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La sabiduría protege del mal

Hijo mío, si recibes mis palabras(A),
y atesoras mis mandamientos dentro de ti(B),
da oído a la sabiduría,
inclina tu corazón al entendimiento(C);
porque si clamas a la inteligencia,
y alzas[a] tu voz al entendimiento,
si la buscas como a plata(D),
y la procuras como a tesoros escondidos(E),
entonces entenderás el temor[b] del Señor(F),
y descubrirás el conocimiento de Dios.
Porque el Señor da sabiduría(G),
de su boca vienen el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
Él reserva la prosperidad[c] para los rectos,
es escudo para los que andan en integridad(H),
guarda las sendas del juicio,
y preserva el camino de sus santos(I).
Entonces discernirás justicia y juicio(J),
equidad y todo buen sendero(K);
10 porque la sabiduría entrará en tu corazón(L),
y el conocimiento será grato a tu alma(M);
11 la discreción velará sobre ti(N),
el entendimiento te protegerá,
12 para librarte de la senda del mal(O),
del hombre que habla cosas perversas(P);
13 de los que dejan las sendas de rectitud(Q),
para andar por los caminos tenebrosos(R);
14 de los que se deleitan en hacer el mal,
y se regocijan en las perversidades del mal(S),
15 cuyas sendas son torcidas(T),
y se extravían en sus senderos.
16 Ella te librará de la mujer extraña(U),
de la desconocida[d] que lisonjea con sus palabras(V),
17 la cual deja al compañero de su juventud(W),
y olvida el pacto de su Dios(X);
18 porque su casa se inclina hacia la muerte,
y sus senderos hacia los muertos[e](Y);
19 todos los que a ella van, no vuelven(Z),
ni alcanzan las sendas de la vida(AA).
20 Por tanto andarás en el camino de los buenos(AB),
y guardarás las sendas de los justos(AC);
21 porque los rectos morarán en la tierra(AD),
y los íntegros[f](AE) permanecerán en ella;
22 pero los impíos serán cortados de la tierra(AF),
y los pérfidos(AG) serán desarraigados de ella(AH).

Footnotes

  1. Proverbios 2:3 Lit., das
  2. Proverbios 2:5 O, la reverencia
  3. Proverbios 2:7 O, sabiduría
  4. Proverbios 2:16 O, extranjera
  5. Proverbios 2:18 Lit., las sombras han partido
  6. Proverbios 2:21 O, intachables

My son, if you will receive my words
and store my commands inside you,
paying attention to wisdom
inclining your mind toward understanding —
yes, if you will call for insight
and raise your voice for discernment,
if you seek it as you would silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure —
then you will understand the fear of Adonai
and find knowledge of God.

For Adonai gives wisdom;
from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
He stores up common sense for the upright,
is a shield to those whose conduct is blameless,
in order to guard the courses of justice
and preserve the way of those faithful to him.
Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
fairness and every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
knowledge will be enjoyable for you,
11 discretion will watch over you,
and discernment will guard you.

12 They will save you from the way of evil
and from those who speak deceitfully,
13 who leave the paths of honesty
to walk the ways of darkness,
14 who delight in doing evil
and take joy in being stubbornly deceitful,
15 from those whose tracks are twisted
and whose paths are perverse.

16 They will save you from a woman who is a stranger,
from a loose woman with smooth talk,
17 who abandons the ruler she had in her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 Her house is sinking toward death,
her paths lead to the dead.
19 None who go to her return;
they never regain the path to life.
20 Thus you will walk on the way of good people
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will live in the land,
the pure-hearted will remain there;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
the unfaithful rooted out of it.

Moral Benefits of Wisdom

My son,(A) if you accept my words
    and store up my commands within you,
turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding(B)
indeed, if you call out for insight(C)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(D)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(E)
For the Lord gives wisdom;(F)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(G)
He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(H) to those whose walk is blameless,(I)
for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.(J)

Then you will understand(K) what is right and just
    and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(L)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.(M)

12 Wisdom will save(N) you from the ways of wicked men,
    from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
    to walk in dark ways,(O)
14 who delight in doing wrong
    and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(P)
15 whose paths are crooked(Q)
    and who are devious in their ways.(R)

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(S)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
    and ignored the covenant she made before God.[a](T)
18 Surely her house leads down to death
    and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(U)
19 None who go to her return
    or attain the paths of life.(V)

20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will live in the land,(W)
    and the blameless will remain in it;
22 but the wicked(X) will be cut off from the land,(Y)
    and the unfaithful will be torn from it.(Z)

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God