Job 27

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS
1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:	1 Job continuó pronunciando su poema, y dijo:
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,	2 ¡Por el Dios viviente, que me priva de mi derecho, y por el Todopoderoso, que me llenó de amargura;
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,	3 mientras haya en mí un aliento de vida y el soplo de Dios esté en mis narices,
4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.	4 mis labios no dirán nada falso ni mi lengua pronunciará una mentira!
5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.	5 ¡Lejos de mí darles la razón a ustedes: hasta que expire, no renunciaré a mi integridad!
6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.	6 Me aferré a mi justicia, y no la soltaré mi corazón no se avergüenza de ninguno de mis días.
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.	7 ¡Que mi enemigo tenga la suerte del malvado, y mi adversario, la del hombre injusto!
8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?	8 Porque ¿qué puede esperar el impío, aunque suplique, aunque eleve su alma a Dios?
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?	9 ¿Acaso Dios escuchará su grito cuando le sobrevenga la calamidad?
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?	10 ¿Se deleita él en el Todopoderoso e invoca a Dios en todo tiempo?
11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.	11 Yo los instruyo sobre la conducta de Dios, no oculto las intenciones del Todopoderoso, ¿por qué se pierden en pensamientos vanos?
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?	12 Si todos ustedes ya lo han comprobado, ¿por qué se pierden en pensamientos vanos?
13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.	13 Esta es la parte que Dios asigna al malvado y la herencia que los violentos reciben del Todopoderoso.
14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.	14 Si tienen muchos hijos, la espada los espera, y sus vástagos no se saciarán de pan.
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.	15 A los que sobrevivan, los sepultará la Muerte, y sus viudas no llorarán.
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,	16 Si él acumula plata como polvo y amontona ropa fina como arcilla,
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.	17 ¡que siga amontonando!: un justo se vestirá con ella y un inocente heredará la plata.
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.	18 Se edificó una casa como la araña, como la choza que hace un guardián.
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.	19 Se acuesta rico, pero es por última vez: abre los ojos, y no queda nada.
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.	20 En pleno día lo asaltan los terrores y por la noche lo arrebata un torbellino.
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.	21 El viento del este lo levanta y se lo lleva, lo barre del lugar donde habita.
22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.	22 Se lo hostiga sin compasión y tiene que huir de la mano que lo hiere.
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.	23 La gente aplaude por su ruina y se lo silba por todas partes.