, diciendo: Este, si fuera profeta, conoceria quién y cuál es la mujer que le toca, que es pecadora.
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “Had this man been ‘the prophet,’ he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast.”
40 Entónces respondiendo Jesus, le dijo: Simon, una cosa tengo que decirte. Y él dice: Dí, Maestro.
But, addressing him, Jesus said, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Pray do so, teacher,” Simon answered; and Jesus began,
41 Un acreedor tenia dos deudores: el uno le debia quinientos denarios, y el otro cincuenta.
“There were two people who were in debt to a moneylender; one owed five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
42 Y no teniendo ellos de qué pagar, perdonó [la deuda] á ambos. Dí, pues ¿cuál de estos le amará más?
As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?”
43 Y respondiendo Simon, dijo: Pienso que aquel al cual perdonó más. Y él le dijo: Rectamente has juzgado.
“I suppose,” answered Simon, “it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt.” “You are right,” said Jesus,
44 Y vuelto á la mujer, dijo á Simon: ¿Ves esta mujer? Entré en tu casa, no diste agua para mis piés; mas esta ha regado mis piés con lágrimas, y los ha limpiado con los cabellos.
and then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house – you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45 No me diste beso; mas esta, desde que entré, no ha cesado de besar mis piés.
You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 No ungiste mi cabeza con óleo; mas esta ha ungido con ungüento mis piés.
You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.
47 Por lo cual te digo [que] sus muchos pecados son perdonados, porque amó mucho: mas al que se perdona poco, poco ama.
So I tell you, her great love shows that her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned. One who is pardoned little loves little.”
48 Y á ella dijo: los pecados te son perdonados.
Then he said to the woman, “Your sins have been pardoned.”
49 Y los que estaban juntamente sentados á la mesa, comenzaron a decir entre si: ¿Quién es este que tambien perdona pecados?
The other guests began to say to one another, “Who is this man who even pardons sins?”
50 Y dijo á la mujer: Tu fé te ha salvado: vé en paz.
But Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.”
