Job 40

1Yahvé siguió hablando a Job desde el torbellino, y dijo:

2“Cíñete los lomos como varón; voy a preguntarte y tú me instruirás.

3¿Quieres tú de veras negar mi justicia, condenarme a Mí para justificarte a ti mismo?

4¿Tienes tú un brazo como el de Dios, y puedes tronar con voz semejante a la suya?

5Adórnate de alteza y majestad, y revístete de gloria y grandeza.

6Derrama los torrentes de tu ira; mira a todo orgulloso y humíllalo.

7Mira a todo soberbio y abátelo, aplasta a los malvados donde estén.

8Escóndelos a todos en el polvo, y cubre su rostro con tinieblas.

9Yo entonces te alabaré, porque tu diestra podrá salvarte.

10Mira a Behemot, creado por Mí lo mismo que tú. Come hierba como el buey;

11y ve que su fuerza está en sus lomos, y su vigor en los músculos de su vientre.

12Endurece su cola como un cedro; y los nervios de sus muslos son como un solo tejido.

13Sus huesos son tubos de bronce, sus costillas como planchas de hierro.

14Es la primera de las obras de Dios; Él que lo hizo le dio una espada.

15Los montes le ofrecen alimento, todas las bestias del campo.

16Duerme debajo de los lotes, en la espesura de los juncos y pantanos.

17Los lotos le cubren con su sombra, y le rodean los sauces del río.

18Al desbordar el río no se amedrenta; se queda tranquilo aunque el Jordán le llegue a la garganta.

19Fascina la (presa) con los ojos, y su nariz perfora las redes.

20¿Pescas tú con anzuelo a Leviatán, y atas con una cuerda su lengua?

21¿Le meterás un junco en la nariz, le taladrarás con un gancho la quijada?

22¿Acaso te dirigirá muchas súplicas, o te dirá palabras tiernas?

23¿Hará pacto contigo? ¿Lo tomarás por perpetuo esclavo?

24¿Juguetearás con él como con un pájaro? ¿Lo atarás para tus hijas?

25¿Lo tomarán los amigos para comida? ¿Se lo repartirán entre sí los mercaderes?

26¿Horadarás su cuero con flechas, y con el arpón su cabeza?

27Pon (una vez) en él tu mano; y no olvidarás el combate; no volverás a hacerlo.

28He aquí que la esperanza (de los cazadores) es vana; su solo aspecto basta para echarlos por tierra.”

1Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit:

2[Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos: interrogabo te, et indica mihi.

3Numquid irritum facies judicium meum, et condemnabis me, ut tu justificeris?

4Et si habes brachium sicut Deus? et si voce simili tonas?

5Circumda tibi decorem, et in sublime erigere, et esto gloriosus, et speciosis induere vestibus.

6Disperge superbos in furore tuo, et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia.

7Respice cunctos superbos, et confunde eos, et contere impios in loco suo.

8Absconde eos in pulvere simul, et facies eorum demerge in foveam.

9Et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua.

10Ecce behemoth quem feci tecum, fœnum quasi bos comedet.

11Fortitudo ejus in lumbis ejus, et virtus illius in umbilico ventris ejus.

12Stringit caudam suam quasi cedrum; nervi testiculorum ejus perplexi sunt.

13Ossa ejus velut fistulæ æris; cartilago illius quasi laminæ ferreæ.

14Ipse est principium viarum Dei: qui fecit eum applicabit gladium ejus.

15Huic montes herbas ferunt: omnes bestiæ agri ludent ibi.

16Sub umbra dormit in secreto calami, et in locis humentibus.

17Protegunt umbræ umbram ejus: circumdabunt eum salices torrentis.

18Ecce absorbebit fluvium, et non mirabitur, et habet fiduciam quod influat Jordanis in os ejus.

19In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum, et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus.

20An extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam ejus?

21Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus, aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus?

22Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia?

23Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum?

24Numquid illudes ei quasi avi, aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis?

25Concident eum amici? divident illum negotiatores?

26Numquid implebis sagenas pelle ejus, et gurgustium piscium capite illius?

27Pone super eum manum tuam: memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui.

28Ecce spes ejus frustrabitur eum, et videntibus cunctis præcipitabitur.]

1And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

2Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

3Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

4And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

5Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.

6Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.

7Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place.

8Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.

9Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.

10Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.

11His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.

12He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.

13His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

14He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.

15To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.

16He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.

17The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

18Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.

19In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

20Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

21Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

22Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

23Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?

24Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

25Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?

26Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?

27Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.

28Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.