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Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
EL HOMBRE nacido de mujer, corto de días, y harto de sinsabores:
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.
Que sale como una flor y es cortado; y huye como la sombra, y no permanece.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?
¿Y sobre éste abres tus ojos, y me traes á juicio contigo?
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?
¿Quién hará limpio de inmundo? Nadie.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with you; you have determined his limits, which cannot be surpassed.
Ciertamente sus días están determinados, y el número de sus meses está cerca de ti: tú le pusiste términos, de los cuales no pasará.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.
Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.
Si tú lo dejares, él dejará de ser: entre tanto deseará, como el jornalero, su día.
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.
Porque si el árbol fuere cortado, aun queda de él esperanza; retoñecerá aún, y sus renuevos no faltarán.
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
“For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.
If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,
Si se envejeciere en la tierra su raíz, y su tronco fuere muerto en el polvo,
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted.
Al percibir el agua reverdecerá, y hará copa como planta.
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?
Mas el hombre morirá, y será cortado; y perecerá el hombre, ¿y dónde estará él?
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
It is as if the waters had receded from the sea and an emptied river had dried up;
Las aguas de la mar se fueron, y agotóse el río, secóse.
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,
just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.
Así el hombre yace, y no se tornará á levantar: hasta que no haya cielo no despertarán, ni se levantarán de su sueño.
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
Who will grant this to me, that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by, and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?
¡Oh quién me diera que me escondieses en el sepulcro, que me encubrieras hasta apaciguarse tu ira, que me pusieses plazo, y de mí te acordaras!
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!
Do you suppose that a dead man will live again? On each of the days in which I now battle, I wait until my transformation occurs.
Si el hombre muriere, ¿volverá á vivir? Todos los días de mi edad esperaré, hasta que venga mi mutación.
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.
You will call me and I will answer you; to the work of your hands, you will extend your right hand.
Aficionado á la obra de tus manos, llamarás, y yo te responderé.
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
Indeed, you have numbered my steps, but you have been lenient with my sins.
Pues ahora me cuentas los pasos, y no das tregua á mi pecado.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
But now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?
You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse, but you have cured my iniquity.
Tienes sellada en saco mi prevaricación, y coacervas mi iniquidad.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.
A falling mountain flows away, and a stone is transferred from its place.
Y ciertamente el monte que cae se deshace, y las peñas son traspasadas de su lugar;
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
“But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place.
Waters wear away stones, and with a flood the land is reduced little by little; and similarly, you will destroy man.
Las piedras son desgastadas con el agua impetuosa, que se lleva el polvo de la tierra: de tal manera haces tú perecer la esperanza del hombre.
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
You have strengthened him for a little while, so that he may cross over into eternity. You will change his face and send him forth.
Para siempre serás más fuerte que él, y él se va; demudarás su rostro, y enviaráslo.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.
Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.
Sus hijos serán honrados, y él no lo sabrá; ó serán humillados, y no entenderá de ellos.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.
And in this way his body, while he yet lives, will have grief, and his soul will mourn over himself.
Mas su carne sobre él se dolerá, y entristecerse ha en él su alma.
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”