Ecclesiastes · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Ecclesiastes 2 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Así que me dije: “Muy bien, déjame probar el placer y ver lo bueno que es”. Pero esto también resultó ser algo temporal y pasajero.
1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
2 Llegué a la conclusión de que reírse en la vida es una ignorancia, y el placer, ¿de qué sirve?
2 I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
3 Entonces usé mi mente para examinar la atracción del vino en mi cuerpo. Como mente aún me guiaba con sabiduría, lo tomé hasta que actué como un insensato, para ver si esto era bueno para la gente durante su tiempo aquí.
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 Entonces intenté grandes proyectos de construcción. Construí casas para mí; planté viñedos para mí.
4 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
5 Hice para mí jardines y parques, plantándolos con toda clase de árboles frutales.
5 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
6 Construí para mí embalses para regar todos estos árboles en crecimiento.
6 I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.
7 Compré esclavos y esclavas, y sus hijos también me pertenecían. También poseí muchos rebaños y manadas, más que nadie en Jerusalén antes de mí.
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 Recogí para mí grandes cantidades de plata y oro, que me pagaban como tributo los reyes y las provincias. Traje para mí cantantes masculinos y femeninos, y disfruté de muchas concubinas… ¡Todo lo que un hombre pudiera desear!
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 Me hice grande, más grande que nadie en Jerusalén antes que yo. Todo el tiempo mi sabiduría permaneció conmigo.
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 detuve en probar todo lo que quería. Todo lo que me apetecía disfrutar, lo hacía. Incluso disfruté de todo lo que había logrado, como recompensa por todo mi trabajo.
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 Pero cuando pensaba en lo mucho que había trabajado para conseguirlo, en todo lo que había hecho, era tan efímero, tan significativo como alguien que intenta atrapar el viento. Realmente no hay ningún beneficio duradero aquí en la tierra.
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 Así que me puse a pensar en la sabiduría, en la locura y en la insensatez. Porque, ¿qué puede hacer el que viene después del rey que no se haya hecho ya?
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 Reconocí que la sabiduría es mejor que la locura, así como la luz es mejor que las tinieblas.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 Los sabios ven hacia dónde van, pero los insensatos caminan en la oscuridad. Pero también me di cuenta de que todos llegan al mismo final.
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: “Si voy a terminar igual que un insensato, ¿de qué sirve ser tan sabio?” . Y me dije: “¡Esto también es difícil de entender!”.
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 Nadie se acuerda del sabio ni del insensato por mucho tiempo: en el futuro todo se olvidará. Tanto los sabios como los necios mueren.
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 que terminé sintiéndome asqueado con la vida porque todo lo que sucede aquí en la tierra es demasiado angustioso. Es tan incomprensible como tratar de controlar 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 Incluso acabé odiando lo que había conseguido aquí en la tierra porque tengo que entregarlo a quien venga después de mí.
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 ¿Y quién sabe si será sabio o insensato? Sin embargo, gobernará sobre todo lo que logré con mi sabiduría aquí en la tierra. ¡Eso es tan frustrante, tan difícil de entender!
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 Decidí rendirme, con mi mente desesperada por la importancia de todos los logros de mi vida.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 Porque se puede trabajar con sabiduría, conocimiento y destreza, pero ¿quién se beneficia? Alguien que no ha trabajado para ello. Eso es frustrante y completamente injusto.
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 obtienes aquí en la tierra por todo tu esfuerzo y preocupación?
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 Tu vida laboral está llena de problemas y conflictos; incluso por la noche tus pensamientos te quitan el sueño. Es difícil de comprender.
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 Entonces, ¿qué es lo mejor que puedes hacer? Comer, beber y disfrutar de tu trabajo, reconociendo como yo que estas cosas nos son dadas por 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 pues ¿quién puede comer o disfrutar de la vida sin él?
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26 A los buenos, Dios les da sabiduría, conocimiento y alegría. Pero al pecador Dios le da la tarea de juntar y recolectar riquezas, sólo para entregarlas a alguien que agrade a Dios. Esto también muestra lo efímera que es la vida, y lo difícil que es entenderla, como tratar de entender cómo sopla 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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