The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach — Ecclesiasticus
capítulo 10
verso 1
A wise judge will instruct his people. The government of a man of understanding will be well ordered.
verso 2
As is the judge of his people, so are his officials. As the city’s ruler is, so are all those who dwell in it.
verso 3
An undisciplined king will destroy his people. A city will be established through the understanding of the powerful.
verso 4
The government of the earth is in the Lord’s hand. In due time, he will raise up over it the right person at the right time.
verso 5
A man’s prosperity is in the Lord’s hand. He will lay his honor upon the person of the scribe.
verso 6
Don’t be angry with your neighbor for every wrong. Do nothing by works of violence.
verso 7
Pride is hateful before the Lord and men. Arrogance is abhorrent in the judgment of both.
verso 8
Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation because of injustice, violence, and greed for money.
verso 9
Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays.
verso 10
A long disease mocks the physician. The king of today will die tomorrow.
verso 11
For when a man is dead, he will inherit maggots, vermin, and worms.
verso 12
It is the beginning of pride when a man departs from the Lord. His heart has departed from him who made him.
verso 13
For the beginning of pride is sin. He who keeps it will pour out abomination. For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities and utterly overthrew them.
verso 14
The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers and set the lowly in their place.
verso 15
The Lord plucked up the roots of nations and planted the lowly in their place.
verso 16
The Lord overthrew the lands of nations and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
verso 17
He took some of them away and destroyed them, and made their memory to cease from the earth.
verso 18
Pride has not been created for men, nor wrathful anger for the offspring of women.
verso 19
Whose offspring has honor? Human offspring who fear the Lord. Whose offspring has no honor? Human offspring who break the commandments.
verso 20
In the midst of kindred he who rules them has honor. Those who fear the Lord have honor in his eyes.
verso 21
The rich man, the honorable, and the poor all glory in the fear of the Lord.
verso 22
It is not right to dishonor a poor man who has understanding. It is not fitting to glorify a man who is a sinner.
verso 23
The prince, the judge, and the mighty man will be honored. There is not one of them greater than he who fears the Lord.
verso 24
Free men will minister to a wise servant. A man who has knowledge will not complain.
verso 25
Don’t flaunt your wisdom in doing your work. Don’t boast in the time of your distress.
verso 26
Better is he who labors and abounds in all things, than he who boasts and lacks bread.
verso 27
My son, glorify your soul in humility, and ascribe to yourself honor according to your worthiness.
verso 28
Who will justify him who sins against his own soul? Who will honor him who dishonors his own life?
verso 29
A poor man is honored for his knowledge. A rich man is honored for his riches.
verso 30
But he who is honored in poverty, how much more in riches? He who is dishonored in riches, how much more in poverty?
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