Job, 23

1. Job tomó la palabra y dijo:

1. Then Job answered:

2. Todavía mi queja es una rebelión; su mano pesa sobre mi gemido.

2. "Today also my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

3. ¡Quién me diera saber encontrarle, poder llegar a su morada!

3. Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

4. Un proceso abriría delante de él, llenaría mi boca de argumentos.

4. I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5. Sabría las palabras de su réplica, comprendería lo que me dijera.

5. I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

6. ¿Precisaría gran fuerza para disputar conmigo? No, tan sólo tendría que prestarme atención.

6. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would give heed to me.

7. Reconocería en su adversario a un hombre recto, y yo me libraría de mi juez para siempre.

7. There an upright man could reason with him, and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge.

8. Si voy hacia el oriente, no está allí; si al occidente, no le advierto.

8. "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;

9. Cuando le busco al norte, no aparece, y tampoco le veo si vuelvo al mediodía.

9. on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.

10. Pero él mis pasos todos sabe: ¡probado en el crisol, saldré oro puro!

10. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11. Mi pie se ha adherido a su paso, he guardado su ruta sin desvío;

11. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.

12. del mandato de sus labios no me aparto, he albergado en mi seno las palabras de su boca.

12. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.

13. Mas él decide, ¿quién le hará retractarse? Lo que su alma ha proyectado lleva a término.

13. But he is unchangeable and who can turn him? What he desires, that he does.

14. Así ejecutará mi sentencia, como tantas otras decisones suyas.

14. For he will complete what he appoints for me; and many such things are in his mind.

15. Por eso estoy, ante él, horrorizado, y cuanto más lo pienso, más me espanta.

15. Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.

16. Dios me ha enervado el corazón, Sadday me ha aterrorizado.

16. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;

17. Pues no he desaparecido en las tinieblas, pero él ha cubierto de oscuridad mi rostro.

17. for I am hemmed in by darkness, and thick darkness covers my face.