Job 1
1 There was a man in the land of 'Uz, Job was his name; And this man was perfect and upright, and fearing God, and eschewing evil.
Hubo un varón en tierra de Hus, llamado Job: y era este hombre perfecto y recto, y temeroso de Dios, y apartado de mal.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Y naciéronle siete hijos y tres hijas.
3 And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and he had a very great store of servants: so that this man was greater than all the sons of the east.
Y su hacienda era siete mil ovejas, y tres mil camellos, y quinientas yuntas de bueyes, y quinientas asnas, y muy grande apero: y era aquel varón grande más que todos los Orientales.
4 And his sons used to go and prepare a feast in the house of every one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
E iban sus hijos, y hacían banquetes en sus casas cada uno en su día: y enviaban a llamar sus tres hermanas, para que comiesen y bebiesen con ellos.
5 And it happened, when the days of the feast were gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and he then rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of all of them; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and have renounced God in their heart. In this manner used Job to do all the time.
Y acontecía que habiendo pasado en torno los días del convite, Job enviaba, y santificábalos, y levantábase de mañana, y ofrecía holocaustos al número de todos ellos. Porque decía Job: Quizá habrán pecado mis hijos, y habrán blasfemado de Dios en sus corazones. De esta manera hacía Job todos los días.
6 Now it happened on a certain day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, that the Accuser also came in the midst of them.
Y un día vinieron los hijos de Dios a presentarse delante de Jehová, entre los cuales vino también Satanás.
7 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Whence comest thou? And the Accuser answered the Lord, and said, From roaming over the earth, and from wandering through it.
Y dijo Jehová a Satanás: ¿De dónde vienes? Y respondiendo Satanás a Jehová, dijo: De rodear la tierra, y de andar por ella.
8 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job; for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Y Jehová dijo a Satanás: ¿No has considerado a mi siervo Job, que no hay otro como él en la tierra, varón perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios, y apartado de mal?
9 Then answered the Accuser the Lord, and said, Is it for nought that Job feareth God?
Y respondiendo Satanás a Jehová, dijo: ¿Teme Job a Dios de balde?
10 Behold, thou hast indeed placed a fence about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side: the work of his hands hast thou blessed, and his cattle are far spread out in the land.
¿No le has tú cercado a él, y a su casa, y a todo lo que tiene en derredor? Al trabajo de sus manos has dado bendición: por tanto su hacienda ha crecido sobre la tierra.
11 But stretch only forth thy hand and touch all that he hath, and [see] whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.
Mas extiende ahora tu mano, y toca a todo lo que tiene, y verás si no te blasfema en tu rostro.
12 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, all that is his be in thy power; only against himself shalt thou not stretch forth thy hand. The Accuser went thereupon away from the presence of the Lord.
Y dijo Jehová a Satanás: He aquí, todo lo que tiene está en tu mano: solamente no pongas tu mano, sobre él. Y salióse Satanás de delante de Jehová.
13 And it happened on a certain day, when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother,
Y un día aconteció que sus hijos e hijas comían, y bebían vino en casa de su hermano el primogénito.
14 That a messenger came unto Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the she-asses were feeding beside them:
Y vino un mensajero a Job, que le dijo: Estando arando los bueyes, y las asnas paciendo donde suelen,
15 When the Sabeans made an incursion, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
Acometieron los Sabeos, y tomáronlos, e hirieron a los mozos a filo de espada: solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
16 This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, A fire of God fell from heaven, and burnt among the sheep and the young men, and consumed them; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
Aun estaba este hablando, y vino otro que dijo: Fuego de Dios cayó del cielo, que quemó las ovejas, y los mozos, y los consumió: solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
17 This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, The Chaldeans posted themselves in three divisions, and made an inroad against the camels, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
Aun estaba este hablando, y vino otro que dijo: Los Caldeos hicieron tres escuadrones, y dieron sobre los camellos y tomáronlos, e hirieron a los mozos a filo de espada: y solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
18 While this one was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother:
Entre tanto que este hablaba, vino otro que dijo: Tus hijos y tus hijas estaban comiendo, y bebiendo vino en casa de su hermano el primogénito.
19 When, behold, a violent wind came from the direction of the wilderness, and struck against the four corners of the house, so that it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
Y, he aquí un gran viento que vino detrás del desierto, e hirió las cuatro esquinas de la casa, y cayó sobre los mozos, y murieron: y solamente escapé yo solo para traerte las nuevas.
20 Then arose Job, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and prostrated himself.
Entonces Job se levantó, y rompió su manto, y trasquiló su cabeza, y cayendo en tierra adoró,
21 And he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; may the name of the Lord be blessed.
Y dijo: Desnudo salí del vientre de mi madre, y desnudo tornaré allá: Jehová dió, y Jehová tomó; sea el nombre de Jehová bendito.
22 With all this did Job not sin, and attributed no injustice to God.
En todo esto no pecó Job, ni atribuyó locura a Dios.
