1 A nd all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

Y SE llegaban á él todos los publicanos y pecadores á oirle.

2 a nd the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This receives sinners and eats with them.

Y murmuraban los Fariseos y los escribas, diciendo: Este á los pecadores recibe, y con ellos come.

3 A nd he spoke to them this parable, saying,

Y él les propuso esta parábola, diciendo:

4 W hat man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

¿Qué hombre de vosotros, teniendo cien ovejas, si perdiere una de ellas, no deja las noventa y nueve en el desierto, y va á la que se perdió, hasta que la halle?

5 a nd having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;

Y hallada, la pone sobre sus hombros gozoso;

6 a nd being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.

Y viniendo á casa, junta á los amigos y á los vecinos, diciéndoles: Dadme el parabién, porque he hallado mi oveja que se había perdido.

7 I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.

Os digo, que así habrá más gozo en el cielo de un pecador que se arrepiente, que de noventa y nueve justos, que no necesitan arrepentimiento.

8 O r, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?

¿O qué mujer que tiene diez dracmas, si perdiere una dracma, no enciende el candil, y barre la casa, y busca con diligencia hasta hallarla?

9 a nd having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.

Y cuando la hubiere hallado, junta las amigas y las vecinas, diciendo: Dadme el parabién, porque he hallado la dracma que había perdido.

10 T hus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.

Así os digo que hay gozo delante de los ángeles de Dios por un pecador que se arrepiente.

11 A nd he said, A certain man had two sons;

Y dijo: Un hombre tenía dos hijos;

12 a nd the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.

Y el menor de ellos dijo á su padre: Padre, dame la parte de la hacienda que me pertenece: y les repartió la hacienda.

13 A nd after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.

Y no muchos días después, juntándolo todo el hijo menor, partió lejos á una provincia apartada; y allí desperdició su hacienda viviendo perdidamente.

14 B ut when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.

Y cuando todo lo hubo malgastado, vino una grande hambre en aquella provincia, y comenzóle á faltar.

15 A nd he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Y fué y se llegó á uno de los ciudadanos de aquella tierra, el cual le envió á su hacienda para que apacentase los puercos.

16 A nd he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

Y deseaba henchir su vientre de las algarrobas que comían los puercos; mas nadie se las daba.

17 A nd coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

Y volviendo en sí, dijo: ­Cuántos jornaleros en casa de mi padre tienen abundancia de pan, y yo aquí perezco de hambre!

18 I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

Me levantaré, é iré á mi padre, y le diré: Padre, he pecado contra el cielo y contra ti;

19 I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

Ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo; hazme como á uno de tus jornaleros.

20 A nd he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.

Y levantándose, vino á su padre. Y como aun estuviese lejos, viólo su padre, y fué movido á misericordia, y corrió, y echóse sobre su cuello, y besóle.

21 A nd the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.

Y el hijo le dijo: Padre, he pecado contra el cielo, y contra ti, y ya no soy digno de ser llamado tu hijo.

22 B ut the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;

Mas el padre dijo á sus siervos: Sacad el principal vestido, y vestidle; y poned un anillo en su mano, y zapatos en sus pies.

23 a nd bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:

Y traed el becerro grueso, y matadlo, y comamos, y hagamos fiesta:

24 f or this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

Porque este mi hijo muerto era, y ha revivido; habíase perdido, y es hallado. Y comenzaron á regocijarse.

25 A nd his elder son was in the field; and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Y su hijo el mayor estaba en el campo; el cual como vino, y llegó cerca de casa, oyó la sinfonía y las danzas;

26 A nd having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.

Y llamando á uno de los criados, preguntóle qué era aquello.

27 A nd he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.

Y él le dijo: Tu hermano ha venido; y tu padre ha muerto el becerro grueso, por haberle recibido salvo.

28 B ut he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.

Entonces se enojó, y no quería entrar. Salió por tanto su padre, y le rogaba que entrase.

29 B ut he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:

Mas él respondiendo, dijo al padre: He aquí tantos años te sirvo, no habiendo traspasado jamás tu mandamiento, y nunca me has dado un cabrito para gozarme con mis amigos:

30 b ut when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Mas cuando vino éste tu hijo, que ha consumido tu hacienda con rameras, has matado para él el becerro grueso.

31 B ut he said to him, Child, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

El entonces le dijo: Hijo, tú siempre estás conmigo, y todas mis cosas son tuyas.

32 B ut it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.

Mas era menester hacer fiesta y holgar nos, porque este tu hermano muerto era, y ha revivido; habíase perdido, y es hallado.