Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

1 Bildad de Súah responde nuevamente:

2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

2 «¿A quién tratas de engañar? Exprésate con algo de sensatez si quieres que te respondamos.

3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

3 ¿Hemos llegado a ser para ti como animales estúpidos y mudos?

4 You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

4 Sólo porque enojado rasgas tu ropa, ¿habrá de comenzar un terremoto? ¿Habremos de correr todos a escondernos?

5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

5 »Queda en pie la verdad de que si no prosperas es porque eres malvado. Y tu brillante llama será apagada.

6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

6 Habrá tinieblas en toda casa donde haya maldad.

7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

7 El confiado paso del impío será acortado; verá que su vigor se desvanece.

8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

8–9 Cae en trampas, y los ladrones le tienden emboscadas.

9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

10 A cada paso, una trampa lo espera.

11 Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

11 Razón tiene para temer; su enemigo está por darle alcance.

12 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

12 »Su vigor está agotado por el hambre; la calamidad acecha para lanzarse sobre él.

13 It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

13 La enfermedad le carcome la piel. La muerte lo devorará.

14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

14 La riqueza en que confiaba lo rechazará, y lo harán descender a donde está el rey de los terrores.

15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

15 Su hogar desaparecerá bajo ardiente bombardeo de azufre.

16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

16 Morirá de sus raíces arriba, y todas sus ramas serán cortadas.

17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

17 »Todo recuerdo de su existencia perecerá en la tierra; nadie lo recordará.

18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

18 Será echado del reino de la luz y lanzado a las tinieblas, y expulsado del mundo.

19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

19 No le quedará hijo ni nieto ni ningún otro pariente.

20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

20 Viejos y jóvenes por igual se horrorizarán ante su destino.

21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

21 Sí, eso es lo que ocurre a los pecadores, a quienes rechazan a Dios».