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Job 38
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Job 38
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Dios responde a Job
38 Dios le respondió a Job desde la tormenta:
2 «¿Quién eres tú
para dudar de mi sabiduría,
si sólo tonterías has dicho?
3 ¡Vamos a ver qué tan valiente eres!
Ahora yo voy a hablar,
y tú me vas a escuchar.
4 »Si de veras sabes tanto,
dime dónde estabas
cuando puse las bases de la tierra.
5 ¡Tú no sabes
quién la midió metro a metro,
6 quién puso la primera piedra
y en qué descansan sus cimientos!
7 ¡Tú no estabas allí,
mientras cantaban las estrellas
y los ángeles danzaban!
8-11 »Dime quién puso límites al mar
cuando éste cubrió la tierra;
dime cuándo lo envolví entre nubes
y lo dejé en la oscuridad;
dime cuándo les mandé a las olas
no pasar más allá de la playa.
12 »¿Alguna vez en tu vida
le has dado órdenes al sol
para que comience un nuevo día?
13 ¿Alguna vez en tu vida
le has dado órdenes a la tierra
para que se quite de encima
a los malvados?
14 Cuando la luz del nuevo día
se asoma tras las montañas,
15 los malvados no soportan su luz,
y allí se acaba su poder.
16 »¿Has bajado al fondo del mar
para ver dónde nace el agua?
17 ¿Has bajado al reino de la muerte
y visitado a los muertos?
18 Si en verdad lo sabes todo,
dime cuánto mide la tierra.
19 »¿Sabes dónde viven
la luz y la oscuridad?
20 ¿Puedes llevarlas al trabajo,
y regresarlas a su casa?
21 ¡Claro que no!
No has vivido tantos años
ni naciste antes que ellas.
22 »¿Has estado en los depósitos
donde guardo la nieve y el granizo?
23 Yo los tengo guardados
para los tiempos de guerra
y para castigar a los malvados.
24 ¿Sabes hacia dónde
se dirigen los relámpagos,
y a qué regiones de la tierra
viajan los vientos del este?
25 ¿Sabes quién deja caer
las lluvias torrenciales,
26 y quién riega los desiertos,
donde nadie vive?
27 ¿Quién riega los campos secos
y los convierte en verdes prados?
28 ¿Quién produce la lluvia y el rocío?
29-30 ¡Dime de dónde salen
el hielo y la escarcha,
cuando el agua del mar profundo
se endurece como la roca!
31-32 »¿Puedes hacer que las estrellas
se agrupen en constelaciones
y aparezcan todas las noches?
Allí tienes a la Osa Mayor, a Orión,
las Siete Cabritas y la Cruz del Sur.
33 ¡Si no sabes gobernar la tierra,
cómo podrías gobernar el cielo!
34 »¿Puedes ordenar que llueva
con sólo levantar la voz?
35 ¿Puedes darle órdenes al rayo,
y hacer que te obedezca?
36 Dime quién les dio sabiduría
al gallo y a las otras aves.
37 Dime si eres capaz
de contar las nubes
y hacer que llueva
38 para humedecer la tierra
cuando ésta se reseca.
39 »Tú no consigues comida
para las leonas y sus cachorros,
40 mientras duermen o descansan
en el fondo de sus cuevas.
41 Tú no alimentas a los cuervos,
cuando sus polluelos andan perdidos
y me piden de comer.
Job 38
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Job 38
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Nagsalita ang Panginoon
38 Pagkatapos, sinagot ng Panginoon si Job mula sa ipu-ipo, sinabi niya,
2 “Sino ka na nag-aalinlangan sa aking karunungan? Ang mga sinasabi moʼy nagpapatunay lang na wala kang nalalaman. 3 Humanda ka. Sagutin mo ang aking mga tanong.
4 “Nasaan ka noong nilikha ko ang pundasyon ng daigdig? Kung talagang may alam ka, sabihin mo sa akin. 5 Alam mo ba kung sino ang nagpasya ng magiging lawak ng pundasyon at sukat nito? 6 Sino ang may hawak ng pundasyon ng mundo? At sino ang naglagay ng pundasyon na ito 7 habang sama-samang umaawit ang mga bituin sa umaga at nagsisigawan sa tuwa ang lahat ng anghel?[a]
8 “Sino ang naglagay ng hangganan sa dagat nang bumulwak ito mula sa kailaliman? 9 Ako ang naglagay ng makapal na ulap at kadiliman bilang takip ng dagat. 10 Nilagyan ko ng hangganan ang dagat; parang pintuang isinara at nilagyan ng trangka. 11 Sinabihan ko ang dagat, ‘Hanggang dito ka lang at huwag kang lalampas; hanggang dito lang ang malalaki mong alon.’
12 “Minsan ba sa buhay mo Job ay nautusan mo ang umaga na magbukang-liwayway 13 para ang ningning nito ay lumiwanag sa buong mundo at mapatigil ang kasamaang ginagawa kapag madilim? 14 At dahil sa sikat ng araw, ang daigdig ay malinaw na nakikita katulad ng marka ng pantatak at lukot ng damit. 15 Ang liwanag ay nakakapigil sa masasama, dahil hindi sila makakagawa ng karahasan sa iba.
16 “Ikaw baʼy nakapunta na sa mga bukal na nasa ilalim ng dagat o sa pinakamalalim na bahagi ng dagat? 17 Naipakita na ba sa iyo ang mga pintuan patungo sa lugar ng mga patay? 18 Alam mo ba kung gaano kalaki itong mundo? Sabihin mo sa akin kung alam mo ang lahat ng ito!
19 “Alam mo ba kung saan nanggaling ang liwanag at dilim? 20 At kaya mo ba silang pabalikin sa kanilang pinanggalingan? 21 Oo nga pala, alam mo ang lahat ng ito dahil ipinanganak ka na bago pa likhain ang mga ito at matagal na panahon ka nang nabubuhay!
22 “Nakapunta ka na ba sa lugar na pinanggagalingan ng nyebe o ulan na yelo? 23 Ang mga yelong itoʼy inihahanda ko para sa panahon ng kaguluhan at digmaan. 24 Alam mo ba ang daan patungo sa lugar na pinanggagalingan ng kidlat,[b] o sa lugar na pinanggagalingan ng hanging silangan? 25 Sino nga ba ang gumawa ng dadaanan ng ulan at ng bagyo? 26 Sino nga ba ang nagpapadala ng ulan sa disyerto, sa lugar na walang nakatirang tao? 27 Sino ang nagpapadala ng ulan sa ilang para tumubo ang mga damo? 28 Sino ang ama ng ulan, ng hamog, 29 at ng yelong mula sa langit? 30 Ang tubig ay nagyeyelo na kasingtigas ng bato, pati na ang itaas na bahagi ng dagat.
31 “Kaya mo bang talian o kalagan ng tali ang grupo ng mga bituin na tinatawag na Pleyades at Orion? 32 Mapapatnubayan mo ba ang mga bituin na lumabas sa tamang oras? Maituturo mo ba sa grupo ng mga bituing tinatawag na Malaki at Maliit na Oso ang kanilang daan? 33 Alam mo ba ang mga tuntuning umiiral sa kalangitan?[c] Ito kayaʼy mapapairal mo rito sa mundo?
34 “Mauutusan mo ba ang ulap na umulan? 35 Mauutusan mo ba ang kidlat na kumislap? Mapapasunod mo kaya ito? 36 Sino ang nagbibigay ng karunungan at pang-unawa ng tao? 37 Sinong napakarunong ang makakabilang ng mga ulap? Sinong makakapagbuhos ng tubig mula sa langit 38 upang ang mga tuyong alikabok ay maging buo-buong putik?
39 “Maihahanap mo ba ng pagkain ang mga leon para sila ay mabusog 40 habang silaʼy nagtatago sa kanilang lungga o sa maliliit na punongkahoy? 41 Sino ang nagpapakain sa mga uwak kapag silaʼy nagugutom at kapag ang mga inakay nilaʼy humihingi ng pagkain sa akin?
Job 38
New International Version
Job 38
New International Version
The Lord Speaks
38 Then the Lord spoke to Job(A) out of the storm.(B) He said:
2 “Who is this that obscures my plans(C)
with words without knowledge?(D)
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.(E)
4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(F)
Tell me, if you understand.(G)
5 Who marked off its dimensions?(H) Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line(I) across it?
6 On what were its footings set,(J)
or who laid its cornerstone(K)—
7 while the morning stars(L) sang together(M)
and all the angels[a](N) shouted for joy?(O)
8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors(P)
when it burst forth from the womb,(Q)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,(R)
10 when I fixed limits for it(S)
and set its doors and bars in place,(T)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(U)
here is where your proud waves halt’?(V)
12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,(W)
or shown the dawn its place,(X)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked(Y) out of it?(Z)
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;(AA)
its features stand out like those of a garment.
15 The wicked are denied their light,(AB)
and their upraised arm is broken.(AC)
16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?(AD)
17 Have the gates of death(AE) been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?(AF)
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?(AG)
Tell me, if you know all this.(AH)
19 “What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?(AI)
20 Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths(AJ) to their dwellings?
21 Surely you know, for you were already born!(AK)
You have lived so many years!
22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow(AL)
or seen the storehouses(AM) of the hail,(AN)
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,(AO)
for days of war and battle?(AP)
24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,(AQ)
or the place where the east winds(AR) are scattered over the earth?(AS)
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,(AT)
26 to water(AU) a land where no one lives,
an uninhabited desert,(AV)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
and make it sprout with grass?(AW)
28 Does the rain have a father?(AX)
Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb comes the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens(AY)
30 when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?(AZ)
31 “Can you bind the chains[b] of the Pleiades?
Can you loosen Orion’s belt?(BA)
32 Can you bring forth the constellations(BB) in their seasons[c]
or lead out the Bear[d] with its cubs?(BC)
33 Do you know the laws(BD) of the heavens?(BE)
Can you set up God’s[e] dominion over the earth?
34 “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?(BF)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(BG)
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[f](BH)
or gives the rooster understanding?[g](BI)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars(BJ) of the heavens(BK)
38 when the dust becomes hard(BL)
and the clods of earth stick together?(BM)
Footnotes
- Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God
- Job 38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty
- Job 38:32 Or the morning star in its season
- Job 38:32 Or out Leo
- Job 38:33 Or their
- Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
- Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
Job 38
King James Version
Job 38
King James Version
38 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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