Job 18

1Entonces Baldad suhita tomó la palabra, y dijo:

2“¿Cuándo acabaréis de hablar? Pensad primero, luego hablaremos.

3¿Por qué nos reputas por bestias, y somos unos estúpidos a tus ojos?

4Tú que te desgarras en tu furor, ¿quedará sin ti abandonada la tierra, o cambiarán de lugar las peñas?

5Sí, la luz de los malos se apaga, no brillará más la llama de su fuego.

6La luz se oscurecerá en su morada, y encima de él se apagará su lámpara.

7Se cortarán sus pasos tan vigorosos, le precipitará su propio consejo;

8pues meterá sus pies en la red, y caminará sobre una trampa.

9Un lazo le enredará el calcañar, y será aprisionado en la red.

10Ocultas están en el suelo sus sogas, y la trampa está en su senda.

11Por todas partes le asaltan terrores, que le embarazan los pies.

12Su robustez es pasto del hambre, y a su lado está la perdición,

13que roerá los miembros de su cuerpo; serán devorados por el primogénito de la muerte.

14Arrancado será de su morada donde se creía seguro; le arrastrarán al rey de los espantos.

15Nadie de los suyos habitará su tienda, azufre será sembrado sobre su morada.

16Por abajo se secarán sus raíces, y por arriba le cortarán las ramas.

17Perecerá en la tierra su memoria, ya no se oirá su nombre en las plazas.

18De la luz le arrojarán a la tiniebla, y lo echarán fuera del mundo.

19No dejará hijo ni posteridad en su pueblo, ni sobreviviente en el lugar de su peregrinación.

20En el día (de su caída) se pasmará el Occidente, y el Oriente se sobrecogerá de espanto.

21Así son las moradas de los impíos, y tal es el paradero del que no conoce a Dios.”

1Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:

2[Usque ad quem finem verba jactabitis? intelligite prius, et sic loquamur.

3Quare reputati sumus ut jumenta, et sorduimus coram vobis?

4Qui perdis animam tuam in furore tuo, numquid propter te derelinquetur terra, et transferentur rupes de loco suo?

5Nonne lux impii extinguetur, nec splendebit flamma ignis ejus?

6Lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo illius, et lucerna quæ super eum est extinguetur.

7Arctabuntur gressus virtutis ejus, et præcipitabit eum consilium suum.

8Immisit enim in rete pedes suos, et in maculis ejus ambulat.

9Tenebitur planta illius laqueo, et exardescet contra eum sitis.

10Abscondita est in terra pedica ejus, et decipula illius super semitam.

11Undique terrebunt eum formidines, et involvent pedes ejus.

12Attenuetur fame robur ejus, et inedia invadat costas illius.

13Devoret pulchritudinem cutis ejus; consumat brachia illius primogenita mors.

14Avellatur de tabernaculo suo fiducia ejus, et calcet super eum, quasi rex, interitus.

15Habitent in tabernaculo illius socii ejus qui non est; aspergatur in tabernaculo ejus sulphur.

16Deorsum radices ejus siccentur: sursum autem atteratur messis ejus.

17Memoria illius pereat de terra, et non celebretur nomen ejus in plateis.

18Expellet eum de luce in tenebras, et de orbe transferet eum.

19Non erit semen ejus, neque progenies in populo suo, nec ullæ reliquiæ in regionibus ejus.

20In die ejus stupebunt novissimi, et primos invadet horror.

21Hæc sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui, et iste locus ejus qui ignorat Deum.]

1Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:

2How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.

3Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?

4Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?

5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?

6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.

7The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.

8For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.

9The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.

10A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.

11Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.

12Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.

13Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.

14Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.

15Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.

16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.

17Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.

18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.

19His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.

20They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.

21These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.