Proverbios 2
1 HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,
My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
2 Haciendo estar atento tu oído á la sabiduría; [si] inclinares tu corazón á la prudencia;
So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
3 Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz;
Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
4 Si como á la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como á tesoros;
If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
5 Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
6 Porque Jehová da la sabiduría, y de su boca [viene] el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
7 El provee de sólida sabiduría á los rectos: [es] escudo á los que caminan rectamente.
He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
8 [Es] el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos.
He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.
9 Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
10 Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,
For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
11 El consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia:
Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
12 Para librarte del mal camino, de los hombres que hablan perversidades;
Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
13 Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar en caminos tenebrosos;
Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
14 Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio;
Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
15 Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y torcidos sus caminos.
Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
16 Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;
To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
17 Que desampara el príncipe de su mocedad, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.
Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:
18 Por lo cual su casa está inclinada á la muerte, y sus veredas hacia los muertos:
For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
19 Todos los que á ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.
Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
20 Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.
So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
21 Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;
For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
22 Mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra, y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.
But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
