Sirach Chapter 27: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ Many have sinned for profit. He who seeks to multiply wealth will turn his eye away. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² As a nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones, so sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ Unless a person holds on diligently to the fear of the Lord, his house will be overthrown quickly. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains, so does the filth of man in his thoughts. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tested. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ If you follow righteousness, you will obtain it, and put it on like a long robe of glory. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ Birds will return to their own kind, so truth will return to those who practice it. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ The lion lies in wait for prey. So does sin for those who do evil. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ The discourse of a godly man is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² Limit your time among people void of understanding, but persevere among the thoughtful. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ The talk of fools is offensive. Their laughter is wantonly sinful. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Their talk with much swearing makes hair stand upright. Their strife makes others plug their ears. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed. Their abuse of each other is a grievous thing to hear. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ He who reveals secrets destroys trust, and will not find a close friend. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ Love a friend, and keep faith with him; but if you reveal his secrets, you shall not follow him; (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ for as a man has destroyed his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ As a bird which you have released out of your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ Don’t pursue him, for he has gone far away, and has escaped like a gazelle out of the snare. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ For a wound may be bound up, and after abuse there may be reconciliation; but he who reveals secrets is without hope. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² One who winks the eye contrives evil things; and those who know him will keep their distance. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ When you are present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire your words; but afterward he will twist his speech and set a trap in your words. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ I have hated many things, but nothing like him. The Lord will hate him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ One who casts a stone straight up casts it on his own head. A deceitful blow opens wounds. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁶ He who digs a pit will fall into it. He who sets a snare will be caught in it. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁷ He who does evil things, they will roll back upon him, and he will not know where they came from. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁸ Mockery and reproach are from the arrogant. Vengeance lies in wait for them like a lion. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁹ Those who rejoice at the fall of the godly will be caught in a snare. Anguish will consume them before they die. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁰ Wrath and anger, these also are abominations. A sinner will possess them. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)