Job 33
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Eliú censura a Job
33 »Por tanto, Job, oye ahora mi discurso,
Y presta atención a todas mis palabras(A).
2 -»Ahora abro mi boca,
En mi paladar habla mi lengua.
3 -»Mis palabras proceden de la rectitud de mi corazón,
Y con sinceridad mis labios hablan lo que saben[a](B).
4 -»El Espíritu de Dios me ha hecho(C),
Y el aliento del Todopoderoso[b] me da vida(D).
5 -»Contradíceme si puedes(E);
Colócate delante de mí, ponte en pie.
6 -»Yo, al igual que tú, pertenezco a Dios;
Del barro yo también he sido formado[c](F).
7 -»Mi temor no te debe espantar,
Ni mi mano[d] agravarse sobre ti(G).
8 ¶»Ciertamente has hablado a oídos míos,
Y el sonido de tus palabras he oído:
9 “Yo soy limpio(H), sin transgresión(I);
Soy inocente y en mí no hay culpa(J).
10 -”Dios busca[e] pretextos contra mí;
Me tiene como Su enemigo(K).
11 -”Pone mis pies en el cepo;
Vigila todas mis sendas(L)”.
12 -»Pero déjame decirte[f] que no tienes razón en esto,
Porque Dios es más grande que el hombre(M).
13 ¶»¿Por qué te quejas contra Él,
Diciendo que no da cuenta de todas Sus acciones(N)?
14 -»Ciertamente Dios habla una vez,
Y otra vez[g](O), pero nadie se da cuenta de ello.
15 -»(P)En un sueño, en una visión nocturna,
Cuando un sueño profundo cae sobre los hombres,
Mientras dormitan en sus lechos,
16 Entonces Él abre el oído de los hombres,
Y sella su instrucción(Q),
17 Para apartar al hombre de sus obras,
Y del orgullo guardarlo[h];
18 Libra su alma de la fosa(R)
Y su vida de pasar al Seol[i](S).
19 ¶»El hombre es castigado también con dolor en su lecho,
Y con queja continua en sus huesos(T),
20 Para que su vida aborrezca el pan,
Y su alma el alimento favorito(U).
21 -»Su carne desaparece a la vista(V),
Y sus huesos que no se veían, aparecen(W).
22 -»Entonces su alma se acerca a la fosa(X),
Y su vida a los que causan la muerte.
23 ¶»Si hay un ángel que sea su mediador(Y),
Uno entre mil,
Para declarar al hombre lo que es bueno para él[j],
24 Y que tenga piedad de él, y diga:
“Líbralo de descender a la fosa(Z),
He hallado su rescate(AA)”;
25 Que su carne se vuelva más tierna que en su juventud,
Que regrese a los días de su vigor juvenil.
26 -»Entonces orará a Dios, y Él lo aceptará(AB),
Para que vea con gozo Su rostro(AC),
Y restaure Su justicia al hombre.
27 -»Cantará él a los hombres y dirá:
“He pecado(AD) y pervertido lo que es justo(AE),
Y no es apropiado para mí.
28 -Ӄl ha redimido mi alma de descender a la fosa,
Y mi vida verá la luz(AF)”.
29 ¶»Dios hace todo esto con frecuencia[k] a los hombres(AG),
30 Para rescatar su alma de la fosa(AH),
Para que sea iluminado con la luz de la vida.
31 -»Pon atención, Job, escúchame;
Guarda silencio y déjame hablar.
32 -»Si algo tienes que decir[l], respóndeme;
Habla, porque deseo justificarte.
33 -»Si no, escúchame;
Pon atención y te enseñaré sabiduría(AI)».
Job 33
English Standard Version
Elihu Rebukes Job
33 “But now, hear my speech, O Job,
and listen to all my words.
2 Behold, I (A)open my mouth;
the tongue in my mouth speaks.
3 My words declare the uprightness of my heart,
and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
4 (B)The Spirit of God has made me,
and (C)the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 (D)Answer me, if you can;
(E)set your words in order before me; take your stand.
6 Behold, I am toward God as you are;
I too was pinched off from a piece of (F)clay.
7 Behold, no (G)fear of me need terrify you;
my (H)pressure will not be heavy upon you.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my ears,
and I have heard the sound of your words.
9 You say, ‘I am (I)pure, without (J)transgression;
I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
10 Behold, he finds occasions against me,
he (K)counts me as his enemy,
11 he (L)puts my feet in the stocks
and (M)watches all my paths.’
12 “Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you,
for God is greater than man.
13 Why do you (N)contend against him,
saying, ‘He (O)will answer none of man's[a] words’?[b]
14 For God (P)speaks in one way,
(Q)and in two, though man (R)does not perceive it.
15 In (S)a dream, in (T)a vision of (U)the night,
when (V)deep sleep falls on men,
while they slumber on their beds,
16 then he (W)opens the ears of men
and terrifies[c] them with warnings,
17 that he may turn man aside from his (X)deed
and conceal pride from a man;
18 he keeps back his soul from the pit,
his life from (Y)perishing by the sword.
19 “Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed
and with continual strife in his (Z)bones,
20 so that his (AA)life loathes bread,
and his appetite (AB)the choicest food.
21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
and his bones that were not seen (AC)stick out.
22 His soul draws near (AD)the pit,
and his life to (AE)those who bring death.
23 If there be for him (AF)an angel,
(AG)a mediator, (AH)one of the thousand,
to declare to man what is (AI)right for him,
24 and he is merciful to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;
I have found (AJ)a ransom;
25 let his flesh (AK)become fresh with youth;
let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
26 then man[d] (AL)prays to God, and he accepts him;
he (AM)sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he (AN)restores to man his righteousness.
27 He sings before men and says:
‘I (AO)sinned and perverted what was right,
and it was not repaid to me.
28 He has redeemed my (AP)soul from going down (AQ)into the pit,
and my life shall (AR)look upon the light.’
29 “Behold, God does all these things,
twice, (AS)three times, with a man,
30 to bring back his soul from the pit,
that he may be lighted with (AT)the light of life.
31 Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
be silent, and I will speak.
32 If you have any words, (AU)answer me;
(AV)speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 If not, (AW)listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
Job 33
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 33
1 Therefore, O Job, hear my discourse;
listen to all my words.
2 Behold, now I open my mouth;
my tongue and voice form words.
3 I will state directly what is in my mind,
my lips shall speak knowledge clearly;
4 For the spirit of God made me,
the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive.(A)
5 If you are able, refute me;
draw up your arguments and take your stand.
6 Look, I am like you before God,
I too was pinched from clay.[a](B)
7 Therefore fear of me should not dismay you,
nor should I weigh heavily upon you.
8 But you have said in my hearing,
as I listened to the sound of your words:
9 “I am clean, without transgression;
I am innocent, there is no guilt in me.(C)
10 Yet he invents pretexts against me
and counts me as an enemy.[b](D)
11 He puts my feet in the stocks,
watches all my paths!”(E)
12 In this you are not just, let me tell you;
for God is greater than mortals.
13 Why, then, do you make complaint against him
that he gives no reply to their words?(F)
14 For God does speak, once,
even twice, though you do not see it:[c]
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls upon mortals
as they slumber in their beds.
16 It is then he opens their ears
and with a warning, terrifies them,
17 By turning mortals from acting
and keeping pride away from a man,
18 He holds his soul from the pit,
his life from passing to the grave.
19 Or he is chastened on a bed of pain,
suffering continually in his bones,
20 So that to his appetite food is repulsive,
his throat rejects the choicest nourishment.(G)
21 His flesh is wasted, it cannot be seen;
bones, once invisible, appear;
22 His soul draws near to the pit,
his life to the place of the dead.
23 If then there be a divine messenger,[d]
a mediator, one out of a thousand,
to show him what is right,
24 He will take pity on him and say,
“Deliver him from going down to the pit;
I have found him a ransom.”
25 Then his flesh shall become soft as a boy’s;
he shall be again as in the days of his youth.
26 He shall pray and God will favor him;
he shall see God’s face with rejoicing;(H)
for he restores a person’s righteousness.
27 He shall sing before all and say,
“I sinned and did wrong,
yet I was not punished accordingly.
28 He delivered me from passing to the pit,
and my life sees light.”
29 See, all these things God does,
two, even three times, for a man,
30 Bringing back his soul from the pit
to the light, in the light of the living.
31 Be attentive, Job, listen to me!
Be silent and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say, then answer me.
Speak out! I should like to see you justified.
33 If not, then you listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
Footnotes
- 33:6 Pinched from clay: a reference to the tradition that human beings were made from clay; cf. Gn 2:7; Jb 10:9; Is 64:7.
- 33:10 Enemy: see note on 1:1; cf. 13:24.
- 33:14 Elihu asserts that God speaks through warning in dream and also through pain. However, his presupposition is that the restored person admits sinfulness (v. 27). This of course is not relevant to Job’s situation.
- 33:23 Divine messenger: or “angel,” one of the thousands who serve as mediators.
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