Job, 18

1. Bildad de Súaj tomó la palabra y dijo:

1. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

2. ¿Cuándo pondréis freno a las palabras? Reflexionad, y después hablaremos.

2. "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.

3. ¿Por qué hemos de ser tenidos como bestias, y a vuestros ojos somos impuros?

3. Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?

4. Oh tú, que te desgarras en tu cólera, ¿la tierra acaso quedará por ti desierta, se moverá la roca de su sitio?

4. You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?

5. Sí, la luz del malvado ha de apagarse, ya no brillará su ardiente llama.

5. "Yea, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.

6. La luz en su tienda se oscurece, de encima de él se apaga la candela.

6. The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.

7. Se acortan sus pasos vigorosos, le pierde su propio consejo.

7. His strong steps are shortened and his own schemes throw him down.

8. Porque sus pies le meten en la red, entre mallas camina.

8. For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.

9. Por el talón le apresa un lazo, el cepo se cierra sobre él.

9. A trap seizes him by the heel, a snare lays hold of him.

10. Oculto en la tierra hay un nudo para él, una trampa le espera en el sendero.

10. A rope is hid for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path.

11. Por todas partes le estremecen terrores, y le persiguen paso a paso.

11. Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.

12. El hambre es su cortejo, la desgracia se adhiere a su costado.

12. His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.

13. Devora el mal su piel, el Primogénito de la Muerte roe sus miembros.

13. By disease his skin is consumed, the first-born of death consumes his limbs.

14. Se le arranca del seguro de su tienda, se le lleva donde el Rey de los terrores.

14. He is torn from the tent in which he trusted, and is brought to the king of terrors.

15. Se ocupa su tienda, ya no suya, se esparce azufre en su morada.

15. In his tent dwells that which is none of his; brimstone is scattered upon his habitation.

16. Por abajo se secan sus raíces, por arriba se amustia su ramaje.

16. His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.

17. Su recuerdo desaparece de la tierra, no le queda nombre en la comarca.

17. His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street.

18. Se le arroja de la luz a las tinieblas, del orbe se le expulsa.

18. He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.

19. Ni prole ni posteridad tiene en su pueblo, ningún superviviente en sus moradas.

19. He has no offspring or descendant among his people, and no survivor where he used to live.

20. De su fin se estremece el Occidente, y el Oriente queda preso de terror.

20. They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.

21. Tan sólo esto son las moradas del impío, tal el lugar del que a Dios desconoce.

21. Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, such is the place of him who knows not God."