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1 Eliú prosiguió:
1 Moreover Elihu answered,
2 «Escúchenme, hombres sabios.
2 “Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3 Podemos elegir los sonidos que deseemos escuchar; podemos escoger el sabor de la comida que queramos;
3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
4 y deberíamos también elegir la senda correcta. Pero ante todo debemos definir entre nosotros qué es el bien.
4 Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 »Porque Job ha dicho: “Soy inocente, pero Dios dice que no lo soy.
5 For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.
6 Se me llama mentiroso, aunque soy inocente. Se me castiga espantosamente, aun cuando no he pecado”.
6 Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
7 »¿Quién hay tan arrogante como Job? Debe de haber pasado mucho tiempo en compañía de hombres malos,
7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
8 Not in this translation
8 who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
9 pues dijo: “¿Para qué malgastar tiempo tratando de agradar a Dios?”.
9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’
10 »Escúchenme con entendimiento. ¡Sin duda todos saben que Dios no peca!
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 Por el contrario, castiga a los pecadores.
11 For the work of a man he will give to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 No hay mayor verdad que esta: Dios nunca es malo ni injusto.
12 Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13 Sólo él tiene autoridad sobre la tierra y administra justicia para el mundo.
13 Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
14 Si Dios retirara su espíritu,
14 If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
15 toda la vida desaparecería y la humanidad volvería al polvo.
15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
16 »Escucha ahora y procura entender.
16 “If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.
17 ¿Podría Dios gobernar si detestara la justicia? Vas tú a condenar al Dios justo y poderoso?
17 Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18 ¿Vas a condenar a este Dios que dice a los reyes y a los nobles: “son malos e injustos”?
18 who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
19 Porque a él no le impresiona lo grande que un hombre sea, ni favorece a los ricos más que a los pobres. A todos los hizo él.
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 En un instante mueren: a la medianoche, grandes y pequeños súbitamente fallecerán, llevados por una mano que no es de hombre.
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 »Porque Dios observa atentamente lo que hace la humanidad; a todos los ve.
21 “For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
22 No hay oscuridad tan densa que oculte al malo de sus ojos,
22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 de modo que no hay que esperar que se produzca un crimen enorme para que el hombre sea llamado a juicio ante Dios.
23 For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
24 Sin mucha ceremonia, Dios sencillamente hace trizas a los más grandes hombres, y pone a otros en su lugar.
24 He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
25 Observa lo que hacen, y en sólo una noche los derriba y los destruye,
25 Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 a plena luz los hace caer como malvados.
26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Porque ellos se desviaron de los caminos de Dios,
27 because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,
28 e hicieron que los clamores de los pobres llegaran a oídos del Señor. Sí, él escucha el llanto de los oprimidos.
28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
29 Pero si él prefiere no hablar, ¿quién podrá censurarlo? También él puede impedir que un hombre indigno llegue a gobernar, evitándole ruina a una nación; y puede con igual facilidad echar por tierra a una nación entera.
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 Not in this translation
30 that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
31 »¿Por qué no clama el pueblo ante su Dios, diciendo: “Hemos pecado, pero nos apartaremos del mal”.
31 “For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
32 O, “ignoramos el mal que hayamos hecho; enséñanos cuál es, y lo abandonaremos de inmediato”?
32 Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
33 ¿Tendría Dios que acomodar su justicia a tus exigencias? ¿Tendría que cambiar el orden del universo para satisfacer tus caprichos? ¡La respuesta tiene que ser evidente hasta para ti!
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 Aun sin ser muy listo, cualquiera estará de acuerdo conmigo en que tú, Job, hablas como un necio.
34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:
35 Not in this translation
35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
36 Deberías recibir el máximo castigo por la forma perversa en que has hablado acerca de Dios.
36 I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
37 Porque ahora, a tus demás pecados has añadido la rebeldía, la arrogancia y la blasfemia».
37 For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”
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Elihu
Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, who burned with anger against Job and his three friends and spoke after they fell silent.
Cited in the guide: Job 32:2; Job 32:6; Job 34:1
Cross references (33)
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- 2 1 Corinthians 14:20; Proverbs 1:5; 1 Corinthians 10:15
- 3 Job 12:11; 1 Corinthians 2:15; Hebrews 5:14; Job 33:2; Job 31:30
- 4 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Galatians 2:11–14; 1 Corinthians 6:2–5; Judges 20:7; Judges 19:30
- 5 Job 27:2; Job 33:9; Job 32:1; Job 16:17; Job 9:17
- 6 Job 6:4; Job 16:13; Job 27:4–6
- 7 Job 15:16; Deuteronomy 29:19; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 4:17
- 9 Job 21:14–16; Job 35:3; Malachi 3:14; Job 9:22–23; Psalm 37:4
- 10 Romans 9:14; Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Job 8:3; James 1:13
- 11 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Revelation 22:12; Psalm 62:12; Matthew 16:27
- 12 Job 8:3; Psalm 145:17; Psalm 11:7; Habakkuk 1:12–13
- 13 1 Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 40:13–14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 36:23; Job 40:8–11
- 14 Psalm 104:29; Job 9:4; Job 7:17; Isaiah 24:22
- 15 Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 57:16; Psalm 90:3–10; Job 30:23
- 16 Job 13:2–6; Job 12:3
- 17 Genesis 18:25; Romans 9:14; Job 40:8; 2 Samuel 23:3; Romans 3:5–7
- 18 Exodus 22:28; Proverbs 17:26; Romans 13:7; Acts 23:3; Jude 8
- 19 Deuteronomy 10:17; James 2:5; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Colossians 3:25
- 20 Psalm 73:19; Isaiah 30:30–33; 1 Samuel 25:37–39; Luke 12:20; Isaiah 30:13
- 21 Proverbs 15:3; Job 31:4; Proverbs 5:21; Jeremiah 16:17; Jeremiah 32:19
- 22 Hebrews 4:13; Amos 9:2–3; Proverbs 10:29; Psalm 139:11–12; Jeremiah 23:24
- 23 Daniel 9:7–9; Psalm 119:137; Ezra 9:13; Romans 9:20; Job 11:11
- 24 Psalm 113:7–8; Daniel 2:21; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 94:5; Psalm 2:9
- 25 Job 34:20; Hosea 7:2; Psalm 33:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Isaiah 66:18
- 26 Psalm 58:10–11; Deuteronomy 13:9–11; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Samuel 12:11–12; Revelation 18:20
- 27 1 Samuel 15:11; Psalm 28:5; Isaiah 5:12; Hebrews 10:39; Luke 17:31–32
- 28 James 5:4; Exodus 3:7; Job 35:9; Exodus 3:9; Psalm 12:5
- 29 Job 23:13; John 14:27; Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 27:9; Romans 8:31–34
- 31 Job 33:27; Micah 7:9; Ezra 9:13–14; Nehemiah 9:33–38; Leviticus 26:41
- 32 Psalm 32:8; Psalm 25:4–5; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 139:23–24; Psalm 143:8–10
- 33 Job 33:32; Job 34:11; Proverbs 11:31; Psalm 135:6; Isaiah 45:9
- 34 Job 34:10; Job 34:4; Job 34:2; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Job 34:16
- 36 James 5:11; Job 21:7; Job 24:1; Psalm 17:3; Job 34:8–9
- 37 Job 27:23; Isaiah 1:19–20; 1 Samuel 15:23; Job 11:2–3; Job 8:2–3
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