Job 30
La Palabra (España)
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30 Pero ahora se burlan de mí
muchachos más jóvenes que yo,
a cuyos padres no habría puesto
al frente de los perros de mi rebaño.
2 La fuerza de sus brazos no servía,
pues estaban carentes de vigor.
3 Agotados por la hambruna y la miseria,
andaban royendo por la estepa,
de noche, en desolada soledad;
4 buscaban armuelle entre las matas,
comían raíces de retama.
5 Aislados de la vida en sociedad,
ahuyentados lo mismo que ladrones,
6 vivían en taludes de barrancas,
en grutas y en grietas de la roca;
7 aullaban metidos en la maleza,
refugiados debajo de espinos.
8 ¡Gente villana y sin nombre,
expulsada a golpes del país!
9 Pero ahora me sacan coplas,
convertido en tema de sus burlas;
10 se alejan de mí, me aborrecen,
e incluso me escupen al pasar.
11 Dios me ha debilitado y afligido,
por eso me humillan desenfrenados.
12 A mi derecha se alza una chusma
que hace que mis pasos flaqueen,
que piensa el modo de exterminarme.
13 Deshacen mi sendero,
traman con afán mi ruina,
nadie les pone freno;
14 irrumpen como por ancha brecha,
al asalto, en medio del estruendo.
15 Se desatan contra mí los terrores,
se llevan como viento mi dignidad,
como nube se disipa mi prestigio.
16 Entretanto mi vida se diluye:
me tocan jornadas de aflicción,
17 la noche perfora mis huesos,
pues no duerme el dolor que me roe.
18 [Dios] me agarra violento por la ropa,
me sofoca con el cuello de la túnica,
19 me arroja por tierra, en el fango,
confundido con el barro y la ceniza.
20 Te pido auxilio y no respondes;
me presento ante ti y no haces caso.
21 Te has convertido en mi verdugo
y tu potente brazo se ceba en mí.
22 Me arrebatas a lomos del viento,
sacudido indefenso por el huracán.
23 Ya sé que me devuelves a la muerte,
donde todos los vivos se dan cita.
24 ¿No tendí yo la mano al necesitado
que me pedía ayuda angustiado?
25 ¿No lloré por el que vive en apuros?
¿No mostré compasión por el indigente?
26 Esperaba la dicha y llegó el fracaso;
anhelaba la luz y vino la oscuridad.
27 Me hierven las entrañas sin parar,
esperando jornadas de aflicción.
28 Mi vida discurre sombría, sin sol;
pido auxilio, de pie ante la asamblea.
29 Convertido en pariente de chacales
comparto la amistad con avestruces.
30 Mi piel ha quedado curtida,
mis huesos arden por la fiebre.
31 Mi lira está afinada para el duelo,
mi flauta acompaña a plañideras.
Job 30
Traducción en lenguaje actual
30 »¡Ahora resulta que soy
la burla de unos chiquillos!
¡Yo ni a sus padres les confiaría
el trabajo de mis perros ovejeros!
2 ¡Con ellos como empleados,
me hubiera quedado pobre!
3 ¡Toda la noche la pasan
en los lugares más apartados,
sufriendo de hambre y dolor!
4 ¡Andan entre los matorrales,
juntando hierbas amargas
y comiendo sólo raíces!
5 Nadie en el pueblo los quiere,
pues los acusan de ladrones.
6 Por eso tienen que vivir
en el lecho de arroyos secos,
en cuevas y entre las rocas;
7 andan entre los matorrales,
rebuznando como burros.
8 Son gente de mala fama;
¡por eso los echaron del país!
9 »¡Ahora resulta que soy
la burla de esos chiquillos!
10 ¡Me escupen en la cara,
y con asco se apartan de mí!
11 Ahora que Dios me humilló,
y me encuentro indefenso,
descaradamente me ofenden.
12 Estos bandidos me atacan
por el lado derecho;
me rodean como un ejército,
y me hacen retroceder.
13 Sin ayuda de nadie
me cierran el paso,
pues me quieren destruir.
14 Me atacan como un ejército
cuando ha conquistado una ciudad
y avanza entre los escombros.
15 Estoy temblando de miedo,
mi dignidad se va perdiendo;
he perdido la esperanza de triunfar.
16 »Ya la vida se me escapa;
los días de aflicción me aplastan.
17 No tiene fin el dolor
que sufro por las noches;
18 me oprime y me ahoga,
como soga al cuello;
19 me convierte en ceniza
y me deja caer en el fango.
20 »Dios mío, yo te llamo,
pero tú no me respondes;
me presento ante ti,
y tú apenas me miras.
21 Eres muy cruel conmigo;
me golpeas con tu brazo poderoso,
22 me levantas con el viento,
y me lanzas a la tormenta,
23 y un día me arrojarás a la tumba,
que es nuestro destino final.
24 »Yo nunca le negué ayuda
a quien me la pidió.
25 Al contrario,
he llorado con los que sufren,
y me he dolido con los pobres.
26 Pero vinieron los días malos
cuando esperaba mejores tiempos;
llegaron los días de sombras
cuando esperaba la luz.
27 Todo el tiempo estoy inquieto;
me enfrento a días de aflicción.
28 Estoy triste, como un día nublado,
pues pido ayuda a mi gente
y los jefes no me la dan.
29 Las lechuzas y los chacales
son mis amigos y mis hermanos.
30 La piel se me pudre
y se me cae a pedazos;
estoy ardiendo en fiebre.
31 De mi arpa y de mi flauta
brotan notas de tristeza.
Job 30
King James Version
30 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Job 30
New International Version
30 “But now they mock me,(A)
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.(B)
2 Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
since their vigor had gone from them?
3 Haggard from want and hunger,
they roamed[a] the parched land(C)
in desolate wastelands(D) at night.(E)
4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,(F)
and their food[b] was the root of the broom bush.(G)
5 They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.(H)
7 They brayed(I) among the bushes(J)
and huddled in the undergrowth.
8 A base and nameless brood,(K)
they were driven out of the land.(L)
9 “And now those young men mock me(M) in song;(N)
I have become a byword(O) among them.
10 They detest me(P) and keep their distance;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(Q)
11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(R) and afflicted me,(S)
they throw off restraint(T) in my presence.
12 On my right(U) the tribe[c] attacks;
they lay snares(V) for my feet,(W)
they build their siege ramps against me.(X)
13 They break up my road;(Y)
they succeed in destroying me.(Z)
‘No one can help him,’ they say.
14 They advance as through a gaping breach;(AA)
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
15 Terrors(AB) overwhelm me;(AC)
my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
my safety vanishes like a cloud.(AD)
16 “And now my life ebbs away;(AE)
days of suffering grip me.(AF)
17 Night pierces my bones;
my gnawing pains never rest.(AG)
18 In his great power(AH) God becomes like clothing to me[d];
he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19 He throws me into the mud,(AI)
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.(AJ)
20 “I cry out to you,(AK) God, but you do not answer;(AL)
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21 You turn on me ruthlessly;(AM)
with the might of your hand(AN) you attack me.(AO)
22 You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;(AP)
you toss me about in the storm.(AQ)
23 I know you will bring me down to death,(AR)
to the place appointed for all the living.(AS)
24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(AT)
when he cries for help in his distress.(AU)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(AV)
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(AW)
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, then came darkness.(AX)
27 The churning inside me never stops;(AY)
days of suffering confront me.(AZ)
28 I go about blackened,(BA) but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(BB)
29 I have become a brother of jackals,(BC)
a companion of owls.(BD)
30 My skin grows black(BE) and peels;(BF)
my body burns with fever.(BG)
31 My lyre is tuned to mourning,(BH)
and my pipe(BI) to the sound of wailing.
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