Job 23

Reina-Valera 1909

JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)

1Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:

1Then Job answered and said:

2Hoy también hablaré con amargura; que es más grave mi llaga que mi gemido.

2Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.

3¡Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar á Dios! yo iría hasta su silla.

3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

4Ordenaría juicio delante de él, y henchiría mi boca de argumentos.

4I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

5Yo sabría lo que él me respondería, y entendería lo que me dijese.

5I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.

6¿Pleitearía conmigo con grandeza de fuerza? No: antes él la pondría en mí.

6Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.

7Allí el justo razonaría con él: y escaparía para siempre de mi juez.

7There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.

8He aquí yo iré al oriente, y no lo hallaré ; y al occidente, y no lo percibiré:

8Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

9Si al norte él obrare, yo no lo veré; al mediodía se esconderá, y no lo veré.

9On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.

10Mas él conoció mi camino: probaráme, y saldré como oro.

10For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11Mis pies tomaron su rastro; guardé su camino, y no me aparté.

11My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

12Del mandamiento de sus labios nunca me separé; guardé las palabras de su boca más que mi comida.

12I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

13Empero si él se determina en una cosa, ¿quién lo apartará? Su alma deseó, é hizo.

13But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.

14El pues acabará lo que ha determinado de mí: y muchas cosas como estas hay en él.

14For He will perform that which is appointed for me; and many such things are with Him.

15Por lo cual yo me espanto en su presencia: consideraré, y temerélo.

15Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.

16Dios ha enervado mi corazón, y hame turbado el Omnipotente.

16Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;

17¿Por qué no fuí yo cortado delante de las tinieblas, y cubrió con oscuridad mi rostro?

17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.

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