Proverbios 2

1 Hijo mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,

[My] son, if you will receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with you;

2 haciendo estar atento tu oído a la sabiduría; si inclinares tu corazón a la prudencia;

your ear shall listen to wisdom; you shall also apply your heart to understanding, and shall apply it to the instruction of your son.

3 si clamares a la inteligencia, y a la prudencia dieres tu voz;

For it you shall call to wisdom, and utter your voice for understanding;

4 si como a la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como a tesoros;

and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

5 entonces entenderás el temor del SEÑOR, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.

then shall you understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

6 Porque el SEÑOR da la sabiduría, y de su boca viene el conocimiento y la inteligencia.

For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence [come] knowledge and understanding,

7 El guarda el ser a los rectos; es escudo a los que caminan perfectamente,

and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;

8 guardando las veredas del juicio, y el camino de sus misericordiosos.

that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.

9 Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.

Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgement; and shall direct all your course aright.

10 Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce a tu alma,

For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul,

11 el consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia,

good counsel shall guard you, and holy understanding shall keep you;

12 para librarte del mal camino, del hombre que habla perversidades;

to deliver you from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

13 que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar por caminos tenebrosos;

Alas [for those] who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

14 que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en malas perversidades;

who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;

15 cuyas veredas son torcidas, y ellos torcidos en sus caminos.

whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

16 Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;

to remove you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. [My] son, let not evil counsel overtake you,

17 que desampara el príncipe de su juventud, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.

[of her] who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.

18 Por lo cual su casa está inclinada a la muerte, y sus veredas van hacia los muertos.

For she has fixed her house near death, and [guided] her wheels near Hades with the giants.

19 Todos los que a ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.

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.

20 Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.

For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy.

21 Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;

For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.

22 mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra, y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.

The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.