Eclesiástico (Sirácida) · Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
Eclesiástico (Sirácida) 4 Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
DRB Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
WEB World English Bible (clásica, con deuterocanónicos)
1 Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.
1 My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living. Don’t make the needy eyes wait long.
2 Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the Boor in his want.
2 Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful, or provoke a man in his distress.
3 Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to give to him that is in distress.
3 Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked. Don’t put off giving to him who is in need.
4 Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.
4 Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.
5 Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.
5 Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you.
6 For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.
6 For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication.
7 Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.
7 Endear yourself to the assembly. Bow your head to a great man.
8 Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.
8 Incline your ear to a poor man. Answer him with peaceful words in humility.
9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul.
9 Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him; Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment.
10 In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.
10 Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. So you will be as a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than your mother does.
11 And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.
11 Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her.
12 Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.
12 He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.
13 And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.
13 He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless.
14 They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.
14 Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her.
15 They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her.
15 He who listens to her will judge the nations. He who heeds her will dwell securely.
16 He that hearkeneth to her, shall judge nations: and he that looketh upon her, shall remain secure.
16 If he trusts her, he will inherit her, and his generations will possess her.
17 If he trust to her, he shall inherit her, and his generation shall be in assurance.
17 For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways, and will bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments.
18 For she walketh with him in temptation, and at the first she chooseth him.
18 Then she will return him again to the straight way, and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets.
19 She will bring upon him fear and dread and trial: and she will scourge him with the affliction of her discipline, till she try him by her laws, and trust his soul.
19 If he goes astray, she will forsake him, and hand him over to his fall.
20 Then she will strengthen him, and make a straight way to him, and give him joy,
20 Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil. Don’t be ashamed of your soul.
21 And will disclose her secrets to him, and will heap upon him treasures of knowledge and understanding of justice.
21 For there is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace.
22 But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
22 Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling.
23 Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.
23 Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.
24 For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.
24 For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the tongue.
25 For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.
25 Don’t speak against the truth and be shamed for your ignorance.
26 Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie.
26 Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.
27 Reverence not thy neighbour in his fall:
27 Don’t lay yourself down for a fool to tread upon. Don’t be partial to one who is mighty.
28 And refrain not to speak in the time of salvation. Hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.
28 Strive for the truth to death, and the Lord God will fight for you.
29 For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice.
29 Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds.
30 In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance.
30 Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants.
31 Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin.
31 Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay.
32 Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river.
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33 Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for thee.
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34 Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works.
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35 Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that are under thee.
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36 Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldst give.
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Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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