Eclesiastés · Literal Standard Version
Eclesiastés 12 Literal Standard Version
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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (clásica, con deuterocanónicos)
1 Remember also your Creator in days of your youth, || While that the evil days do not come, || Nor the years have arrived, that you say, || “I have no pleasure in them.”
1 Y ACUÉRDATE de tu Criador en los días de tu juventud, antes que vengan los malos días, y lleguen los años, de los cuales digas, No tengo en ellos contentamiento;
1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
2 While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, || And the moon, and the stars, || And the thick clouds returned after the rain.
2 Antes que se oscurezca el sol, y la luz, y la luna y las estrellas, y las nubes se tornen tras la lluvia:
2 Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, || And men of strength have bowed themselves, || And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,
3 Cuando temblarán los guardas de la casa, y se encorvarán los hombres fuertes, y cesarán las muelas, porque han disminuído, y se oscurecerán los que miran por las ventanas;
3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,
4 And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, || And [one] rises at the voice of the bird, || And all daughters of song are bowed down.
4 Y las puertas de afuera se cerrarán, por la bajeza de la voz de la muela; y levantaráse á la voz del ave, y todas las hijas de canción serán humilladas;
4 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
5 Also of that which is high they are afraid, || And of the low places in the way, || And the almond-tree is despised, || And the grasshopper has become a burden, || And want is increased, || For man is going to his perpetual home, || And the mourners have gone around through the street.
5 [Cuando] también temerán de lo alto, y los tropezones en el camino; y florecerá el almendro, y se agravará la langosta, y perderáse el apetito: porque el hombre va á la casa de su siglo, y los endechadores andarán en derredor por la plaza:
5 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;
6 While that the silver cord is not removed, || And the golden bowl broken, || And the pitcher broken by the fountain, || And the wheel broken at the well.
6 Antes que la cadena de plata se quiebre, y se rompa el cuenco de oro, y el cántaro se quiebre junto á la fuente, y la rueda sea rota sobre el pozo;
6 before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
7 And the dust returns to the earth as it was, || And the spirit returns to God who gave it.
7 Y el polvo se torne á la tierra, como era, y el espíritu se vuelva á Dios que lo dió.
7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity.
8 Vanidad de vanidades, dijo el Predicador, todo vanidad.
8 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”
9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out—he made right many allegories.
9 Y cuanto más sabio fué el Predicador, tanto más enseñó sabiduría al pueblo; é hizo escuchar, é hizo escudriñar, y compuso muchos proverbios.
9 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
10 The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and [that] written [by] the upright—words of truth.
10 Procuró el Predicador hallar palabras agradables, y escritura recta, palabras de verdad.
10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.
11 Words of the wise [are] as the goads, and as nails planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one Shepherd.
11 Las palabras de los sabios son como aguijones; y como clavos hincados, [las] de los maestros de las congregaciones, dadas por un Pastor.
11 The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12 And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many scrolls has no end, and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.
12 Ahora, hijo mío, á más de esto, sé avisado. No hay fin de hacer muchos libros; y el mucho estudio aflicción es de la carne.
12 Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: “Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man.
13 El fin de todo el discurso oído [es este]: Teme á Dios, y guarda sus mandamientos; porque esto es el todo del hombre.
13 This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For every work God brings into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.”
14 Porque Dios traerá toda obra á juicio, [el cual se hará] sobre toda cosa oculta, buena ó mala.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
Referencias cruzadas (14)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Lamentaciones 3:27; Eclesiastés 11:8; Salmo 71:17–18; Proverbios 22:6; Lucas 18:16
- 2 Isaías 5:30; 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 3:2; Ezequiel 32:7–8
- 3 Salmo 90:9–10; Salmo 102:23; Génesis 48:10; 1 Samuel 3:2; Zacarías 8:4
- 4 Jeremías 25:10; 2 Samuel 19:35; Apocalipsis 18:22
- 5 Job 17:13; Jeremías 9:17–20; Job 30:23; Proverbios 16:31; Salmo 71:18
- 6 Zacarías 4:2–3
- 7 Daniel 12:2; Eclesiastés 3:20–21; Salmo 146:4; Génesis 3:19; Job 34:14–15
- 8 Eclesiastés 1:2; Eclesiastés 8:8; Eclesiastés 6:12; Eclesiastés 4:4; Salmo 62:9
- 9 Proverbios 1:1; 1 Reyes 4:32; Proverbios 25:1; 1 Reyes 10:8; Proverbios 10:1
- 10 Colosenses 1:5; 1 Timoteo 1:15; Proverbios 16:21–24; Proverbios 1:1–6; Proverbios 8:6–10
- 11 Jeremías 23:29; Hechos 2:37; Hebreos 4:12; Ezequiel 34:23; Juan 3:10
- 12 Eclesiastés 1:18; Juan 21:25; 2 Pedro 1:19–21; Juan 5:39; 1 Reyes 4:32
- 13 Deuteronomio 10:12; Miqueas 6:8; Deuteronomio 6:2; Salmos 111:10–112:1; Salmo 145:19
- 14 2 Corintios 5:10; Romanos 2:16; Mateo 12:36; 1 Corintios 4:5; Mateo 10:26
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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).
The almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall grow heavy, and the caper-berry shall be scattered abroad.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)