Sirach Chapter 49: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ The memory of Josiah is like the composition of incense prepared by the work of the perfumer. It will be sweet as honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² He did what was right in the reforming of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ He set his heart right toward the Lord. In lawless days, he made godliness prevail. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ Except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, all were wicked, because they abandoned the law of the Most High. The kings of Judah came to an end. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ They gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ They set the chosen city of the sanctuary on fire and made her streets desolate, as it was written by the hand of Jeremiah. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ For they mistreated him; yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet, to root out, to afflict, to destroy and likewise to build and to plant. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ Ezekiel saw the vision of glory, which God showed him on the chariot of the cherubim. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ For truly he remembered the enemies in rainstorm, and to do good to those who directed their ways aright. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ Also of the twelve prophets, may their bones flourish again out of their place. He comforted the people of Jacob, and delivered them by confident hope. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² So was Jesus the son of Josedek, who in their days built the house, and exalted a people holy to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ Also of Nehemiah the memory is great. He raised up for us fallen walls, set up the gates and bars, and rebuilt our houses. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ No man was created upon the earth like Enoch, for he was taken up from the earth. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ Nor was there a man born like Joseph, a leader of his kindred, a supporter of the people. Even his bones were cared for. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ Shem and Seth were honored among men, but above every living thing in the creation was Adam. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)