Sirach Chapter 19: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich. He who despises small things will fall little by little. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray. He who joins with prostitutes is reckless. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ Decay and worms will have him as their heritage. A reckless soul will be taken away. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ He who is hasty to trust is shallow-hearted. He who sins offends against his own soul. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ He who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ He who hates gossip has less wickedness. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ Never repeat what is told you, and you won’t lose anything. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it. Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ For if he has heard you and observed you, when the time comes, he will hate you. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave: it will not make you burst! (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ A fool will travail in pain with a word, as a woman in labor with a child. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it. If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ There is one who slips, and not from the heart. Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him; and give place to the law of the Most High. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ All wisdom is the fear of the Lord. In all wisdom is the doing of the law. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination. There is a fool lacking in wisdom. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God, than one who has much intelligence and transgresses the law. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ There is an exquisite subtlety, and it is unjust. And there is one who perverts favor to gain a judgment. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁶ There is one who does wickedly, who hangs down his head with mourning; but inwardly he is full of deceit, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁷ bowing down his face, and pretending to be deaf in one ear. Where he isn’t known, he will take advantage of you. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁸ And if for lack of power he is hindered from sinning, if he finds opportunity, he will do mischief. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁹ A man will be known by his appearance. One who has understanding will be known by his face when you meet him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁰ A man’s attire, grinning laughter, and the way he walks show what he is. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)