Job 15
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Segunda participación de Elifaz
15 Entonces Elifaz le respondió a Job:
2-3 «Si en verdad eres inteligente,
no debieras ser tan violento.
Sólo dices tonterías,
y de tu boca no sale nada bueno.
4 Tu falta de respeto a Dios
hace que otros no lo obedezcan.
5-6 »No necesito ser tu juez,
pues tus palabras te condenan.
Tienes tan sucia la mente
que sólo dices mentiras.
7 »Tú no eres el primer hombre
que hubo sobre la tierra.
El mundo ya existía
antes de que nacieras.
8 Tampoco eres el único sabio,
ni Dios te pide consejos.
9 Cualquier cosa que tú sepas,
también nosotros la sabemos.
10 Nuestros años y experiencia
nos hacen aun mejores que tu padre.
11 Dios mismo te consuela
y te habla con cariño,
pero eso no te importa.
12-13 »¿Por qué te enojas contra Dios
y hablas más de la cuenta?
¡En tus ojos se ve el odio que sientes!
14-16 Ante Dios
nadie es puro ni inocente;
ni aun los ángeles lo son.
¿Qué oportunidad tenemos los humanos,
si Dios ni en sus ángeles confía?
17 »Job, préstame atención,
voy a decirte lo que sé.
18 Es la sabiduría que los sabios
aprendieron hace mucho.
19 ¡No la aprendieron de gente extraña!
Por eso, como premio,
Dios les dio la tierra.
20 Pero el miedo y el sufrimiento
son el premio de los malvados.
21 Siempre escuchan ruidos extraños,
y cuando se encuentran en paz
no faltan ladrones que los ataquen.
22-23 Los malvados no tienen esperanza;
saben que no escaparán de la muerte,
y que acabarán devorados por los buitres.
24-26 Por eso sufren y tienen miedo
como si un rey los atacara;
saben que les viene la desgracia,
pues se atrevieron a desafiar
al Dios todopoderoso.
27 »La gordura se les nota
en la cara y en la cintura,
28-29 pero acabarán perdiendo
sus terrenos y riquezas,
y al final vivirán en chozas
a punto de derrumbarse.
30 No podrán escapar de la muerte,
sino que serán como un árbol
consumido por el fuego;
¡de un soplo, Dios los destruirá!
31 »Los malvados no debieran engañarse
ni confiar en ilusiones,
porque de ellas nada sacarán.
32-33 Morirán antes de tiempo.
Se quedarán como los viñedos
cuando se les caen las uvas,
y como los árboles de olivo
cuando no llegan a florecer.
34-35 Los malvados dejarán de existir;
los que se hacen ricos con engaños
verán sus casas destruidas por el fuego».
Job 15
Legacy Standard Bible
Eliphaz Says Job’s Lips Answer Against Him
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
(A)And fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Should he argue with a word that cannot be used,
Or with speech which is not profitable?
4 Indeed, you annul reverent fear
And cut off musing before God.
5 For (B)your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of (C)the crafty.
6 Your (D)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips answer against you.
7 “Were you the first man to be born,
Or (E)were you brought forth before the hills?
8 Do you hear the (F)secret counsel of God,
And cut down wisdom only unto yourself?
9 (G)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not with us?
10 Both the (H)gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
11 Are (I)the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the (J)word spoken gently with you?
12 Why does your (K)heart take you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
13 That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
14 What is man, that (L)he should be pure,
Or (M)he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, He puts no faith in His (N)holy ones,
And the (O)heavens are not pure in His sight;
16 How much less one who is (P)abominable and corrupt,
Man, who (Q)drinks [a]unrighteousness like water!
17 “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have beheld I will also recount;
18 What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from (R)their fathers,
19 To whom alone the land was given,
And no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked man writhes (S)in pain all his days,
And [b]numbered are the years (T)stored up for the ruthless.
21 [c]Sounds of (U)dread are in his ears;
(V)While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (W)return from darkness,
And he is destined for (X)the sword.
23 He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of (Y)darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him;
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And (Z)magnifies himself against [d]the Almighty.
26 He rushes [e]headlong at Him
With [f]his massive shield.
27 For he has (AA)covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
28 He has (AB)dwelt in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become [g]ruins.
29 He (AC)will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not stretch out over the land.
30 He will (AD)not be able to [h]depart from darkness;
The (AE)flame will wither his shoots,
And by (AF)the breath of His mouth he will depart.
31 Let him not (AG)believe in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his [i]reward,
32 When (AH)his days are not yet fulfilled,
And his palm (AI)branch is not green.
33 He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will (AJ)cast off his flower like the olive tree.
34 For the company of (AK)the godless is barren,
And fire consumes (AL)the tents of [j]the corrupt.
35 They (AM)conceive [k]trouble and give birth to wickedness,
And their [l]belly prepares deception.”
Footnotes
- Job 15:16 Or injustice
- Job 15:20 Lit the number of years are
- Job 15:21 Lit A sound of dreads
- Job 15:25 Heb Shaddai
- Job 15:26 Lit with a stiff neck
- Job 15:26 Lit the thick-bossed shields
- Job 15:28 Or heaps
- Job 15:30 Lit turn aside
- Job 15:31 Lit exchange
- Job 15:34 Lit a bribe
- Job 15:35 Or pain, mischief
- Job 15:35 Or mind
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