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Ecclesiastes 6 Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
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1 Pero hay un gravísimo mal que he visto en todas partes:
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
2 Dios les ha dado a unos inmensa riqueza y honra que les permitirían obtener todo lo que se les antoje, pero no les ha dado salud para disfrutarlo; mueren, y otros se apoderan de todo. Esto es absurdo, simple burla, una falla grave.
2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3 Si un hombre tiene cien hijos y otras tantas hijas y vive hasta muy anciano, pero al morir deja tan poco dinero que no le alcanza a sus hijos ni para enterrarlo decentemente, yo digo que mejor hubiera nacido muerto.
3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he;
4 Porque el abortivo vino de la nada, y a las tinieblas va, y en las tinieblas permanecerá anónimo,
4 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
5 sin haber visto jamás el sol o saber siquiera de su existencia; aun eso es mejor que ser un anciano desdichado.
5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
6 Si un ser humano vive mil años y el doble, y no halla la dicha, ¿de qué le sirve?
6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?
7 Sabios y necios pasan la vida por igual, afanándose por el alimento, y jamás parecen tener suficiente. Ambos padecen el mismo problema; pero el pobre que sea sabio vive mucho mejor.
7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8 Not in this translation
8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
9 Más vale pájaro en mano que cien volando; soñar imposibles es necedad, un perseguir el viento.
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
10 Todo lo que pasa está decidido de antemano; desde antiguo ya se sabía lo que cada ser humano habría de ser. Así que es inútil que discutas con Dios sobre tu destino.
10 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
11 Entre más palabras, menos claridad; entonces; ¿para qué molestarse en hablar?
11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
12 En los pocos días de nuestra vida vacía, ¿quién podrá decir cuál es la mejor manera de vivirlos? ¿Quién podrá saber lo que será mejor para el futuro cuando él haya desaparecido? Pues, ¿quién conoce el futuro?
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 5:13
- 2 Ecclesiastes 5:19; Psalm 17:14; Psalm 73:7; Lamentations 5:2; 1 Kings 3:13
- 3 Job 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:3; 2 Kings 9:35; Jeremiah 22:19; Genesis 47:9
- 4 Psalm 109:13
- 5 Psalm 90:7–9; Job 14:1; Psalm 58:8; Job 3:10–13
- 6 Ecclesiastes 3:20; Hebrews 9:27; Job 30:23; Job 1:21; Job 7:7
- 7 John 6:27; Proverbs 16:26; 1 Timothy 6:6–8; Matthew 6:25; Ecclesiastes 5:10
- 9 Ecclesiastes 1:14; Job 31:7; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 2:11
- 10 Job 9:32; Isaiah 45:9–10; Job 40:2; Romans 9:19–20; Genesis 3:17–19
- 11 Ecclesiastes 4:16; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Hosea 12:1; Ecclesiastes 2:3–11; Ecclesiastes 4:1–4
- 12 James 4:14; Job 14:2; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Psalm 144:4; Lamentations 3:24–27
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences