Job 29

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —

Y VOLVIÓ Job á tomar su propósito, y dijo:

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Job again took up his parable, and said,

Who doth make me as †in months past, As †in the days of God's preserving me?

¡Quién me tornase como en los meses pasados, como en los días que Dios me guardaba,

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk †through darkness.

Cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, á la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad;

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

Como fué en los días de mi mocedad, cuando el secreto de Dios estaba en mi tienda;

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

When yet the Mighty One †is with me. Round about me — my young ones,

Cuando aun el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, y mis hijos alrededor de mí;

When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock †is with me rivulets of oil.

Cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite!

When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

Cuando salía á la puerta á juicio, y en la plaza hacía preparar mi asiento,

When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen — they stood up.

Los mozos me veían, y se escondían; y los viejos se levantaban, y estaban en pie;

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

Los príncipes detenían sus palabras, ponían la mano sobre su boca;

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

La voz de los principales se ocultaba, y su lengua se pegaba á su paladar:

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth †to me.

Cuando los oídos que me oían, me llamaban bienaventurado, y los ojos que me veían, me daban testimonio:

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,

For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

Porque libraba al pobre que gritaba, y al huérfano que carecía de ayudador.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,

The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

La bendición del que se iba á perder venía sobre mí; y al corazón de la viuda daba alegría.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

Vestíame de justicia, y ella me vestía como un manto; y mi toca era juicio.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame †am I.

Yo era ojos al ciego, y pies al cojo.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

A father I †am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

A los menesterosos era padre; y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

Y quebraba los colmillos del inicuo, y de sus dientes hacía soltar la presa.

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

Y decía yo: En mi nido moriré, y como arena multiplicaré días.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.

My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

Mi raíz estaba abierta junto á las aguas, y en mis ramas permanecía el rocío.

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

My honour †is fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

Mi honra se renovaba en mí, y mi arco se corroboraba en mi mano.

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

Oíanme, y esperaban; y callaban á mi consejo.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

Tras mi palabra no replicaban, y mi razón destilaba sobre ellos.

After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

And they wait as †for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide †As for the latter rain.

Y esperábanme como á la lluvia, y abrían su boca como á la lluvia tardía.

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

Si me reía con ellos, no lo creían: y no abatían la luz de mi rostro.

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.

Calificaba yo el camino de ellos, y sentábame en cabecera; y moraba como rey en el ejército, como el que consuela llorosos.

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.