Job 10
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
10 Me da asco mi existencia,
daré rienda suelta a mis quejas,
hablaré repleto de amargura.
2 Diré a Dios: “No me declares culpable;
y dime por qué eres mi adversario.
3 ¿Disfrutas acaso oprimiéndome,
rechazando la obra de tus manos,
y aprobando los planes del malvado?
4 ¿Son acaso tus ojos de carne
y ves las cosas lo mismo que un humano?
5 ¿Es tu vida la de un simple mortal,
tu existencia la de un ser humano,
6 para que busques algo malo en mí
e indagues si tengo pecado?
7 De sobra sabes que no soy culpable,
pero nadie me librará de tus manos.
8 Tus manos me modelaron, me hicieron,
¿y ahora te vuelves y me destruyes?
9 Recuerda que me hiciste de barro
y que al polvo me vas a devolver.
10 ¿No me vertiste como leche
y me cuajaste como al queso?
11 Me forraste de piel y carne,
me tejiste con huesos y tendones.
12 Me concediste el favor de la vida,
rodeaste mi existencia de atenciones.
13 Pero algo planeabas en secreto,
sé que planeabas lo siguiente:
14 si pecaba, me estarías vigilando
y no disculparías mis fallos;
15 si era culpable, ¡pobre de mí!;
si inocente, no alzaría la frente,
saciado de afrentas, harto de aflicción;
16 si tratara de mostrarme firme,
me darías caza como un león,
repitiendo tus hazañas a mi costa;
17 renovarías tu enemistad contra mí,
contra mí aumentarías tu furor
atacándome con tropas de relevo.
18 ¿Para qué me sacaste del vientre?
Habría muerto sin que nadie lo viese,
19 sería como si no hubiera existido,
arrastrado del vientre a la tumba.
20 ¡Qué rápida discurre mi vida!
¡Déjame! ¡Aléjate de mí!
Deja que disfrute un poco,
21 antes de que vaya al país de tinieblas,
y de sombras de muerte,
sin que pueda regresar,
22 al país lúgubre como la oscuridad,
con sombras de muertos, caótico,
donde la luz sólo es oscuridad”.
Job 10
New Living Translation
Job Frames His Plea to God
10 “I am disgusted with my life.
Let me complain freely.
My bitter soul must complain.
2 I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me—
tell me the charge you are bringing against me.
3 What do you gain by oppressing me?
Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands,
while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
4 Are your eyes like those of a human?
Do you see things only as people see them?
5 Is your lifetime only as long as ours?
Is your life so short
6 that you must quickly probe for my guilt
and search for my sin?
7 Although you know I am not guilty,
no one can rescue me from your hands.
8 “‘You formed me with your hands; you made me,
yet now you completely destroy me.
9 Remember that you made me from dust—
will you turn me back to dust so soon?
10 You guided my conception
and formed me in the womb.[a]
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and you knit my bones and sinews together.
12 You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love.
My life was preserved by your care.
13 “‘Yet your real motive—
your true intent—
14 was to watch me, and if I sinned,
you would not forgive my guilt.
15 If I am guilty, too bad for me;
and even if I’m innocent, I can’t hold my head high,
because I am filled with shame and misery.
16 And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion
and display your awesome power against me.
17 Again and again you witness against me.
You pour out your growing anger on me
and bring fresh armies against me.
18 “‘Why, then, did you deliver me from my mother’s womb?
Why didn’t you let me die at birth?
19 It would be as though I had never existed,
going directly from the womb to the grave.
20 I have only a few days left, so leave me alone,
that I may have a moment of comfort
21 before I leave—never to return—
for the land of darkness and utter gloom.
22 It is a land as dark as midnight,
a land of gloom and confusion,
where even the light is dark as midnight.’”
Footnotes
- 10:10 Hebrew You poured me out like milk / and curdled me like cheese.
Job 10
International Children’s Bible
10 “I hate my own life.
So I will complain without holding back.
And I will speak because I am so unhappy.
2 I will say to God: Do not hold me guilty.
But tell me what you have against me.
3 Does it make you happy to trouble me?
Don’t you care about me, the work of your own hands?
Are you happy with the plans of evil people?
4 Do you have human eyes?
Do you see as a man sees?
5 Are your days like the days of man?
Are your years like the years of a man?
6 You look for evil I have done
and search for my sin.
7 But you know I am not guilty.
And you know no one can save me from your power.
8 “Your hands shaped me and made me.
But now you turn around and destroy me.
9 Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay.
Now will you turn me back into dust?
10 You formed me in my mother’s womb
as cheese is formed from milk.
11 You put skin and flesh on me like clothing.
You sewed me together with bones and muscles.
12 You gave me life and showed me kindness.
And in your care you watched over my life.
13 “But in your heart you hid other plans.
I know this is what was in your mind:
14 If I sinned, you would be watching me.
You would not let my sin go unpunished.
15 How terrible it will be for me if I am guilty!
But even if I am right, I cannot lift my head.
I am full of shame.
It is as if I am drowning in my pain.
16 If I hold up my head, you hunt me like a lion.
And again you show your terrible power against me.
17 You bring new witnesses against me.
You increase your anger against me.
Your armies come against me like waves of the sea.
18 “So why did you allow me to be born?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19 I wish I had never been born.
Or I wish I had been carried straight from birth to the grave!
20 My few days of life are almost over.
Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
21 Soon I will leave and not return.
I will go to the land of darkness and gloom.
22 It is the land of darkest night.
It is the land of gloom and confusion.
Even the light is darkness there.”
La Palabra, (versión hispanoamericana) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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