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1 Cuando comas con un gobernante, fíjate bien en lo que tienes frente a ti.
1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
2 Si tienes mucha hambre, controla tu apetito.
2 put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
3 No codicies sus manjares, pues esa comida es un engaño.
3 Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
4 No te fatigues tratando de hacerte rico, sé inteligente y no te preocupes por eso.
4 Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 Porque las riquezas pueden desaparecer como si les salieran alas, se van volando como águilas.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6 No te sientes a la mesa de un tacaño, ni codicies sus manjares,
6 Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
7 porque ellos son de los que siempre están pensando lo que les cuesta. «Come y bebe», te dicen, pero no lo dicen de corazón.
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 Vomitarás lo poco que comiste, y de nada habrán servido tus palabras de agradecimiento por su bondad.
8 You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9 No malgastes tus palabras con el necio, él despreciará el consejo más sabio.
9 Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 No despojes de su tierra al huérfano indefenso cambiando de lugar los antiguos linderos,
10 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 porque su Defensor es muy poderoso, él mismo será tu acusador.
11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
12 Dedica tu corazón y tus oídos a la disciplina y al conocimiento.
12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 No dejes de corregir al joven; unos cuantos azotes no lo matarán.
13 Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 La corrección física puede salvarlo de la muerte.
14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
15 Hijo mío, qué gozo tendré si llegas a ser un hombre sabio;
15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
16 hasta en lo más profundo de mi ser me alegraré cuando hables con justicia y rectitud.
16 Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 No envidies a los malos; más bien, sigue siempre honrando al Señor.
17 Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
18 Porque seguramente hay esperanza más adelante para ti, la cual no será destruida.
18 Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Hijo mío, escucha y sé sabio; mantén tu corazón en el camino correcto.
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
20 No te juntes con los borrachos ni con los que comen más de lo que deben,
20 Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
21 porque los borrachos y los glotones acaban en la pobreza, y los dormilones vestidos de harapos.
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22 Escucha a tu padre que te dio la vida, y no desprecies a tu madre cuando sea anciana.
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23 Adquiere la verdad y la sabiduría, la disciplina y el entendimiento ¡y nunca los vendas!
23 Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24 El padre del justo tiene de qué alegrarse. Qué felicidad es tener un hijo sabio.
24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25 ¡Que tu padre y tu madre se alegren! ¡Que se alegre la que te dio la vida!
25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
26 Hijo mío, dame tu corazón y que tus ojos se deleiten en mis caminos de sabiduría.
26 My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
27 Porque pozo profundo es la prostituta, y fosa angosta la mujer adúltera.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Como un ladrón ella espera escondida a su víctima, y hace que muchos hombres sean infieles.
28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
29 ¿Quién tiene angustia? ¿Quién tiene tristeza? ¿Quién está siempre peleando? ¿Quién se está quejando siempre? ¿Quién es herido sin motivo? ¿Quién tiene los ojos enrojecidos?
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 El que se la pasa bebiendo vino y probando nuevas bebidas.
30 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 No dejes que las burbujas y el agradable sabor del vino te engañen.
31 Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
32 Porque al final muerde como serpiente y envenena como víbora.
32 In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
33 Tus ojos verán alucinaciones y tu mente te hará decir estupideces.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 Te sentirás como si durmieras en alta mar, recostado en el mástil mayor.
34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
35 Después dirás: «Me pegaron y ni siquiera lo sentí. No me di cuenta cuando me golpearon. ¿Cuándo despertaré para ir a buscar otro trago?».
35 “They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”
Cross references (34)
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- 1 Genesis 43:32–34; Jude 12
- 2 Philippians 3:19; Matthew 18:8–9; 1 Corinthians 9:27
- 3 Proverbs 23:6; Psalm 141:4; Luke 21:34; Ephesians 4:22; Daniel 1:8
- 4 Hebrews 13:5; Proverbs 28:20; 1 Timothy 6:8–10; Matthew 6:19; Proverbs 3:5
- 5 Proverbs 27:24; 1 John 2:16; Matthew 6:19; James 5:1–2; 1 Timothy 6:17
- 6 Psalm 141:4; Proverbs 23:3; Daniel 1:8–10; Deuteronomy 15:9; Matthew 20:15
- 7 Psalm 12:2; Psalm 55:21; Judges 16:15; Matthew 9:3–4; Luke 11:37–54
- 9 Proverbs 9:7–8; Matthew 7:6; Proverbs 26:4–5; Proverbs 1:7; Acts 13:45–46
- 10 Zechariah 7:10; Proverbs 22:28; Jeremiah 22:3; Deuteronomy 27:17; James 1:27
- 11 Proverbs 22:23; Job 19:25; Exodus 22:22–24; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 12:5
- 12 Proverbs 5:1–2; Proverbs 2:2–6; Proverbs 23:19; James 1:21–25; Ezekiel 33:31
- 13 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17
- 14 1 Corinthians 5:5; Proverbs 22:15; 1 Corinthians 11:32
- 15 Proverbs 23:24–25; 2 John 4; Zephaniah 3:17; 3 John 3–4; Proverbs 29:3
- 16 Proverbs 8:6; Ephesians 5:4; James 3:2; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:4
- 17 Proverbs 28:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Proverbs 15:16; 1 Peter 1:17; Ecclesiastes 5:7
- 18 Hebrews 10:35; Jeremiah 29:11; Psalm 9:18; Proverbs 24:14; Philippians 1:20
- 19 Proverbs 23:26; Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 4:10–23; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 9:6
- 20 Luke 21:34; Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:22; Romans 13:13; Isaiah 5:11
- 21 Proverbs 21:17; Philippians 3:19; Proverbs 19:15; Deuteronomy 21:20; Galatians 5:21
- 22 Proverbs 30:17; Proverbs 1:8; John 19:26–27; Proverbs 6:20; Ephesians 6:1–2
- 23 Proverbs 18:15; Matthew 13:44; Psalm 119:72; Proverbs 16:16; Isaiah 55:1
- 24 Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 23:15–16; Proverbs 29:3; Philemon 20
- 25 Proverbs 17:25; Luke 1:58; Luke 11:27–28; 1 Chronicles 4:9–10; Luke 1:40–47
- 26 Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:9–11; Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 10:37–38; Proverbs 4:25–27
- 27 Proverbs 22:14
- 28 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 7:12; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Hosea 4:11; Proverbs 22:14
- 29 Ephesians 5:18; 1 Samuel 25:36–37; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:22; 2 Samuel 13:28
- 30 Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:11; Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 9:2; Amos 6:6
- 31 1 John 2:16; Psalm 119:37; 2 Samuel 11:2; Proverbs 6:25; Mark 9:47
- 32 Isaiah 28:7–8; Isaiah 28:3; Luke 16:25–26; Exodus 7:12; Amos 5:19
- 33 Jude 12–13; Proverbs 31:5; Proverbs 2:12; Hosea 7:5; Genesis 19:32–38
- 34 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7; 1 Kings 16:9; Luke 21:34; Luke 17:27–29; Matthew 24:38
- 35 Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Corinthians 15:32–34; 2 Peter 2:22; Proverbs 26:11
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