Jó 29 – NVI-PT & NIRV

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Jó 29:1-25

1Jó prosseguiu sua fala:

2“Como tenho saudade dos meses que se passaram,

dos dias em que Deus cuidava de mim,

3quando a sua lâmpada brilhava sobre a minha cabeça

e por sua luz eu caminhava em meio às trevas!

4Como tenho saudade dos dias do meu vigor,

quando a amizade de Deus abençoava a minha casa,

5quando o Todo-poderoso ainda estava comigo

e meus filhos estavam ao meu redor,

6quando as minhas veredas se embebiam em nata

e a rocha me despejava torrentes de azeite.

7“Quando eu ia à porta da cidade

e tomava assento na praça pública;

8quando, ao me verem, os jovens saíam do caminho,

e os idosos ficavam em pé;

9os líderes se abstinham de falar

e com a mão cobriam a boca.

10As vozes dos nobres silenciavam, e suas línguas

colavam-se ao céu da boca.

11Todos os que me ouviam falavam bem de mim,

e quem me via me elogiava,

12pois eu socorria o pobre que clamava por ajuda

e o órfão que não tinha quem o ajudasse.

13O que estava à beira da morte me abençoava,

e eu fazia regozijar-se o coração da viúva.

14A retidão era a minha roupa;

a justiça era o meu manto e o meu turbante.

15Eu era os olhos do cego

e os pés do aleijado.

16Eu era o pai dos necessitados e me interessava

pela defesa de desconhecidos.

17Eu quebrava as presas dos ímpios

e dos seus dentes arrancava as suas vítimas.

18“Eu pensava: Morrerei em casa,

e os meus dias serão numerosos como os grãos de areia.

19Minhas raízes chegarão até as águas,

e o orvalho passará a noite nos meus ramos.

20Minha glória se renovará em mim,

e novo será o meu arco em minha mão.

21“Os homens me escutavam em ansiosa expectativa,

aguardando em silêncio o meu conselho.

22Depois que eu falava, eles nada diziam;

minhas palavras caíam suavemente em seus ouvidos.

23Esperavam por mim

como quem espera por uma chuvarada

e bebiam minhas palavras

como quem bebe a chuva da primavera.

24Quando eu lhes sorria, mal acreditavam;

a luz do meu rosto lhes era preciosa.

25Era eu que escolhia o caminho para eles

e me assentava como seu líder;

instalava-me como um rei no meio das suas tropas;

eu era como um consolador dos que choram.

New International Reader’s Version

Job 29:1-25

Job’s Final Speech

1Job continued to speak. He said,

2“How I long for the times when things were better!

That’s when God watched over me.

3The light of his lamp shone on me.

I walked through darkness by his light.

4Those were the best days of my life.

That’s when God’s friendship blessed my house.

5The Mighty One was still with me.

My children were all around me.

6The path in front of me was like sweet cream.

It was as if the rock poured out olive oil for me.

7“In those days I went to the city gate.

I took my seat as a member of the council.

8Young people who saw me stepped to one side.

Old people stood up as I approached.

9The leaders stopped speaking.

They covered their mouths with their hands.

10The voices of the nobles became quiet.

Their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

11Everyone who heard me said good things about me.

Those who saw me honored me.

12That’s because I saved poor people who cried out for help.

I saved helpless children whose fathers had died.

13Those who were dying gave me their blessing.

I made the hearts of widows sing.

14I put on a godly life as if it were my clothes.

Fairness was my robe and my turban.

15I was like eyes for those who were blind.

I was like feet for those who couldn’t walk.

16I was like a father to needy people.

I stood up for strangers in court.

17Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth.

But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.

18“I thought, ‘I’ll die in my own house.

The days of my life will be as many as the grains of sand.

19My roots will reach down to the water.

The dew will lie all night on my branches.

20I will remain healthy and strong.

My bow will stay as good as new in my hand.’

21“People wanted to hear what I had to say.

They waited silently for the advice I gave them.

22After I had spoken, they didn’t speak anymore.

My words fell gently on their ears.

23They waited for me just as they would wait for rain showers.

They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.

24When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it.

The light of my face lifted their spirits.

25I chose the way they should go. I sat as their chief.

I lived as a king lives among his troops.

I was like someone who comforts those who are sad.