Sabiduría 11

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Ella hizo prosperar sus empresas gracias a un santo profeta.	1 She prospered their works in the hands of the holy prophet.
2 Ellos atravesaron un desierto inhabitable y levantaron sus carpas en lugares intransitados;	2 They went through wildernesses that were not inhabited, and in desert places they pitched their tents.
3 enfrentaron a sus enemigos y rechazaron a sus adversarios.	3 They stood against their enemies, and revenged themselves of their adversaries.
4 Cuando estaban sedientos, te invocaron, y una roca escarpada les dio agua, una dura piedra les calmó la sed.	4 They were thirsty, and they called upon thee, and water was given them out of the high rock, and a refreshment of their thirst out of the hard stone.
5 Así, lo mismo que sirvió de castigo a sus enemigos fue para ellos un beneficio en sus dificultades.	5 For by what things their enemies were punished, when their drink failed them, while the children of Israel abounded therewith and rejoiced:
6 En lugar de la vertiente perenne de un río, enturbiado por una mezcla de sangre y barro,	6 By the same things they in their need were benefited.
7 como castigo por un decreto infanticida, les diste, contra toda esperanza, un agua abundante,	7 For instead of a fountain of an ever running river, thou gavest human blood to the unjust.
8 mostrándoles por la sed que soportaron entonces cómo habías castigado a sus adversarios.	8 And whilst they were diminished for a manifest reproof of their murdering the infants, thou gavest to thine abundant water unlooked for:
9 Por la prueba a que fueron sometidos, aunque eran corregidos con misericordia, comprendieron los tormentos que soportaban los impíos, al ser juzgados con ira.	9 Shewing by the thirst that was then, how thou didst exalt thine, and didst kill their adversaries.
10 Porque a ellos los probaste como un padre que reprende, pero a los otros los sentenciaste como un rey implacable que condena.	10 For when they were tried, and chastised with mercy, they knew how the wicked were judged with wrath and tormented.
11 Y tanto lejos como cerca de los tuyos, estaban igualmente atribulados,	11 For thou didst admonish and try them as a father: but the others, as a severe king, thou didst examine and condemn.
12 ya que una doble tristeza se apoderó de ellos y gimieron al recordar el pasado:	12 For whether absent or present, they were tormented alike.
13 cuando comprendieron que lo que a ellos los castigaba había sido un beneficio para los otros, sintieron la mano del Señor.	13 For a double affliction came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.
14 Al que antes habían hecho exponer al peligro, y luego rechazaron con desprecio, lo admiraron al final de los acontecimientos, admiraron al que antes habían abandonado en las aguas después de sufrir una sed muy diferente a la de los justos.	14 For when they heard that by their punishments the others were benefited, they remembered the Lord, wondering at the end of what was come to pass.
15 A causa de sus insensatos e injustos pensamientos, que los extraviaban hasta hacerles rendir culto a reptiles irracionales y a insectos despreciables, tú les enviaste como castigo una multitud de animales irracionales,	15 For whom they scorned before, when he was thrown out at the time of his being wickedly exposed to perish, him they admired in the end, when they saw the event: their thirsting being unlike to that of the just.
16 para que comprendieran que uno es castigado con lo mismo que le sirve para pecar.	16 But for the foolish devices of their iniquity, because some being deceived worshipped dumb serpents and worthless beasts, thou didst send upon them a multitude of dumb beasts for vengeance.
17 Ya que tu mano omnipotente, aquella que creó el mundo de una materia informe bien podía enviar contra ellos una multitud de osos o de leones feroces,	17 That they might know that by what things a man sinneth, by the same also he is tormented.
18 o fieras desconocidas creadas expresamente, llenas de furor, que exhalaran un aliento de fuego, despidieran un humo nauseabundo, o lanzaran de sus ojos terribles rayos:	18 For thy almighty hand, which made the world of matter without form, was not unable to send upon them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions,
19 animales capaces, no sólo de destruirlos de un zarpazo, sino de hacerlos perecer con su aspecto terrorífico.	19 Or unknown beasts of a new kind, full of rage: either breathing out a fiery vapour, or sending forth a stinking smoke, or shooting horrible sparks out of their eyes:
20 Aún sin esto, ellos podían ser derribados de un soplo, perseguidos por la Justicia, barridos por el soplo de tu poder. Pero tú lo has dispuesto todo con medida, número y peso.	20 Whereof not only the hurt might be able to destroy them, but also the very sight might kill them through fear.
21 Tu inmenso poder está siempre a tu disposición, ¿y quién puede resistir a la fuerza de tu brazo?	21 Yea and without these, they might have been slain with one blast, persecuted by their own deeds, and scattered by the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight.
22 El mundo entero es delante de ti como un grano de polvo que apenas inclina la balanza, como una gota de rocío matinal que cae sobre la tierra.	22 For great power always belonged to thee alone: and who shall resist the strength of thy arm?
23 Tú te compadeces de todos, porque todo lo puedes, y apartas los ojos de los pecados de los hombres para que ellos se conviertan.	23 For the whole world before thee is as the least grain of the balance, and as a drop of the morning dew, that falleth down upon the earth:
24 Tú amas todo lo que existe y no aborreces nada de lo que has hecho, porque si hubieras odiado algo, no lo habrías creado.	24 But thou hast mercy upon all, because thou canst do all things, and overlookest the sins of men for the sake of repentance.
25 ¿Cómo podría subsistir una cosa si tú no quisieras? ¿Cómo se conservaría si no la hubieras llamado?	25 For thou lovest all things that are, and hatest none of the things which thou hast made: for thou didst not appoint, or make any thing hating it.
26 Pero tú eres indulgente con todos, ya que todo es tuyo, Señor que amas la vida,	26 And how could any thing endure, if thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if not called by thee.
	27 But thou sparest all: because they are thine, O Lord, who lovest souls.