| 1 Job abrió por fin la boca y maldijo su día, | 1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day, |
| 2 diciendo: | 2 and he said: |
| 3 «¡Muera el día en que nací | y la noche que anunció: | “Se ha concebido un varón”! | 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived. |
| 4 Conviértase ese día en tinieblas, | que Dios desde lo alto se desentienda de él; | no brille la luz sobre él, | 4 Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it. |
| 5 reclámenlo las sombras tenebrosas, | cúbranlo densos nubarrones, | que un eclipse lo llene de terror. | 5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness. |
| 6 Que se apodere de esa noche la oscuridad. | No se sume a los días del año | ni entre en la cuenta de los meses. | 6 Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months. |
| 7 Que esa noche quede estéril, | cerrada a los gritos de júbilo. | 7 Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise. |
| 8 Maldíganla los que maldicen al Océano, | los expertos en conjurar al Leviatán. | 8 Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan: |
| 9 Vélense las estrellas de su aurora; | espere la luz y que esta no llegue; | no vea el parpadeo del alba. | 9 Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day: |
| 10 Porque no me cerró las puertas del vientre | y me evitó contemplar tanta miseria. | 10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. |
| 11 ¿Por qué al salir del vientre no morí | o perecí al salir de las entrañas? | 11 Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly? |
| 12 ¿Por qué me recibió un regazo | y unos pechos me dieron de mamar? | 12 Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts ? |
| 13 Ahora descansaría tranquilo, | ahora dormiría descansado | 13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep. |
| 14 con los reyes y consejeros de la tierra | que se hacen levantar mausoleos, | 14 With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes: |
| 15 o con los nobles que amontonan oro, | que acumulan plata en sus palacios. | 15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver: |
| 16 Como aborto enterrado, no existiría, | igual que criatura que no llega a ver la luz. | 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light. |
| 17 Allí acaba el ajetreo de los malvados, | allí reposan los que están desfallecidos. | 17 There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest. |
| 18 Con ellos descansan los prisioneros, | sin oír la voz del capataz; | 18 And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor. |
| 19 se confunden pequeños y grandes | y el esclavo se libra de su amo. | 19 The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master. |
| 20 ¿Por qué se da luz a un desgraciado | y vida a los que viven amargados, | 20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? |
| 21 que ansían la muerte que no llega | y la buscan más escondida que un tesoro, | 21 That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure: |
| 22 que gozarían al contemplar el túmulo, | se alegrarían al encontrar la tumba; | 22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave. |
| 23 al hombre que no encuentra camino | porque Dios le cerró la salida? | 23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness? |
| 24 Por alimento tengo mis sollozos, | los gemidos se me escapan como agua. | 24 Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring: |
| 25 Me sucede lo que más me temía, | lo que más me aterraba me acontece. | 25 For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me. |
| 26 Carezco de paz y de sosiego, | intranquilo por temor a un sobresalto». | 26 Have I not dissembled ? have I not kept silence ? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me. |
