Job 8

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Bildad de Súaj replicó, diciendo:	1 But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
2 ¿Hasta cuándo hablarás de esta manera y tus palabras serán un viento impetuoso?	2 How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 ¿Acaso Dios distorsiona el derecho y el Todopoderoso tergiversa la justicia?	3 Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 Si tus hijos pecaron contra él, él los dejó librados a sus propios delitos.	4 And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 En cambio, si tú recurres a Dios e imploras al Todopoderoso,	5 even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
6 si te mantienes puro y recto, seguramente, él pronto velará por ti y restablecerá tu morada de hombre justo.	6 If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 Tus comienzos habrán sido poca cosa, frente a la grandeza de tu porvenir.	7 so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 Interroga, si no, a las generaciones pasadas, considera lo que experimentaron sus padres.	8 For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
9 Nosotros somos de ayer y no sabemos nada, nuestros días sobre la tierra son una sombra.	9 (of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)
10 Ellos te instruirán y te hablarán, sacarán de su corazón estas palabras.	10 and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 ¿Brota el papiro fuera de los pantanos? ¿Crece el junco donde no hay agua?	11 Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 Tierno aún, y sin que nadie lo corte, se seca más pronto que cualquier otra hierba.	12 When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 Tal es la suerte de los que olvidan a Dios, así perece la esperanza del impío.	13 Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 Su confianza es apenas un hilo, su seguridad, una tela de araña.	14 His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
15 Se apoya sobre su casa, y ella no resiste, se aferra a ella, y no queda en pie.	15 He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 Ahí está lleno de savia ante los rayos del sol, sus retoños se extienden sobre su jardín;	16 He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 sus raíces se entrelazan en el pedregal, se prenden al terreno rocoso.	17 His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 Pero apenas lo arrancan de su sitio, este reniega de él, diciendo: «Nunca te vi».	18 If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 ¡Esa es la buena suerte que le toca, mientras otro brota del polvo!	19 For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 No, Dios no desdeña al hombre íntegro, ni toma de la mano a los malvados.	20 God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 El llenará otra vez tu boca de risas y tus labios de aclamaciones jubilosas.	21 even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 Los que te odian se cubrirán de vergüenza, y la carpa de los malvados no existirá más	22 Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.