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20 Y 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 fue siempre, desde el tiempo que fue puesto el hombre sobre la tierra,

que la alegría de los impíos es breve, y el gozo del hipócrita por un momento?

Si subiere su altura hasta el cielo, y su cabeza tocare en las nubes,

como su mismo estiércol perecerá para siempre; los que le hubieren visto, dirán: ¿Qué es de él?

Como sueño volará, y no será hallado; y se disipará como visión nocturna.

El ojo que le habrá visto, nunca más le vera; ni su lugar le echará más de ver.

10 Sus hijos pobres andarán rogando; y sus manos devolverán lo que él robó.

11 Sus huesos están llenos de los pecados de su juventud, y con él serán sepultados en el polvo.

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 entre su paladar;

14 su comida se mudará en sus entrañas, hiel de áspides será dentro de él.

15 Comió haciendas, mas las vomitará; de su vientre las sacará Dios.

16 Veneno de áspides chupará; lo matará lengua de víbora.

17 No verá los arroyos, las riberas de los ríos de miel y de manteca.

18 Restituirá el trabajo ajeno conforme a la hacienda que tomó; y no tragará, ni gozará.

19 Por cuanto quebrantó y desamparó a los pobres, robó casas, y no las edificó;

20 por tanto, no sentirá él sosiego en su vientre, ni escapará con su codicia.

21 No quedó nada que no comiere; por tanto su bien no será durable.

22 Cuando fuere lleno su bastimento, tendrá angustia; las manos todas de los malvados vendrán sobre él.

23 Cuando se pusiere a llenar su vientre, Dios enviará sobre él el furor 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 Desenvainará y sacará saeta de su aljaba, y relumbrante pasará por su hiel; sobre él vendrán terrores.

26 Todas tinieblas están guardadas para sus secretos; fuego no soplado lo devorará; su sucesor será quebrantado 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 derramados en el día de su furor.

29 Esta es la parte que Dios apareja al hombre impío, y la heredad que Dios le señala por su palabra.

A doua cuvântare a lui Ţofar

20 Ţofar din Naama a luat cuvântul şi a zis:

„Gândurile mele mă silesc să răspund,
şi frământarea mea nu-mi dă pace.
Am auzit mustrări care mă umplu de ruşine
şi din adâncul minţii mele duhul mă face să răspund.
Nu ştii tu
că de mult de tot,
de când a fost aşezat omul pe pământ,
biruinţa celor răi a fost scurtă(A)
şi bucuria nelegiuitului numai de o clipă?
Chiar dacă s-ar înălţa(B) până la ceruri
şi capul i-ar ajunge până la nori,
va pieri pentru totdeauna, ca(C) murdăria lui,
şi cei ce-l vedeau vor zice: ‘Unde este?’
Va zbura ca(D) un vis şi nu-l vor mai găsi;
va pieri ca o vedenie de noapte.
Ochiul(E) care-l privea nu-l va mai privi,
locul în care locuia nu-l va mai zări.
10 Peste fiii lui vor năvăli cei săraci,
şi mâinile lui(F) vor da înapoi ce a răpit cu sila.
11 Oasele lui, pline de(G) vlaga tinereţii,
îşi vor avea culcuşul(H) cu el în ţărână.
12 Dulce era răul în gura lui.
Îl ascundea sub limbă,
13 îl mesteca întruna şi nu-l lăsa;
îl ţinea în cerul gurii,
14 dar hrana lui se va preface în măruntaiele lui,
va ajunge în trupul lui o otravă de aspidă.
15 Bogăţiile înghiţite le va vărsa,
Dumnezeu le va scoate din pântecele lui.
16 Otravă de aspidă a supt,
şi de aceea limba năpârcii îl va ucide.
17 Nu-şi va mai plimba privirile peste pâraiele(I)
şi râurile de miere şi de lapte,
18 va da înapoi(J) ce a câştigat
şi nu va mai trage folos din câştig;
va da înapoi tot ce a luat
şi nu se va mai bucura de el,
19 căci a asuprit pe săraci şi i-a lăsat să piară,
a dărâmat case şi nu le-a zidit la loc.
20 Lăcomia lui n-a cunoscut(K) margini,
dar nu va scăpa ce are mai scump.
21 Nimic nu scapă de lăcomia lui,
dar bunăstarea lui nu va ţine.
22 În mijlocul belşugului va fi în nevoie;
mâna tuturor ticăloşilor se va ridica asupra lui.
23 Şi iată, ca să-i umple pântecele,
Dumnezeu va trimite peste el focul mâniei Lui
şi-l va sătura(L) cu o ploaie de săgeţi.
24 Dacă va scăpa(M) de armele de fier,
îl va străpunge arcul de aramă.
25 Îşi smulge din trup săgeata, care scânteiază(N) la ieşirea din fierea lui,
şi îl apucă spaimele(O) morţii.
26 Toate nenorocirile sunt păstrate pentru comorile lui;
va fi mistuit de un foc(P) pe care nu-l va aprinde omul, şi ce va mai rămâne în cortul lui va fi ars de foc.
27 Cerurile îi vor dezveli fărădelegea,
şi pământul se va ridica împotriva lui.
28 Veniturile casei lui se vor pierde,
vor pieri în ziua mâniei lui Dumnezeu.
29 Aceasta(Q) este soarta pe care o păstrează Dumnezeu celui rău,
aceasta este moştenirea pe care i-o hotărăşte Dumnezeu.”

20 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Zophar

20 Then Zophar the Naamathite(A) replied:

“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
    because I am greatly disturbed.(B)
I hear a rebuke(C) that dishonors me,
    and my understanding inspires me to reply.

“Surely you know how it has been from of old,(D)
    ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,
that the mirth of the wicked(E) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(F) lasts but a moment.(G)
Though the pride(H) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(I)
    and his head touches the clouds,(J)
he will perish forever,(K) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(L)
Like a dream(M) he flies away,(N) no more to be found,
    banished(O) like a vision of the night.(P)
The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.(Q)
10 His children(R) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.(S)
11 The youthful vigor(T) that fills his bones(U)
    will lie with him in the dust.(V)

12 “Though evil(W) is sweet in his mouth
    and he hides it under his tongue,(X)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
    and lets it linger in his mouth,(Y)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(Z)
    it will become the venom of serpents(AA) within him.
15 He will spit out the riches(AB) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit(AC) them up.
16 He will suck the poison(AD) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.(AE)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers(AF) flowing with honey(AG) and cream.(AH)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(AI)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(AJ)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(AK) and left them destitute;(AL)
    he has seized houses(AM) he did not build.

20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(AN)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(AO)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.(AP)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(AQ)
    the full force of misery will come upon him.(AR)
23 When he has filled his belly,(AS)
    God will vent his burning anger(AT) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.(AU)
24 Though he flees(AV) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(AW)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
    the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors(AX) will come over him;(AY)
26     total darkness(AZ) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(BA) unfanned will consume him(BB)
    and devour what is left in his tent.(BC)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
    the earth will rise up against him.(BD)
28 A flood will carry off his house,(BE)
    rushing waters[b] on the day of God’s wrath.(BF)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
    the heritage appointed for them by God.”(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Job 20:4 Or Adam
  2. Job 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away