Sirach Chapter 42: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ Don’t be ashamed of these things, and don’t sin to save face: (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² of the law of the Most High and his covenant, of judgment to do justice to the ungodly, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ of reckoning with a partner and with travellers, of a gift from the inheritance of friends, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ of exactness of scales and weights, of getting much or little, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ of bargaining dealing with merchants, of frequent correction of children, and of making the back of an evil slave to bleed. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ Whatever you hand over, let it be by number and weight. In giving and receiving, let all be in writing. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ Don’t be ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish, and one of extreme old age who contends with those who are young. So you will be well instructed indeed and approved in the sight of every living man. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father. Care for her takes away sleep— in her youth, lest she pass the flower of her age; when she is married, lest she should be hated; (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house; when she has a husband, lest she should transgress; and when she is married, lest she should be barren. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies, a byword in the city and notorious among the people, and shame you in public. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² Don’t gaze at every beautiful body. Don’t sit in the midst of women. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ For from garments comes a moth, and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, and will declare the things that I have seen. The Lord’s works are in his words. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ The sun that gives light looks at all things. The Lord’s work is full of his glory. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ The Lord has not given power to the saints to declare all his marvelous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that the universe might be established in his glory. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ He searches out the deep and the heart. He has understanding of their secrets. For the Most High knows all knowledge. He sees the signs of the world. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ He declares the things that are past and the things that shall be, and reveals the traces of hidden things. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ No thought escapes him. There is not a word hidden from him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ He has ordered the mighty works of his wisdom. He is from everlasting to everlasting. Nothing has been added to them, nor diminished from them. He had no need of any counselor. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² How desirable are all his works! One may see this even in a spark. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ All these things live and remain forever in all manner of uses. They are all obedient. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ All things are in pairs, one opposite the other. He has made nothing imperfect. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ One thing establishes the good things of another. Who could ever see enough of his glory? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)