Job 19
Sexto discurso de Job
1 A esto, Job respondió:
2 «¿Hasta cuándo van a estar atormentándome
y aplastándome con sus palabras? 3 Una y otra vezs me hacen reproches;
descaradamente me atacan. 4 Aun si fuera verdad que me he desviado,
mis errores son asunto mío. 5 Si quieren darse importancia a costa mía,
y valerse de mi humillación para atacarme, 6 sepan que es Dios quien me ha hecho daño,
quien me ha atrapado en su red. 7 »Aunque grito: “¡Violencia!”, no hallo respuesta;
aunque pido ayuda, no se me hace justicia. 8 Dios me ha cerrado el camino, y no puedo pasar;
ha cubierto de oscuridad mis senderos. 9 Me ha despojado de toda honra;
de la cabeza me ha quitado la corona. 10 Por todos lados me destroza, como a un árbol;
me aniquila, y arranca de raíz mi esperanza. 11 Su enojo se ha encendido contra mí;
me cuenta entre sus enemigos. 12 Sus tropas avanzan en tropel;
levantan una rampa para asediarme; ¡acampan alrededor de mi carpa! 13 »Hizo que mis hermanos me abandonaran;
hasta mis amigos se han alejado de mí. 14 Mis parientes y conocidos se distanciaron,
me echaron al olvido. 15 Mis huéspedes y mis criadas me ven como a un extraño,
me miran como a un desconocido. 16 Llamo a mi criado, y no me responde,
aunque yo mismo se lo ruego. 17 A mi esposa le da asco mi aliento;
a mis hermanoss les resulto repugnante.
18 Hasta los niños se burlan de mí;
en cuanto me ven, me dan la espalda.s
19 A todos mis amigos les resulto abominable;
mis seres queridos se han vuelto contra mí. 20 La piel y la carne se me pegan a los huesos;
¡a duras penas he salvado el pellejo!s
21 »¡Compadézcanse de mí, amigos míos;
compadézcanse, que la mano de Dios me ha golpeado! 22 ¿Por qué me acosan como Dios?
¿No les basta con desollarme vivo?s
23 »¡Ah, si fueran grabadas mis palabras,
si quedaran escritas en un libro! 24 ¡Si para siempre quedaran sobre la roca,
grabadas con cincel en una placa de plomo! 25 Yo sé que mi redentors vive,
y que al final *triunfará sobre la muerte.s
26 Y cuando mi piel haya sido destruida,
todavía veré a Dios con mis propios ojos.s
27 Yo mismo espero verlo;
espero ser yo quien lo vea, y no otro. ¡Este anhelo me consume las entrañas! 28 »Ustedes dicen: “Vamos a acosarlo,
porque en él está la raíz del mal.” 29 Pero cuídense de la espada,
pues con ella viene la ira justiciera, para que sepan que hay un juez.»
Job 19
Job’s Reply to Bildad
1 Then Job answered:
2 “How long will you torment met
and crusht me with your words?t
3 These ten timess you have been reproaching me;t
you are not ashamed to attack me!t
4 But even if it weret true that I have erred,t
my errort remains solely my concern!
5 If indeedt you would exalt yourselvest above me
and plead my disgrace against me,s
6 knowt then that God has wronged met
and encircledt me with his net.t
Job’s Abandonment and Affliction
7 “Ift I cry out,s ‘Violence!’t
I receive no answer;t
I cry for help,
but there is no justice.
8 He has blockedt my way so I cannot pass,
and has set darknesst over my paths.
9 He has stripped me of my honor
and has taken the crown off my head.s
10 He tears me downt on every side until I perish;t
he uprootst my hopet like one uprootst a tree.
11 Thust his anger burns against me,
and he considers me among his enemies.t
12 His troopss advance together;
they throw upt a siege ramp against me,
and they camp around my tent.
Job’s Forsaken State
13 “He has put my relativest far from me;
my acquaintances onlyt turn away from me.
14 My kinsmen have failed me;
my friendst have forgotten me.t
15 My guestst and my servant girls
considert me a stranger;
I am a foreignert in their eyes.
16 I summont my servant, but he does not respond,
even though I imploret him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is repulsivet to my wife;
I am loathsomet to my brothers.t
18 Even youngsters have scorned me;
when I get up,s they scoff at me.t
19 All my closest friendst detest me;
and those whomt I love have turned against me.t
20 My bones stick to my skin and my flesh;t
I have escapedt alivet with only the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me,
for the hand of God has struck me.
22 Why do you pursue me like God does?s
Will you never be satiated with my flesh?s
Job’s Assurance of Vindication
23 “O thatt my words were written down,
O that they were written on a scroll,t
24 that with an iron chisel and with leads
they were engraved in a rock forever!
25 As for me, I know that my Redeemert lives,
and that as the lastt
he will stand upon the earth.t
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,t
yet in my flesht I will see God,t
27 whom I will see for myself,t
and whom my own eyes will behold,
and not another.t
My heartt grows faint within me.t
28 If you say, ‘How we will pursue him,
since the root of the trouble is found in him!’s
29 Fear the sword yourselves,
for wratht brings the punishmentt by the sword,
so that you may know
that there is judgment.”s