Wisdom 12

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1 O how good and gracious, Lord, is your spirit in all things!	1 pues tu espíritu incorruptible está en todas ellas.
2 Therefore, those who wander afield, you correct, and, as to those who sin, you counsel them and admonish them, so that, having abandoned malice, they may believe in you, O Lord.	2 Por eso mismo gradualmente castigas a los que caen; les amonestas recordándoles en qué pecan para que, apartándose del mal, crean en ti, Señor.
3 For those ancient inhabitants of your holy land, who you abhorred,	3 A los antiguos habitantes de tu tierra santa
4 because they were doing works hateful to you, through unjust medicines and sacrifices,	4 los odiabas, porque cometían las más nefastas acciones, prácticas de hechicería, iniciaciones impías.
5 and the merciless murderers of their own sons, and the eaters of human entrails, and the devourers of blood apart from your community sacrament,	5 A estos despiadados asesinos de sus hijos, devoradores de entrañas en banquetes de carne humana y de sangre, a estos iniciados en bacanales,
6 and the sellers performing the ceremonies of helpless souls, you willed to destroy by the hands of our parents,	6 padres asesinos de seres indefensos, habías querido destruirlos a manos de nuestros padres,
7 so that they might worthily secure the sojourn of the children of God, in the land which is most beloved by you.	7 para que la tierra que te era la más apreciada de todas, recibiera una digna colonia de hijos de Dios.
8 Yet, so that you were lenient even to these men, you sent wasps, forerunners of your army, so that you might destroy them little by little,	8 Pero aun con éstos, por ser hombres, te mostraste indulgente, y les enviaste avispas, como precursoras de tu ejército, que les fuesen poco a poco destruyendo.
9 not because you were unable to subdue the impious under the just by war or by cruel beasts, or with a harsh word to exterminate them at once,	9 No porque no pudieses en batalla campal entregar a los impíos en manos de los justos, o aniquilarlos de una vez con feroces fieras o con una palabra inexorable,
10 but, in judging by degrees, you were giving them a place of repentance, not unaware that their nation is wicked, and their malice is inherent, and that their thinking could never be changed.	10 sino que les concedías, con un castigo gradual, una ocasión de arrepentirse; aun sabiendo que era su natural perverso, su malicia innata, y que jamás cambiaría su manera de pensar
11 For this offspring was accursed from the beginning. Neither did you, fearing anyone, give favor to their sins.	11 por ser desde el comienzo una raza maldita. Tampoco por temor a nadie concedías la impunidad a sus pecados.
12 For who will say to you, “What have you done?” Or who will stand against your judgment? Or who will come before you as a defender of unfair men? Or who will accuse you, if the nations perish, which you have made?	12 Pues ¿quién podría decirte: «¿Qué has hecho?» ¿Quién se opondría a tu sentencia? ¿Quién te citaría a juicio por destruir naciones por ti creadas? ¿Quién se alzaría contra ti como vengador de hombres inicuos?
13 For neither is there any other God but you, who has care of all, to whom you would show that you did not give judgment unjustly.	13 Pues fuera de ti no hay un Dios que de todas las cosas cuide, a quien tengas que dar cuenta de la justicia de tus juicios;
14 Neither will king or tyrant inquire before you about those whom you destroyed.	14 ni hay rey ni soberano que se te enfrente en favor de los que has castigado.
15 Therefore, since you are just, you order all things justly, considering it foreign to your virtue to condemn him who does not deserve to be punished.	15 Sino que, como eres justo, con justicia administras el universo, y miras como extraño a tu poder condenar a quien no merece ser castigado.
16 For your power is the beginning of justice, and, because you are Lord of all, you make yourself to be lenient to all.	16 Tu fuerza es el principio de tu justicia y tu señorío sobre todos los seres te hace indulgente con todos ellos
17 For you reveal power to those who do not believe you to be perfect in power, and you expose the arrogance of those who do not know you.	17 Ostentas tu fuerza a los que no creen en la plenitud de tu poder, y confundes la audacia de los que la conocen.
18 Yet, you are the master of power, since you judge with tranquility, and since you administer us with great reverence; for it is close to you to be used whenever you will.	18 Dueño de tu fuerza, juzgas con moderación y nos gobiernas con mucha indulgencia porque, con sólo quererlo, lo puedes todo.
19 But you have taught your people, through such works, that they must be just and humane, and you have made your sons to be of good hope, because in judging you provide a place for repentance from sins.	19 Obrando así enseñaste a tu pueblo que el justo debe ser amigo del hombre, y diste a tus hijos la buena esperanza de que, en el pecado, das lugar al arrepentimiento.
20 For even if the enemies of your servants were deserving of death, you afflicted them with great attentiveness, providing a time and a place whereby they would be able to be changed from malice;	20 Pues si a los enemigos de tus hijos, merecedores de la muerte, con tanto miramiento e indulgencia los castigaste dándoles tiempo y lugar para apartarse de la maldad,
21 with what diligence, then, have you judged your sons, whose parents you have given oaths and covenants in good faith!	21 ¿con qué consideración no juzgaste a los hijos tuyos, a cuyos padres con juramentos y pactos tan buenas promesas hiciste?
22 Therefore, while you give us discipline, you give our enemies a multiplicity of scourges, so that in judging we may think on your goodness, and when we are judged, we may hope for mercy.	22 Así pues, para aleccionarnos, a nuestros enemigos los flagelas con moderación, para que, al juzgar, tengamos en cuenta tu bondad y, al ser juzgados, esperemos tu misericordia.
23 Therefore, also to these, who have lived their lived their life irrationally and unjustly, through these things that they worshiped, you gave the greatest torments.	23 Por tanto, también a los que inicuamente habían vivido una vida insensata les atormentaste con sus mismas abominaciones.
24 And, indeed, they wandered for a long time in the way of error, valuing those things as gods, which are worthless even among animals, living in foolish irrational behavior.	24 Demasiado, en verdad, se habían desviado por los caminos del error, teniendo por dioses a los más viles y despreciables, animales, dejándose engañar como pequeñuelos inconscientes.
25 Because of this, you have given a judgment in derision, as if from foolish children.	25 Por eso, como a niños sin seso, les enviaste una irrisión de castigo.
26 But those who have not been corrected by mockery and chiding, have experienced a judgment worthy of God.	26 Pero los que con una reprimenda irrisoria no se enmendaron, iban a experimentar un castigo digno de Dios.
27 For among those who were indignant at their sufferings, which came through those things that they reputed to be gods, when they saw that they would be destroyed by these same things, those who formerly refused knowledge of him, now acknowledged the true God, and, because of this, the end of their condemnation came upon them.	27 A la vista de los seres que les atormentaban y les indignaban, de aquellos seres que tenían por dioses y eran ahora su castigo, abrieron los ojos y reconocieron por el Dios verdadero a aquel que antes se negaban a conocer. Por lo cual el supremo castigo descargó sobre ellos.