Sirach Chapter 11: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ The wisdom of the lowly will lift up his head, and make him sit in the midst of great men. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² Don’t commend a man for his good looks. Don’t abhor a man for his outward appearance. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ The bee is little among flying creatures, but what it produces is the best of confections. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ Don’t boast about the clothes you wear, and don’t exalt yourself in the day of honor; for the Lord’s works are wonderful, and his works are hidden among men. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ Many kings have sat down upon the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced. Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ Don’t blame before you investigate. Understand first, and then rebuke. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ Don’t answer before you have heard. Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ Don’t argue about a matter that doesn’t concern you. Don’t sit with sinners when they judge. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ My son, don’t be busy about many matters; for if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished. If you pursue, you will not overtake, and you will not escape by fleeing. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ There is one who toils, labors, and hurries, and is even more behind. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² There is one who is sluggish, and needs help, lacking in strength, and who abounds in poverty, but the Lord’s eyes looked upon him for good, and he raised him up from his low condition, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ and lifted up his head so that many marveled at him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Good things and bad, life and death, poverty and riches, are from the Lord. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ The Lord’s gift remains with the godly. His good pleasure will prosper forever. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ One grows rich by his diligence and self-denial, and this is the portion of his reward: (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ when he says, “I have found rest, and now I will eat of my goods!” he doesn’t know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ Be steadfast in your covenant and be doing it, and grow old in your work. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ Don’t marvel at the works of a sinner, but trust the Lord and stay in your labor; for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord to swiftly and suddenly make a poor man rich. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² The Lord’s blessing is in the reward of the godly. He makes his blessing flourish in an hour that comes swiftly. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ Don’t say, “What use is there of me? What further good things can be mine?” (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ Don’t say, “I have enough. What harm could happen to me now?” (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ In the day of good things, bad things are forgotten. In the day of bad things, a man will not remember things that are good. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁶ For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord to reward a man in the day of death according to his ways. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁷ The affliction of an hour causes delights to be forgotten. In the end, a man’s deeds are revealed. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁸ Call no man happy before his death. A man will be known in his children. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁹ Don’t bring every man into your house, for many are the tricks of a deceitful man. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁰ Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man. Like a spy, he looks for your weakness. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³¹ For he lies in wait to turn things that are good into evil, and assigns blame in things that are praiseworthy. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³² From a spark of fire, a heap of many coals is kindled, and a sinful man lies in wait to shed blood. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³³ Take heed of an evil-doer, for he plans wicked things, lest perhaps he ruin your reputation forever. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁴ Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments and estrange you from your own family. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)