Job 14
1 El hombre nacido de mujer, corto de días, y harto de sinsabores;
As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
2 que sale como una flor y es cortado; y huye como la sombra, y no permanece.
He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
3 ¿Y sobre éste abres tus ojos, y me traes a juicio contigo?
Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
4 ¿Quién hará limpio de inmundo? Nadie.
If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
5 Si sus días están determinados, y el número de sus meses está cerca de ti; tú le pusiste términos, de los cuales no pasará.
If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;
6 Si tú lo dejares, él dejará de ser; entre tanto deseará, como el jornalero, su día.
Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.
7 Porque si el árbol fuere cortado, aún queda de él esperanza; retoñecerá aún, y sus renuevos no faltarán.
For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.
8 Si se envejeciere en la tierra su raíz, y su tronco fuere muerto en el polvo,
Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;
9 al olor del agua reverdecerá, y hará copa como nueva planta.
Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.
10 Mas cuando el hombre morirá, y será cortado; y perecerá el hombre, ¿adónde estará él?
But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
11 Las aguas del mar se fueron, y se agotó el río, se secó.
The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;
12 Así el hombre yace, y no se tornará a levantar; hasta que no haya cielo no despertarán, ni recordarán de su sueño.
So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
13 ¡Oh quién me diera que me escondieses en la sepultura, que me encubrieras hasta apaciguarse tu ira, que me pusieses plazo, y de mí te acordaras! (Sheol h7585)
If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again! (Sheol h7585)
14 Si el hombre muriere, ¿por ventura vivirá? Todos los días de mi edad esperaré, hasta que venga mi transformación.
If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
15 Entonces llamarás, y yo te responderé, a la obra de tus manos desearás.
At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
16 Pues ahora me cuentas los pasos, y no das dilación a mi pecado.
For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
17 Tienes sellada en manojo mi prevaricación, y enmiendas a mi iniquidad.
My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.
18 Y ciertamente el monte que cae se deshace, y las peñas son traspasadas de su lugar;
But truly a mountain falling comes to dust, and a rock is moved from its place;
19 las piedras son quebrantadas con el agua impetuosa, que se lleva el polvo de la tierra, de tal manera haces perder al hombre la esperanza.
The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.
20 Para siempre serás más fuerte que él, y él se va; demudarás su rostro, y lo enviarás.
You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.
21 Sus hijos serán honrados, y él no lo sabrá; o serán afligidos, y no entenderá de ellos.
His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.
22 Mas mientras su carne estuviere sobre él se dolerá, y su alma se entristecerá en él.
Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.
