Job 4
Modern English Version
Eliphaz Speaks: Job Has Sinned
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2 “If one attempts a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?
3 Surely you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
4 Your words have raised up him who was falling,
and you have fortified the feeble knees.
5 But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;
it reaches even you, and you are terrified.
6 Is not your reverence your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 “Remember now, who being innocent ever perished?
Or where were the upright ever wiped out?
8 Just like I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble, reap the same.
9 By the breath of God they perish,
and by the blast of His anger they are destroyed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,
and the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 “Now a word was brought to me secretly,
and my ear received a whisper of it.
13 Amid disquieting thoughts from night visions,
when deep sleep falls on mortals,
14 terror and trembling came to me,
which made all my bones shake.
15 A breath of wind was passing before my face,
and the hair on my body was standing up.
16 It stood still,
but I could not recognize its appearance;
a form was in front of my eyes,
there was stillness, then I heard a voice saying:
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 He does not trust in His servants,
and He charges His angels with error;
19 Even more, those who dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed before the moth.
20 They are broken in pieces from morning to evening;
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
21 Are not their tent ropes plucked up,
so they die, even without wisdom?’
Job 4
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Primera respuesta de Elifaz
4 Elifaz le dijo a Job:
2 «Puede ser que no te guste
lo que tengo que decirte,
pero no puedo quedarme callado.
3 Si bien recuerdo,
tú fuiste maestro de muchos
y animabas a los desanimados;
4 palabras no te faltaban
para alentar a los tristes
y apoyar a los débiles.
5 Pero ahora que sufres,
no lo soportas
y te das por vencido.
6 Según tú, no haces nada malo,
¿por qué entonces desconfías de Dios?
7 »¡No me vayas a decir
que quien hace lo bueno
sufre y acaba mal!
8 He podido comprobar
que quien mal anda mal acaba.
9 »Cuando Dios se enoja,
con un soplo destruye al malvado,
10-11 y aunque ruja o gruña como león,
Dios le romperá los dientes.
Como no podrá comer,
se morirá de hambre,
y sus hijos tendrán que huir.
12 »Alguien me confió un secreto,
que apenas pude escuchar.
13 Mientras todo el mundo dormía,
tuve un sueño, y perdí la calma.
14 ¡Fue tanto el miedo que sentí,
que todo el cuerpo me temblaba!
15 Sentí en la cara un viento helado,
y se me erizaron los pelos.
16 ¡Sabía que alguien estaba allí,
pero no podía verlo!
Todo alrededor era silencio.
De pronto oí que alguien decía:
17 “Nadie es mejor que su creador.
¡Ante él, no hay inocentes!
18 Dios ni en sus ángeles confía,
pues hasta ellos le fallan;
19 ¡mucho menos va a confiar
en nosotros los humanos!
Estamos hechos de barro,
y somos frágiles como polillas.
20-21 ”En esta vida estamos de paso;
un día nacemos
y otro día morimos.
¡Desaparecemos para siempre,
sin que a nadie le importe!
¡Morimos sin llegar a ser sabios!”
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