Job 1
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Hubo un varón en tierra de Hus, llamado Job: y era este hombre perfecto y recto, y temeroso de Dios, y apartado de mal.
2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Y naciéronle siete hijos y tres hijas.
3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
Y su hacienda era siete mil ovejas, y tres mil camellos, y quinientas yuntas de bueyes, y quinientas asnas, y muy grande apero: y era aquel varón grande más que todos los Orientales.
4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
E iban sus hijos, y hacían banquetes en sus casas cada uno en su día: y enviaban a llamar sus tres hermanas, para que comiesen y bebiesen con ellos.
5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
Y acontecía que habiendo pasado en torno los días del convite, Job enviaba, y santificábalos, y levantábase de mañana, y ofrecía holocaustos al número de todos ellos. Porque decía Job: Quizá habrán pecado mis hijos, y habrán blasfemado de Dios en sus corazones. De esta manera hacía Job todos los días.
6 Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.
Y un día vinieron los hijos de Dios a presentarse delante de Jehová, entre los cuales vino también Satanás.
7 Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
Y dijo Jehová a Satanás: ¿De dónde vienes? Y respondiendo Satanás a Jehová, dijo: De rodear la tierra, y de andar por ella.
8 Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
Y Jehová dijo a Satanás: ¿No has considerado a mi siervo Job, que no hay otro como él en la tierra, varón perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios, y apartado de mal?
9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Y respondiendo Satanás a Jehová, dijo: ¿Teme Job a Dios de balde?
10 Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
¿No le has tú cercado a él, y a su casa, y a todo lo que tiene en derredor? Al trabajo de sus manos has dado bendición: por tanto su hacienda ha crecido sobre la tierra.
11 But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
Mas extiende ahora tu mano, y toca a todo lo que tiene, y verás si no te blasfema en tu rostro.
12 Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.
Y dijo Jehová a Satanás: He aquí, todo lo que tiene está en tu mano: solamente no pongas tu mano, sobre él. Y salióse Satanás de delante de Jehová.
13 It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Y un día aconteció que sus hijos e hijas comían, y bebían vino en casa de su hermano el primogénito.
14 that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
Y vino un mensajero a Job, que le dijo: Estando arando los bueyes, y las asnas paciendo donde suelen,
15 and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Acometieron los Sabeos, y tomáronlos, e hirieron a los mozos a filo de espada: solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Aun estaba este hablando, y vino otro que dijo: Fuego de Dios cayó del cielo, que quemó las ovejas, y los mozos, y los consumió: solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Aun estaba este hablando, y vino otro que dijo: Los Caldeos hicieron tres escuadrones, y dieron sobre los camellos y tomáronlos, e hirieron a los mozos a filo de espada: y solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
18 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Entre tanto que este hablaba, vino otro que dijo: Tus hijos y tus hijas estaban comiendo, y bebiendo vino en casa de su hermano el primogénito.
19 and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Y, he aquí un gran viento que vino detrás del desierto, e hirió las cuatro esquinas de la casa, y cayó sobre los mozos, y murieron: y solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
20 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
Entonces Job se levantó, y rompió su manto, y trasquiló su cabeza, y cayendo en tierra adoró,
21 He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
Y dijo: Desnudo salí del vientre de mi madre, y desnudo tornaré allá: Jehová dió, y Jehová tomó; sea el nombre de Jehová bendito.
22 In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
En todo esto no pecó Job, ni atribuyó locura a Dios.
