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