Eclesiastés 8
1 ¿Quién como el sabio? ¿Quién sabe la interpretación de un asunto? La sabiduría ilumina el rostro del hombre Y cambia la dureza de su semblante.
Who is like the wise? and who knoweth [as well] the explanation of a thing? a man's wisdom enlighteneth his face, and the boldness of his face will be lessened.
2 Digo: guarda el mandato del rey a causa del juramento ante ʼElohim.
I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that which regardeth the oath [to him taken] by God.
3 No te apresures a irte de Él ni persistas en una mala acción, porque Él hace lo que le agrada.
Be not hasty to go out of his presence; engage not in an evil thing; for whatsoever pleaseth him, can he do;
4 Pues la palabra del rey tiene poder. ¿Quién le pedirá cuenta de lo que hace?
Because the word of a king is powerful; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?—
5 El que observa el mandamiento no experimentará el mal. El corazón del sabio discierne el tiempo y el juicio.
Whoso keepeth the commandment will experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart knoweth both time and the just consequence.
6 Porque para cada asunto hay un tiempo y un procedimiento. Aunque grande es el mal que viene sobre el hombre,
Because for every pursuit there is a time and a just consequence; for the evil of man [resteth] heavily upon him.
7 Pues no sabe qué sucederá. Porque lo que va a suceder, ¿Quién le dirá cuando ocurrirá?
For he knoweth not that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
8 No hay hombre que tenga potestad sobre el hálito de vida para retener el alma, Ni potestad sobre el día de la muerte. No hay escape en guerra. La perversidad no librará a los que se entregan a ella.
No man hath control over the spirit to detain the spirit; and there is no control over the day of death; and there is no representation in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that practise it.
9 Todo esto observé, y dediqué mi corazón a todo lo que se hace bajo el sol. Hay un hombre que domina a otro para su mal.
All this have I seen, and directed my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when one man ruleth over another to his own injury.
10 Observé el funeral de los perversos, los que frecuentaban el Lugar Santo, mientras que en la ciudad pronto eran olvidados los que actuaban honestamente. También esto es vanidad.
Then also did I see the wicked buried, who had gone to their rest; but those who had acted correctly had to go away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. Also this is vanity.
11 Porque no se ejecuta sentencia inmediata contra una obra mala. El corazón de los hijos de hombres está dispuesto a hacer el mal.
Because the punishment against evil deeds is not executed speedily, therefore is the heart of the sons of men filled up in them to do evil.
12 Pero aunque el pecador haga el mal 100 veces y prolongue sus días, sé que le irá bien al que teme a ʼElohim,
But let a sinner do evil a hundred times, and [God] withhold long his punishment from him; still do I truly know for certain that it will be well with those that fear God, because they are afraid of him;
13 y que no le irá bien al perverso, ni le serán prolongados sus días, que serán como una sombra, porque no teme ante ʼElohim.
And that it will not be well with the wicked, and that he will not endure many days, like the shadow; because he is not afraid of God.
14 Hay otra vanidad que ocurre sobre la tierra: Hay justos a quienes les sucede según la obra de los impíos, y hay impíos a quienes les sucede Según la obra de los justos. Digo que también esto es vanidad.
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
15 Por tanto, alabo el placer, porque no hay cosa mejor para el hombre bajo el sol que comer y beber y estar alegre, y que esto le quede de su trabajo en los días de la vida que ʼElohim le dio bajo el sol.
Therefore do I praise joyfulness, that there is nothing better for man under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful; for this will adhere to him in his toil, during the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.—
16 Cuando apliqué mi corazón a conocer la sabiduría y a ver la tarea que se hace sobre la tierra aunque uno no pueda dormir ni de día ni de noche.
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the employment that is done upon the earth, how even neither by day nor by night sleep is seen in the eyes of some men:
17 Vi toda obra de ʼElohim. El hombre no puede descubrir la obra hecha bajo el sol. Aunque el hombre busque laboriosamente y aunque algún sabio pretenda saberlo, no podrá descubrirla.
Then did I see [in] the whole work of God, that a man is not able to find out the work that is done under the sun; inasmuch as though a man were to toil to seek for it, he would yet not find it; and even if the wise were to think to know it, he would yet not be able to find it.
