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Zofar describe las calamidades de los malos

20 Respondió Zofar naamatita, y dijo:

Por cierto mis pensamientos me hacen responder,

Y por tanto me apresuro.

La reprensión de mi censura he oído,

Y me hace responder el espíritu de mi inteligencia.

¿No sabes esto, que así fue siempre,

Desde el tiempo que fue puesto el hombre sobre la tierra,

Que la alegría de los malos es breve,

Y el gozo del impío por un momento?

Aunque subiere su altivez hasta el cielo,

Y su cabeza tocare en las nubes,

Como su estiércol, perecerá para siempre;

Los que le hubieren visto dirán: ¿Qué hay de él?

Como sueño volará, y no será hallado,

Y se disipará como visión nocturna.

El ojo que le veía, nunca más le verá,

Ni su lugar le conocerá más.

10 Sus hijos solicitarán el favor de los pobres,

Y sus manos devolverán lo que él robó.

11 Sus huesos están llenos de su juventud,

Mas con él en el polvo yacerán.

12 Si el mal se endulzó en su boca,

Si lo ocultaba debajo de su lengua,

13 Si le parecía bien, y no lo dejaba,

Sino que lo detenía en su paladar;

14 Su comida se mudará en sus entrañas;

Hiel de áspides será dentro de él.

15 Devoró riquezas, pero las vomitará;

De su vientre las sacará Dios.

16 Veneno de áspides chupará;

Lo matará lengua de víbora.

17 No verá los arroyos, los ríos,

Los torrentes de miel y de leche.

18 Restituirá el trabajo conforme a los bienes que tomó,

Y no los tragará ni gozará.

19 Por cuanto quebrantó y desamparó a los pobres,

Robó casas, y no las edificó;

20 Por tanto, no tendrá sosiego en su vientre,

Ni salvará nada de lo que codiciaba.

21 No quedó nada que no comiese;

Por tanto, su bienestar no será duradero.

22 En el colmo de su abundancia padecerá estrechez;

La mano de todos los malvados vendrá sobre él.

23 Cuando se pusiere a llenar su vientre,

Dios enviará sobre él el ardor de su ira,

Y la hará llover sobre él y sobre su comida.

24 Huirá de las armas de hierro,

Y el arco de bronce le atravesará.

25 La saeta le traspasará y saldrá de su cuerpo,

Y la punta relumbrante saldrá por su hiel;

Sobre él vendrán terrores.

26 Todas las tinieblas están reservadas para sus tesoros;

Fuego no atizado los consumirá;

Devorará lo que quede en su tienda.

27 Los cielos descubrirán su iniquidad,

Y la tierra se levantará contra él.

28 Los renuevos de su casa serán transportados;

Serán esparcidos en el día de su furor.

29 Esta es la porción que Dios prepara al hombre impío,

Y la heredad que Dios le señala por su palabra.

Zophar Says the Rejoicing of the Wicked Is Short

20 Then Zophar the Naamathite responded,

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me [a]respond,
Even because of my [b]inward agitation.
I listened to (A)the reprimand which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
Do you know this from (B)ancient times,
From the establishment of mankind on earth,
That the (C)rejoicing of the wicked is short,
And (D)the joy of the godless momentary?
Though his arrogance [c](E)reaches the heavens,
And his head touches the clouds,
He (F)perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him (G)will say, ‘Where is he?’
He flies away like a (H)dream, and they cannot find him;
Like a vision of the night he is (I)chased away.
The (J)eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And (K)his place no longer beholds him.
10 His (L)sons [d]favor the poor,
And his hands (M)give back his wealth.
11 His (N)bones are full of his youthful strength,
But it lies down with him [e]in the dust.

12 “Though (O)evil tastes sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
13 Though he [f]desires it and will not let it go,
But holds it (P)in his [g]mouth,
14 Yet his food in his stomach is changed
To the [h]venom of cobras within him.
15 He swallows riches,
But will (Q)vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.
16 He sucks (R)the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue kills him.
17 He does not look at (S)the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
18 He (T)returns the product of his labor
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.
19 For he has (U)oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.

20 “Because he knew no quiet [i]within him,
He does (V)not retain anything he desires.
21 Nothing remains [j]for him to devour,
Therefore (W)his prosperity does not endure.
22 In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped;
The (X)hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.
23 When he (Y)fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And (Z)rain it on him [k]while he is eating.
24 He may (AA)flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.
25 It is drawn and comes out of his back,
Even the flashing point from (AB)his gallbladder;
(AC)Terrors come upon him,
26 Complete (AD)darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned (AE)fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.
27 The (AF)heavens will reveal his guilt,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The (AG)increase of his house will disappear;
His possessions will flow away (AH)on the day of His anger.
29 This is a wicked person’s (AI)portion from God,
The inheritance decreed to him by God.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 20:2 Lit return
  2. Job 20:2 Lit haste within me
  3. Job 20:6 Lit goes up to
  4. Job 20:10 Or seek the favor of
  5. Job 20:11 Lit on
  6. Job 20:13 Lit spares it
  7. Job 20:13 Lit palate
  8. Job 20:14 Lit gall
  9. Job 20:20 Lit in his belly
  10. Job 20:21 Or of what he devours
  11. Job 20:23 Or as his food