| Chapter 29 |
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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
| Y VOLVIO Job á tomar su propósito, y dijo:
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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; |
| ¡Quién me tornase como en los meses pasados, Como en los días que Dios me guardaba,
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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; |
| Cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, A la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad;
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As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; |
| Como fué en los días de mi mocedad, Cuando el secreto de Dios estaba en mi tienda;
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When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; |
| Cuando aún el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, Y mis hijos alrededor de mi;
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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
| Cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, Y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite!
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When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! |
| Cuando salía á la puerta á juicio, Y en la plaza hacía preparar mi asiento,
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The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. |
| Los mozos me veían, y se escondían; Y los viejos se levantaban, y estaban en pie;
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The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. |
| Los príncipes detenían sus palabras, Ponían la mano sobre su boca;
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The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
| La voz de los principales se ocultaba, Y su lengua se pegaba á su paladar:
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When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: |
| Cuando los oídos que me oían, me llamaban bienaventurado, Y los ojos que me veían, me daban testimonio:
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. |
| Porque libraba al pobre que gritaba, Y al huérfano que carecía de ayudador.
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. |
| La bendición del que se iba á perder venía sobre mí; Y al corazón de la viuda daba alegría.
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. |
| Vestíame de justicia, y ella me vestía como un manto; Y mi toca era juicio.
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. |
| Yo era ojos al ciego, Y pies al cojo.
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I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. |
| A los menesterosos era padre; Y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
| Y quebraba los colmillos del inicuo, Y de sus dientes hacía soltar la presa.
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. |
| Y decía yo: En mi nido moriré, Y como arena multiplicaré días.
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My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
| Mi raíz estaba abierta junto á las aguas, Y en mis ramas permanecía el rocío.
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My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. |
| Mi honra se renovaba en mí, Y mi arco se corroboraba en mi mano.
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. |
| Oíanme, y esperaban; Y callaban á mi consejo.
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After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. |
| Tras mi palabra no replicaban, Y mi razón destilaba sobre ellos.
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And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. |
| Y esperábanme como á la lluvia, Y abrían su boca como á la lluvia tardía.
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
| Si me reía con ellos, no lo creían: Y no abatían la luz de mi rostro.
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I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. |
| Calificaba yo el camino de ellos, y sentábame en cabecera; Y moraba como rey en el ejército, Como el que consuela llorosos.
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