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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Y RESPONDIÓ Eliphaz el Temanita, y dijo:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Si probáremos á hablarte, serte ha molesto; mas ¿quién podrá detener las palabras?
“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
He aquí, tú enseñabas á muchos, y las manos flacas corroborabas;
Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Al que vacilaba, enderezaban tus palabras, y esforzabas las rodillas que decaían.
Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Mas ahora que el mal sobre ti ha venido, te es duro; y cuando ha llegado hasta ti, te turbas.
But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
¿Es este tu temor, tu confianza, tu esperanza, y la perfección de tus caminos?
Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Recapacita ahora, ¿quién que fuera inocente se perdiera? y ¿en dónde los rectos fueron cortados?
“Remember, now, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Como yo he visto, los que aran iniquidad y siembran injuria, la siegan.
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Perecen por el aliento de Dios, y por el espíritu de su furor son consumidos.
By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
El bramido del león, y la voz del león, y los dientes de los leoncillos son quebrantados.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
El león viejo perece por falta de presa, y los hijos del león son esparcidos.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
El negocio también me era á mí oculto; mas mi oído ha percibido algo de ello.
“Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
En imaginaciones de visiones nocturnas, cuando el sueño cae sobre los hombres,
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Sobrevínome un espanto y un temblor, que estremeció todos mis huesos:
fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
Y un espíritu pasó por delante de mí, que hizo se erizara el pelo de mi carne.
Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Paróse un fantasma delante de mis ojos, cuyo rostro yo no conocí, y quedo, oí que decía:
It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
¿Si será el hombre más justo que Dios? ¿si será el varón más limpio que el que lo hizo?
‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
He aquí que en sus siervos no confía, y notó necedad en sus ángeles;
Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
¡Cuánto más en los que habitan en casas de lodo, cuyo fundamento está en el polvo, y que serán quebrantados de la polilla!
How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
De la mañana á la tarde son quebrantados, y se pierden para siempre, sin haber quien lo considere.
Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
¿Su hermosura, no se pierde con ellos mismos? Mueren, y sin sabiduría.
Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’