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Then Job answered by saying:
Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered,
Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.
Hoy también hablaré con amargura; que es más grave mi llaga que mi gemido.
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
“Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?
¡Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar á Dios! yo iría hasta su silla.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
Ordenaría juicio delante de él, y henchiría mi boca de argumentos.
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.
Yo sabría lo que él me respondería, y entendería lo que me dijese.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.
I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.
¿Pleitearía conmigo con grandeza de fuerza? No: antes él la pondría en mí.
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.
Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.
Allí el justo razonaría con él: y escaparía para siempre de mi juez.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.
He aquí yo iré al oriente, y no lo hallaré; y al occidente, y no lo percibiré:
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
“If I go east, he is not there. If I go west, I can’t find him.
If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.
Si al norte él obrare, yo no lo veré; al mediodía se esconderá, y no lo veré.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.
Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.
Mas él conoció mi camino: probaráme, y saldré como oro.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.
My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it.
Mis pies tomaron su rastro; guardé su camino, y no me aparté.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.
I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.
Del mandamiento de sus labios nunca me separé; guardé las palabras de su boca más que mi comida.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.
Empero si él se determina en una cosa, ¿quién lo apartará? Su alma deseó, é hizo.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.
El pues acabará lo que ha determinado de mí: y muchas cosas como estas hay en él.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.
And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.
Por lo cual yo me espanto en su presencia: consideraré, y temerélo.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me.
Dios ha enervado mi corazón, y hame turbado el Omnipotente.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.
Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face.
¿Por qué no fuí yo cortado delante de las tinieblas, y cubrió con oscuridad mi rostro?
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.