Sirach Chapter 34: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ The vision of dreams is a reflection, the likeness of a face near a face. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ From an unclean thing what can be cleansed? From that which is false what can be true? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain. The heart has fantasies like a woman in labor. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ If they are not sent in a visitation from the Most High, don’t give your heart to them. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ For dreams have led many astray. They have failed by putting their hope in them. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ Without lying the law will be fulfilled. Wisdom is complete in a faithful mouth. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ A well-instructed man knows many things. He who has much experience will declare understanding. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ He who has no experience knows few things. But he who has traveled increases cleverness. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ I have seen many things in my travels. My understanding is more than my words. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² I was often in danger even to death. I was preserved because of these experiences. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, for their hope is in him who saves them. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Whoever fears the Lord won’t be afraid, and won’t be a coward, for he is his hope. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ Blessed is the soul of him who fears the Lord. To whom does he give heed? Who is his support? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ The eyes of the Lord are on those who love him, a mighty protection and strong support, a cover from the hot blast, a shade from the noonday sun, a guard from stumbling, and a help from falling. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ He raises up the soul, and enlightens the eyes. He gives health, life, and blessing. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ He who sacrifices a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery. The mockeries of wicked men are not acceptable. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ The Most High has no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly, Neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude of sacrifices. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is he who brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ The bread of the needy is the life of the poor. He who deprives him of it is a man of blood. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² Like one who murders his neighbor is he who takes away his living. Like a shedder of blood is he who deprives a hireling of his hire. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ When one builds, and another pulls down, what profit do they have but toil? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ When one prays, and another curses, whose voice will the Lord listen to? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ He who washes himself after touching a dead body, and touches it again, what does he gain by his washing? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁶ Even so a man fasting for his sins, and going again, and doing the same, who will listen to his prayer? What profit does he have in his humiliation? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)