Ecclesiastes · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Ecclesiastes 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Me dije: «Voy a probar con la alegría; disfruta del placer». Pero también eso fue inútil.
1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
2 De la risa dije: «Es una necedad». Y de la alegría: «¿Para qué sirve?».
2 I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3 Decidí probar el placer del vino y entregarme a cosas necias, mientras seguía guiándome por la sabiduría. Quería descubrir qué les conviene hacer a los seres humanos bajo el cielo durante toda su vida.
3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
4 Realicé grandes obras: me construí casas y planté viñas.
4 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
5 Me hice jardines y huertos, y planté en ellos árboles frutales de toda clase.
5 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
6 Hice estanques para regar los bosques donde crecían árboles jóvenes.
6 I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.
7 Adquirí siervos y siervas, y en mi casa tuvieron hijos e hijas. Poseía muchos rebaños y manadas, más que todos los que habían vivido en Jerusalén antes que yo.
7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8 Reuní plata, oro y riquezas de reyes y países. Tuve cantores y cantoras, y mujeres de toda clase como esposas, para disfrutar de los placeres humanos.
8 I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments of all sorts.
9 Llegué a ser grande y superé a todos los que estuvieron antes que yo en Jerusalén. Además, conservé mi sabiduría.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
10 No me negué nada de lo que deseaban mis ojos ni privé a mi corazón de ningún placer. Disfruté de todo mi trabajo, y esa fue mi recompensa.
10 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
11 Después consideré todas las obras que había hecho con mis manos y todo el esfuerzo que había dedicado a ellas. Vi que todo era inútil, como perseguir el viento. No había provecho bajo el sol.
11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 Volví a examinar la sabiduría y la conducta de los necios. ¿Qué puede hacer el que viene después del rey? Lo que el rey ya ha hecho.
12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
13 Vi que la sabiduría es mejor que la necedad, como la luz es mejor que la oscuridad.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 El sabio tiene los ojos en la cabeza, mientras que el necio camina en la oscuridad. Sin embargo, comprendí que a todos les espera el mismo destino.
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
15 Entonces me dije: «Lo que le sucede al necio también me sucederá a mí. ¿Para qué, entonces, he sido tan sabio?». Y pensé: «Esto también es inútil».
15 Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
16 Ni al sabio ni al necio se los recordará para siempre. En los días que vienen se olvidará a los que viven ahora. ¡El sabio muere igual que el necio!
16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
17 Así llegué a odiar la vida, porque todo lo que se hace bajo el sol me resultaba penoso. Todo es inútil, como perseguir el viento.
17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
18 Odié todo el trabajo que había hecho, porque el que venga después de mí disfrutará de sus frutos.
18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
19 ¿Quién sabe si ese hombre será sabio o necio? Sin embargo, tendrá poder sobre todo el trabajo que hice con sabiduría bajo el sol. Esto también es inútil.
19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Por eso me llené de tristeza al pensar en todo el esfuerzo y toda la sabiduría que había empleado bajo el sol.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 Una persona trabaja con sabiduría, conocimiento y habilidad, pero deja como herencia lo que ha conseguido a alguien que no trabajó por ello. Esto también es inútil y una gran desgracia.
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 ¿Qué obtiene una persona de todo su trabajo y de las preocupaciones con que se esfuerza bajo el sol?
22 For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
23 Todos sus días están llenos de dolor, y su trabajo le causa tristeza. Ni siquiera de noche descansa su corazón. Esto también es inútil.
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
24 No hay nada mejor para una persona que comer, beber y disfrutar de su trabajo. Vi que esto también viene de la mano de Dios.
24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 ¿Quién puede comer o disfrutar sin él?
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26 Dios da sabiduría, conocimiento y alegría a quien le agrada. Pero al pecador le da la tarea de reunir y acumular riquezas, para entregarlas a quien agrada a Dios. Esto también es inútil, como perseguir el viento.
26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 12:19; Ecclesiastes 8:15; James 5:1; James 5:5; Psalm 27:8
- 2 Proverbs 14:13; Ecclesiastes 7:2–6; 1 Peter 4:2–4; Amos 6:3–6; Isaiah 22:12–13
- 3 Proverbs 20:1; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Proverbs 31:4–5; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 12:13
- 4 1 Kings 7:1–12; 2 Chronicles 8:11; 2 Chronicles 8:1–6; Psalm 49:11; 1 Kings 9:1
- 5 Song of Songs 6:2; Luke 17:27–29; Song of Songs 4:12–5:1; Genesis 2:8–9; Jeremiah 39:4
- 6 Nehemiah 2:14; Song of Songs 7:4; Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8
- 7 2 Chronicles 32:27–29; Genesis 13:2; 2 Kings 3:4; 1 Kings 9:20–22; 2 Chronicles 26:10
- 8 1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 9:28; 2 Samuel 19:35; 1 Kings 10:14; 1 Chronicles 25:6
- 9 1 Chronicles 29:25; Ecclesiastes 1:16; 1 Kings 10:23; 2 Chronicles 9:22–23; 1 Kings 3:12
- 10 Ecclesiastes 9:9; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Psalm 119:37; Psalm 128:2
- 11 Ecclesiastes 1:14; 1 John 2:16–17; Ecclesiastes 1:3; Genesis 1:31; Exodus 39:43
- 12 Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 1:9–10
- 13 Ephesians 5:8; Ecclesiastes 7:11–12; Matthew 6:23; Ecclesiastes 11:7; Malachi 3:18–4:2
- 14 Psalm 49:10; Proverbs 17:24; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Ecclesiastes 9:1–3; 1 John 2:11
- 15 Ecclesiastes 6:8; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 1:18–2:1; 1 Kings 3:12; Ecclesiastes 1:16
- 16 Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 9:5; Malachi 3:16; Exodus 1:8; Psalm 88:12
- 17 Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 4:2; Jonah 4:8; 1 Kings 19:4; Numbers 11:15
- 18 Psalm 39:6; Psalm 49:10; Luke 16:27–28; Luke 12:20; Ecclesiastes 5:18
- 19 Ecclesiastes 3:22; James 3:17; 1 Kings 14:25–28; Ecclesiastes 9:13; James 1:17
- 20 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4; Job 17:11–15; Psalm 39:6–7; Genesis 43:14; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
- 21 Ecclesiastes 2:17–18; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Jeremiah 22:15; 2 Chronicles 31:20–21; 2 Chronicles 35:18
- 22 Psalm 127:2; Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Philippians 4:6
- 23 Job 14:1; Job 5:7; Job 7:13–14; Psalm 127:2; Psalm 6:6–7
- 24 Ecclesiastes 3:22; 1 Timothy 6:17; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 3:12–13; Ecclesiastes 5:18–19
- 25 Ecclesiastes 2:1–12
- 26 Proverbs 13:22; Job 27:16–17; Proverbs 28:8; John 16:24; Isaiah 3:10–11
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