1 Por favor, Job, ouve o que tenho para dizer-te.

2 Já comecei a falar, agora continuo.

3 Direi a verdade com toda a sinceridade.

4 Porque foi o Espírito de Deus que me fez,o sopro do Deus poderoso deu-me vida.

5 Não hesites em me responder, se puderes.

6 Diante de Deus sou tanto como tu,eu também fui formado do barro.

7 Não precisas de me recear. Não sou ninguém assim tão importanteque te ponha nervoso ou receoso.

8 Tu disseste, e repetiste várias vezes, uma coisa que os meus ouvidos captaram claramente: - 'Sou puro, estou inocente; não pequei!'

10 Disseste igualmente, que Deus está usando contigo um pente finopara te apanhar a mais pequena falta,e em consequência considerar-te um inimigo seu.

11 'Ele põe-me os pés no tronco

12 Pois bem, aqui está a minha resposta: Foi aí mesmo que tu pecaste, em falar de Deus dessa maneira. Porque Deus é maior do que os homens.

13 Por que razão contenderias tu com Deuspelo facto de ele te dar contas do que faz?

25 Então o seu corpo se tornará tão saudável como o de um jovem:firme e robusto novamente.

26 Quando orar a Deus, Deus o ouviráe lhe responderá, recebendo-o com alegria, e salvando-o.

27 A pessoa declarará aos seus amigos: 'pequei, e perverti o direito.

28 Mas Deus não me castigou; livrou a minha alma de descer à cova. Assim sei que verei a luz.'

31 Escuta bem isto, Job! Peço-te que me ouças e me deixes dizer ainda mais alguma coisa.

32 No entanto, se tiveres algo a acrescentar quanto a este ponto, diz. Gostaria de te ouvir, porque queria muito justificar-te.

33 Caso contrário, ouve-me então. Cala-te e ensinar-te-ei sabedoria!

1 But, in very deed, hear, I pray thee, Job, my discourse, and, to all my words, give thou ear.

2 Lo! I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue, with my palate, hath spoken,

3 Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;

4 The spirit of GOD, hath made me, and, the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth me life.

5 If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before metake thy stand!

6 Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I!

7 Lo! my terror, will not startle thee, nor, my hand, upon thee, be heavy.

8 But thou hast spoken in mine ears, and, the sound of words, I heard:

9 Pure am, I, without transgression,Clean am, I, and have no iniquity;

10 Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him;

11 He puttethin the stocksmy feet, He watcheth all my paths.

12 Lo! in this, thou hast not been rightlet me answer thee, For, GOD, is greater than, man.

13 Wherefore, against him, hast thou contended? For, with none of his reasons, will he respond.

14 For, in one way, GOD may speak,and, in a second way, one may not heed it:

15 In a dream, a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed,

16 Then, uncovereth he the ear of men, and, on their correction, affixeth a seal;

17 To turn a son of earth from his deed, while yet, pride, from man he concealeth:

18 He keepeth back his said from the pit, and his life from passing away by a weapon.

19 Or he is chastised with pain, upon his bed, and, the strife of his bones, is unceasing!

20 So that his life maketh loathsome food, and his soul, dainty meat;

21 His flesh wasteth away out of sight, and bared are the bones once unseen;

22 So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death:

23 If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpretone of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness,

24 Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!

25 His flesh hath been made fresher than a childs, he hath returned to the days of his youth;

26 He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

27 He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;

28 He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit,and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.

29 Lo! a these things, doth GOD work, two ways, three, with a man;

30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to enlighten with the light of the living.

31 Mark well, O Job, and hearken to me, Be silent, and, I, will speak:

32 If there is anything to say, reply to me, Speak, for I desire to justify thee;

33 If not, do, thou, hearken unto me, Be silent, that I may teach thee wisdom.