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Dios no hace caso a los malvados

35 Elihú continuó su discurso:

¿Crees que es justo afirmar:
“Tengo razón contra Dios”?
O decir: “¿Qué más le da?
¿qué saco yo con no pecar?”.
Voy a responder a tus argumentos
y, de paso, a los de tus amigos.
Contempla atento el cielo,
fíjate en las nubes tan altas.
¿Qué mal le causas a Dios cuando pecas
o en qué le afectan tus numerosos delitos?
Si eres honrado, ¿qué le das
o qué recibe de tu mano?
Tu maldad afectaría a alguien como tú;
tu honradez, a los seres humanos.
La gente protesta bajo la dura opresión,
pide socorro ante el poder del tirano;
10 pero no dice: “¿Dónde está mi Hacedor,
que llena la noche de cantos de júbilo
11 y nos hace más sabios
que las bestias de la tierra,
más inteligentes que las aves del cielo?”.
12 Algunos protestan, pero no responde;
el orgullo de los malvados tiene la culpa.
13 Dios no escucha falsedades,
el Todopoderoso no hace ni caso.
14 Y menos cuando dices: “No lo veo,
le he expuesto mi causa y espero”.
15 Pero como su cólera no estalla
ni parece prestar atención al delito,
16 Job abre su boca y echa viento,
multiplicando palabras sin sentido.

Elihu Answers Job

35 Then Elihu answered and said,

“Do you think this is according to (A)justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
For you say, ‘(B)What use will it be to [a]You?
(C)What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
I will respond to you,
And your friends with you.
(D)Look at the heavens and see;
And perceive (E)the clouds—they are higher than you.
If you have sinned, (F)what do you accomplish against Him?
And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
If you are righteous, (G)what do you give to Him,
Or what does He receive from your hand?
Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,
And your righteousness is for a son of man.

“Because of (H)many oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm (I)of many oppressors.
10 But (J)no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who (K)gives songs of praise in the night,
11 Who (L)teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12 There (M)they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely (N)God will not listen to [b]an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty perceive it.
14 How much less when (O)you say you do not perceive Him,
The (P)case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15 And now, because He has not visited in His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged [c]transgression well,
16 So Job opens his mouth vainly;
He multiplies words (Q)without knowledge.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 35:3 Or you
  2. Job 35:13 Or falsehood
  3. Job 35:15 Or arrogance