Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Proverbios 30
1Palabras de Agur, hijo de Jaqué, de Masá. Palabras que este varón dijo a Itiel, a Itiel y a Ucal: The words of the Gatherer, the son of the Vomiter. The vision that the man spoke. God is with him, and he, being strengthened by God and abiding with him, said:2Soy más torpe que hombre alguno, no tengo la inteligencia de otros. “I am the most foolish among men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.3No he aprendido la sabiduría, y no conozco la ciencia del Santo. I have not learned wisdom, and I have not known the knowledge of sanctity.4¿Quién jamás subió al cielo y descendió? ¿Quién encerró los vientos en sus puños? ¿Quién envolvió las aguas en un manto? ¿Quién dio estabilidad a todos los confines de la tierra? ¿Cuál es su nombre, y qué nombre tiene su hijo? ¿Lo sabes acaso? Who has ascended to heaven and also descended? Who has grasped the wind in his hands? Who has tied the waters together, as with a garment? Who has raised all the limits of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, if you know?5Toda palabra de Dios es acrisolada, es escudo de los que buscan en Él su amparo. Every word of God is fire-tested. He is a bronze shield to those who hope in him.6No añadas nada a sus palabras; no sea que Él te reprenda y seas hallado falsario. Do not add anything to his words, lest you be reproved and be discovered to be a liar.7Dos cosas te pido, no me las niegues antes que muera: Two things I have asked of you; do not deny them to me before I die.8Aparta de mí la vanidad y la mentira, y no me des ni pobreza ni riquezas; dame solamente el pan que necesito, Remove, far from me, vanity and lying words. Give me neither begging, nor wealth. Apportion to me only the necessities of my life,9no sea que harto yo reniegue (de Ti) y diga: “¿Quién es Yahvé?” o que, empobrecido, me ponga a robar y blasfemar del nombre de mi Dios. lest perhaps, being filled, I might be enticed into denial, and say: ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or, being compelled by destitution, I might steal, and then perjure myself in the name of my God.10No difames al siervo ante su señor, no sea que te maldiga, y tú tengas que pagarlo. Do not accuse a servant to his lord, lest he curse you, and you fall.11Ralea hay que maldice a su padre, y no bendice a su madre. There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless their mother.12Hay gente que se tiene por limpia, sin lavarse de sus inmundicias. There is a generation which seems pure to themselves, and yet they are not even washed from their filthiness.13Otros hay que miran con ojos altivos, con párpados levantados en alto. There is a generation, whose eyes have been elevated, and their eyelids are lifted on high.14Y hay también hombres cuyos dientes son espadas, y sus muelas cuchillos, para devorar a los pobres de la tierra y a los desvalidos de entre los hombres. There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.15La sanguijuela tiene dos hijas: “¡Dame, dame!” Tres cosas hay insaciables, y también una cuarta, que jamás dicen: “¡Basta!”: The leech has two daughters, who say, ‘Bring, bring.’ Three things are insatiable, and a fourth never says ‘Enough’:16el scheol, el seno estéril, la tierra que nunca se harta de agua, y el fuego que jamás dice: “¡Basta!” Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and a land that is not filled with water. And truly, fire never says, ‘Enough.’17Ojos que escarnecen al padre, y no miran con respeto a la madre; sáquenlos los cuervos del torrente y los aguiluchos los coman. The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.18Tres cosas hay demasiado maravillosas para mí, y una cuarta que no entiendo: Three things are difficult for me, and about a fourth, I am nearly ignorant:19el rastro del águila en el aire, el rastro de la culebra sobre la peña, el rastro de la nave en medio del mar, y el rastro del hombre en la doncella. the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man in adolescence.20Tal es también el proceder de la mujer adúltera; come, se limpia la boca, y dice: “No he hecho cosa mala.” Such is the way also of an adulterous woman, who eats, and wiping her mouth, says: “I have done no evil.”21Bajo tres cosas tiembla la tierra, y también bajo una cuarta que no puede soportar: By three things, the earth is moved, and a fourth it is not able to sustain:22bajo un siervo que llega a reinar, bajo un necio que tiene mucha comida, by a slave when he reigns, by the foolish when he has been filled with food,23bajo una aborrecida que halla marido, y bajo la esclava que hereda a su señora. by a hateful woman when she has been taken in matrimony, and by a handmaid when she has been heir to her mistress.24Hay sobre la tierra cuatro animales pequeños que son más sabios que los sabios: Four things are least upon the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:25las hormigas, pueblo sin fuerza, que al tiempo de la mies se prepara su provisión; the ants, an infirm people who provide food for themselves at the harvest,26el tejón, animal endeble, que entre las peñas coloca su madriguera; the rabbit, a sickened people who make their bed upon the rock.27las langostas, que sin tener rey salen todas bien ordenadas; The locust has no king, but they all depart by their troops.28el lagarto que puedes asir con la mano, y, sin embargo, se aloja en los palacios de los reyes. The lizard supports itself on hands and dwells in the buildings of kings.29Tres seres hay de paso gallardo, y también un cuarto que anda con gallardía: There are three things that advance well, and a fourth that marches happily on:30el león, el más valiente de los animales, que no retrocede ante nadie; a lion, the strongest of beasts, who fears nothing that he meets,31el (gallo) que anda erguido, el macho cabrío, y el rey al frente de su ejército. a rooster prepared at the loins, likewise a ram, and a king, whom none can resist.32Si te has engreído neciamente, o si pensaste hacer mal; mano a la boca. There is one who has appeared foolish, after he was lifted up on high; for if he had understood, he would have placed his hand over his mouth.33Comprimiendo la leche se hace la manteca; comprimiendo la nariz, sale sangre; y comprimiendo la ira, se producen contiendas. But whoever strongly squeezes the udder to bring out the milk, presses out butter. And whoever violently blows his nose, brings out blood. And whoever provokes wrath, brings forth discord.”