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Job 20
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Job 20
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
La justicia divina es inflexible
20 Sofar de Naamat respondió:
2 Mi turbación me obliga a contestar,
debido a la impaciencia que siento.
3 He oído una reflexión bochornosa,
y mi inteligencia me inspira la respuesta.
4 ¿No sabes tú que ya desde antaño,
desde que la humanidad existe,
5 el triunfo del malvado es pasajero,
efímera la alegría del impío?
6 Aunque su talla alcance los cielos
y su cabeza llegue a las nubes,
7 desaparece para siempre, como estiércol;
los que lo vieron preguntan: “¿Dónde está?”.
8 Vuela como un sueño pasajero,
se esfuma como visión nocturna.
9 El ojo que lo vio ya no lo ve,
su morada ya no lo contempla.
10 Sus hijos piden limosna a los mendigos,
pues tuvo que abandonar sus bienes.
11 Aunque sus huesos desborden energía,
acabarán con él en el polvo.
12 Aunque le sepa dulce la maldad
y la guarde debajo de la lengua,
13 —atento a no dejarla escapar
y reteniéndola pegada al paladar—,
14 acabará pudriéndose en su vientre,
transformada en veneno de víboras.
15 Vomitará la riqueza que devoró,
Dios hace que la eche del vientre.
16 Chupaba ponzoña de víboras,
lo matará la lengua del áspid.
17 No disfrutará de arroyos de aceite,
de torrentes de miel y requesón.
18 Devolverá sus ganancias sin catarlas,
sin gozar del fruto de sus negocios,
19 pues defraudó sin pudor al pobre,
robando casas que no construyó.
20 Su vientre no se veía satisfecho,
nada escapaba a su ambición;
21 comió sin dejar nada a los demás,
así que no durará su prosperidad.
22 En plena abundancia sucumbirá,
la mano de la desgracia lo alcanzará.
23 Para que el malvado sacie su vientre,
Dios le enviará su cólera ardiente,
como lluvia que le sirva de alimento.
24 Aunque evite el arma de hierro,
la flecha de bronce lo traspasará;
25 intentará arrancarla de su espalda,
de su hígado la punta bruñida,
pero los terrores se abatirán sobre él.
26 Lo acosan profundas tinieblas,
lo consume un fuego no atizado
que devora los restos de su tienda.
27 El cielo desvela su culpa,
la tierra, en pie, lo denuncia.
28 Un diluvio arrambla con su casa,
los torrentes del día de la cólera.
29 Esto es lo que Dios depara al malvado,
la herencia que le tiene reservada.
Job 20
New International Version
Job 20
New International Version
Zophar
20 Then Zophar the Naamathite(A) replied:
2 “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because I am greatly disturbed.(B)
3 I hear a rebuke(C) that dishonors me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old,(D)
ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,
5 that the mirth of the wicked(E) is brief,
the joy of the godless(F) lasts but a moment.(G)
6 Though the pride(H) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(I)
and his head touches the clouds,(J)
7 he will perish forever,(K) like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(L)
8 Like a dream(M) he flies away,(N) no more to be found,
banished(O) like a vision of the night.(P)
9 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)
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