1 H abía en el país de Uz un hombre llamado Job. Era un hombre perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios y apartado del mal.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

2 L e habían nacido siete hijos y tres hijas.

There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

3 S u hacienda era de siete mil ovejas, tres mil camellos, quinientas yuntas de bueyes, quinientas asnas y muchísimos criados. Era el hombre más importante de todos los orientales.

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

4 S us hijos celebraban banquetes en sus casas, cada uno en su día; y enviaban a llamar a sus tres hermanas para que comieran y bebieran con ellos.

His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

5 Y sucedía que una vez pasados los días de turno, Job los hacía venir y los santificaba. Se levantaba de mañana y ofrecía holocaustos conforme al número de todos ellos. Porque decía Job: «Quizá habrán pecado mis hijos y habrán blasfemado contra Dios en sus corazones.» Esto mismo hacía cada vez.

It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.

6 U n día acudieron a presentarse delante de Jehová los hijos de Dios, y entre ellos vino también Satanás.

Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.

7 D ijo Jehová a Satanás: —¿De dónde vienes? Respondiendo Satanás a Jehová, dijo: —De rodear la tierra y andar por ella.

Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

8 J ehová dijo a Satanás: —¿No te has fijado en mi siervo Job, que no hay otro como él en la tierra, varón perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios y apartado del mal?

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”

9 R espondiendo Satanás a Jehová, dijo: —¿Acaso teme Job a Dios de balde?

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

10 ¿ No le has rodeado de tu protección, a él y a su casa y a todo lo que tiene? El trabajo de sus manos has bendecido, y por eso sus bienes han aumentado sobre la tierra.

Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

11 P ero extiende ahora tu mano y toca todo lo que posee, y verás si no blasfema contra ti en tu propia presencia.

But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

12 D ijo Jehová a Satanás: —Todo lo que tiene está en tu mano; solamente no pongas tu mano sobre él. Y salió Satanás de delante de Jehová.

Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.

13 U n día aconteció que sus hijos e hijas comían y bebían vino en casa de su hermano el primogénito,

It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

14 y vino un mensajero a Job y le dijo: —Estaban arando los bueyes y las asnas pacían cerca de ellos;

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

15 d e pronto nos asaltaron los sabeos y se los llevaron, y mataron a los criados a filo de espada. Solamente escapé yo para darte la noticia.

and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

16 A ún estaba éste hablando, cuando vino otro, que dijo: —Fuego de Dios cayó del cielo y quemó a ovejas y a pastores, y los consumió. Solamente escapé yo para darte la noticia.

While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

17 A ún estaba éste hablando, cuando vino otro, que dijo: —Tres escuadrones de caldeos arremetieron contra los camellos y se los llevaron, y mataron a los criados a filo de espada. Solamente escapé yo para darte la noticia.

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

18 E ntre tanto que éste hablaba, vino otro, que dijo: —Tus hijos y tus hijas estaban comiendo y bebiendo vino en casa de su hermano el primogénito,

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

19 c uando un gran viento se levantó del lado del desierto y azotó las cuatro esquinas de la casa, la cual cayó sobre los jóvenes, y murieron. Solamente escapé yo para darte la noticia.

and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”

20 E ntonces Job se levantó, rasgó su manto y se rasuró la cabeza; luego, postrado en tierra, adoró

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

21 y dijo: «Desnudo salí del vientre de mi madre y desnudo volveré allá. Jehová dio y Jehová quitó: ¡Bendito sea el nombre de Jehová!»

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

22 E n todo esto no pecó Job ni atribuyó a Dios despropósito alguno.

In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.