Lucas 14

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Y sucedió que, habiendo ido en sábado a casa de uno de los jefes de los fariseos para comer, ellos le estaban observando.	1 And it happened that, when Jesus entered the house of a certain leader of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were observing him.
2 Había allí, delante de él, un hombre hidrópico.	2 And behold, a certain man before him was afflicted with edema.
3 Entonces preguntó Jesús a los legistas y a los fariseos: «¿Es lícito curar en sábado, o no?»	3 And responding, Jesus spoke to the experts in the law and to the Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?”
4 Pero ellos se callaron. Entonces le tomó, le curó, y le despidió.	4 But they kept silent. Yet truly, taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.
5 Y a ellos les dijo: «¿A quién de vosotros se le cae un hijo o un buey a un pozo en día de sábado y no lo saca al momento?»	5 And responding to them, he said, “Which of you will have a donkey or an ox fall into a pit, and will not promptly pull him out, on the day of the Sabbath?”
6 Y no pudieron replicar a esto.	6 And they were unable to respond to him about these things.
7 Notando cómo los invitados elegían los primeros puestos, les dijo una parábola:	7 Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
8 «Cuando seas convidado por alguien a una boda, no te pongas en el primer puesto, no sea que haya sido convidado por él otro más distinguido que tú,	8 “When you are invited to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest perhaps someone more honored than yourself may have been invited by him.
9 y viniendo el que os convidó a ti y a él, te diga: “Deja el sitio a éste”, y entonces vayas a ocupar avergonzado el último puesto.	9 And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, ‘Give this place to him.’ And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place.
10 Al contrario, cuando seas convidado, vete a sentarte en el último puesto, de manera que, cuando venga el que te convidó, te diga: “Amigo, sube más arriba.” Y esto será un honor para ti delante de todos los que estén contigo a la mesa.	10 But when you are invited, go, sit down in the lowest place, so that, when he who invited you arrives, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the sight of those who sit at table together with you.
11 Porque todo el que se ensalce, será humillado; y el que se humille, será ensalzado».	11 For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.”
12 Dijo también al que le había invitado: «Cuando des una comida o una cena, no llames a tus amigos, ni a tus hermanos, ni a tus parientes, ni a tus vecinos ricos; no sea que ellos te inviten a su vez, y tengas ya tu recompensa.	12 Then he also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you.
13 Cuando des un banquete, llama a los pobres, a los lisiados, a los cojos, a los ciegos;	13 But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind.
14 y serás dichoso, porque no te pueden corresponder, pues se te recompensará en la resurrección de los justos».	14 And you will be blessed because they do not have a way to repay you. So then, your recompense will be in the resurrection of the just.”
15 Habiendo oído esto, uno de los comensales le dijo: «¡Dichoso el que pueda comer en el Reino de Dios!»	15 When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.”
16 El le respondió: «Un hombre dio una gran cena y convidó a muchos;	16 So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he invited many.
17 a la hora de la cena envió a su siervo a decir a los invitados: “Venid, que ya está todo preparado.”	17 And he sent his servant, at the hour of the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was ready.
18 Pero todos a una empezaron a excusarse. El primero le dijo: “He comprado un campo y tengo que ir a verlo; te ruego me dispenses.”	18 And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’
19 Y otro dijo: “He comprado cinco yuntas de bueyes y voy a probarlas; te ruego me dispenses.”	19 And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’
20 Otro dijo: “Me he casado, y por eso no puedo ir.”	20 And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’
21 «Regresó el siervo y se lo contó a su señor. Entonces, airado el dueño de la casa, dijo a su siervo: “Sal en seguida a las plazas y calles de la ciudad, y haz entrar aquí a los pobres y lisiados, y ciegos y cojos.”	21 And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: ‘Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.’
22 Dijo el siervo: “Señor, se ha hecho lo que mandaste, y todavía hay sitio.”	22 And the servant said: ‘It has been done, just as you ordered, lord, and there is still room.’
23 Dijo el señor al siervo: “Sal a los caminos y cercas, y obliga a entrar hasta que se llene mi casa.”	23 And the lord said to the servant: ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.
24 Porque os digo que ninguno de aquellos invitados probará mi cena».	24 For I tell you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my feast.’ ”
25 Caminaba con él mucha gente, y volviéndose les dijo:	25 Now great crowds traveled with him. And turning around, he said to them:
26 «Si alguno viene donde mí y no odia a su padre, a su madre, a su mujer, a sus hijos, a sus hermanos, a sus hermanas y hasta su propia vida, no puede ser discípulo mío.	26 “If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.
27 El que no lleve su cruz y venga en pos de mí, no puede ser discípulo mío.	27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
28 «Porque ¿quién de vosotros, que quiere edificar una torre, no se sienta primero a calcular los gastos, y ver si tiene para acabarla?	28 For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?
29 No sea que, habiendo puesto los cimientos y no pudiendo terminar, todos los que lo vean se pongan a burlarse de él, diciendo:	29 Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him,
30 “Este comenzó a edificar y no pudo terminar.”	30 saying: ‘This man began to build what he was not able to finish.’
31 O ¿qué rey, que sale a enfrentarse contra otro rey, no se sienta antes y delibera si con 10.000 puede salir al paso del que viene contra él con 20.000?	31 Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Y si no, cuando está todavía lejos, envía una embajada para pedir condiciones de paz.	32 If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him for terms of peace.
33 Pues, de igual manera, cualquiera de vosotros que no renuncie a todos sus bienes, no puede ser discípulo mío.	33 Therefore, everyone of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple.
34 «Buena es la sal; mas si también la sal se desvirtúa, ¿con qué se la sazonará?	34 Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be seasoned?
35 No es útil ni para la tierra ni para el estercolero; la tiran afuera. El que tenga oídos para oír, que oiga».	35 It is useful neither in soil, nor in manure, so instead, it shall be thrown away. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”