Job 1
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turning away from evil.
Había una vez un hombre llamado Job que vivía en la tierra de Uz. Era un hombre íntegro que hacía lo recto. Job respetaba a Dios y evitaba el mal.
2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Tenía siete hijos y tres hijas.
3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
Poseía siete mil ovejas, tres mil camellos, quinientas yuntas de bueyes y quinientas asnas, así como muchos sirvientes. Era más rico que cualquier otro en el Oriente.
4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Los hijos de Job se turnaban para celebrar fiestas en sus casas, en su día específico, y también invitaban a sus hermanas para que vinieran a comer y a beber con ellos.
5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Job did so continually.
Cuando terminaban los días de fiesta, Job mandaba a buscarlos y los purificaba, levantándose de madrugada para ofrecer un holocausto por cada uno de ellos. Job se preocupaba, pensando para sí mismo: “Tal vez mis hijos hayan pecado de alguna manera y hayan ofendido a Dios sin querer”. Era lo que Job hacía siempre.
6 Now it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, that Satan also came among them.
Un día, los ángeles vinieron a presentarse ante el Señor, y Satanás vino con ellos.
7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."
El Señor le preguntó a Satanás: “¿Qué has estado haciendo?”. “Viajando por la tierra, yendo de aquí para allá”, respondió Satanás.
8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
“¿Has prestado atención a Job, mi siervo?” le peguntó el Señor. “No hay nadie como él en la tierra, un hombre íntegro que hace lo correcto, que respeta a Dios y evita el mal”.
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
“¿Acaso es por nada que Job respeta a Dios?” – respondió Satanás. “Has colocado un cerco protector alrededor de él, de su familia y de todo lo que posee.
10 Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his household, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
Has bendecido todo lo que hace. ¡Sus rebaños y manadas han aumentado tanto que llenan toda la tierra!
11 But put forth your hand now, and strike all that he has, and he will curse you to your face."
Pero si extiendes tu mano y le quitas todo lo que tiene, sin duda te maldecirá en tu cara”.
12 The LORD said to Satan, "Look, all that he has is in your power. Only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
Entonces el Señor le dijo a Satanás: “Muy bien, tienes el poder de hacer lo que quieras con todo lo que tiene, pero no lo hieras a él físicamente”. Entonces Satanás se fue de la presencia del Señor.
13 Now the day came when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
Llegó el día en que, mientras los hijos e hijas de Job estaban comiendo y bebiendo vino en la casa de su hermano mayor,
14 that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys grazing beside them,
un mensajero se acercó a Job y le dijo: “Mientras los bueyes estaban arando y las asnas pastando cerca,
15 and Sheba attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
los sabeos atacaron y se los llevaron, matando a los pastores. Sólo yo escapé para traerte esta noticia”.
16 While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the young men, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
Mientras aún hablaba, llegó otro mensajero y dijo: “El fuego de Dios cayó del cielo y prendió fuego a las ovejas y a los pastores y los quemó. Sólo yo escapé para traerte esta noticia”.
17 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Kasdim made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, and killed the young men with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
Mientras él seguía hablando llegó otro mensajero y dijo: “Tres compañías armadas de caldeos atacaron los camellos y los tomaron, matando a los pastores. Sólo yo escapé para traerte esta noticia”.
18 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
Mientras él seguía hablando llegó otro mensajero y dijo: “Tus hijos e hijas estaban comiendo y bebiendo vino en la casa de su hermano mayor,
19 and look, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."
cuando de repente llegó un tremendo viento del desierto. Golpeó la casa por los cuatro costados, se derrumbó sobre ellos, y murieron. Sólo yo escapé para traerte esta noticia”.
20 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down with his face to the ground.
Entonces Job se levantó y se rasgó la túnica. Entonces se cortó el pelo y se postró en el suelo en señal de adoración.
21 He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."
“Estaba desnudo cuando salí del vientre de mi madre, y estaré desnudo cuando me vaya”, dijo. “El Señor dio, y el Señor ha quitado. Que el nombre del Señor sea honrado”.
22 In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
En todo esto Job no pecó ni culpó a Dios.
