Eclesiástico, 49

1. La memoria de Josías es mixtura de incienso preparado por arte de perfumista. En toda boca es dulce como miel, como música en medio de un banquete.

1. Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch.

2. El llevó a buen fin la conversión del pueblo, y extirpó la abominación de la iniquidad.

2. He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number.

3. Enderezó su corazón hacia el Señor, en los días de los impíos reafirmó la piedad.

3. By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three times brought down fire.

4. Fuera de David, Ezequías y Josías, todos abundaron en sus culpas. Porque abandonaron la ley del Altísimo, los reyes de Judá fueron abandonados.

4. How glorious you were, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! And who has the right to boast which you have?

5. Pues entregaron a otros su cuerno, y su gloria a una nación extraña.

5. You who raised a corpse from death and from Hades, by the word of the Most High;

6. Prendieron fuego a la elegida ciudad del santuario, dejaron desiertas sus calles,

6. who brought kings down to destruction, and famous men from their beds;

7. según la palabra de Jeremías, a quien habían maltratado, a él, consagrado profeta desde el vientre de su madre, para extirpar , destruir y perder y también para construir y plantar .

7. who heard rebuke at Sinai and judgments of vengeance at Horeb;

8. Ezequiel tuvo la visión de la gloria que Dios le manifestó en el carro de Querubines,

8. who anointed kings to inflict retribution, and prophets to succeed you.

9. porque se acordó de los enemigos en la tempestad, y favoreció a los que seguían el camino derecho.

9. You who were taken up by a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with horses of fire;

10. Cuanto a los doce profetas, que sus huesos reflorezcan en su tumba. Porque ellos consolaron a Jacob, y lo rescataron por la fidelidad y la esperanza.

10. you who are ready at the appointed time, it is written, to calm the wrath of God before it breaks out in fury, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

11. ¿Cómo celebraremos a Zorobabel? ¡Fue él como sello en la mano derecha,

11. Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been adorned in love; for we also shall surely live.

12. así como Josué hijo de Josedec! Ellos en sus días construyeron la Casa y levantaron el Templo consagrado al Señor, destinado a una gloria eterna.

12. It was Elijah who was covered by the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit; in all his days he did not tremble before any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.

13. También de Nehemías es grande la memoria, él, que nos levantó las murallas en ruinas, puso puertas y cerrojos y reconstruyó nuestras moradas.

13. Nothing was too hard for him, and when he was dead his body prophesied.

14. Nadie fue creado en la tierra igual a Henoc, pues él fue arrebatado de la tierra.

14. As in his life he did wonders, so in death his deeds were marvelous.

15. Ni como José nació hombre alguno, el guía de sus hermanos, apoyo de su pueblo; sus huesos fueron visitados.

15. For all this the people did not repent, and they did not forsake their sins, till they were carried away captive from their land and were scattered over all the earth; the people were left very few in number, but with rulers from the house of David.

16. Sem y Set fueron gloriosos entre los hombres, mas por encima de toda criatura viviente está Adán.

16. Some of them did what was pleasing to God, but others multiplied sins.

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17. Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it; he tunneled the sheer rock with iron and built pools for water.

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18. In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent the Rabshakeh; he lifted up his hand against Zion and made great boasts in his arrogance.

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19. Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled, and they were in anguish, like women in travail.

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20. But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading forth their hands toward him; and the Holy One quickly heard them from heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.

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21. The Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel wiped them out.

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22. For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he held strongly to the ways of David his father, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.

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23. In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the life of the king.

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24. By the spirit of might he saw the last things, and comforted those who mourned in Zion.

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25. He revealed what was to occur to the end of time, and the hidden things before they came to pass.