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19 
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

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19 Con el sudor de tu rostro comerás el pan hasta que vuelvas a la tierra, porque de ella fuiste tomado; pues polvo eres, y al polvo volverás.

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The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing [for lethargy overcomes ambition],
But the soul (appetite) of the diligent [who works willingly] is rich and abundantly supplied.(A)

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El alma del perezoso desea, y nada alcanza;

Mas el alma de los diligentes será prosperada.

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The lazy man does not plow when the winter [planting] season arrives;
So he begs at the [next] harvest and has nothing [to reap].

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El perezoso no ara a causa del invierno;

Pedirá, pues, en la siega, y no hallará.

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30 
I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense;
31 
And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns,
And nettles were covering its surface,
And its stone wall was broken down.
32 
When I saw, I considered it well;
I looked and received instruction.
33 
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],”
34 
Then your poverty will come as a robber,
And your want like an armed man.

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30 Pasé junto al campo del hombre perezoso,

Y junto a la viña del hombre falto de entendimiento;

31 Y he aquí que por toda ella habían crecido los espinos,

Ortigas habían ya cubierto su faz,

Y su cerca de piedra estaba ya destruida.

32 Miré, y lo puse en mi corazón;

Lo vi, y tomé consejo.

33 Un poco de sueño, cabeceando otro poco,

Poniendo mano sobre mano otro poco para dormir;

34 Así vendrá como caminante tu necesidad,

Y tu pobreza como hombre armado.(A)

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