Eclesiástico (Sirácida) · Versión Católica de Dominio Público
Eclesiástico (Sirácida) 16 Versión Católica de Dominio Público
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1 You should not rejoice in impious children, if they are successful; nor should you take delight in them, if the fear of God is not in them.
1 Don’t desire a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
2 You should not approve of their life, nor should you look with favor on their labors.
2 If they multiply, don’t delight in them unless the fear of the Lord is in them.
3 For one child who fears God is better than one thousand impious children.
3 Don’t trust in their life. Don’t rely on their numbers; for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless than to have ungodly children.
4 And it is better to die without children, than to leave behind impious children.
4 For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated, but a race of wicked men will be made desolate.
5 By means of one person with understanding, a country will be inhabited. The tribe of the impious will become desolate.
5 I have seen many such things with my eyes. My ear has heard mightier things than these.
6 Many such things my eyes have seen, and greater things than these my ear has heard.
6 In a congregation of sinners, a fire will be kindled. In a disobedient nation, wrath is kindled.
7 In the synagogue of sinners, a fire will blaze forth; and amid an unbelieving people, wrath will flare up.
7 He was not pacified toward the giants of old time, who revolted in their strength.
8 The giants of antiquity did not obtain pardon for their sins; they were destroyed by trusting in their own abilities.
8 He didn’t spare Lot’s neighbors, whom he abhorred for their pride.
9 And he did not spare the place of Lot’s sojourn, and he abhorred them because of the arrogance of their words.
9 He didn’t pity the people of perdition who were taken away in their sins,
10 He did not take pity on them, destroying an entire people, who even extolled themselves concerning their sins.
10 or in like manner, the six hundred thousand footmen who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.
11 And this was so with six hundred thousand men, who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts. And if even a single obstinate person had escaped unpunished, it would be a wonder.
11 Even if there is one stiff-necked person, it is a marvel if he will be unpunished; for mercy and wrath are both with him who is mighty to forgive, and he pours out wrath.
12 For mercy and wrath are with him. He is powerful in forgiveness, and he pours forth wrath.
12 As his mercy is great, so is his correction also. He judges a man according to his works.
13 As is his mercy, so also is his correction; he judges a man according to his works.
13 The sinner will not escape with plunder. The perseverance of the godly will not be frustrated.
14 The sinner, in his violations, will not escape; but the patience of the One who shows mercy will not be diminished.
14 He will make room for every work of mercy. Each man will receive according to his works.
15 Every mercy will make a place for each man, according to the merit of his works, and according to the understanding of his sojourn.
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16 You should not say: “I am hidden from God,” or, “Who, from on high, will take note of me?”
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17 or, “Among a great number of people, I will not be noticed. For what is my soul amid such an immense creation?”
17 Don’t say, “I will be hidden from the Lord,” and “Who will remember me from on high?” I will not be known among so many people, for what is my soul in a boundless creation?
18 Behold: the heavens, and the heaven of the heavens, the abyss, and the entire earth, and the things that are within these, will be shaken by his gaze,
18 Behold, heaven, the heaven of heavens, the deep, and the earth, will be moved when he visits.
19 together with mountains and hills, and the foundations of the earth. When God casts his gaze upon them, they will be struck with trembling.
19 The mountains and the foundations of the earth together are shaken with trembling when he looks at them.
20 And concerning all these things, the heart is without understanding; but every heart is understood by him.
20 No heart will think about these things. Who could comprehend his ways?
21 And who will understand his ways, or the tempest, which no eye of man will see?
21 Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden.
22 For many of his works are concealed. But who will announce the works of his justice? Or who will endure them? For the testament is far from some persons, and the examination of each thing is in its end.
22 Who will declare his works of righteousness? Who will wait for them? For his covenant is afar off.
23 Whoever diminishes the heart, thinks empty thoughts. For the imprudent and erring man thinks up foolishness.
23 He who is lacking in understanding thinks about these things. An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly.
24 Listen to me, son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in your heart.
24 My son, listen to me, learn knowledge, and heed my words with your heart.
25 And I will speak with equity about discipline, and I will strive to announce wisdom. So attend to my words in your heart, and I will speak with equity of spirit, about the virtues that God has set within his works from the beginning, and I will announce his knowledge in truth.
25 I will impart instruction with precision, and declare knowledge exactly.
26 With the judgment of God, his works have been done from the beginning; and from their institution, he himself distinguished their parts and set their beginnings, in their kinds.
26 In the judgment of the Lord are his works from the beginning. From the making of them he determined their boundaries.
27 He has beautified their works unto eternity. They have neither hungered, nor labored, and they have not ceased from their works.
27 He arranged his works for all time, and their beginnings to their generations. They aren’t hungry or weary, and they don’t cease from their works.
28 Neither will any one of them cause anguish to his neighbor, forever.
28 No one pushes aside his neighbor. They will never disobey his word.
29 You should not be incredulous at his word.
29 After this also the Lord looked at the earth and filled it with his blessings.
30 Afterward, God looked with favor upon the earth, and he filled it with his goodness.
30 All manner of living things covered its surface, and they return into it.
31 The soul of every living thing brought word from before his face, and their return again is to him.
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Cómo se eligieron
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"For," as it is written, "God filled the earth with His good things." What is "His"?
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)