1 M y son, if you have become security for your neighbor, if you have given your pledge for a stranger or another,

¶ Hijo mío, si salieres fiador por tu amigo, si prometiste al extraño,

2 Y ou are snared with the words of your lips, you are caught by the speech of your mouth.

enlazado eres con las palabras de tu boca, y preso con las razones de tu boca.

3 D o this now, my son, and deliver yourself when you have put yourself into the power of your neighbor; go, bestir and humble yourself, and beg your neighbor.

Haz esto ahora, hijo mío, y líbrate, porque has caído en la mano de tu prójimo; ve, humíllate, y esfuerza tu prójimo.

4 G ive not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids;

No des sueño a tus ojos, ni a tus párpados adormecimiento.

5 D eliver yourself, as a roe or gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Escápate como la gacela de la mano del cazador, y como el ave de la mano del que tiende trampas.

6 G o to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise!—

¶ Ve a la hormiga, oh perezoso, mira sus caminos, y sé sabio;

7 W hich, having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

la cual no teniendo capitán, ni gobernador, ni señor,

8 P rovides her food in the summer and gathers her supplies in the harvest.

prepara en el verano su comida y en el tiempo de la siega recoge su mantenimiento.

9 H ow long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Perezoso, ¿hasta cuándo has de dormir? ¿Cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño?

10 Y et a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down and sleep—

Tomando un poco de sueño, cabeceando otro poco, y cruzado los brazos otro poco para volver a dormir;

11 S o will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels and your want like an armed man.

así vendrá tu necesidad como caminante, y tu pobreza como hombre de escudo.

12 A worthless person, a wicked man, is he who goes about with a perverse (contrary, wayward) mouth.

¶ El hombre de Belial es varón inicuo, anda en perversidad de boca;

13 H e winks with his eyes, he speaks by shuffling or tapping with his feet, he makes signs and teaches with his fingers.

guiña con sus ojos, habla con sus pies, enseña con sus dedos;

14 W illful and contrary in his heart, he devises trouble, vexation, and evil continually; he lets loose discord and sows it.

perversidades hay en su corazón, anda pensando mal en todo tiempo; enciende rencillas.

15 T herefore upon him shall the crushing weight of calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

Por tanto su calamidad vendrá de repente; súbitamente será quebrantado, y no habrá remedio.

16 T hese six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him:

Seis cosas aborrece el SEÑOR, y aun siete abomina su alma:

17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa, las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente,

18 A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,

el corazón que maquina pensamientos inicuos, los pies presurosos para correr al mal,

19 A false witness who breathes out lies, and he who sows discord among his brethren.

el testigo falso que habla mentiras, y el que enciende rencillas entre los hermanos.

20 M y son, keep your father’s commandment and forsake not the law of your mother.

¶ Guarda, hijo mío, el mandamiento de tu padre, y no dejes la ley de tu madre;

21 B ind them continually upon your heart and tie them about your neck.

átala siempre en tu corazón, enlázala a tu cuello.

22 W hen you go, they shall lead you; when you sleep, they shall keep you; and when you waken, they shall talk with you.

Te guiará cuando anduvieres; cuando durmieres te guardará; hablará contigo cuando despertares.

23 F or the commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Porque el mandamiento es candela, y la enseñanza luz; y camino de vida las reprensiones del castigo;

24 T o keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman.

para que te guarden de la mala mujer, de la blandura de la lengua de la extraña.

25 L ust not after her beauty in your heart, neither let her capture you with her eyelids.

No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, ni ella te prenda con sus ojos;

26 F or on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress stalks and snares the precious life.

porque a causa de la mujer ramera es reducido el hombre a un bocado de pan; y la mujer caza la preciosa alma del varón.

27 C an a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?

¿Tomará el hombre fuego en su seno, sin que sus vestidos se quemen?

28 C an one go upon hot coals and his feet not be burned?

¿Andará el hombre sobre las brasas, sin que sus pies se quemen?

29 S o he who cohabits with his neighbor’s wife; he who touches her shall not be innocent or go unpunished.

Así el que entrare a la mujer de su prójimo; no será sin culpa cualquiera que la tocare.

30 M en do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;

No tienen en poco al ladrón, aun cuando hurtare para saciar su alma teniendo hambre;

31 B ut if he is found out, he must restore seven times; he must give the whole substance of his house.

tomado, paga siete veces; da toda la sustancia de su casa.

32 B ut whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks heart and understanding (moral principle and prudence); he who does it is destroying his own life.

Mas el que comete adulterio con la mujer, es falto de corazón; corrompe su alma el que tal hace.

33 W ounds and disgrace will he get, and his reproach will not be wiped away.

Plaga y vergüenza hallará; y su afrenta nunca será raída.

34 F or jealousy makes man furious; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Porque el celo sañudo del varón no perdonará en el día de la venganza;

35 H e will not consider any ransom; neither will he be satisfied, though you offer him many gifts and bribes.

no tendrá respeto a ningún rescate; ni querrá perdonar, aunque multipliques el soborno.