1.Respondió Zofar naamatita, y dijo:Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2.Por cierto mis pensamientos me hacen responder, Y por tanto me apresuro.Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3.La reprensión de mi censura he oído, Y me hace responder el espíritu de mi inteligencia.I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
4.¿No sabes esto, que así fue siempre, Desde el tiempo que fue puesto el hombre sobre la tierra,Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
5.Que la alegría de los malos es breve, Y el gozo del impío por un momento?That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6.Aunque subiere su altivez hasta el cielo, Y su cabeza tocare en las nubes,Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
7.Como su estiércol, perecerá para siempre; Los que le hubieren visto dirán: ¿Qué hay de él?Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8.Como sueño volará, y no será hallado, Y se disipará como visión nocturna.He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9.El ojo que le veía, nunca más le verá, Ni su lugar le conocerá más.The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
10.Sus hijos solicitarán el favor de los pobres, Y sus manos devolverán lo que él robó.His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
11.Sus huesos están llenos de su juventud, Mas con él en el polvo yacerán.His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
12.Si el mal se endulzó en su boca, Si lo ocultaba debajo de su lengua,Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
13.Si le parecía bien, y no lo dejaba, Sino que lo detenía en su paladar;Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
14.Su comida se mudará en sus entrañas; Hiel de áspides será dentro de él.Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
15.Devoró riquezas, pero las vomitará; De su vientre las sacará Dios.He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
16.Veneno de áspides chupará; Lo matará lengua de víbora.He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
17.No verá los arroyos, los ríos, Los torrentes de miel y de leche.He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
18.Restituirá el trabajo conforme a los bienes que tomó, Y no los tragará ni gozará.That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
19.Por cuanto quebrantó y desamparó a los pobres, Robó casas, y no las edificó;For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
20.Por tanto, no tendrá sosiego en su vientre, Ni salvará nada de lo que codiciaba.Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
21.No quedó nada que no comiese; Por tanto, su bienestar no será duradero.There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
22.En el colmo de su abundancia padecerá estrechez; La mano de todos los malvados vendrá sobre él.In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
23.Cuando se pusiere a llenar su vientre, Dios enviará sobre él el ardor de su ira, Y la hará llover sobre él y sobre su comida.When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
24.Huirá de las armas de hierro, Y el arco de bronce le atravesará.He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25.La saeta le traspasará y saldrá de su cuerpo, Y la punta relumbrante saldrá por su hiel; Sobre él vendrán terrores.He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
26.Todas las tinieblas están reservadas para sus tesoros; Fuego no atizado los consumirá; Devorará lo que quede en su tienda.All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
27.Los cielos descubrirán su iniquidad, Y la tierra se levantará contra él.The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
28.Los renuevos de su casa serán transportados; Serán esparcidos en el día de su furor.The increase of his house shall depart; His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29.Esta es la porción que Dios prepara al hombre impío, Y la heredad que Dios le señala por su palabra.This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.