Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Job 14
1“El hombre, nacido de mujer, vive corto tiempo, y se harta de miserias. Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.2Brota como una flor, y se marchita, huye como la sombra, y no tiene permanencia. He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.3¿Sobre un tal abres Tú los ojos, y me citas a juicio contigo? And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?4¡Oh, si se pudiera sacar cosa limpia de lo inmundo! Nadie lo puede. Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?5Ya que Tú has determinado los días (del hombre) y fijado el número de sus meses; le señalaste un término que no puede traspasar; The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with you; you have determined his limits, which cannot be surpassed.6aparta de él tu mirada para que repose, hasta que, como el jornalero cumpla sus días. Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.7El árbol tiene esperanza; siendo cortado, no deja de retoñar, y no cesan sus renuevos. A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.8Aun cuando envejeciere su raíz en la tierra, y haya muerto en el polvo su tronco, If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,9sintiendo el agua retoña, y echa ramas como planta (nueva). at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted.10EI hombre si muere, queda postrado; si expira, ¿dónde va a parar? Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?11Como las aguas del lago se están evaporando y el río se agota y se seca, It is as if the waters had receded from the sea and an emptied river had dried up;12así el hombre cuando se acuesta no se levanta más. No despertará, hasta que se hayan consumido los cielos; ni se levantará de su sueño. just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.13¡Ojalá me escondieras en el scheol, para ocultarme hasta que pase tu ira; y me fijases un plazo para acordarte de mí! Who will grant this to me, that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by, and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?14Muerto el hombre ¿podrá volver a vivir? entonces todos los días de mi milicia esperaría la hora de mi relevo. Do you suppose that a dead man will live again? On each of the days in which I now battle, I wait until my transformation occurs.15Entonces respondería a tu llamado, y Tú amarías la obra de tus manos. You will call me and I will answer you; to the work of your hands, you will extend your right hand.16Pero ahora cuentas mis pasos, tienes el ojo abierto sobre mi pecado. Indeed, you have numbered my steps, but you have been lenient with my sins.17Sellada está en una bolsa mi delito, y tienes encerrada mi iniquidad. You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse, but you have cured my iniquity.18Como un monte se deshace cayendo, y la peña se traslada de su lugar; A falling mountain flows away, and a stone is transferred from its place.19y como el agua cava las piedras, y sus inundaciones se llevan el polvo de la tierra, desbaratas Tú la esperanza del hombre. Waters wear away stones, and with a flood the land is reduced little by little; and similarly, you will destroy man.20Prevaleces contra él por siempre, y así desaparece; desfiguras su rostro, y lo eliminas. You have strengthened him for a little while, so that he may cross over into eternity. You will change his face and send him forth.21Sean honrados sus hijos, él no lo sabe; o sean abatidos, él no se da cuenta de ello. Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.22Solo siente los propios dolores, solo por sí misma se aflige su alma.” And in this way his body, while he yet lives, will have grief, and his soul will mourn over himself.