Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version

Mateo 18

¹En aquel tiempo, los discípulos se llegaron a Jesús y le preguntaron: “En conclusión, ¿quién es el mayor en el reino de los cielos?” In that hour, the disciples drew near to Jesus, saying, “Whom do you consider to be greater in the kingdom of heaven?”²Entonces, Él llamó a sí a un niño, lo puso en medio de ellos, And Jesus, calling to himself a little child, placed him in their midst.³y dijo: “En verdad, os digo, si no volviereis a ser como los niños, no entraréis en el reino de los cielos. And he said: “Amen I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.⁴Quien se hiciere pequeño como este niñito, ese es el mayor en el reino de los cielos. Therefore, whoever will have humbled himself like this little child, such a one is greater in the kingdom of heaven.⁵Y quien recibe en mi nombre a un niño como este, a Mí me recibe”. And whoever shall accept one such little child in my name, accepts me.⁶“Pero quien encandalizare a uno solo de estos pequeños que creen en Mí, más le valdría que se le suspendiese al cuello una piedra de molino de las que mueve un asno, y que fuese sumergido en el abismo del mar. But whoever will have led astray one of these little ones, who trust in me, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck, and to be submerged in the depths of the sea.⁷¡Ay del mundo por los escándalosPorque forzoso es que vengan escándalos, pero ¡ay del hombre por quien el escándalo viene! Woe to a world that leads people astray! Although it is necessary for temptations to arise, nevertheless: Woe to that man through whom temptation arises!⁸Si tu mano o tu pie te hace tropezar, córtalo y arrójalo lejos de ti. Más te vale entrar en la vida manco o cojo, que ser, con tus dos manos o tus dos pies, echado en el fuego eterno. So if your hand or your foot leads you to sin, cut it off and cast it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life disabled or lame, than to be sent into eternal fire having two hands or two feet.⁹Y si tu ojo te hace tropezar, sácalo y arrójalo lejos de ti. Más te vale entrar en la vida con un solo ojo, que ser, con tus dos ojos, arrojado en la gehenna del fuego. And if your eye leads you to sin, root it out and cast it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than to be sent into the fires of Hell having two eyes.¹⁰Guardaos de despreciar a uno solo de estos pequeños, porque os digo que sus ángeles, en los cielos, ven continuamente la faz de mi Padre celestial. See to it that you do not despise even one of these little ones. For I say to you, that their Angels in heaven continually look upon the face of my Father, who is in heaven.¹¹[Porque el Hijo del hombre ha venido a salvar lo que estaba perdido]”. For the Son of man has come to save what had been lost.¹²“¿Qué os parece? Si un hombre tiene cien ovejas y una de ellas se llega a descarriar, ¿no dejará sobre las montañas las noventa y nueve, para ir en busca de la que se descarrió? How does it seem to you? If someone has one hundred sheep, and if one of them has gone astray, should he not leave behind the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go out to seek what has gone astray?¹³Y si llega a encontrarla, en verdad, os digo, tiene más gozo por ella que por las otras noventa y nueve, que no se descarriaron. And if he should happen to find it: Amen I say to you, that he has more joy over that one, than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray.¹⁴De la misma manera, no es voluntad de vuestro Padre celestial que se pierda uno de estos pequeños”. Even so, it is not the will before your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should be lost.¹⁵“Si tu hermano peca [contra ti] repréndelo entre ti y él solo; si te escucha, habrás ganado a tu hermano. But if your brother has sinned against you, go and correct him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have regained your brother.¹⁶Si no te escucha toma todavía contigo un hombre o dos, para que por boca de dos testigos o tres conste toda palabra. But if he will not listen you, invite with you one or two more, so that every word may stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.¹⁷Si a ellos no escucha, dilo a la Iglesia. Y si no escucha tampoco a la Iglesia, sea para ti como un pagano y como un publicano. And if he will not listen to them, tell the Church. But if he will not listen to the Church, let him be to you like the pagan and the tax collector.¹⁸En verdad, os digo, todo lo que atareis sobre la tierra, será atado en el cielo, y todo lo que desatareis sobre la tierra, será desatado en el cielo”. Amen I say to you, whatever you will have bound on earth, shall be bound also in heaven, and whatever you will have released on earth, shall be released also in heaven.¹⁹“De nuevo, en verdad, os digo, si dos de entre vosotros sobre la tierra se concertaren acerca de toda cosa que pidan, les vendrá de mi Padre celestial. Again I say to you, that if two of those among you have agreed on earth, about anything whatsoever that they have requested, it shall be done for them by my Father, who is in heaven.²⁰Porque allí donde dos o tres están reunidos por causa mía, allí estoy Yo en medio de ellos”. For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in their midst.”²¹Entonces Pedro le dijo: “Señor, ¿cuántas veces pecará mi hermano contra mí y le perdonaré? ¿Hasta siete veces?” Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times?”²²Jesús le dijo: “No te digo hasta siete veces, sino hasta setenta veces siete. Jesus said to him: “I do not say to you, even seven times, but even seventy times seven times.²³Por eso el reino de los cielos es semejante a un rey que quiso ajustar cuentas con sus siervos. Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is compared to a man who was king, who wanted to take account of his servants.²⁴Y cuando comenzó a ajustarlas, le trajeron a uno que le era deudor de diez mil talentos. And when he had begun taking account, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.²⁵Como no tenía con qué pagar, mandó el Señor que lo vendiesen a él, a su mujer y a sus hijos y todo cuanto tenía y se pagase la deuda. But since he did not have any way to repay it, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children, and all that he had, in order to repay it.²⁶Entonces arrojándose a sus pies el siervo, postrado, le decía: “Ten paciencia conmigo, y te pagaré todo” But that servant, falling prostrate, begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay it all to you.’²⁷Movido a compasión el amo de este siervo, lo dejó ir y le perdonó la deuda. Then the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, released him, and he forgave his debt.²⁸Al salir, este siervo encontró a uno de sus compañeros, que le debía cien denarios, y agarrándolo, lo sofocaba y decía: “Paga lo que debes”. But when that servant departed, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarius. And taking hold of him, he choked him, saying: ‘Repay what you owe.’²⁹Su compañero, cayendo a sus pies, le suplicaba y decía: “Ten paciencia conmigo y te pagaré”. And his fellow servant, falling prostrate, petitioned him, saying: ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay it all to you.’³⁰Mas él no quiso, y lo echó a la cárcel, hasta que pagase la deuda. But he was not willing. Instead, he went out and had him sent to prison, until he would repay the debt.³¹Pero, al ver sus compañeros lo ocurrido, se contristaron sobremanera y fueron y contaron al amo todo lo que había sucedido. Now his fellow servants, seeing what was done, were greatly saddened, and they went and reported to their lord all that was done.³²Entonces lo llamó su señor y le dijo: “Mal siervo, yo te perdoné toda aquella deuda como me suplicaste. Then his lord called him, and he said to him: ‘You wicked servant, I forgave you all your debt, because you pleaded with me.³³¿No debías tú también compadecerte de tu compañero, puesto que yo me compadecí de ti?” Therefore, should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I also had compassion on you?’³⁴Y encolerizado su señor, lo entregó a los verdugos hasta que hubiese pagado toda su deuda. And his lord, being angry, handed him over to the torturers, until he repaid the entire debt.³⁵Esto hará con vosotros mi Padre celestial si no perdonáis de corazón cada uno a su hermano”. So, too, shall my heavenly Father do to you, if each one of you will not forgive his brother from your hearts.”