Job 20
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Segunda reprensión de Sofar a Job
20 Entonces Sofar el naamatita le dijo:
2 «Creo que estoy obligado a responderte.
No me puedo quedar callado.
3 Te he escuchado censurar mis reprensiones,
y mi inteligencia me obliga a responderte.
4 ¿Acaso no sabes que esto siempre ha sido así,
desde que hubo el primer hombre en la tierra?
5 La alegría del malvado no dura mucho.
El gozo del impío es sólo momentáneo.
6 Aunque su orgullo lo eleve hasta el cielo,
y crea alcanzar las nubes levantando la cabeza,
7 será, como basura, destruido para siempre,
y quienes lo hayan visto no volverán a verlo.
8 Se disipará, se esfumará como un sueño,
como una visión nocturna que nadie vuelve a tener.
9 Quienes lo conocieron, nunca más vuelven a verlo,
y en su pueblo natal nadie lo podrá reconocer.
10 Sus hijos pedirán la compasión de los pobres,
y devolverán lo que su padre haya robado.
11 Aunque ahora sea un hombre lleno de vigor,
en la tumba quedará convertido en polvo.
12 Solía deleitarse con la miel de su maldad,
que su lengua paladeaba con deleite;
13 si su maldad le parecía bien, no la dejaba,
sino que la saboreaba con fruición.
14 ¡Pero luego de comerla, le cambiará el sabor!
¡Será en sus entrañas como veneno de víboras!
15 ¡Se hartó de riquezas, y tendrá que devolverlas!
¡Dios hará que las arroje de su vientre!
16 ¡Absorberá el veneno mortal de áspides!
¡Una serpiente venenosa lo morderá,
17 y no volverá a ver los ríos ni los arroyos,
ni los torrentes de leche y miel!
18 »No disfrutará de sus riquezas injustas,
sino que todas ellas tendrá que devolverlas,
19 porque a los pobres los dejó en el desamparo,
y se adueñó de casas que él nunca construyó.
20 Por eso, nunca podrá vivir tranquilo,
pues en su ambición nada dejaba escapar.
21 Nunca nada se libró de su voracidad;
por eso su prosperidad no será duradera.
22 Su extremada abundancia le causará dolor,
y todo el poder del mal recaerá sobre él.
23 Cuando se siente a la mesa, dispuesto a comer,
Dios descargará todo el ardor de su ira
sobre él y sobre todo lo que coma.
24 Aunque huya de las armas de hierro,
caerá víctima de un arco de bronce:
25 una flecha le atravesará el cuerpo,
la punta de acero le perforará el hígado,
y le sobrevendrán terribles temores.
26 Una terrible oscuridad le está reservada;
un fuego no atizado lo consumirá,
y acabará con lo que aún quede de su casa.
27 Los cielos dejarán ver sus injusticias,
y la tierra se levantará para acusarlo.
28 El día que Dios tiene señalado para su ira,
sus hijos serán llevados al destierro y esparcidos.
29 Así castiga Dios a la gente malvada;
ésa es la herencia que Dios les ha asignado.»
Job 20
New King James Version
Zophar’s Sermon on the Wicked Man
20 Then (A)Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,
Because of the turmoil within me.
3 I have heard the rebuke [a]that reproaches me,
And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
4 “Do you not know this of (B)old,
Since man was placed on earth,
5 (C)That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a (D)moment?
6 (E)Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
And his head reaches to the clouds,
7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away (F)like a dream, and not be found;
Yes, he (G)will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 The eye that saw him will see him no more,
Nor will his place behold him anymore.
10 His children will seek the favor of the poor,
And his hands will restore his wealth.
11 His bones are full of (H)his youthful vigor,
(I)But it will lie down with him in the dust.
12 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
And he hides it under his tongue,
13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it,
But still keeps it in his [b]mouth,
14 Yet his food in his stomach turns sour;
It becomes cobra venom within him.
15 He swallows down riches
And vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue will slay him.
17 He will not see (J)the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 He will restore that for which he labored,
And will not swallow it down;
From the proceeds of business
He will get no enjoyment.
19 For he has [c]oppressed and forsaken the poor,
He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
20 “Because(K) he knows no quietness in his [d]heart,
He will not save anything he desires.
21 Nothing is left for him to eat;
Therefore his well-being will not last.
22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
Every hand of [e]misery will come against him.
23 When he is about to fill his stomach,
God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,
And will rain it on him while he is eating.
24 (L)He will flee from the iron weapon;
A bronze bow will pierce him through.
25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body;
Yes, (M)the glittering point comes out of his [f]gall.
(N)Terrors come upon him;
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
(O)An unfanned fire will consume him;
It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house will depart,
And his goods will flow away in the day of His (P)wrath.
29 (Q)This is the portion from God for a wicked man,
The heritage appointed to him by God.”
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