Eclesiastés · Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
Eclesiastés 4 Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
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DRB Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (clásica, con deuterocanónicos)
1 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.
1 Y TORNÉME yo, y vi todas las violencias que se hacen debajo del sol: y he aquí las lágrimas de los oprimidos, y sin tener quien los consuele; y la fuerza estaba en la mano de sus opresores, y para ellos no había consolador.
1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2 And I praised the dead rather than the living:
2 Y alabé yo los finados que ya murieron, más que los vivientes que hasta ahora están vivos.
2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
3 And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.
3 Y [tuve] por mejor que unos y otros al que no ha sido aún, que no ha visto las malas obras que debajo del sol se hacen.
3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
4 Visto he asimismo que todo trabajo y toda excelencia de obras mueve la envidia del hombre contra su prójimo. También esto es vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.
4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
5 El necio dobla sus manos y come su carne.
5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
6 Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
6 Mas vale el un puño lleno con descanso, que ambos puños llenos con trabajo y aflicción de espíritu.
6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
7 Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:
7 Yo me torné otra vez, y vi vanidad debajo del sol.
7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
8 There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
8 Está un hombre solo y sin sucesor; que ni tiene hijo ni hermano; mas nunca cesa de trabajar, ni sus ojos se hartan de sus riquezas, [ni se pregunta]: ¿Para quién trabajo yo, y defraudo mi alma del bien? También esto es vanidad, y duro trabajo.
8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
9 It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
9 Mejores son dos que uno; porque tienen mejor paga de su trabajo.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up.
10 Porque si cayeren, el uno levantará á su compañero: mas ¡ay del solo! que cuando cayere, no habrá segundo que lo levante.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
11 And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?
11 También si dos durmieren juntos, se calentarán; mas ¿cómo se calentará uno [solo]?
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
12 And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.
12 Y si alguno prevaleciere contra el uno, dos estarán contra él; y cordón de tres dobleces no presto se rompe.
12 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.
13 Mejor es el muchacho pobre y sabio, que el rey viejo y fatuo que no sabe ser aconsejado.
13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
14 Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.
14 Porque de la cárcel salió para reinar; mientras el nacido en su reino se hizo pobre.
14 For out of prison he came out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
15 I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.
15 Vi todos los vivientes debajo del sol caminando con el muchacho sucesor, que estará en lugar de aquél.
15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.
16 The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
16 No tiene fin todo el pueblo que fué antes de ellos: tampoco los que vendrán después estarán con él contentos. Y esto es también vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.
16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
17 Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do.
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- 1 Eclesiastés 3:16; Eclesiastés 5:8; Isaías 5:7; 2 Timoteo 4:16–17; Isaías 51:23
- 2 Job 3:11–26; Eclesiastés 2:17; Eclesiastés 9:4–6
- 3 Lucas 23:29; Mateo 24:19; Eclesiastés 6:3–5; Job 10:18–19; Jeremías 9:2–3
- 4 1 Juan 3:12; Eclesiastés 1:14; Eclesiastés 2:21; Eclesiastés 2:26; 1 Samuel 18:29–30
- 5 Isaías 9:20; Proverbios 6:10–11; Proverbios 13:4; Proverbios 20:4; Job 13:14
- 6 Proverbios 16:8; Proverbios 15:16–17; Salmo 37:16; Proverbios 17:1
- 7 Eclesiastés 4:1; Salmo 78:33; Zacarías 1:6
- 8 1 Juan 2:16; Proverbios 27:20; Lucas 12:20; Eclesiastés 1:8; Mateo 11:28
- 9 Proverbios 27:17; Génesis 2:18; 1 Corintios 12:18–21; Números 11:14; Marcos 6:7
- 10 1 Tesalonicenses 5:11; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:18; Gálatas 6:1; Isaías 35:3–4; Job 4:3–4
- 11 1 Reyes 1:1–4
- 12 Efesios 4:3; Daniel 3:16–17
- 13 Proverbios 19:1; 2 Crónicas 25:16; 2 Crónicas 16:9–10; Proverbios 28:15–16; 1 Reyes 22:8
- 14 Salmo 113:7–8; Génesis 41:14; Job 5:11; Lamentaciones 4:20; Génesis 41:33–44
- 15 2 Samuel 15:6
- 16 Eclesiastés 1:14; 1 Reyes 1:40; Eclesiastés 2:17; 2 Samuel 15:12–13; 1 Reyes 1:5–7
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