Job 34 Catholic Public Domain Version

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Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 After proclaiming these things, Eliu now had this to say:

1 ADEMÁS respondió Eliú, y dijo:

1 Moreover Elihu answered,

2 May the wise hear my words, and may the educated listen to me.

2 Oid, sabios, mis palabras; y vosotros, doctos, estadme atentos.

2 “Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

3 For the ear examines words, and the mouth discerns foods by the taste.

3 Porque el oído prueba las palabras, como el paladar gusta para comer.

3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

4 Let us choose judgment for ourselves, and let us consider among ourselves what is best.

4 Escojamos para nosotros el juicio, conozcamos entre nosotros cuál [sea] lo bueno:

4 Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

5 For Job has said: “I am just, yet God has subverted my judgment.

5 Porque Job ha dicho: Yo soy justo, y Dios me ha quitado mi derecho.

5 For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.

6 For, within my judgment, there is a lie: my vehement barbs are without any sin.”

6 ¿He de mentir yo contra mi razón? Mi saeta es gravosa sin [haber yo] prevaricado.

6 Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’

7 What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,

7 ¿Qué hombre hay como Job, que bebe el escarnio como agua?

7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

8 who accompanies those who work iniquity, and who walks with impious men?

8 Y va en compañía con los que obran iniquidad, y anda con los hombres maliciosos.

8 who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

9 For he has said, “Man will not please God, even if he should travel with him.”

9 Porque ha dicho: De nada servirá al hombre el conformar su voluntad con Dios.

9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’

10 Therefore, prudent men, hear me: impiety is far from God, and iniquity is far from the Almighty.

10 Por tanto, varones de seso, oidme: Lejos esté de Dios la impiedad, y del Omnipotente la iniquidad.

10 “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

11 For he will restore to man his works, and according to the ways of each, he will repay them.

11 Porque él pagará al hombre según su obra, y él le hará hallar conforme á su camino.

11 For the work of a man he will give to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

12 For truly, God will not condemn in vain, nor will the Almighty repudiate judgment.

12 Sí, por cierto, Dios no hará injusticia, y el Omnipotente no pervertirá el derecho.

12 Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

13 What other is established over the earth? Or whom has he placed over the world, which he made?

13 ¿Quién visitó por él la tierra? ¿y quién puso en orden todo el mundo?

13 Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?

14 But, if he directs his heart towards him, he will draw his spirit and breath to himself.

14 Si él pusiese sobre el [hombre] su corazón, y recogiese así su espíritu y su aliento,

14 If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

15 All flesh will fail together, and man will return to ashes.

15 Toda carne perecería juntamente, y el hombre se tornaría en polvo.

15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.

16 Therefore, if you have understanding, hear what is said, and heed the sound of my eloquence.

16 Si pues [hay en ti] entendimiento, oye esto: escucha la voz de mis palabras.

16 “If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.

17 Is he that does not love judgment able to be corrected? And how can you so greatly condemn him who is just?

17 ¿Enseñorearáse el que aborrece juicio? ¿y condenarás tú al que es tan justo?

17 Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

18 He says to the king, “You are an apostate.” He calls commanders impious.

18 ¿Hase de decir al rey: Perverso; y á los príncipes: Impíos?

18 who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?

19 He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.

19 ¿[Cuánto menos á] aquel que no hace acepción de personas de príncipes, ni el rico es de él más respetado que el pobre? porque todos son obras de sus manos.

19 He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands.

20 They will die suddenly, and the people will be troubled in the middle of the night, but they will pass through it, and the violent will be taken away without a hand.

20 En un momento morirán, y á media noche se alborotarán los pueblos, y pasarán, y sin mano será quitado el poderoso.

20 In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.

21 For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he examines all of their steps.

21 Porque sus ojos están sobre los caminos del hombre, y ve todos sus pasos.

21 “For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

22 There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.

22 No hay tinieblas ni sombra de muerte donde se encubran los que obran maldad.

22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

23 For it is no longer within the power of man to enter into judgment with God.

23 No carga pues él al hombre más [de lo justo], para que vaya con Dios á juicio.

23 For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

24 He will break into many innumerable pieces, and he will cause others to stand up in their place.

24 El quebrantará á los fuertes sin pesquisa, y hará estar otros en su lugar.

24 He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

25 For he knows their works, and, as a result, he will bring the night, and they will be crushed.

25 Por tanto él hará notorias las obras de ellos, cuando los trastornará en la noche, y serán quebrantados.

25 Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

26 Just as the impious do, he has struck them in a place where they can be seen.

26 Como á malos los herirá en lugar donde sean vistos:

26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

27 They, as if with great diligence, have withdrawn from him, and they refused to understand all his ways,

27 Por cuanto así se apartaron de él, y no consideraron todos sus caminos;

27 because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,

28 so that they caused the outcry of the needy to reach him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

28 Haciendo venir delante de él el clamor del pobre, y que oiga el clamor de los necesitados.

28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

29 For, when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his face, who is there that can contemplate him, either among the nations, or among all men?

29 Y si él diere reposo, ¿quién inquietará? si escondiere el rostro, ¿quién lo mirará? [Esto] sobre una nación, y lo mismo sobre un hombre;

29 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,

30 He causes a hypocritical man to reign because of the sins of the people.

30 Haciendo que no reine el hombre hipócrita para vejaciones del pueblo.

30 that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

31 Therefore, since I have been speaking about God, I will not prevent you from doing the same.

31 De seguro conviene se diga á Dios: Llevado he ya [castigo], no [más] ofenderé:

31 “For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.

32 If I have erred, you may teach me; if I have spoken unfairly, I will add no more.

32 Enséñame tú lo que yo no veo: que si hice mal, no lo haré más.

32 Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?

33 Does God require this of you because it is displeasing to you? For you were the first to speak, and not I. But if you know something better, speak.

33 ¿[Ha de ser eso] según tu mente? El te retribuirá, ora rehuses, ora aceptes, y no yo: di si no, lo que tú sabes.

33 Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

34 Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man listen to me.

34 Los hombres de seso dirán conmigo, y el hombre sabio me oirá:

34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

35 But Job has been speaking foolishly, and his words contain unsound teaching.

35 Que Job no habla con sabiduría, y que sus palabras no son con entendimiento.

35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’

36 My father, let Job be tested even to the end; may you not retreat from a man of iniquity.

36 Deseo yo que Job sea probado ampliamente, á causa de sus respuestas por los hombres inicuos.

36 I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.

37 For he adds blasphemy on top of his sins; nevertheless, let him be constrained to be among us, and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches.

37 Porque á su pecado añadió impiedad: bate las manos entre nosotros, y contra Dios multiplica sus palabras.

37 For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”

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