Job 40
1 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
Además, Yavé respondió a Job:
2 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
¿El que contiende con ʼEL-Shadday lo corrige? El que argumenta con ʼEloah, responda.
3 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
Entonces Job respondió a Yavé:
4 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
Ciertamente, soy insignificante. ¿Qué puedo responderte? Pongo mi mano sobre mi boca.
5 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
Una vez hablé, pero no responderé más. Y aun dos veces, pero nada.
6 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
Entonces Yavé respondió a Job desde el remolino de viento:
7 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
Cíñete ahora tu cintura como varón. Yo te preguntaré, y tú me responderás:
8 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
¿Invalidarás mi juicio? ¿Me condenarás para justificarte?
9 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
Si tienes un brazo como el de ʼEL, y tu voz truena con una voz como la suya,
10 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
adórnate de majestad y esplendor. Cúbrete de honra y majestad.
11 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
Derrama el ardor de tu ira, y abate con una mirada al soberbio.
12 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
Observa a todo arrogante y humíllalo. Quebranta a los perversos en su sitio,
13 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
entiérralos juntos en el polvo y véndales los semblantes en la oscuridad.
14 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
Entonces Yo también reconoceré que tu mano derecha puede salvarte.
15 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
Contempla ahora al hipopótamo al cual hice como a ti. Come hierba como un buey.
16 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
Ciertamente la fuerza está en sus lomos. Su vigor en su vientre musculoso
17 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
cuando entiesa su cola como un cedro, y tensa los tendones de los muslos.
18 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
Sus huesos son como tubos de bronce, su osamenta como barras de hierro.
19 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
Él es el principal de los procedimientos de ʼEL. Solo su Hacedor puede acercarle su espada.
20 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
Las montañas producen hierba para él, y las bestias del campo retozan allí.
21 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
Se recuesta debajo de las plantas de loto y se oculta entre los juncos del pantano.
22 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
Lo cubren los lotos con su sombra y lo rodean los sauces del arroyo.
23 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
Ciertamente, cuando el río se desborda, él no se alarma. Aunque el Jordán espumee contra su hocico, queda tranquilo
24 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
¿Puede alguien vigilarlo y capturarlo al perforar sus fosas nasales con un garfio?
