Segundo discurso de Bildad
1Respondió entonces Bildad de Súah:
2«¿Cuándo pondrás fin a tanta palabrería?
Entra en razón y entonces hablaremos.
3¿Por qué nos tratas como si fuéramos bestias?
¿Por qué nos consideras unos tontos?
4Tú, que tu enojo te desgarra,
¿crees que por ti quedará desierta la tierra
y que las piedras se moverán de su lugar?
5»La lámpara del malvado se apagará;
la llama de su fuego dejará de arder.
6Languidece la luz de su morada;
la lámpara que lo alumbra se apagará.
7El vigor de sus pasos se irá debilitando;
sus propios planes lo derribarán.
8Sus pies lo harán caer en una trampa
y entre sus redes quedará atrapado.
9Quedará sujeto por los tobillos;
quedará atrapado por completo.
10Un lazo le espera escondido en el suelo;
una trampa está tendida a su paso.
11El terror lo asalta por doquier
y anda tras sus pasos.
12La calamidad lo acosa sin descanso;
el desastre no lo deja un solo instante.
13Carcome el cuerpo;
la muerte devora sus miembros.18:13 la muerte … sus miembros. Lit. devora sus miembros el primogénito de la muerte.
14Lejos de la seguridad de su morada,
marcha ahora hacia el rey de los terrores.
15El fuego se ha apoderado de su vivienda;18:15 El fuego … vivienda. Alt. En su vivienda, de lo suyo nada queda.
hay azufre ardiente esparcido en su morada.
16En el tronco, sus raíces se han secado;
en la copa, sus ramas se marchitan.
17Borrada de la tierra ha sido su memoria;
de su fama nada queda en el país.
18De la luz es lanzado a las tinieblas;
ha sido expulsado de este mundo.
19No tiene entre su pueblo hijos ni descendientes;
nadie le sobrevive donde él habitó.
20Del oriente al occidente
los pueblos se asombran de su ruina
y se estremecen de terror.
21Así es la morada del malvado,
el lugar del que no conoce a Dios».
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?18.4 himself: Heb. his soul
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.18.6 candle: or, lamp 7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 9The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.18.10 laid: Heb. hidden
11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.18.11 drive: Heb. scatter 12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.18.13 strength: Heb. bars 14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.18.18 He…: Heb. They shall drive him 19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.18.20 went…: or, lived with him18.20 were…: Heb. laid hold on horror 21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
