Job 3
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Las quejas de Job
3 Llegó el momento en que Job ya no pudo más y comenzó a maldecir el día en que nació. 2 Entonces, dijo:
3 «¡Maldito sea el día en que nací!
Maldita la noche en que anunciaron:
“¡Fue niño!”
4-6 ¡Que borren del calendario ese día!
¡Que nadie se acuerde de él,
ni siquiera el Dios del cielo!
¡Que sea arrojado en las tinieblas
y todos se olviden de él!
7 »¡Que en esa noche
nadie vuelva a nacer!
¡Que nadie grite de alegría!
8 ¡Que maldigan ese día
los que tienen poder
sobre el monstruo del mar!
9 ¡Que ese día no salga el sol
ni se vea la estrella de la mañana,
10 porque me dejó nacer
en un mundo de miserias!
11-13 »Mejor hubiera nacido muerto.
¡Así nadie me habría abrazado
ni me habría amamantado,
y ahora estaría descansando en paz!
14-15 ¡Estaría en la compañía
de esos reyes, gobernantes y consejeros
que construyeron grandes monumentos
y llenaron de oro y plata sus palacios!
16 »Mejor me hubieran enterrado
como se entierra a los niños
que nacen antes de tiempo
y nunca llegan a ver el sol.
17-18 Para los cansados y prisioneros,
la muerte es un descanso,
pues ya no oyen gritar al capataz.
Con la muerte, los malvados
dejan de hacer destrozos.
19 En la muerte se encuentran
los débiles y los poderosos,
y los esclavos se libran de sus amos.
20 »¿Por qué nos deja nacer Dios
si en la vida sólo vamos a sufrir?
¿Por qué deja seguir viviendo
a los que viven amargados?
21 Buscan con ansias la muerte,
como si buscaran un tesoro escondido.
Quisieran morirse,
pero la muerte no llega.
22 ¡Muy grande sería su alegría
si pudieran bajar a la tumba!
23 »Dios nos cierra el paso
y nos hace caminar a ciegas.
24 Lágrimas y quejas
son todo mi alimento.
25-26 Ya he perdido la paz.
Mis peores temores
se han hecho realidad».
Job 3
New King James Version
Job Deplores His Birth
3 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job [a]spoke, and said:
3 “May(A) the day perish on which I was born,
And the night in which it was said,
‘A male child is conceived.’
4 May that day be darkness;
May God above not seek it,
Nor the light shine upon it.
5 May darkness and (B)the shadow of death claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, may darkness seize it;
May it not [b]rejoice among the days of the year,
May it not come into the number of the months.
7 Oh, may that night be barren!
May no joyful shout come into it!
8 May those curse it who curse the day,
Those (C)who are ready to arouse Leviathan.
9 May the stars of its morning be dark;
May it look for light, but have none,
And not see the [c]dawning of the day;
10 Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.
11 “Why(D) did I not die at birth?
Why did I not [d]perish when I came from the womb?
12 (E)Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest
14 With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who (F)built ruins for themselves,
15 Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver;
16 Or why was I not hidden (G)like a stillborn child,
Like infants who never saw light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
And there the [e]weary are at (H)rest.
18 There the prisoners [f]rest together;
(I)They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.
20 “Why(J) is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the (K)bitter of soul,
21 Who (L)long[g] for death, but it does not come,
And search for it more than (M)hidden treasures;
22 Who rejoice exceedingly,
And are glad when they can find the (N)grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
(O)And whom God has hedged in?
24 For my sighing comes before [h]I eat,
And my groanings pour out like water.
25 For the thing I greatly (P)feared has come upon me,
And what I dreaded has happened to me.
26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.”
Job 3
English Standard Version
Job Laments His Birth
3 After this Job (A)opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said:
3 (B)“Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’
4 Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
5 Let gloom and (C)deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 That night—let thick darkness seize it!
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Behold, let that night be barren;
let no joyful cry enter it.
8 Let those curse it who curse the day,
who are ready to rouse up (D)Leviathan.
9 Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light, but have none,
nor see (E)the eyelids of the morning,
10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “Why (F)did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
12 Why did (G)the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13 For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
14 with kings and counselors of the earth
who (H)rebuilt ruins for themselves,
15 or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16 Or why was I not as a hidden (I)stillborn child,
as infants who never see the light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at (J)rest.
18 There the prisoners are at ease together;
they hear not the voice of (K)the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there,
and the slave is free from his master.
20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to (L)the bitter in soul,
21 who (M)long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for (N)hidden treasures,
22 who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose (O)way is hidden,
whom God has (P)hedged in?
24 For my sighing comes (Q)instead of[a] my bread,
and my (R)groanings are poured out like water.
25 (S)For the thing that I fear comes upon me,
and what I dread befalls me.
26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, but trouble comes.”
Footnotes
- Job 3:24 Or like; Hebrew before
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