Eclesiástico, 26

1. Feliz el marido de mujer buena, el número de sus días se duplicará.

1. My soul takes pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of the Lord and of men; agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.

2. Mujer varonil da contento a su marido, que acaba en paz la suma de sus años.

2. My soul hates three kinds of men, and I am greatly offended at their life: a beggar who is proud, a rich man who is a liar, and an adulterous old man who lacks good sense.

3. Mujer buena es buena herencia, asignada a los que temen al Señor:

3. You have gathered nothing in your youth; how then can you find anything in your old age?

4. sea rico o pobre, su corazón es feliz, en todo tiempo alegre su semblante.

4. What an attractive thing is judgment in gray-haired men, and for the aged to possess good counsel!

5. Tres cosas hay que teme mi corazón, y una cuarta me espanta: desunión de ciudad, motín de plebe, y falsa acusación: todo ello más penoso que la muerte;

5. How attractive is wisdom in the aged, and understanding and counsel in honorable men!

6. pero dolor de corazón y duelo es una mujer celosa de otra, látigo de lengua que con todos se enzarza.

6. Rich experience is the crown of the aged, and their boast is the fear of the Lord.

7. Yugo mal sujeto es la mujer mala, tratar de dominarla es como agarrar un escorpión.

7. With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart, and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue: a man rejoicing in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes;

8. Blanco de gran ira es la mujer bebedora, no podrá ocultar su ignominia.

8. happy is he who lives with an intelligent wife, and he who has not made a slip with his tongue, and he who has not served a man inferior to himself;

9. La lujuria de la mujer se ve en la procacidad de sus ojos, en sus párpados se reconoce.

9. happy is he who has gained good sense, and he who speaks to attentive listeners.

10. Sobre hija desenvuelta refuerza la guardia, no sea que, si ve descuido, se aproveche.

10. How great is he who has gained wisdom! But there is no one superior to him who fears the Lord.

11. Guárdate de ir tras ojos descarados, no te extrañes si te llevan al mal.

11. The fear of the Lord surpasses everything; to whom shall be likened the one who holds it fast?

12. Cual caminante sediento abre ella la boca, y de toda agua que se topa bebe; ante toda clavija de tienda, impúdica, se sienta, y a toda flecha abre su aljaba.

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13. La gracia de la mujer recrea a su marido, y su ciencia reconforta sus huesos.

13. Any wound, but not a wound of the heart! Any wickedness, but not the wickedness of a wife!

14. Un don del Señor la mujer silenciosa, no tiene precio la bien educada.

14. Any attack, but not an attack from those who hate! And any vengeance, but not the vengeance of enemies!

15. Gracia de gracias la mujer pudorosa, no hay medida para pesar a la dueña de sí misma.

15. There is no venom worse than a snake's venom, and no wrath worse than an enemy's wrath.

16. Sol que sale por las alturas del Señor es la belleza de la mujer buena en una casa en orden.

16. I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than dwell with an evil wife.

17. Lámpara que brilla en sagrado candelero es la hermosura de un rostro sobre un cuerpo esbelto.

17. The wickedness of a wife changes her appearance, and darkens her face like that of a bear.

18. Columnas de oro sobre basas de plata, las bellas pierras sobre talones firmes.

18. Her husband takes his meals among the neighbors, and he cannot help sighing bitterly.

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19. Any iniquity is insignificant compared to a wife's iniquity; may a sinner's lot befall her!

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20. A sandy ascent for the feet of the aged -- such is a garrulous wife for a quiet husband.

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21. Do not be ensnared by a woman's beauty, and do not desire a woman for her possessions.

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22. There is wrath and impudence and great disgrace when a wife supports her husband.

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23. A dejected mind, a gloomy face, and a wounded heart are caused by an evil wife. Drooping hands and weak knees are caused by the wife who does not make her husband happy.

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24. From a woman sin had its beginning, and because of her we all die.

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25. Allow no outlet to water, and no boldness of speech in an evil wife.

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26. If she does not go as you direct, separate her from yourself.

28. Dos cosas entristecen mi corazón y la tercera me produce mal humor: el guerrero que desfallece de indigencia, los inteligentes cuando son menospreciados, y el que de la justicia al pecado reincide: el Señor le destina a la espada.

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29. Difícilmente se libra de falta el negociante, el comerciante no quedará limpio de pecado.

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