Proverbios 9
1 La sabiduría ha construido su casa. Ella ha esculpido sus siete pilares.
[It is as though] wisdom [is a woman who] has built a [big] house for herself, and has set up seven columns [to support the roof],
2 Ella ha preparado su carne. Ha mezclado su vino. También ha puesto su mesa.
and has slaughtered an animal [and cooked the meat], and has mixed [nice spices] in the wine, and has put [the food] on the table.
3 Ha enviado a sus doncellas. Llora desde los lugares más altos de la ciudad:
[It is as though then] she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town,
4 “¡El que sea sencillo, que se meta aquí!” En cuanto al que está vacío de entendimiento, le dice,
“You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, [it is as though] she calls out,
5 “Ven, come un poco de mi pan, ¡Bebe un poco del vino que he mezclado!
“Come and eat the food that I [have prepared], and drink the [good] wine that I have mixed!
6 Deja tus costumbres sencillas y vive. Camina por el camino del entendimiento”.
(Leave/Go away from) [other] foolish people, and [if you do that, you will continue to] live. Walk on the road that will enable you to (have knowledge/know what is true and what is not true).”
7 El que corrige a un burlón invita al insulto. Quien reprende a un malvado invita al abuso.
If you rebuke someone who will not allow others to correct him, he will insult you. If you reprove/scold an evil man, he will hurt you.
8 No reprendas al burlón, para que no te odie. Reprende a una persona sabia, y te amará.
Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to (correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong), because he will hate you for doing that. [But] if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you.
9 Instruye a una persona sabia, y será aún más sabia. Enseña a una persona justa, y aumentará su aprendizaje.
If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
10 El temor de Yahvé es el principio de la sabiduría. El conocimiento del Santo es la comprensión.
If you want to be wise, you must start by revering Yahweh, and if you know God, the Holy One, you will understand [which teachings are wise/true].
11 Porque por mí se multiplicarán tus días. Los años de tu vida se incrementarán.
If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
12 Si eres sabio, eres sabio por ti mismo. Si te burlas, sólo tú lo soportarás.
If you are wise, you are the one who will benefit from it; if you ridicule [becoming wise], you are the one who will suffer.
13 La mujer tonta es ruidosa, indisciplinado, y no sabe nada.
Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed [of the wrong things that they do].
14 Se sienta a la puerta de su casa, en un asiento en los lugares altos de la ciudad,
They sit at the doors of their houses [or] they sit on the top [of the hills] in the town,
15 para llamar a los que pasan, que siguen su camino,
and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,
16 “El que sea sencillo, que se meta aquí”. En cuanto a aquel que está vacío de entendimiento, ella le dice,
“You people who need to understand more, come into [my house]!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out,
17 “El agua robada es dulce. La comida que se come en secreto es agradable”.
“[Just as] water which you have stolen tastes very good and food that you eat by yourself tastes the best, [if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much].”
18 Pero no sabe que los espíritus difuntos están allí, que sus invitados están en las profundidades del Seol. (Sheol h7585)
But men who go to those women’s houses do not know that those who have gone there are now dead; they have descended down into the deepest parts of the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
