Proverbs 2
1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
Hijo mío, si aceptas mis palabras, Y guardas mis mandamientos dentro de ti,
2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
Eres de oído atento a la sabiduría, E inclinas tu corazón a la inteligencia,
3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
Si invocas a la prudencia, Y al entendimiento alzas tu voz,
4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
Si la procuras como a la plata, Y la rebuscas como a tesoros escondidos,
5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Entonces entenderás el temor a Yavé, Y hallarás el conocimiento de ʼElohim.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
Porque Yavé da la sabiduría. De su boca procede la ciencia y la inteligencia.
7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
Él atesora el acierto para los hombres rectos, Es escudo al que anda en integridad.
8 He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.
Es el que guarda las sendas de la justicia, Y preserva el camino de sus santos.
9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
Entonces entenderás la justicia y el derecho, La equidad y todo buen camino.
10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
Cuando la sabiduría entre en tu corazón Y el conocimiento sea dulce a tu alma,
11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
Te guardará la discreción. Te preservará la prudencia
12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
Para librarte del camino malo Del hombre que habla cosas perversas,
13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
De los que abandonan los caminos rectos Para andar por sendas tenebrosas,
14 Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
De los que gozan haciendo el mal, Y se alegran en las perversidades del vicio,
15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
Cuyas sendas son tortuosas, Y sus caminos extraviados.
16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
Te librará de la mujer ajena, De la extraña que endulza sus palabras,
17 Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:
Que abandona al compañero de su juventud Y olvida el Pacto de su ʼElohim.
18 For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
Su casa se inclina hacia la muerte, Sus sendas hacia el país de las sombras.
19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
Cuantos entran en ella no regresan, Ni retoman los senderos de la vida.
20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
Para que sigas el buen camino Y guardes los senderos del justo.
21 For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
Porque los rectos vivirán en la tierra, Y los de limpio corazón permanecerán en ella.
22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
Pero el perverso será cortado de la tierra, Y de ella serán desarraigados los transgresores.
