Sirach Chapter 33: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ No evil will happen to him who fears the Lord, but in trials once and again he will deliver him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² A wise man will not hate the law, but he who is a hypocrite about it is like a boat in a storm. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ A man of understanding will put his trust in the law. And the law is faithful to him, as when one asks a divine oracle. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ Prepare your speech, and so you will be heard. Bind up instruction, and make your answer. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ The heart of a fool is like a cartwheel. His thoughts are like a rolling axle. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ A stallion horse is like a mocking friend. He neighs under every one who sits upon him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ Why does one day excel another, when all the light of every day in the year is from the sun? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ They were distinguished by the Lord’s knowledge, and he varied seasons and feasts. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ Some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he has made ordinary days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ And all men are from the ground. Adam was created from dust. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, and made their ways different. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² Some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself. Some of them he cursed and brought low, and overthrew them from their place. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ As the clay of the potter in his hand, all his ways are according to his good pleasure, so men are in the hand of him who made them, to give to them according to his judgment. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Good is the opposite of evil, and life is the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ Look upon all the works of the Most High like this, they come in pairs, one against another. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ I was the last on watch, like one who gleans after the grape gatherers. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ By the Lord’s blessing I arrived before them, and filled my winepress like one who gathers grapes. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ Consider that I labored not for myself alone, but for all those who seek instruction. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ Hear me, you great men of the people, and listen with your ears, you rulers of the congregation. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ To son and wife, to brother and friend, don’t give power over yourself while you live, and don’t give your goods to another, lest you regret it and must ask for them. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ While you still live and breath is in you, don’t give yourself over to anybody. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² For it is better that your children should ask from you than that you should look to the hand of your children. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ Excel in all your works. Don’t bring a stain on your honor. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ In the day that you end the days of your life, in the time of death, distribute your inheritance. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ Fodder, a stick, and burdens are for a donkey. Bread, discipline, and work are for a servant. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁶ Set your slave to work, and you will find rest. Leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁷ Yoke and whip will bow the neck. For an evil slave there are racks and tortures. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁸ Send him to labor, that he not be idle, for idleness teaches much mischief. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁹ Set him to work, as is fit for him. If he doesn’t obey, make his fetters heavy. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁰ Don’t be excessive toward any. Do nothing unjust. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³¹ If you have a slave, treat him like yourself, because you have bought him with blood. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³² If you have a slave, treat him like yourself. For like your own soul, you will need him. If you treat him ill, and he departs and runs away, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³³ which way will you go to seek him? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)