Mosaico decorativo

1. Jó tomou então a palavra nestes termos:

1. Then Job answered:

2. “Como tens ajudado bem o fraco e socorrido o braço sem vigor!

2. "How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!

3. Como sabes aconselhar o ignorante e dar mostras de abundante sabedoria!

3. How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4. A quem diriges este discurso? Sob a inspiração de quem falas tu?

4. With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you?

5. As sombras agitam-se sob a terra, as águas e seus habitantes estão temerosos.

5. The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.

6. A região dos mortos está descoberta diante dele, os infernos estão sem véu.

6. Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

7. Ele estende o firmamento sobre o vácuo e suspende a terra sobre o nada.

7. He stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.

8. Armazena as águas em suas nuvens e as nuvens não se rasgam sob seu peso.

8. He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.

9. Vela a face da lua, estendendo sobre ela a sua nuvem.

9. He covers the face of the moon, and spreads over it his cloud.

10. Traçou um círculo sobre a superfície das águas, até onde a luz confina com as trevas.

10. He has described a circle upon the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

11. As colunas do céu estremecem e se assustam com a sua ameaça.

11. The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.

12. Com sua força fendeu o mar e com sua sabedoria destruiu Raab.*

12. By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he smote Rahab.

13. Seu sopro varreu os céus e sua mão feriu a serpente fugitiva.*

13. By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

14. Eis que tudo isso não é mais que o contorno de suas obras e se apenas percebemos um fraco eco dessas obras, quem compreenderá o trovão de seu poder?”.

14. Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"


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