Lucas 5, 17-26 Luke 5: 17-26

HOY HEMOS VISTO COSAS MARAVILLOSAS.

Un día, mientras Jesús enseñaba, había entre los presentes algunos fariseos y doctores de la Ley, llegados de todas las regiones de Galilea, Judea y de Jerusalén. La fuerza del Señor le daba poder para sanar. Llegaron entonces unas personas trayendo a un paralítico sobre una camilla y buscaban el modo de entrar, para ponerlo delante de Jesús. Como no sabían por dónde introducirlo a causa de la multitud, subieron a la terraza y, desde el techo, lo bajaron por entre las tejas con su camilla en medio de la concurrencia y lo pusieron delante de Jesús. Al ver la fe de ellos, Jesús les dijo: "Hombre, tus pecados te son perdonados". Los escribas y fariseos comenzaron a preguntarse: "Quién es éste que blasfema? Quién puede perdonar los pecados, sino sólo Dios?". Pero Jesús, conociendo sus pensamientos, les dijo: "Qué es lo que están pensando? Qué es más fácil decir: ‘Tus pecados están perdonados’ o ‘Levántate y camina’? Para que ustedes sepan que el Hijo del hombre tiene sobre la tierra el poder de perdonar los pecados –dijo al paralítico- a ti te digo, levántate, toma tu camilla y vuelve a tu casa". Inmediatamente se levantó a la vista de todos, tomó su camilla y se fue a su casa alabando a Dios. Todos quedaron llenos de asombro y glorificaban a Dios, diciendo con gran temor: "Hoy hemos visto cosas maravillosas".

One day as Jesus was teaching,
Pharisees and teachers of the law,
who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem,
were sitting there,
and the power of the Lord was with him for healing.
And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed;
they were trying to bring him in and set him in his presence.
But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd,
they went up on the roof
and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles
into the middle in front of Jesus.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said,
“As for you, your sins are forgiven.”
Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves,
“Who is this who speaks blasphemies?
Who but God alone can forgive sins?”
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply,
“What are you thinking in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’
or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”–
he said to the one who was paralyzed,
“I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
He stood up immediately before them,
picked up what he had been lying on,
and went home, glorifying God.
Then astonishment seized them all and they glorified God,
and, struck with awe, they said,
“We have seen incredible things today.”