Proverbios 9
Traducción en lenguaje actual
La sabiduría y la ignorancia
9 La sabiduría hizo una casa
y le puso siete columnas labradas.
2 Hizo además una fiesta,
en la que ofreció el mejor vino.
Una vez puesta la mesa,
3 mandó mensajeras
a la parte alta de la ciudad,
para que desde allí gritaran:
4 «Jovencitos sin experiencia,
ya que les falta entendimiento,
vengan conmigo.
5 Vengan a gozar de mi banquete;
beban del vino que he preparado.
6 Si realmente quieren vivir,
déjense de tonterías
y actúen con inteligencia.
7 »Si corriges a los burlones,
sólo ganarás que te insulten;
si reprendes a los malvados,
sólo te ganarás su desprecio.
8 No reprendas a los burlones,
o acabarán por odiarte;
mejor reprende a los sabios,
y acabarán por amarte.
9 Educa al sabio,
y aumentará su sabiduría;
enséñale algo al justo,
y aumentará su saber.
10 »Todo el que quiera ser sabio
que comience por obedecer a Dios;
conocer al Dios santo
es dar muestras de inteligencia.
11 Yo, la sabiduría,
te daré muchos años de vida.
12 Si eres sabio,
tú eres quien sale ganando;
pero si eres malcriado,
sufrirás las consecuencias».
13 La ignorancia es escandalosa,
tonta y sinvergüenza.
14 Cuando está en su casa,
se sienta a la entrada misma;
cuando está en la ciudad,
se sienta donde todos la vean,
15 y llama a los distraídos
que pasan por el camino:
16 «Jovencitos inexpertos,
faltos de entendimiento,
¡vengan conmigo!
17 ¡No hay nada más sabroso
que beber agua robada!
¡No hay pan que sepa tan dulce
como el que se come a escondidas!»
18 Pero estos tontos no saben
que esa casa es un cementerio;
¡no saben que sus invitados
ahora están en el fondo de la tumba!
Proverbs 9
English Standard Version
The Way of Wisdom
9 (A)Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her (B)seven (C)pillars.
2 She has (D)slaughtered her beasts; she has (E)mixed her wine;
she has also (F)set her table.
3 She has (G)sent out her young women to (H)call
from (I)the highest places in the town,
4 (J)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
(K)To him who lacks sense she says,
5 “Come, (L)eat of my bread
and (M)drink of (N)the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave (O)your simple ways,[a] and (P)live,
(Q)and walk in the way of insight.”
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 (R)Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
(S)reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction[b] to a wise man, and he will be (T)still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will (U)increase in learning.
10 (V)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and (W)the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11 For by me (X)your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.
12 (Y)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
The Way of Folly
13 (Z)The woman Folly is (AA)loud;
she is seductive[c] and (AB)knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on (AC)the highest places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who are (AD)going straight on their way,
16 (AE)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 (AF)“Stolen water is sweet,
and (AG)bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know (AH)that the dead[d] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple
- Proverbs 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction
- Proverbs 9:13 Or full of simpleness
- Proverbs 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim
Proverbs 9
New King James Version
The Way of Wisdom
9 Wisdom has (A)built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 (B)She has slaughtered her meat,
(C)She has mixed her wine,
She has also [a]furnished her table.
3 She has sent out her maidens,
She cries out from the highest places of the city,
4 “Whoever(D) is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 “Come,(E) eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.
7 “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
8 (F)Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
(G)Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, (H)and he will increase in learning.
10 “The(I) fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 (J)For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
12 (K)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”
The Way of Folly
13 (L)A foolish woman is [b]clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
14 For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat (M)by the highest places of the city,
15 To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:
16 “Whoever(N) is [c]simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 “Stolen(O) water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that (P)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of [d]hell.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:2 arranged
- Proverbs 9:13 boisterous
- Proverbs 9:16 naive
- Proverbs 9:18 Or Sheol
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