Job 1

1Había en tierra de Us un varón que se llamaba Job; era hombre perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios y apartado del mal.

2Le nacieron siete hijos y tres hijas,

3y poseía siete mil ovejas, tres mil camellos, quinientas yuntas de bueyes, quinientas asnas, y muy numerosa servidumbre. Era así aquel hombre más poderoso que todos los orientales.

4Sus hijos solían visitarse el uno al otro en sus casas y celebrar banquetes, cada cual en su día, e invitaban también a sus tres hermanas a comer y beber con ellos.

5Concluido el turno de los días del convite, Job los hacía venir, y los santificaba. Madrugando por la mañana ofrecía holocaustos conforme al número de todos ellos; pues decía Job: “Quizá hayan pecado mis hijos, y maldecido a Dios en sus corazones.” Así obraba Job siempre.

6Un día cuando los hijos de Dios fueron a presentarse delante de Yahvé, vino también entre ellos Satanás.

7Y dijo Yahvé a Satanás: “¿De dónde vienes?” Respondió Satanás a Yahvé y dijo: “Acabo de dar una vuelta por la tierra y pasearme por ella.”

8Y preguntó Yahvé a Satanás: “¿Has reparado en mi siervo Job?, pues no hay ninguno como él en la tierra, varón perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios y apartado del mal.”

9Respondió Satanás a Yahvé, y dijo: “¿Acaso teme Job a Dios desinteresadamente?

10¿No le has rodeado con tu protección por todas partes a él, su casa y todo cuanto tiene? Has bendecido la obra de sus manos, y su hacienda se ha multiplicado sobre la tierra.

11Pero anda, extiende tu mano y toca cuanto es suyo, y verás cómo te maldice en la cara.”

12Dijo entonces Yahvé a Satanás: “He aquí que todo cuanto tiene está en tu mano; pero no extiendas tu mano contra su persona.” Con esto se retiró Satanás de la presencia de Yahvé.

13Ahora bien, mientras un día sus hijos y sus hijas estaban comiendo y bebiendo vino en casa de su hermano mayor,

14llegó un mensajero a Job y dijo: “Estaban los bueyes arando, y las asnas paciendo junto a ellos,

15cuando cayeron sobre ellos los sabeos y se los llevaron, pasando a cuchillo a los siervos. Y yo solo he escapado para traerte la noticia.”

16Todavía estaba este hablando, cuando llegó otro, que dijo: “Fuego de Dios ha caído del cielo, que abrasó a las ovejas y a los siervos, devorándolos; yo solo he podido escapar para traerte la noticia.”

17Todavía estaba este hablando, cuando vino otro, que dijo: “Los caldeos, divididos en tres cuadrillas, cayeron sobre los camellos y se los llevaron, pasando a cuchillo a los siervos; y yo solo he escapado para traerte la noticia.”

18Aún estaba este hablando, cuando entró otro y dijo: “Mientras tus hijos y tus hijas estaban comiendo y bebiendo vino en casa de su hermano mayor,

19sobrevino del otro lado del desierto un gran viento, que sacudió las cuatro esquinas de la casa, la cual cayó sobre los jóvenes, que quedaron muertos; y yo solo he escapado para traerte la noticia.”

20Entonces Job se levantó, rasgó su manto y se rapó la cabeza. Y postrado en tierra adoró,

21y dijo: “Desnudo salí de las entrañas de mi madre y desnudo volveré allá. Yahvé lo ha dado, Yahvé lo ha quitado. ¡Sea bendito el nombre de Yahvé!”

22En todo esto no pecó Job, ni dijo palabra insensata contra Dios.

1Vir erat in terra Hus, nomine Job: et erat vir ille simplex, et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo.

2Natique sunt ei septem filii, et tres filiæ.

3Et fuit possessio ejus septem millia ovium, et tria millia camelorum, quingenta quoque juga boum, et quingentæ asinæ, ac familia multa nimis: eratque vir ille magnus inter omnes orientales.

4Et ibant filii ejus, et faciebant convivium per domos, unusquisque in die suo. Et mittentes vocabant tres sorores suas, ut comederent et biberent cum eis.

5Cumque in orbem transissent dies convivii, mittebat ad eos Job, et sanctificabat illos: consurgensque diluculo, offerebat holocausta pro singulis. Dicebat enim: Ne forte peccaverint filii mei, et benedixerint Deo in cordibus suis. Sic faciebat Job cunctis diebus.

6Quadam autem die, cum venissent filii Dei ut assisterent coram Domino, affuit inter eos etiam Satan.

7Cui dixit Dominus: Unde venis? Qui respondens, ait: Circuivi terram, et perambulavi eam.

8Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Numquid considerasti servum meum Job, quod non sit ei similis in terra, homo simplex et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo?

9Cui respondens Satan, ait: Numquid Job frustra timet Deum?

10nonne tu vallasti eum, ac domum ejus, universamque substantiam per circuitum; operibus manuum ejus benedixisti, et possessio ejus crevit in terra?

11sed extende paululum manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, nisi in faciem benedixerit tibi.

12Dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan: Ecce universa quæ habet in manu tua sunt: tantum in eum ne extendas manum tuam. Egressusque est Satan a facie Domini.

13Cum autem quadam die filii et filiæ ejus comederent et biberent vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,

14nuntius venit ad Job, qui diceret: Boves arabant, et asinæ pascebantur juxta eos:

15et irruerunt Sabæi, tuleruntque omnia, et pueros percusserunt gladio: et evasi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.

16Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur, venit alter, et dixit: Ignis Dei cecidit e cælo, et tactas oves puerosque consumpsit: et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.

17Sed et illo adhuc loquente, venit alius, et dixit: Chaldæi fecerunt tres turmas, et invaserunt camelos, et tulerunt eos, necnon et pueros percusserunt gladio: et ego fugi solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.

18Adhuc loquebatur ille, et ecce alius intravit, et dixit: Filiis tuis et filiabus vescentibus et bibentibus vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,

19repente ventus vehemens irruit a regione deserti, et concussit quatuor angulos domus: quæ corruens oppressit liberos tuos, et mortui sunt: et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.

20Tunc surrexit Job, et scidit vestimenta sua: et tonso capite corruens in terram, adoravit,

21et dixit: Nudus egressus sum de utero matris meæ, et nudus revertar illuc. Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit; sicut Domino placuit, ita factum est. Sit nomen Domini benedictum.

22In omnibus his non peccavit Job labiis suis, neque stultum quid contra Deum locutus est.

1There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil.

2And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

3And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceeding great: and this man was great among all the people of the east.

4And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

5And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.

6Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.

7And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

8And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil?

9And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain?

10Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?

11But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face.

12Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

13Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,

14There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,

15And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

16And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

17And while he also was yet speaking, there came another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the camels, and taken them, moreover they have slain the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

18He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their elder brother:

19A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and it fell upon thy children and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to fell thee.

20Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head fell down upon the ground and worshipped,

21And said: Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

22In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God.