Job 23
1 Job contestó:
Then Job answered and said,
2 “De todos modos, mis quejas hoy siguen siendo amargas. A pesar de mis gemidos, me sigue castigando.
Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning.
3 Si supiera dónde puedo encontrarlo para ir a donde se sienta a juzgar.
Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end [of the matter]?
4 Allí expondría mi caso ante él y presentaría todos mis argumentos en su totalidad.
And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Descubriría cómo me respondería y aprendería lo que tiene que decirme.
And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me.
6 ¿Lucharía contra mí usando su poderosa fuerza? No, prestaría atención a lo que tengo que decir.
Though he should come on me in [his] great strength, then he would not threaten me;
7 Allí una buena persona podría razonar con él, y yo sería absuelto para siempre por mi juez.
for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end.
8 Si voy al este, él no está; si voy al oeste, no lo encuentro.
For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know [concerning] the latter end?
9 Si está trabajando en el norte, no lo distingo; si va al sur, no lo veo.
When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed [it] not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see [it].
10 “Sin embargo, él siempre sabe a dónde voy. Cuando me haya probado, saldré brillante como el oro.
For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold.
11 Me he mantenido al paso con él; he seguido su camino sin desviarme.
And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments,
12 No he descuidado sus mandatos, porque valoro más lo que me ha ordenado que el alimento que como cada día.
neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.
13 “Pero Dios es inmutable: ¿quién puede desviarlo de sus propósitos? Él hace todo lo que quiere hacer.
And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed [a thing] and done it.
14 Así que terminará lo que ha planeado para mí, y tiene muchos planes para mí.
15 Por eso me aterra encontrarme con él; cuando pienso en él tiemblo de miedo.
Therefore am I troubled at him; and when I was reproved, I thought of him. Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him.
16 Dios me ha hecho desfallecer; el Todopoderoso me ha hecho morir de miedo.
But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me.
17 Sin embargo, sigo aquí a pesar de la oscuridad, aunque no pueda ver a través de la oscuridad total”.
For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered [me] before my face.
