Proverbs 2
1 [My] son, if you will receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with you;
Hijo mío, si tomares mis palabras, y guardares mis mandamientos dentro de ti,
2 your ear shall listen to wisdom; you shall also apply your heart to understanding, and shall apply it to the instruction of your son.
Haciendo estar atento tu oído a la sabiduría: si inclinares tu corazón a la prudencia:
3 For it you shall call to wisdom, and utter your voice for understanding;
Si clamares a la inteligencia; y a la prudencia dieres tu voz:
4 and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;
Si como a la plata, la buscares, y como a tesoros la escudriñares:
5 then shall you understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová; y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence [come] knowledge and understanding,
Porque Jehová da la sabiduría; y de su boca viene el conocimiento, y la inteligencia.
7 and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;
El guarda el ser a los rectos: es escudo a los que caminan perfectamente,
8 that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.
Guardando las veredas del juicio; y el camino de sus misericordiosos guardará.
9 Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgement; and shall direct all your course aright.
Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
10 For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul,
Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce a tu alma;
11 good counsel shall guard you, and holy understanding shall keep you;
Consejo te guardará, inteligencia te conservará.
12 to deliver you from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.
Para escaparte del mal camino, del hombre que habla perversidades:
13 Alas [for those] who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;
Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar por caminos tenebrosos:
14 who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;
Que se alegran haciendo mal: que se huelgan en malas perversidades:
15 whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;
Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y ellos torcidos en sus caminos:
16 to remove you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. [My] son, let not evil counsel overtake you,
Para escaparte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que ablanda sus razones:
17 [of her] who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.
Que desampara al príncipe de su mocedad; y se olvida del concierto de su Dios.
18 For she has fixed her house near death, and [guided] her wheels near Hades with the giants.
Por lo cual su casa está inclinada a la muerte, y sus veredas van hacia los muertos.
19 None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.
Todos los que a ella entraren, no volverán: ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.
20 For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy.
Para que andes por el camino de los buenos; y guardes las veredas de los justos.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.
Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella.
22 The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.
Mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra; y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.
