Proverbios 2

My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,

And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

Haciendo estar atento tu oído á la sabiduría; si inclinares tu corazón á la prudencia;

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

(For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:

Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,

Si como á la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como á tesoros;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.

Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

Porque Jehová da la sabiduría, y de su boca viene el conocimiento y la inteligencia.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,

El provee de sólida sabiduría á los rectos: es escudo á los que caminan rectamente.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)

Es el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.

Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

El consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia:

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

Para librarte del mal camino, de los hombres que hablan perversidades;

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:

Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar en caminos tenebrosos;

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,

Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio;

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.

Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y torcidos sus caminos.

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

Que desampara el príncipe de su mocedad, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;

Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.

Por lo cual su casa está inclinada á la muerte, y sus veredas hacia los muertos:

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.

All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.

Todos los que á ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.

Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.

Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.

Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.

Mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra, y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.