Wisdom 5

KING JAMES BIBLE	Biblia Sagrada
1 Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.	1 Entonces el justo estará en pie con gran aplomo | delante de los que lo afligieron y despreciaron sus trabajos.
2 When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.	2 Al verlo, se estremecerán de miedo, | estupefactos ante su inesperada salvación.
3 And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach:	3 Arrepentidos y gimiendo de angustia se dirán:
4 We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour:	4 «Este es aquel de quien antes nos reíamos | y a quien, nosotros insensatos, insultábamos. | Su vida nos parecía una locura | y su muerte, una ignominia.
5 How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!	5 ¿Cómo ahora es contado entre los hijos de Dios | y comparte la suerte de los santos?
6 Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.	6 Sí, nosotros nos desviamos del camino de la verdad, | la luz de la justicia no nos alumbró | y el sol no salió para nosotros.
7 We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction: yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way: but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.	7 Nos fatigamos por sendas de maldad y perdición, | atravesamos desiertos intransitables, | pero no reconocimos el camino del Señor.
8 What hath pride profited us? or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us?	8 ¿De qué nos ha servido nuestro orgullo? | ¿Qué hemos sacado presumiendo de ricos?
9 All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a post that hasted by;	9 Todo aquello pasó como una sombra, | como noticia que corre veloz,
10 And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;	10 como nave que surca las aguas agitadas, | sin dejar rastro de su travesía, | ni estela de su quilla en las olas.
11 Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;	11 O como pájaro que corta el aire | sin dejar rastro de su paso; | con un aleteo azota el aire ligero, | lo corta con agudo silbido, | se abre camino batiendo las alas | y al final no queda rastro de su paso.
12 Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through:	12 O como flecha disparada al blanco, | cuya herida en el aire se cierra al instante, | siendo imposible conocer su trayectoria.
13 Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.	13 Igual nosotros: nacimos y nos eclipsamos | sin dejar ni una señal de virtud que poder mostrar, | nos consumimos en nuestra maldad».
14 For the hope of the Godly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.	14 Sí, la esperanza del impío es brizna que arrebata el viento, | espuma ligera que arrastra el vendaval, | humo que el viento disipa, | recuerdo fugaz del huésped de un día.
15 But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.	15 Los justos, en cambio, viven eternamente, | encuentran su recompensa en el Señor | y el Altísimo cuida de ellos.
16 Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.	16 Por eso recibirán de manos del Señor | la magnífica corona real y la hermosa diadema, | pues con su diestra los protegerá | y con su brazo los escudará.
17 He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.	17 Tomará la armadura de su celo | y armará a la creación para vengarse de sus enemigos.
18 He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.	18 Vestirá la coraza de la justicia, | se pondrá como yelmo un juicio sincero;
19 He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.	19 tomará por escudo su santidad invencible,
20 His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.	20 afilará como espada su ira inexorable | y el universo peleará a su lado contra los necios.
21 Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.	21 Certeras parten ráfagas de rayos; | desde las nubes como arco bien tenso, | vuelan hacia el blanco.
22 And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.	22 Una catapulta lanzará un furioso pedrisco; | las aguas del mar se embravecerán contra ellos, | los ríos los anegarán sin piedad.
23 Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.	23 Se levantará contra ellos un viento impetuoso | que los aventará como huracán. | Así la iniquidad asolará toda la tierra | y la maldad derrocará los tronos de los poderosos.