Octava respuesta de Job
1 Job volvió a tomar la palabra y dijo:
2 «Dios me tiene amargado
y no quiere hacerme justicia,
pero juro en su nombre
3 que mientras yo tenga vida
4 jamás diré otra cosa
que no sea la verdad.
5-6 Mientras tenga yo vida,
insistiré en mi inocencia
y jamás les daré la razón.
¡No tengo de qué avergonzarme!
7 »¡Dios quiera que mis enemigos
tengan la muerte que merecen
los injustos y malvados!
8 No hay esperanza para el malvado
si Dios le quita la vida.
9 Cuando los domina la angustia,
Dios no escucha sus ruegos,
10 pues el malvado no ama a Dios
y jamás le pide ayuda.
11 »Voy a mostrarles el poder de Dios
y no ocultaré sus planes,
12 pero si ya los conocen,
¿por qué dicen tantas tonterías?»
Tercera participación de Zofar
13 Zofar respondió:
«Dios espera el momento
de castigar a los malvados;
y este será su castigo:
14 Aunque tengan muchos hijos,
unos morirán de hambre
y otros, en la guerra.
15 Si algunos quedan con vida,
morirán de alguna enfermedad
y sus viudas no llorarán por ellos.
16 Aunque lleguen a amontonar
mucha plata y vestidos,
17 la gente buena e inocente
disfrutará de todo eso.
18 »¡Resiste más una telaraña,
o una choza de paja,
que las casas de los malvados!
19 Por la noche, se acuestan ricos;
por la mañana, amanecen pobres;
20 ¡una lluvia de cosas terribles
cae sobre ellos por la noche!
21-22 Del oriente sopla un fuerte viento,
y sin compasión los arrebata;
quisieran librarse de su poder,
pero el viento se los lleva
y desaparecen para siempre.
23 Así terminan los malvados,
entre burlas y silbidos».
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it , but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.