Job 27
La Biblia de las Américas
Job describe al impío
27 Entonces Job continuó[a] su discurso y dijo(A):
2 ¡Vive Dios, que ha quitado mi derecho(B),
y el Todopoderoso[b], que ha amargado mi alma(C)!
3 Porque mientras haya vida[c] en mí,
y el aliento[d] de Dios esté en mis narices(D),
4 mis labios, ciertamente, no hablarán injusticia,
ni mi lengua proferirá engaño(E).
5 Lejos esté de mí que os dé la razón;
hasta que muera, no abandonaré mi integridad(F).
6 Me aferraré a mi justicia y no la soltaré(G).
Mi corazón no reprocha ninguno de mis días.
7 Sea como el impío mi enemigo,
y como el injusto mi adversario[e].
8 Porque, ¿cuál es la esperanza del impío(H) cuando es cortado[f],
cuando Dios reclama su alma(I)?
9 ¿Oirá Dios su clamor(J),
cuando venga sobre él la angustia(K)?
10 ¿Se deleitará en el Todopoderoso?
¿Invocará a Dios en todo tiempo(L)?
11 Os instruiré en el poder[g] de Dios;
no ocultaré lo que concierne al Todopoderoso.
12 He aquí, todos vosotros lo habéis visto;
¿por qué, entonces, obráis neciamente[h]?
13 Esta es la porción de parte de Dios para el hombre impío(M),
y la herencia que los tiranos reciben del Todopoderoso(N).
14 Aunque sean muchos sus hijos, están destinados a la espada[i](O),
y sus vástagos no se saciarán de pan(P).
15 Sus sobrevivientes serán sepultados a causa de la plaga,
y sus viudas[j] no podrán llorar(Q).
16 Aunque amontone plata como polvo,
y prepare vestidos abundantes como el barro;
17 él los puede preparar, pero el justo los vestirá,
y el inocente repartirá la plata(R).
18 Edifica su casa(S) como tela de araña[k],
o como choza que el guarda construye.
19 Rico se acuesta, pero no volverá a serlo[l];
abre sus ojos, y ya no hay nada(T).
20 Le alcanzan los terrores(U) como una inundación;
de noche(V) le arrebata un torbellino.
21 Se lo lleva el viento solano(W), y desaparece,
pues como torbellino lo arranca de su lugar(X).
22 Sin compasión(Y) se arrojará contra él;
ciertamente él tratará de huir(Z) de su poder[m].
23 Batirán palmas por su ruina[n],
y desde su propio lugar le silbarán(AA).
Footnotes
- Job 27:1 O, tomó de nuevo
- Job 27:2 Heb., Shaddai, y así en el resto del cap.
- Job 27:3 Lit., aliento
- Job 27:3 O, espíritu
- Job 27:7 Lit., el que se levanta contra mí
- Job 27:8 O, aunque gane
- Job 27:11 Lit., la mano
- Job 27:12 O, habláis vanidad
- Job 27:14 Lit., la espada es para ellos
- Job 27:15 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en heb., viudas de él
- Job 27:18 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en heb., polilla
- Job 27:19 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en heb., no será reunido
- Job 27:22 Lit., mano
- Job 27:23 Lit., sobre él
Job 27
EasyEnglish Bible
Job continues to speak
27 Job continued to speak. This is what he said:
2 ‘Almighty God has not been fair to me.
He has caused my life to be very sad.
As surely as he lives, I promise this:
3 As long as God's Spirit gives me life,
4 I will never speak any lies.
I will always be honest.
5 I will never agree that you, my three friends, are right.
Until the day of my death,
I will continue to say what I know is right.
6 I will never agree that I am guilty.
During all of my life,
my thoughts do not say that I am doing anything wrong.
7 I pray that God will punish my enemies
as he punishes all wicked people.
They do bad things to me,
so they deserve punishment.
8 When God chooses to remove wicked people,
they cannot hope for any good thing.
God will cause them to die.
9 When they are in trouble and they pray for help,
God will not listen to them.
10 People like that are not happy that Almighty God is their friend.
They do not like to pray to him all the time.
11 I will teach you about the power of Almighty God.
I will explain to you what he is thinking.
12 You yourselves have all seen what God has done.
So you should stop saying all these useless things!
13 I will tell you what Almighty God does to wicked people.
He punishes cruel people as they deserve.
14 Wicked people may have many children,
but they will die in war.
Their children will never have enough food to eat.
15 Illness will kill any children who continue to live.
Their widows will not weep when they are dead.
16 Wicked people may have lots of money.
They may have silver like heaps of sand.
They may have more clothes than they could ever wear.
17 But one day righteous people will wear those clothes.
Honest people will share the silver among themselves.
18 The houses that wicked people build are not strong.
They are as weak as a spider's web,[a]
or a shepherd's hut,
19 Their riches quickly disappear.
They are rich when they go to sleep,
but poor when they wake up.
20 Troubles come to them like a flood of water,
and they are very afraid.
A storm comes in the night to carry them away.
21 The east wind picks them up and takes then far away.[b]
It removes them from their homes.
22 It is a strong wind that hits wicked people
and it never stops.
It continues to beat them as they try to escape.
23 The cruel wind laughs at them
as they run away in fear.’
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