San Lucas 14

1 Y aconteció que entrando en casa de un príncipe de los fariseos un sábado a comer pan, ellos le acechaban.

One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].

2 Y he aquí un hombre hidrópico estaba delante de él.

Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.

3 Y respondiendo Jesus, habló a los doctores de la ley y a los fariseos, diciendo: ¿Es lícito sanar en sábado?

Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”

4 Y ellos callaron. Entonces él tomándole, le sanó, y le despidió.

[They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].

5 Y respondiendo a ellos dijo: ¿El asno o el buey de cuál de vosotros caerá en algún pozo, y no lo sacará luego en día de sábado?

Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”

6 Y no le podían replicar a estas cosas.

[They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.

7 Y observando cómo escogían los primeros asientos a la mesa, refirió una parábola a los convidados, diciéndoles:

Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:

8 Cuando fueres llamado de alguno a bodas, no te sientes en el primer lugar, no sea que otro más honrado que tú esté por él convidado,

“When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].

9 y viniendo el que te llamó a ti y a él, te diga: Da lugar a éste; y entonces comiences con vergüenza a tener el lugar último.

[When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.

10 Mas cuando fueres llamado, ve, y siéntate en el postrer lugar; porque cuando viniere el que te llamó, te diga: Amigo, ven arriba; entonces tendrás gloria delante de los que juntamente se sientan a la mesa.

Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.

11 Porque cualquiera que se ensalza, será humillado; y el que se humilla, será ensalzado.

Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”

12 Y dijo también al que le había convidado: Cuando hagas comida o cena, no llames a tus amigos, ni a tus hermanos, ni a tus parientes, ni a vecinos ricos; para que ellos te vuelvan a convidar, y te sea hecha compensación.

[Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.

13 Mas cuando hagas banquete, llama a los pobres, los mancos, los cojos, los ciegos;

Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].

14 y serás bienaventurado; porque no te pueden pagar; mas te será pagado en la resurrección de los justos.

They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”

15 Y oyendo esto uno de los que juntamente estaban sentados a la mesa, le dijo: Bienaventurado el que comerá pan en el Reino de los cielos.

One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”

16 El entonces le dijo: Un hombre hizo una gran cena, y llamó a muchos.

But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.

17 Y a la hora de la cena envió a su siervo a decir a los llamados: Venid, que ya está todo aparejado.

When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’

18 Y comenzaron todos a una a excusarse. El primero le dijo: He comprado una hacienda, y necesito salir y verla; te ruego que me des por excusado.

But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’

19 Y el otro dijo: He comprado cinco yuntas de bueyes, y voy a probarlos; te ruego que me des por excusado.

Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’

20 Y el otro dijo: Acabo de casarme, y por tanto no puedo ir.

Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’

21 Y vuelto el siervo, hizo saber estas cosas a su señor. Entonces enojado el padre de la familia, dijo a su siervo: Ve presto por las plazas y por las calles de la ciudad, y mete acá los pobres, los mancos, y cojos, y ciegos.

So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’

22 Y dijo el siervo: Señor, hecho es como mandaste, y aún hay lugar.

[After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’

23 Y dijo el señor al siervo: Ve por los caminos y por los vallados, y fuérzalos a entrar, para que se llene mi casa.

[So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”

24 Porque os digo que ninguno de aquellos hombres que fueron llamados, gustará mi Cena.

[Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”

25 Y muchas personas iban con él; y volviéndose les dijo:

Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,

26 Si alguno viene a mí, y no aborrece a su padre, y madre, y mujer, e hijos, y hermanos, y hermanas, y aun también su vida, no puede ser mi discípulo.

“If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!

27 Y cualquiera que no carga su madero, y viene en pos de mí, no puede ser mi discípulo.

[People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.

28 Porque ¿cuál de vosotros, queriendo edificar una torre, no cuenta primero sentado los gastos, para ver si tiene lo que necesita para acabarla?

[I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.

29 Para que después que haya puesto el fundamento, y no pueda acabarla, todos los que lo vieren, no comiencen a hacer burla de él,

[If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.

30 diciendo: Este hombre comenzó a edificar y no pudo acabar.

They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’

31 ¿O cuál rey, teniendo que ir a hacer guerra contra otro rey, sentándose primero no consulta si puede salir al encuentro con diez mil al que viene contra él con veinte mil?

Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].

32 De otra manera, cuando aún el otro está lejos, le ruega por la paz, enviándole embajada.

If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’

33 Así pues, cualquiera de vosotros que no renuncia a todas las cosas que posee, no puede ser mi discípulo.

So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”

34 Buena es la sal; mas si la sal fuere desvanecida, ¿con qué se adobará?

[Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]

35 Ni para la tierra, ni para el muladar es buena; fuera la arrojan. Quien tiene oídos para oír, oiga.

[If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”