Sirach Chapter 25: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ I enjoy three things, and they are beautiful before the Lord and men: the agreement of kindred, the friendship of neighbors, and a woman and her husband who walk together in agreement. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² But my soul hates three sorts of people, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man who is arrogant, a rich man who is a liar, and an old fool who is an adulterer. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ If you gathered nothing in your youth, how could you find anything in your old age? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ How beautiful a thing is judgment in the gray-haired, and for elders to know good counsel! (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ How beautiful is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men who are in honor! (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ Much experience is the crown of the aged. Their glory is the fear of the Lord. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ There are nine things that I have thought of, and in my heart counted happy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: a man who has joy with his children, and a man who lives and sees the fall of his enemies. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ Happy is he who dwells with a wife of understanding, he who has not slipped with his tongue, and he who has not served a man who is unworthy of him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ Happy is he who has found prudence, and he who speaks in the ears of those who listen. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ How great is he who has found wisdom! Yet there is none greater than one who fears the Lord. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ The fear of the Lord surpasses all things. To whom shall he who holds it be likened? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ Any wound but a wound of the heart! Any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman! (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Any calamity but a calamity from those who hate me! Any vengeance but the vengeance of enemies! (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ There is no venom worse than a snake’s venom. There is no wrath worse than an enemy’s wrath. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ The wickedness of a woman changes her appearance, and darkens her countenance like that of a bear. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ Her husband will sit among his neighbors, and when he hears it, he sighs bitterly. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ All malice is small compared to the malice of a woman. Let the portion of a sinner fall on her. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ As walking up a sandy hill is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ Don’t be ensnared by a woman’s beauty. Don’t desire a woman for her beauty. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² There is anger, impudence, and great reproach if a woman supports her husband. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ A wicked woman is abasement of heart, sadness of countenance, and a wounded heart. A woman who won’t make her husband happy is like hands that hang down, and weak knees. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ The beginning of sin came from a woman. Because of her, we all die. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ Don’t give water an outlet, and don’t give a wicked woman freedom of speech. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁶ If she doesn’t go as you direct, cut her away from your flesh. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)