Job 23

And Job answereth and saith: —

Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:

Then Job answered and said,

Then Job answered,

Also — to-day †is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

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.

O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

¡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 arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill †with arguments.

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.

I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith 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.

In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth †it in me.

¿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.

There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

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.

Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

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.

†To the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered †on the right, and I behold not.

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.

For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

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.

On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

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.

The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

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.

And He †is in one †mind, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth †it.

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.

For He doth complete my portion, And many such things †are 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.

Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

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.

And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled 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.

For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

¿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.