Job 20
1 Y respondió Sofar Naamatita, y dijo:
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2 Por cierto mis pensamientos me hacen responder, y por tanto me apresuro.
“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3 El castigo de mi vergüenza he oído, y el espíritu de mi inteligencia me hace responder.
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
4 ¿Esto no sabes que fue siempre, desde el tiempo que fue puesto el hombre sobre la tierra:
Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
5 Que la alegría de los impíos es breve, y el gozo del hipócrita, por un momento?
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6 Si subiere hasta el cielo su altura, y su cabeza tocare en las nubes,
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
7 Como su mismo estiércol perecerá para siempre: los que le vieren, dirán: ¿Qué es de él?
yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 Como sueño volará, y no será hallado; e irse ha como una visión nocturna.
He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 El ojo que le viere, nunca más le verá: ni su lugar le verá más.
The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
10 Sus hijos pobres andarán rogando, y sus manos tornarán lo que él robó.
His children will seek the favour of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
11 Sus huesos están llenos de sus mocedades: y con él serán sepultadas en el polvo.
His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
12 Si el mal se endulzó en su boca, si lo ocultaba debajo de su lengua:
“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
13 Si le parecía bien, y no lo dejaba; mas antes lo detenía entre su paladar:
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
14 Su comida se mudará en sus entrañas: hiel de áspides [se tornará] dentro de él.
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
15 Comió haciendas, mas vomitarlas ha: de su vientre las sacará Dios.
He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
16 Veneno de áspides chupará: lengua de víbora le matará.
He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17 No verá los arroyos, las riberas de los ríos de miel y de manteca.
He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18 Restituirá el trabajo ajeno conforme a la hacienda que tomó: y no tragará, ni gozará.
He will restore that for which he laboured, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
19 Por cuanto molió, dejó pobres: robó casas, y no las edificó;
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
20 Por tanto él no sentirá sosiego en su vientre, ni escapará con su codicia.
“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
21 No quedó nada que no comiese: por tanto su bien no será durable.
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 Cuando fuere lleno su bastimento, tendrá angustia, toda mano del trabajado le acometerá.
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
23 Cuando se pusiere a henchir su vientre, Dios enviará sobre él la ira de su furor; y lloverá sobre él y sobre su comida.
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
24 Huirá de las armas de hierro, y pasarle ha el arco de acero.
He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
25 Desvainará, y sacará saeta de su aljaba, y saldrá resplandeciendo por su hiel: sobre él vendrán terrores.
He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
26 Todas tinieblas están guardadas para sus secretos, fuego no soplado le devorará: su sucesor será quebrantado en su tienda.
All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.
27 Los cielos descubrirán su iniquidad: y la tierra estará contra él.
The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.
28 Los renuevos de su casa serán trasportados; y serán derramados en el día de su furor.
The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
29 Esta es la parte que Dios apareja al hombre impío; y esta es la heredad que Dios le señala por su palabra.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
