La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
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1 Entonces respondió Job y dijo:
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Then Job replied:
2 En verdad yo sé que es así, pero ¿cómo puede un hombre ser justo delante de Dios?
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“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
3 Si alguno quisiera contender con El, no podría contestarle ni una vez entre mil.
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Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
4 Sabio de corazón y robusto de fuerzas, ¿quién le ha desafiado sin sufrir daño?
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His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
5 El es el que remueve los montes, y éstos no saben cómo cuando los vuelca en su furor;
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He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.
6 el que sacude la tierra de su lugar, y sus columnas tiemblan;
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He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
7 el que manda al sol que no brille, y pone sello a las estrellas;
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He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.
8 el que solo extiende los cielos, y holla las olas del mar;
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He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 el que hace la Osa, el Orión y las Pléyades, y las cámaras del sur;
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He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10 el que hace grandes cosas, inescrutables, y maravillas sin número.
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He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
11 Si El pasara junto a mí, no le vería; si me pasara adelante, no le percibiría.
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When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
12 Si El arrebatara algo, ¿quién le estorbaría? Quién podrá decirle: "¿Qué haces?"
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If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 Dios no retirará su ira; debajo de El se abaten los que ayudan a Rahab.
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God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
14 ¿Cómo puedo yo responderle, y escoger mis palabras delante de El?
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“How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?
15 Porque aunque yo tuviera razón, no podría responder; tendría que implorar la misericordia de mi juez.
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Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
16 Si yo llamara y El me respondiera, no podría creer que escuchara mi voz.
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Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
17 Porque El me quebranta con tempestad, y sin causa multiplica mis heridas.
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He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.
18 No me permite cobrar aliento, sino que me llena de amarguras.
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He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
19 Si es cuestión de poder, he aquí, El es poderoso; y si es cuestión de justicia, ¿quién le citará?
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If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him ?
20 Aunque soy justo, mi boca me condenará; aunque soy inocente , El me declarará culpable.
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Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
21 Inocente soy, no hago caso de mí mismo, desprecio mi vida.
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“Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 Todo es lo mismo, por tanto digo: "El destruye al inocente y al malvado."
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It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 Si el azote mata de repente, El se burla de la desesperación del inocente.
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When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 La tierra es entregada en manos de los impíos; El cubre el rostro de sus jueces; si no es El, ¿quién será?
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When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?
25 Mis días son más ligeros que un corredor; huyen, no ven el bien.
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“My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
26 Se deslizan como barcos de juncos, como águila que se arroja sobre su presa.
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They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
27 Aunque yo diga: "Olvidaré mi queja, cambiaré mi triste semblante y me alegraré",
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If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 temeroso estoy de todos mis dolores, sé que tú no me absolverás.
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I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
29 Si soy impío, ¿para qué, pues, esforzarme en vano?
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Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?
30 Si me lavara con nieve y limpiara mis manos con lejía,
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Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,
31 aun así me hundirías en la fosa, y mis propios vestidos me aborrecerían.
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you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.
32 Porque El no es hombre como yo, para que le responda, para que juntos vengamos a juicio.
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“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
33 No hay árbitro entre nosotros, que ponga su mano sobre ambos.
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If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,
34 Que El quite de mí su vara, y no me espante su terror.
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someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
35 Entonces yo hablaré y no le temeré; porque en mi opinión yo no soy así.
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Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.
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