1 Hijo, si te decides a servir al Señor, prepara tu alma para la prueba. | 1 Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation. |
2 Endereza tu corazón, sé firme, y no te inquietes en el momento de la desgracia. | 2 Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds. |
3 Unete al Señor y no se separes, para que al final de tus días seas enaltecido. | 3 Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end. |
4 Acepta de buen grado todo lo que te suceda, y sé paciente en las vicisitudes de tu humillación. | 4 Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience. |
5 Porque el oro se purifica en el fuego, y los que agradan a Dios, en el crisol de la humillación. | 5 For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. |
6 Confía en él, y él vendrá en tu ayuda, endereza tus caminos y espera en él. | 6 Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein. |
7 Los que temen al Señor, esperen su misericordia, y no se desvíen, para no caer. | 7 Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall. |
8 Los que temen al Señor, tengan confianza en él, y no les faltará su recompensa. | 8 Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void. |
9 Los que temen al Señor, esperen sus beneficios, el gozo duradero y la misericordia. | 9 Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight. |
10 Fíjense en las generaciones pasadas y vean: ¿Quién confió en el Señor y quedó confundido? ¿Quién perseveró en su temor y fue abandonado? ¿Quién lo invocó y no fue tenido en cuenta? | 10 Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened. |
11 Porque el Señor es misericordioso y compasivo, perdona los pecados y salva en el momento de la aflicción. | 11 My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded. |
12 ¡Ay de los corazones cobardes y de las manos que desfallecen, y del pecador que va por dos caminos! | 12 For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him? |
13 ¡Ay del corazón que desfallece, porque no tiene confianza! A causa de eso no será protegido. | 13 For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth. |
14 ¡Ay de ustedes, los que perdieron la constancia! ¿Qué van a hacer cuando el Señor los visite? | 14 Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways. |
15 Los que temen al Señor no desobedecen sus palabras y los que lo aman siguen fielmente sus caminos. | 15 Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him. |
16 Los que temen al Señor tratan de complacerlo y los que lo aman se sacian de su Ley. | 16 Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways. |
17 Los que temen al Señor tienen el corazón bien dispuesto y se humillan delante de él: | 17 And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine? |
18 «Abandonémonos en las manos del Señor y no en las manos de los hombres, porque así como es su grandeza es también su misericordia». | 18 They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way. |
| 19 They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law. |
| 20 They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls. |
| 21 They that fear the Lord, keep his Commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation, |
| 22 Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men. |
| 23 For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him. |