Eclesiástico/Ben Sirá 2

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Hijo, si te decides a servir al Señor, prepara tu alma para la prueba.	1 Son, when you apply yourself to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare your soul for temptation.
2 Endereza tu corazón, sé firme, y no te inquietes en el momento de la desgracia.	2 Humble your heart, and persevere. Incline your ear, and accept words of understanding. And you should not hurry away in the time of distress.
3 Unete al Señor y no se separes, para que al final de tus días seas enaltecido.	3 Endure steadfastly for God. Join yourself to God, and persevere, so that your life may increase in the very end.
4 Acepta de buen grado todo lo que te suceda, y sé paciente en las vicisitudes de tu humillación.	4 Accept everything that will happened to you, and persevere in your sorrow, and have patience in your humiliation.
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 tested in fire, yet truly, acceptable men are tested 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 restore you to health. And straighten your way, and hope in him. Observe his fear, and grow old in it.
7 Los que temen al Señor, esperen su misericordia, y no se desvíen, para no caer.	7 You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. And do not turn away from him, lest you fall.
8 Los que temen al Señor, tengan confianza en él, y no les faltará su recompensa.	8 You who fear the Lord, believe in him. And your reward will not be taken away.
9 Los que temen al Señor, esperen sus beneficios, el gozo duradero y la misericordia.	9 You who fear the Lord, hope in him. And mercy will approach you, to 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 You who fear the Lord, love him. And your hearts will be illuminated.
11 Porque el Señor es misericordioso y compasivo, perdona los pecados y salva en el momento de la aflicción.	11 My sons, consider the nations of men, and know that not one of them hoped in the Lord and was confounded.
12 ¡Ay de los corazones cobardes y de las manos que desfallecen, y del pecador que va por dos caminos!	12 For who has remained in his commandment and been abandoned? Or who has called upon him, and yet he despised him?
13 ¡Ay del corazón que desfallece, porque no tiene confianza! A causa de eso no será protegido.	13 For God is upright and merciful, and he will forgive sins in the day of tribulation. And he is the Protector to all those who 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 the duplicitous heart, and to the wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner who walks the earth by two ways!
15 Los que temen al Señor no desobedecen sus palabras y los que lo aman siguen fielmente sus caminos.	15 Woe to the dissolute in heart, who do not trust God! For, as a result, they will 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 those who have lost endurance, and who have abandoned upright ways, and who have turned aside to depraved 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 begins to examine them?
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 Those who fear the Lord will not be unbelieving toward his Word. And those who love him will keep to his way.
	19 Those who fear the Lord will seek the things that are well-pleasing to him. And those who love him will be filled with his law.
	20 Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and they will sanctify their souls in his sight.
	21 Those who fear the Lord keep his commandments, and they will have patience even until his examination,
	22 saying: “If we do not do penance, then we will 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.