Sirach Chapter 46: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies. He was made great according to his name for the saving of God’s elect, to take vengeance on the enemies that rose up against them, that he might give Israel their inheritance. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² How he was glorified in the lifting up his hands, and in stretching out his sword against the cities! (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ Who before him stood so firm? For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ Didn’t the sun go back by his hand? Didn’t one day become as two? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when his foes pressed in all around him, and the great Lord heard him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ With hailstones of mighty power, he caused war to break violently upon the nation, and on the slope he destroyed those who resisted, so that the nations might know his armor, how he fought in the sight of the Lord; for he followed the Mighty One. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ Also in the time of Moses, he did a work of mercy— he and Caleb the son of Jephunneh— in that they withstood the adversary, hindered the people from sin, and stilled their wicked complaining. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved to bring them into their inheritance, into a land flowing with milk and honey. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ The Lord gave strength to Caleb, and it remained with him to his old age, so that he entered the hill country, and his offspring obtained it for an inheritance, (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ that all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ Also the judges, every one by his name, all whose hearts didn’t engage in immorality, and who didn’t turn away from the Lord— may their memory be blessed! (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² May their bones flourish again out of their place. May the name of those who have been honored be renewed in their children. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, loved by his Lord, established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord watched over Jacob. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet. By his words he was known to be faithful in vision. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ When his enemies pressed on him on every side, he called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, with the offering of the suckling lamb. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ Then the Lord thundered from heaven. He made his voice heard with a mighty sound. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ He utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ Before the time of his age-long sleep, he testified in the sight of the lord and his anointed, “I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a sandal;” and no one accused him. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ Even after he fell asleep, he prophesied, and showed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)