Jó 6— comparação

1Então Jó respondeu:

2“Ah, se a minha angústia fosse pesada,

3Pois agora seria mais pesada do que a areia dos mares;

4Pois as flechas do Todo-Poderoso estão em mim.

5Por acaso o jumento selvagem zurra quando tem capim?

6Pode o que não tem sabor ser comido sem sal?

7A minha alma se recusa a tocá-los.

8“Ah, se eu pudesse ter o meu pedido atendido,

9que fosse do agrado de Deus me esmagar;

10Que isso ainda seja a minha consolação,

11Qual é a minha força, para que eu espere?

12É a minha força a força das pedras?

13Não é verdade que não há ajuda em mim,

14“Àquele que está prestes a desfalecer, o seu amigo deveria mostrar bondade;

15Meus irmãos agiram de forma enganosa como um riacho,

16que ficam escuros por causa do gelo,

17Na estação seca, eles desaparecem.

18As caravanas que viajam ao lado deles se desviam.

19As caravanas de Tema olharam.

20Ficaram angustiados porque estavam confiantes.

21Pois agora vocês não são nada.

22Por acaso eu disse alguma vez: ‘Deem-me algo’?

23ou: ‘Livrem-me da mão do adversário’?

24“Ensinem-me, e eu me calarei.

25Como são fortes as palavras de retidão!

26Vocês pretendem repreender palavras,

27Sim, vocês até lançariam sortes sobre o órfão,

28Agora, portanto, por favor, olhem para mim,

29Por favor, voltem atrás.

30Há injustiça na minha língua?

1Then Job answered,

2“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.

4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

6Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.

8“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,

9even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

10Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?

13Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?

14“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

16which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

17In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

18The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.

19The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

20They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.

21For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.

22Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?

23or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?

24“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.

25How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

26Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

28Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.

29Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.

30Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?