Sirach 42:9-25
Common English Bible
On daughters
9 A daughter is a hidden source
of sleeplessness for her father,
and anxiety about her deprives him
of sleep:
in her youth, that she doesn’t pass
her prime,
and when she’s married,
that she not be hated;
10 while she’s a virgin,
that she not be seduced
and become pregnant
while still living at home;
when she’s married,
that she not go straying;
or having married,
that she not be infertile.
11 Keep a strict watch over
an unruly daughter
so that she doesn’t make you
an object of ridicule to your enemies,
a topic of talk in the city
and the assembly of the people,
and she shame you before the crowd.
12 Don’t consider the beauty
of any person,[a]
and don’t spend time among women.
13 Moths come out of clothes,
and a woman’s wickedness
comes from a woman.
14 A man’s wickedness
is better than a woman who does good
and a disgraced woman
who brings shame.
God’s created order
15 Now I’ll call to mind the works
of the Lord,
and I’ll tell about what I’ve seen.
The Lord’s works came into being
by his words.[b]
16 The shining sun looked down
on everything,
and the Lord’s work is radiant
with his glory.
17 The Lord has not allowed his holy ones
to describe all of his wonders,
which the Lord Almighty established
so that the universe would stand firm
in his glory.
18 He has searched the abyss and the heart,
and he took their great achievements
into consideration,
because the Most High
knew everything to be known.
He saw the sign of the age,[c]
19 explaining what has passed
and what will be,
and revealing the clues to things
that are hidden.
20 No thought escaped him,
and not a single word
was hidden from him.
21 He ordered the splendors of his wisdom.
He remains the same[d]
from the beginning of time
all the way to eternity.
Nothing can be added to him
nor be taken away,
and he needed no one to give him advice.
22 How desirable are all of his works,
and how brilliant they are to look upon.
23 All these things live and remain forever
in every circumstance,
and everything obeys him.[e]
24 All things exist in pairs,
one opposite the other,
and he made nothing that
was incomplete.
25 Each thing strengthens the good parts
of the other;
who can get enough of seeing
God’s glory?
Notas al pie
- Sirach 42:12 Heb Don’t allow any latticework in her room nor a place that overlooks the entrance to the house; don’t let her display her beauty before any man.
- Sirach 42:15 Heb adds and they agree to do his will; LXXb and judgment comes about by his good will.
- Sirach 42:18 Heb and he saw what was to come forever
- Sirach 42:21 Gk He is one
- Sirach 42:23 Heb and all things are maintained for every need.
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