Job 29
Reina-Valera 1909Translation
Reina-Valera 1909
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Y VOLVIÓ Job á tomar su propósito, y dijo:
1And Job again took up his parable, and said:
2¡Quién me tornase como en los meses pasados, como en los días que Dios me guardaba,
2Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
3Cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, á la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad;
3When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
4Como fué en los días de mi mocedad, cuando el secreto de Dios estaba en mi tienda;
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
5Cuando aun el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, y mis hijos alrededor de mí;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
6Cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite!
6When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
7Cuando salía á la puerta á juicio, y en la plaza hacía preparar mi asiento,
7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
8Los mozos me veían, y se escondían; y los viejos se levantaban, y estaban en pie;
8The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
9Los príncipes detenían sus palabras, ponían la mano sobre su boca;
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
10La voz de los principales se ocultaba, y su lengua se pegaba á su paladar:
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11Cuando los oídos que me oían, me llamaban bienaventurado, y los ojos que me veían, me daban testimonio:
11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
12Porque libraba al pobre que gritaba, y al huérfano que carecía de ayudador.
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
13La bendición del que se iba á perder venía sobre mí; y al corazón de la viuda daba alegría.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14Vestíame de justicia, y ella me vestía como un manto; y mi toca era juicio.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15Yo era ojos al ciego, y pies al cojo.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16A los menesterosos era padre; y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:
16I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
17Y quebraba los colmillos del inicuo, y de sus dientes hacía soltar la presa.
17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18Y decía yo: En mi nido moriré, y como arena multiplicaré días.
18Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
19Mi raíz estaba abierta junto á las aguas, y en mis ramas permanecía el rocío.
19My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
20Mi honra se renovaba en mí, y mi arco se corroboraba en mi mano.
20My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'
21Oíanme, y esperaban; y callaban á mi consejo.
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
22Tras mi palabra no replicaban, y mi razón destilaba sobre ellos.
22After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23Y esperábanme como á la lluvia, y abrían su boca como á la lluvia tardía.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24Si me reía con ellos, no lo creían: y no abatían la luz de mi rostro.
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25Calificaba yo el camino de ellos, y sentábame en cabecera; y moraba como rey en el ejército, como el que consuela llorosos.
25I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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