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La sabiduría divina descubre la culpa

11 Sofar de Naamat contestó así:

¿Quedará sin respuesta tanta palabrería
y tendrá razón un charlatán?
¿Hará callar a otros tu verborrea
y te burlarás sin que nadie te contradiga?
Tú has dicho: “Mi conducta es limpia,
nada malo me puedes reprochar”.
Pero ojalá Dios te hablase,
abriese la boca para responderte:
te enseñaría secretos de sabiduría,
que son prodigios de habilidad.
Entonces acabarías sabiendo
que aún te perdona parte de tu culpa.
¿Puedes sondear la profundidad de Dios,
descubrir la perfección del Todopoderoso?
Es más alta que el cielo: ¿qué harás?
Más honda que el reino de los muertos:
¿qué podrás saber tú?
Es más larga que la tierra
y más ancha que el mar.
10 Si se presenta y encierra en prisión,
si cita a juicio, ¿quién lo impedirá?
11 Pues conoce a quienes nada valen,
cuando ve la maldad se fija bien.
12 Y es que el necio se hará sensato
cuando un asno salvaje se haga manso.
13 Pero si no vacila tu mente,
si extiendes las manos hacia él,
14 si apartas tu mano de la maldad
y no alojas en tu tienda la injusticia,
15 podrás alzar la frente sin mancilla;
te acosarán, pero no tendrás miedo;
16 podrás olvidar tu infortunio,
recordándolo como agua que pasó.
17 Tu vida será más luminosa que el mediodía,
tus tinieblas serán como un amanecer;
18 vivirás seguro y con esperanza,
te sentirás protegido, dormirás tranquilo;
19 descansarás libre de sobresaltos
y muchos buscarán tu favor.
20 Pero los ojos del malvado se apagan,
no podrá encontrar un refugio,
su esperanza es sólo un suspiro.

Zophar’s First Response to Job

11 Then[a] Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

“Should an abundance of words go unanswered,
or a man full of talk[b] be vindicated?[c]
Should your loose talk put people to silence?
And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame?[d]
For you say, ‘My teaching is pure,
and I am clean in your sight.’
But,[e] O that[f] God might speak,
and that he would open his lips to you,
and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
for insight has many sides.[g]
And know that God on your behalf[h] has forgotten some of[i] your guilt.
“Can you find out the essence of God,
or can you find out the ultimate limits[j] of Shaddai?
It is higher than the heaven;[k] what can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
10 “If he passes through and imprisons someone[l]
and summons the assembly,[m] then[n] who can hinder him?
11 For he knows those who are worthless;[o]
when he sees[p] iniquity, he will not consider it.[q]
12 But[r] an empty-headed person[s] will get understanding
when[t] a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being.
13 “If you yourself[u] direct your heart
and stretch out your hands to him—
14 if iniquity[v] is in your hand, put it far away,
and you must not let wickedness reside in your tents—
15 surely then you will lift up your face without[w] blemish,
and you will be firmly established and will not fear.[x]
16 For you yourself[y] will forget your misery;
you will remember it as water that has flowed past.
17 And your life will be brighter than noon;[z]
its darkness will be like the morning.
18 And you will have confidence because there is hope;
and you will be well protected—you will sleep in safety.[aa]
19 And you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid;[ab]
and many will entreat your favor.[ac]
20 But[ad] the eyes of the wicked will fail;
and refuge will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last breath.”[ae]

Footnotes

  1. Job 11:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 11:2 Literally “a man of lips”
  3. Job 11:2 Hebrew “should he be vindicated”
  4. Job 11:3 Literally “And you will mock there is not putting to shame”
  5. Job 11:5 Hebrew “And but”
  6. Job 11:5 Literally “who shall give”
  7. Job 11:6 Literally “double to sound wisdom”
  8. Job 11:6 Literally “for you”
  9. Job 11:6 Literally “from”
  10. Job 11:7 Literally “up to the limit”
  11. Job 11:8 Literally “heights of heaven”
  12. Job 11:10 Hebrew “and he imprisons”
  13. Job 11:10 Literally “and he summons”
  14. Job 11:10 Hebrew “and”
  15. Job 11:11 Literally “men of worthlessness”
  16. Job 11:11 Literally “And he will see”
  17. Job 11:11 Literally “and he will not consider”
  18. Job 11:12 Hebrew “And”
  19. Job 11:12 Literally “a man hollowed out”
  20. Job 11:12 Hebrew “and”
  21. Job 11:13 Emphatic personal pronoun
  22. Job 11:14 See v. 11, where the same word is used
  23. Job 11:15 Hebrew “from”
  24. Job 11:15 Hebrew “and not will you fear”
  25. Job 11:16 Emphatic personal pronoun
  26. Job 11:17 Literally “And from noon lifespan will arise”
  27. Job 11:18 Literally “you will lie down securely”
  28. Job 11:19 Literally “there is not making afraid”
  29. Job 11:19 Literally “and they will appease/implore your faces many”
  30. Job 11:20 Hebrew “And”
  31. Job 11:20 Literally “the expiring of soul”