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Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.
NO te jactes del día de mañana; porque no sabes qué dará de sí el día.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.
Alábete el extraño, y no tu boca; el ajeno, y no tus labios.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.
Pesada es la piedra, y la arena pesa; mas la ira del necio es más pesada que ambas cosas.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?
Cruel es la ira, é impetuoso el furor; mas ¿quién parará delante de la envidia?
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
An open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Mejor es reprensión manifiesta que amor oculto.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.
Fieles son las heridas del que ama; pero importunos los besos del que aborrece.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.
El alma harta huella el panal de miel; mas al alma hambrienta todo lo amargo es dulce.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.
Cual ave que se va de su nido, tal es el hombre que se va de su lugar.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.
El ungüento y el perfume alegran el corazón: y el amigo al hombre con el cordial consejo.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.
No dejes á tu amigo, ni al amigo de tu padre; ni entres en casa de tu hermano el día de tu aflicción: mejor es el vecino cerca que el hermano lejano.
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.
Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón, y tendré qué responder al que me deshonrare.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
El avisado ve el mal, y escóndese; mas los simples pasan, y llevan el daño.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.
Quítale su ropa al que fió al extraño; y al que fió á la extraña, tómale prenda.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.
El que bendice á su amigo en alta voz, madrugando de mañana, por maldición se le contará.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.
Gotera continua en tiempo de lluvia, y la mujer rencillosa, son semejantes:
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.
El que pretende contenerla, arresta el viento: ó el aceite en su mano derecha.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Hierro con hierro se aguza; y el hombre aguza el rostro de su amigo.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.
El que guarda la higuera, comerá su fruto; y el que guarda á su señor, será honrado.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.
Como un agua se parece á otra, así el corazón del hombre al otro.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.
El sepulcro y la perdición nunca se hartan: así los ojos del hombre nunca están satisfechos.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.
El crisol prueba la plata, y la hornaza el oro: y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.
Aunque majes al necio en un mortero entre granos de trigo á pisón majados, no se quitará de él su necedad.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,
Considera atentamente el aspecto de tus ovejas; pon tu corazón á tus rebaños:
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.
Porque las riquezas no son para siempre; ¿y será la corona para perpetuas generaciones?
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.
Saldrá la grama, aparecerá la hierba, y segaránse las hierbas de los montes.
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.
Los corderos para tus vestidos, y los cabritos para el precio del campo:
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.
Y abundancia de leche de las cabras para tu mantenimiento, y para mantenimiento de tu casa, y para sustento de tus criadas.
And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.