Sirach Chapter 28: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ He who takes vengeance will find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely make his sins firm. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ Does anyone harbor anger against another and expect healing from the Lord? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ Upon a man like himself he has no mercy, and does he make supplication for his own sins? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ He himself, being flesh, nourishes wrath. Who will make atonement for his sins? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ Remember your last end, and stop enmity. Remember corruption and death, and be true to the commandments. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ Remember the commandments, and don’t be angry with your neighbor. Remember the covenant of the Highest, and overlook ignorance. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins, for a passionate man will kindle strife. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ A man who is a sinner will trouble friends and sow discord among those who are at peace. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ As is the fuel of the fire, so it will burn; and as the stoutness of the strife is, so it will burn. As is the strength of the man, so will be his wrath; and as is his wealth, so he will exalt his anger. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ A contention begun in haste kindles a fire; and hasty fighting sheds blood. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² If you blow on a spark, it will burn; and if you spit upon it, it will be quenched. Both of these come out of your mouth. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ Curse the whisperer and double-tongued, for he has destroyed many who were at peace. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ A slanderer has cast out brave women and deprived them of their labors. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ He who listens to it will not find rest, nor will he live quietly. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh, but the stroke of a tongue will break bones. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, yet not so many as those who have fallen because of the tongue. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ Happy is he who is sheltered from it, who has not passed through its wrath, who has not drawn its yoke, and has not been bound with its bands. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² It will not have rule over godly men. They will not be burned in its flame. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ Those who forsake the Lord will fall into it. It will burn among them, and won’t be quenched. It will be sent against them like a lion. It will destroy them like a leopard. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ As you hedge your possession about with thorns, and secure your silver and your gold, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ so make a balance and a weight for your words, and make a door and a bar for your mouth. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁶ Take heed lest you slip with it, lest you fall before one who lies in wait. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)