Job 1
1 Hubo un hombre en la tierra de Uz llamado Job. Aquel varón era intachable, recto, temeroso de ʼElohim y apartado del mal.
A man he was in [the] land of Uz [was] Job name his and he was - the man that blameless and upright and fearing God and turning aside from evil.
2 Le nacieron siete hijos y tres hijas.
And they were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3 Su hacienda era: 6.000 ovejas, 3.000 camellos, 500 yuntas de bueyes, 500 asnas y muchísimos esclavos. Aquel varón era el más grande de todos los hombres del oriente.
And it was livestock his seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred pair[s] of ox[en] and five hundred female donkeys and service much very and he was the man that great more than all [the] people of [the] east.
4 Sus hijos acostumbraban tener banquetes en la casa de cada uno en su día, e invitaban a sus tres hermanas para que comieran y bebieran con ellos.
And they went sons his and they made a feast [the] house of each one day his and they sent and they invited [the] three (sisters their *Q(k)*) to eat and to drink with them.
5 Sucedía que cuando los días del festín terminaban su ciclo, Job mandaba [a buscarlos] y los purificaba. Se levantaba de madrugada y ofrecía holocaustos por ellos, conforme a su número, pues Job decía: Tal vez mis hijos pecaron contra ʼElohim y blasfemaron en su corazón. Job siempre hacía esto.
And it was that they had gone round [the] days of the feast and he sent Job and he sanctified them and he rose early in the morning and he offered up burnt offerings [the] number of all of them for he said Job perhaps they have sinned children my and they have blessed God in heart their thus he did Job all the days.
6 Entonces hubo un día cuando los hijos de ʼElohim llegaron a presentarse ante Yavé, y Satán también llegó entre ellos.
And it was the day and they came [the] sons of God to present themselves on Yahweh and he came also the adversary in midst of them.
7 Yavé preguntó a Satán: ¿De dónde vienes? Y Satán respondió a Yavé: De rodear la tierra y andar por ella.
And he said Yahweh to the adversary from where? are you coming and he answered the adversary Yahweh and he said from roving about on the earth and from going about on it.
8 Y Yavé dijo a Satán: ¿No has considerado a mi esclavo Job, que no hay otro como él en la tierra, varón intachable, recto, temeroso de ʼElohim y apartado del mal?
And he said Yahweh to the adversary ¿ have you set heart your on servant my Job for there not [is] like him on the earth a man blameless and upright fearing God and [who] turns aside from evil.
9 Entonces Satán respondió a Yavé: ¿Teme Job a ʼElohim sin interés?
And he answered the adversary Yahweh and he said ¿ in vain has he feared Job God.
10 ¿No colocaste un cercado alrededor de él, su casa y todo cuanto posee? Porque has bendecido la obra de sus manos, y sus posesiones aumentaron en la tierra.
¿ Not (you *Q(K)*) have you put a hedge behind him and behind house his and behind all that [belongs] to him from round about [the] work of hands his you have blessed and livestock his it has spread out in the land.
11 Pero extiende ahora tu mano y toca todo lo que tiene y verás si no te maldice en tu propia Presencia.
And but stretch out please hand your and touch all that [belongs] to him if not on face your he will bless you.
12 Entonces Yavé contestó a Satán: Mira, todo lo que tiene está en tu mano, solo que no pongas tu mano sobre él. Y Satán se retiró de la Presencia de Yavé.
And he said Yahweh to the adversary there! all that [belongs] to him [is] in hand your only against him may not you stretch out hand your and he went out the adversary from with [the] presence of Yahweh.
13 Llegó el día cuando sus hijos y sus hijas comían y bebían vino en casa del hermano primogénito,
And it was the day and sons his and daughters his [were] eating and drinking wine in [the] house of brother their the firstborn.
14 y un mensajero llegó a Job y le dijo: Los bueyes araban y las asnas pastaban junto a ellos.
And a messenger he came to Job and he said the ox[en] they were plowing and the female donkeys [were] grazing on hands their.
15 Los sabeos cayeron violentamente y se los llevaron. Mataron a los esclavos a filo de espada. Solo yo escapé para darte la noticia.
And it fell Sabean[s] and it took them and the servants they struck to [the] mouth of [the] sword and I have escaped! only I to alone me to tell to you.
16 Aún hablaba éste cuando otro llegó, quien dijo: ¡Fuego de ʼElohim cayó del cielo que quemó las ovejas y devoró a los esclavos! Solo yo escapé para darte la noticia.
Still - this [one] [was] speaking and this [one] he came and he said [the] fire of God it fell from the heavens and it burned the sheep and the servants and it consumed them and I have escaped! only I to alone me to tell to you.
17 Éste aún hablaba cuando llegó otro, quien dijo: Los caldeos formaron tres cuadrillas. Se abalanzaron sobre los camellos y se los llevaron. Mataron a filo de espada a los esclavos, y solo yo escapé para darte la noticia.
Still - this [one] [was] speaking and this [one] he came and he said [the] Chaldeans they formed - three companies and they made a raid on the camels and they took them and the servants they struck to [the] mouth of [the] sword and I have escaped! only I to alone me to tell to you.
18 Aún hablaba éste cuando otro vino, quien dijo: Tus hijos y tus hijas comían y bebían vino en casa de su hermano primogénito,
Until this [one] [was] speaking and this [one] he came and he said sons your and daughters your [were] eating and drinking wine in [the] house of brother their the firstborn.
19 cuando ciertamente llegó un remolino de viento del desierto que golpeó las cuatro esquinas de la casa, la cual cayó sobre los jóvenes, y murieron. Solo yo escapé para darte la noticia.
And there! a wind great it came - from [the] other side of the wilderness and it touched [the] four [the] corners of the house and it fell on the youths and they died and I have escaped! only I to alone me to tell to you.
20 Entonces Job se levantó, rasgó su manto y se rapó la cabeza. Cayó a la tierra, adoró
And he arose Job and he tore robe his and he shaved head his and he fell [the] earth towards and he bowed down.
21 y dijo: ¡Desnudo salí del vientre de mi madre y desnudo me voy! ¡Yavé dio y Yavé quitó! ¡Bendito sea el Nombre de Yavé!
And he said naked (I came out *Q(k)*) from [the] womb of mother my and naked I will return there towards Yahweh he gave and Yahweh he has taken may it be [the] name of Yahweh blessed.
22 En todo esto Job no pecó ni atribuyó a ʼElohim algún despropósito.
In all this not he sinned Job and not he ascribe unseemliness to God.
