Proverbios 23
1 Cuando te asentares a comer con algún señor, considera bien lo que estuviere delante de ti:
When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
2 Y pon cuchillo a tu garganta, si tienes grande apetito.
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
3 No codicies sus manjares delicados; porque es pan engañoso.
Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
4 No trabajes para ser rico: déjate de tu cuidado.
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
5 ¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, siendo ningunas? porque hacerse han alas, como alas de águila; y volarán al cielo.
Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
6 No comas pan de hombre de mal ojo; ni codicies sus manjares.
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
7 Porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Decirte ha, come, y bebe: mas su corazón no está contigo.
For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
8 ¿Comiste tu parte? vomitarlo has; y perdiste tus suaves palabras.
The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
9 No hables en las orejas del insensato; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones.
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
10 No traspases el término antiguo, ni entres en la heredad de los huérfanos:
Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
11 Porque el defensor de ellos es el Fuerte: el cual juzgará la causa de ellos contra ti.
For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
12 Aplica al castigo tu corazón; y tus orejas a las hablas de sabiduría.
Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 No detengas el castigo del muchacho; porque si le hirieres con vara, no morirá.
Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld. (Sheol h7585)
15 Hijo mío, si sabio fuere tu corazón, también a mí se me alegrará el corazón.
My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
16 Mis entrañas también se alegrarán, cuando tus labios hablaren cosas rectas.
And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
17 No tenga envidia de los pecadores tu corazón: antes persevera en el temor de Jehová todo tiempo:
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
18 Porque ciertamente hay fin; y tu esperanza no será cortada.
For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Oye tú, hijo mío, y sé sabio, y endereza al camino tu corazón.
Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
20 No estés con los bebedores de vino, ni con los comedores de carne:
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
21 Porque el bebedor y el comilón empobrecerán; y el sueño hará vestir vestidos rotos.
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
22 Oye a tu padre, a aquel que te engendró; y cuando tu madre envejeciere, no la menosprecies.
Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
23 Compra la verdad, y no la vendas: la sabiduría, el enseñamiento, y la inteligencia.
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
24 Alegrando se alegrará el padre del justo; y el que engendró sabio, se regocijará con él.
The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
25 Alégrese tu padre y tu madre, y regocíjese la que te engendró.
Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
26 Dáme, hijo mío, tu corazón, y miren tus ojos por mis caminos:
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
27 Porque sima profunda es la ramera, y pozo angosto la extraña.
For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
28 También ella, como robador, asecha; y multiplica entre los hombres los prevaricadores.
Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
29 ¿Para quién será el ay? ¿para quién el ay? ¿para quién las rencillas? ¿para quién las quejas? ¿para quién las heridas de balde? ¿para quién los cardenales de los ojos?
Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
30 Para los que se detienen junto al vino; para los que van buscando la mistura.
Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
31 No mires al vino como es bermejo, como resplandezca su color en el vaso, como se entra suavemente.
Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
32 A su fin morderá como serpiente; y como basilisco dará dolor.
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
33 Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas; y tu corazón hablará perversidades.
Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
34 Y serás como el que yace en medio de la mar; y como el que yace en cabo del mastelero.
Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
35 Y dirás hiriéronme, mas no me dolió: azotáronme, mas no lo sentí: cuando despertaré, aun lo tornaré a buscar.
They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
