Sirach Chapter 30: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ He who loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him, that he may have joy from him in the end. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² He who chastises his son will have profit from him, and will brag about him among his acquaintances. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy. Before friends, he will rejoice in him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ His father dies, and is as though he had not died; for he has left one behind him like himself. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced. When he died, it was without regret. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay kindness to his friends. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ He who makes too much of his son will bind up his wounds. His heart will be troubled at every cry. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ An unbroken horse becomes stubborn. An unrestrained son becomes headstrong. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid. Play with him, and he will grieve you. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and you gnash your teeth in the end. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ Give him no liberty in his youth, and don’t ignore his follies. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you, and there be sorrow to your soul. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ Chastise your son, and give him work, lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ Health and fitness are better than all gold, and a strong body better than wealth without measure. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ There is no wealth better than health of body. There is no gladness above the joy of the heart. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like food offerings laid upon a grave. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ What does an offering profit an idol? For it can’t eat or smell. So is he who is punished by the Lord, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ seeing with his eyes and groaning, like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ Don’t give your soul to sorrow. Don’t afflict yourself deliberately. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² Gladness of heart is the life of a man. Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ Love your own soul, and comfort your heart. Remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ Envy and wrath shorten life. Anxiety brings old age before its time. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ Those who are cheerful and merry will benefit from their food. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)