Proverbios 2

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with 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,

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

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 for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

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 dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

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 understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

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 Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

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.

Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

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,

To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

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 understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness — every 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.

For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

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.

Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep 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,

To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking 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,

Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

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,

Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness 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 paths †are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

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,

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

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,

Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

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;

For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

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.

None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths 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.

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

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 upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left 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.

And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked 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.