1.Respondió Bildad suhita, y dijo:Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2.¿Cuándo pondréis fin a las palabras? Entended, y después hablemos.How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3.¿Por qué somos tenidos por bestias, Y a vuestros ojos somos viles?Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?
4.Oh tú, que te despedazas en tu furor, ¿Será abandonada la tierra por tu causa, Y serán removidas de su lugar las peñas?Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5.Ciertamente la luz de los impíos será apagada, Y no resplandecerá la centella de su fuego.Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6.La luz se oscurecerá en su tienda, Y se apagará sobre él su lámpara.The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
7.Sus pasos vigorosos serán acortados, Y su mismo consejo lo precipitará.The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
8.Porque red será echada a sus pies, Y sobre mallas andará.For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
9.Lazo prenderá su calcañar; Se afirmará la trampa contra él.A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.
10.Su cuerda está escondida en la tierra, Y una trampa le aguarda en la senda.A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
11.De todas partes lo asombrarán temores, Y le harán huir desconcertado.Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
12.Serán gastadas de hambre sus fuerzas, Y a su lado estará preparado quebrantamiento.His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
13.La enfermedad roerá su piel, Y a sus miembros devorará el primogénito de la muerte.The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
14.Su confianza será arrancada de su tienda, Y al rey de los espantos será conducido.He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15.En su tienda morará como si no fuese suya; Piedra de azufre será esparcida sobre su morada.There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16.Abajo se secarán sus raíces, Y arriba serán cortadas sus ramas.His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
17.Su memoria perecerá de la tierra, Y no tendrá nombre por las calles.His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
18.De la luz será lanzado a las tinieblas, Y echado fuera del mundo.He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
19.No tendrá hijo ni nieto en su pueblo, Ni quien le suceda en sus moradas.He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
20.Sobre su día se espantarán los de occidente, Y pavor caerá sobre los de oriente.They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
21.Ciertamente tales son las moradas del impío, Y este será el lugar del que no conoció a Dios.Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.