Ecclesiastes · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Ecclesiastes 7 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Mejor es una buena fama Que un buen ungüento, Y mejor el día de la muerte Que el día del nacimiento.
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2 Mejor es ir a la casa del luto Que a la casa del banquete, Porque aquello es el fin de todos los hombres. El que vive debe poner esto en su corazón.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3 Mejor la tristeza que la risa, Porque con la tristeza de rostro se enmienda el corazón.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 El corazón de los sabios está en la casa del luto, Pero el corazón del necio está en la casa del placer.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Mejor es oír la reprensión del sabio Que el canto de los necios,
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 Porque como el estallido de los espinos bajo la olla, Así es la risa del necio. También esto es vanidad.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 Porque la opresión perturba al sabio, Y el regalo corrompe el corazón.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 Mejor es el fin de un asunto que su comienzo, Y mejor el paciente de espíritu que el altivo de espíritu.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 No te apresures en tu alma a enojarte, Porque la ira reside en el seno de los necios.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 Nunca digas: ¿Por qué los tiempos pasados fueron mejores que éstos? No es sabio que preguntes esto.
10 Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 La sabiduría es buena con una heredad, Y aprovecha a los que ven el sol.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 Porque estar bajo la protección del conocimiento Es como estar bajo la protección del dinero. Pero la sabiduría aventaja En que da vida a los que la poseen.
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Considera la obra de ʼElohim: ¿Quién podrá enderezar Lo que Él torció?
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 El día del bien goza del bien. Y el día de la adversidad reflexiona: ʼElohim hizo tanto lo uno como la otra, Para que el hombre no descubra Lo que sucederá después de él.
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
15 Todo esto vi en los días de mi vanidad: Hay justo que perece por su justicia, Y hay impío que prospera en su impiedad.
15 All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16 No seas demasiado justo, Ni presumas ser muy sabio. ¿Por qué tienes que destruirte?
16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 No seas demasiado impío Ni seas insensato. ¿Por qué morirás antes de tiempo?
17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 Bueno es que agarres una cosa sin soltar la otra, Porque el que teme a ʼElohim Sale bien con ambas cosas.
18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19 La sabiduría fortalece al sabio Más que diez poderosos que estén en una ciudad.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 Ciertamente no hay hombre justo en la tierra Que haga el bien y nunca peque.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 Tampoco tomes en serio todo lo que se habla, Ni escuches a tu esclavo cuando te maldice,
21 Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 Pues sabes muy bien que muchas veces tú mismo maldijiste a otros.
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 Todas estas cosas experimenté con sabiduría Y dije: Seré sabio. Pero eso estaba lejos de mí.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 Lo que existe es remoto y muy profundo. ¿Quién lo podrá hallar?
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 Dirigí mi corazón al saber, A escudriñar y a buscar el conocimiento y la razón. Procuré conocer cuál es la peor insensatez: La necedad de la locura.
25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
26 Y hallé más trágica que la muerte A la mujer cuyo corazón es trampa y red, Y sus manos, ligaduras. El que agrada a ʼElohim escapará de ella, Pero el pecador será atrapado por ella.
26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 Mira, dice el Predicador, Al sopesar las cosas una por una para hallar una razón,
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 Lo que aún busca mi alma sin encontrarlo: Hallé un hombre entre 1.000, Pero una mujer entre todas ellas no la encontré.
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
29 Solo esto hallé: Que ʼElohim hizo al hombre recto, Pero ellos buscaron muchas artimañas.
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Cross references (29)
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- 1 Revelation 14:13; Proverbs 22:1; Ecclesiastes 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:21–23
- 2 Psalm 90:12; Hebrews 9:27; Deuteronomy 32:29; Deuteronomy 32:46; Philippians 3:19
- 3 2 Corinthians 7:9–11; Romans 5:3–4; James 4:8–10; John 16:20–22; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 4 Matthew 8:14–16; Luke 7:12–13; 1 Samuel 25:36; Nehemiah 2:2–5; Jeremiah 51:39
- 5 Proverbs 15:31–32; Psalm 141:5; Revelation 3:19; Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 17:10
- 6 Psalm 58:9; Psalm 118:12; Ecclesiastes 2:2; Luke 6:25; Jude 12–13
- 7 Deuteronomy 16:19; Exodus 23:8; Proverbs 17:23; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Isaiah 1:23
- 8 Hebrews 10:36; Psalm 126:5–6; Proverbs 14:29; 1 Peter 1:13; James 5:11
- 9 James 1:19; Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 16:32; Ephesians 4:26–27; Proverbs 26:23–26
- 10 Psalm 14:2–3; Genesis 6:11–12; Romans 1:22–32; Isaiah 50:1; Judges 6:13
- 11 Ecclesiastes 11:7; 1 Timothy 6:17–19; Proverbs 8:10–11; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 9:15–18
- 12 Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 2:7; Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:4; Judges 9:15
- 13 Ecclesiastes 1:15; Job 12:14; Psalm 107:43; Isaiah 14:27; Ecclesiastes 3:11
- 14 Ecclesiastes 3:4; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Deuteronomy 8:3; Ecclesiastes 12:13; James 5:13
- 15 Ecclesiastes 8:12–14; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Psalm 73:3–13; Matthew 23:34–35; Ecclesiastes 9:1–2
- 16 Romans 12:3; Proverbs 25:16; Colossians 2:18; James 3:13–17; Matthew 6:1–7
- 17 Proverbs 10:27; Job 22:16; Psalm 55:23; Acts 12:23; Acts 5:10
- 18 Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 11:6; Malachi 4:2; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Luke 1:50
- 19 Proverbs 21:22; Colossians 1:9–11; Ecclesiastes 9:13–18; Proverbs 24:5; 2 Samuel 20:16–22
- 20 Romans 3:23; Isaiah 53:6; 1 John 1:8–10; James 3:2; Proverbs 20:9
- 21 Proverbs 30:10; Isaiah 29:21; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:19; 1 Corinthians 13:5–7
- 22 James 3:9; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 18:32–35; 1 Kings 2:44; John 8:7–9
- 23 Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 1:20; Genesis 3:5; 1 Kings 11:1–8; 1 Kings 3:11–12
- 24 Romans 11:33; Isaiah 55:8–9; 1 Timothy 6:16; Psalm 139:6; Job 28:28
- 25 Ecclesiastes 10:13; Joshua 7:13; Ecclesiastes 2:15; Proverbs 17:12; Ecclesiastes 3:16–17
- 26 Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 5:3–5; Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 2:26
- 27 Ecclesiastes 12:8–10; Ecclesiastes 1:1–2
- 28 Job 33:23; Psalm 12:1; 1 Kings 11:1–3; Isaiah 26:9; Ecclesiastes 7:23–24
- 29 Jeremiah 4:22; Genesis 6:11–12; Mark 7:8–9; Titus 3:3; Genesis 5:1
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For God, according to the Preacher, made man upright, and they have themselves sought out many inventions.
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… is better to go into the house of mourning than to go into the house of feasting." And a little after He says, "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, and the heart of the simple in the house of feasting." But I think that more worthy of quotation from this book which relates to both …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)