Job 33
1 Por tanto, Job, oye ahora mis razones, y escucha todas mis palabras.
“But now, Job, listen carefully to all that I am going to say [DOU].
2 He aquí yo abriré ahora mi boca, y mi lengua hablará en mi garganta.
I am ready to tell you [MTY, DOU] [what I think].
3 Mis razones declararán la rectitud de mi corazón, y mis labios proferirán pura sabiduría.
I know that I am speaking honestly and that I am speaking [MTY] sincerely.
4 El espíritu de Dios me hizo, y la inspiración del Omnipotente me dio vida.
Almighty God has created me [as well as you], and his breath has caused me to live.
5 Si pudieres, respóndeme; dispón tus palabras, estás delante de mí.
So, answer [what] I [say] if you can; think carefully [about how you will reply to me].
6 Heme aquí a mí en lugar de Dios, conforme a tu dicho: De lodo soy yo también formado.
“God considers that you, and I are both [equal]; he formed both of us from clay.
7 He aquí que mi terror no te espantará, ni mi mano se agravará sobre ti.
So you do not need to be afraid of me; I will not crush/oppress you [by what I say] [MTY].
8 De cierto tú dijiste a oídos míos, y yo oí la voz de tus palabras que decían:
I have heard you [DOU] speaking, and this is what you have said:
9 Yo soy limpio y sin rebelión; y soy inocente, y no hay maldad en mí.
‘I am innocent; I have not committed any sins; I am pure; I have not done things that are wrong.
10 He aquí que Dios buscó achaques contra mí, y me tiene por su enemigo;
But God finds reasons to accuse me, and he considers that I am his enemy.
11 puso mis pies en el cepo, y guardó todas mis sendas.
[It is as though] he has put my feet (in stocks/between wooden blocks to prevent me from walking away), and he watches everything that I do.’ [MTY]
12 He aquí en esto no has hablado justamente; yo te responderé que mayor es Dios que el hombre.
But what you have said is wrong, and I will tell you [what you have said that is wrong]. God is much greater than any human.
13 ¿Por qué tomaste pleito contra él? Porque él no dirá todas sus palabras.
So, (why are you arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions’?/you should not be arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions.’) [RHQ]
14 Sin embargo, en una o en dos maneras habla Dios al que no ve.
God does speak [to us] in various ways, but we do not pay any attention to what he says.
15 Por sueño de visión nocturna, cuando el sueño cae sobre los hombres, cuando se adormecen sobre el lecho;
[Sometimes he speaks to us] at night in dreams and visions, when we are on our beds, asleep [DOU].
16 entonces revela al oído de los hombres, y les señala su castigo;
He reveals things [MTY] to us and terrifies us by the things he warns us about.
17 para quitar al hombre de la mala obra, y apartar del varón la soberbia.
He tell us those things in order that we stop doing [evil] things and to prevent us from becoming proud.
18 Así detendrá su alma de corrupción, y su vida de ser pasada a cuchillo.
He does not want us to be destroyed [MTY]; he wants to prevent us from dying [MTY] [while we are still young].
19 También sobre su cama es castigado con dolor fuerte en todos sus huesos,
God also [sometimes] corrects us by forcing us to lie on our beds suffering much pain and with fever/aching in our bones.
20 que le hace que su vida aborrezca el pan, y su alma la comida suave.
The result is that we do not desire any food, not even very special food.
21 Su carne desfallece sin verse, y sus huesos, que antes no se veían, aparecen.
Our bodies become very thin, with the result that we look like skeletons [HYP], and our bones stick out.
22 Y su alma se acercará al sepulcro, y su vida a los enterradores.
[We know that] we will soon die and go to the place where dead people are.
23 Si tuviera cerca de él algún elocuente anunciador muy escogido, que anuncie al hombre su justicia;
“But sometimes an angel [may come to one of us], one of the thousands of angels who come to intervene between us and God, to tell us what are the right things for us [to do].
24 que le diga que Dios tuvo de él misericordia, que lo libró de descender al sepulcro, que halló redención;
The angel is kind to us and says to God, ‘Release that person, so that he does not descend to the place where dead people are! Do that because I have found the money to pay so that he can be released!
25 se enternecerá su carne más que de niño, y volverá a los días de su juventud.
Allow his body to be strong again; allow him to be strong like he was when he was a youth!’
26 Orará a Dios, y le amará, y verá su faz con júbilo; y él dará al hombre el pago de su justicia.
When that happens, that person will pray to God, and God will accept/answer him; he will (enter God’s presence/worship God) joyfully, and then he will tell others how God saved him [from dying].
27 El mira sobre los hombres; y el que dijere: Pequé, y pervertí lo recto, y no me ha aprovechado;
He will sing as he tells everyone, ‘I sinned, and I did things that were not right, but God did not punish me in the way that I deserved.
28 Dios redimirá su alma, que no pase al sepulcro, y su vida se verá en luz.
He has saved me from dying and going to the place where dead people are, and I will continue to enjoy being alive.’
29 He aquí, todas estas cosas hace Dios dos y tres veces con el hombre;
God does all these things for us many times;
30 para apartar su alma del sepulcro, y para ilustrarlo con la luz de los vivientes.
he keeps us [SYN] from [dying and] going to the place where the dead are, in order that we can continue to enjoy being alive [IDM].
31 Escucha, Job, y óyeme; calla, y yo hablaré.
So Job, listen to me; do not say anything more; just allow me to speak.
32 Y si tuvieres palabras, respóndeme; habla, porque yo te quiero justificar.
[After I speak], if you have something more that you want to say to me, say it, because I would like to find a way to declare that you (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
33 Y si no, óyeme tú a mí; calla, y te enseñaré sabiduría.
But if you have nothing more that you want to say, then just listen to me, and I will teach you how to become wise.”
