The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach — Ecclesiasticus
capítulo 4
verso 1
My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living. Don’t make the needy eyes wait long.
verso 2
Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful, or provoke a man in his distress.
verso 3
Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked. Don’t put off giving to him who is in need.
verso 4
Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.
verso 5
Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you.
verso 6
For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication.
verso 7
Endear yourself to the assembly. Bow your head to a great man.
verso 8
Incline your ear to a poor man. Answer him with peaceful words in humility.
verso 9
Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him; Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment.
verso 10
Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. So you will be as a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than your mother does.
verso 11
Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her.
verso 12
He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.
verso 13
He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless.
verso 14
Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her.
verso 15
He who listens to her will judge the nations. He who heeds her will dwell securely.
verso 16
If he trusts her, he will inherit her, and his generations will possess her.
verso 17
For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways, and will bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments.
verso 18
Then she will return him again to the straight way, and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets.
verso 19
If he goes astray, she will forsake him, and hand him over to his fall.
verso 20
Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil. Don’t be ashamed of your soul.
verso 21
For there is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace.
verso 22
Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling.
verso 23
Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.
verso 24
For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the tongue.
verso 25
Don’t speak against the truth and be shamed for your ignorance.
verso 26
Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.
verso 27
Don’t lay yourself down for a fool to tread upon. Don’t be partial to one who is mighty.
verso 28
Strive for the truth to death, and the Lord God will fight for you.
verso 29
Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds.
verso 30
Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants.
verso 31
Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay.
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