Job 7
1 “¿No es la vida de los seres humanos como una condena a trabajos forzados? ¿No pasan sus días como los de un jornalero?
“People need to work hard on this earth, like soldiers do; all during the time that we are alive, we work hard [RHQ], like laborers/servants do.
2 Como un esclavo que anhela un poco de sombra, como un obrero que espera ansiosamente el día de la paga,
We are like [SIM] slaves who keep wanting to be in the cool shade, and we are like [SIM] workers who are waiting to be paid.
3 me han tocado meses de vacío y noches de miseria.
God has given me many months [in which I think that it is] useless [to remain alive]; he has allotted/given to me many nights during which I feel miserable.
4 Cuando me acuesto me pregunto: ‘¿Cuándo me levantaré?’ Pero la noche sigue y sigue, y doy vueltas en la cama hasta el amanecer.
When I lie down [at night] I say, ‘How long will it be until morning?’ But nights are long, and I (toss/turn over and over) [on my bed] until dawn.
5 Mi cuerpo está cubierto de gusanos y sucio; mi piel está agrietada, con llagas que supuran.
My body is covered with maggots and scabs; pus oozes out of my open sores.
6 Mis días pasan más rápido que la lanzadera de un tejedor y llegan a su fin sin esperanza.
My days pass as quickly as a weaver’s (shuttle/stick that takes the thread back and forth), and they end without my confidently expecting [that things will be better the next day].
7 Recuerda que mi vida es sólo un soplo; no volveré a ver la felicidad.
God, do not forget that my life is [as short as] a breath [MET]; I [think that] I [SYN] will never again be happy.
8 Los que me miran ya no me verán; sus ojos me buscarán, pero yo me habré ido.
God, you [SYN] see me now, but [some day] you will not see me any more. You will search for me, but I will be gone [because I will be dead].
9 Cuando una nube desaparece, se va, al igual que quien baja al Seol no vuelve a subir. (Sheol h7585)
Like [SIM] clouds (disperse/break up) and then disappear, people [die and] descend to the place where dead people are, and they do not return; (Sheol h7585)
10 Nunca volverán a casa, y la gente que conocían los olvidará.
they never return to their houses, and people among whom they lived do not remember them any more.
11 “Entonces no, no me callaré; hablaré en la agonía de mi espíritu; me quejaré en la amargura de mi alma.
So, I will not be silent; while I am suffering I will speak; I will complain [to God about what has happened to me] because I [SYN] am very angry.
12 ¿Acaso soy el mar, o soy un monstruo marino para que ustedes tengan que cuidarme?
[God, ] why do you watch closely what I am doing? [Do you think that] I am a [dangerous] sea monster?
13 Si me digo a mí mismo: ‘Me sentiré mejor si me acuesto en mi cama’, o ‘me servirá recostarme en mi sofá’,
When [I lie down at night, ] I think, ‘I will be comforted here on my bed; my pain will be less while I am sleeping.’
14 entonces me asustas tanto con sueños y con visiones
But then you give me dreams that cause me to be afraid; you give me visions that terrify me,
15 que prefiero ser estrangulado; prefiero morir antes que convertirme en un simple saco de huesos.
with the result that I would prefer to be strangled to death than to continue to [be alive] being only a bunch of bones.
16 “¡Odio mi vida! Sé que no viviré mucho tiempo. Déjame en paz porque mi vida es sólo un soplo.
I detest continuing to be alive; I do not want to live for many years [HYP]. Allow me to be alone, [because I will be alive] for only a very short remaining time [HYP].
17 ¿Por qué los seres humanos son tan importantes para ti? ¿Por qué te preocupas tanto por ellos
“We human beings are not [very important]; so, why do you pay a lot of attention to us [DOU]?
18 que los vigilas cada mañana y los examinas a cada momento? ¿No dejarás nunca de mirarme?
You look at us every morning [to see what we are doing], and examine us every moment [to see if we are doing what is right].
19 ¿No me dejarás nunca en paz el tiempo suficiente para recuperar el aliento?
(When will you stop looking at me and leave me alone [for a little time], long enough to swallow my spit?/Please stop looking at me and leave me alone [for a little time], long enough to swallow my spit.) [RHQ]
20 ¿Qué he hecho mal? ¿Qué te he hecho, Vigilante de la Humanidad? ¿Por qué me has convertido en tu objetivo, de tal modo que soy una carga hasta para mí mismo?
[Why do] you watch me constantly? If I sin, that certainly does not harm you! Why have you set me up like a target to shoot at? Do you consider me to be a heavy load that you are forced to carry?
21 Si es así, ¿por qué no perdonas mis pecados y quitas mi culpa? Ahora mismo voy a tumbarme en el polvo, y aunque me busques, me habré ido”.
[If I have sinned, ] are you not able to forgive me for my sins— the things that I have done that are wrong? Soon I will lie in my grave; you will search for me, but [you will not find me because] I will be [dead and] gone.”
