Antigo Testamentoáudio
Jó 31 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
40 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1"I made a solemn pact with myselfnever to undress a girl with my eyes.
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1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
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2So what can I expect from God?What do I deserve from God Almighty above?
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2What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
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3Isn't calamity reserved for the wicked?Isn't disaster supposed to strike those who do wrong?
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3Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
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4Isn't God looking, observing how I live?Doesn't he mark every step I take?
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4Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?
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5"Have I walked hand in hand with falsehood,or hung out in the company of deceit?
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5“If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;
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6Weigh me on a set of honest scalesso God has proof of my integrity.
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6(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)
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7If I've strayed off the straight and narrow,wanted things I had no right to,messed around with sin,
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7if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands,
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8Go ahead, then—give my portion to someone who deserves it.
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8then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out.
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9"If I've let myself be seduced by a womanand conspired to go to bed with her,
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9“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
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10Fine, my wife has every right to go aheadand sleep with anyone she wants to.
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10then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her.
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11For disgusting behavior like that,I'd deserve the worst punishment you could hand out.
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11For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
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12Adultery is a fire that burns the house down;I wouldn't expect anything I count dear to survive it.
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12for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
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13"Have I ever been unfair to my employeeswhen they brought a complaint to me?
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13“If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
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14What, then, will I do when God confronts me?When God examines my books, what can I say?
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14what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
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15Didn't the same God who made me, make them?Aren't we all made of the same stuff, equals before God?
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15Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
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16"Have I ignored the needs of the poor,turned my back on the indigent,
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16“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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17Taken care of my own needs and fed my own facewhile they languished?
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17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
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18Wasn't my home always open to them?Weren't they always welcome at my table?
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18(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow ),
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19"Have I ever left a poor family shivering in the coldwhen they had no warm clothes?
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19if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,
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20Didn't the poor bless me when they saw me coming,knowing I'd brought coats from my closet?
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20if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
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21"If I've ever used my strength and influenceto take advantage of the unfortunate,
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21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
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22Go ahead, break both my arms,cut off all my fingers!
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22then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.
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23The fear of God has kept me from these things—how else could I ever face him?
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23For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
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24"Did I set my heart on making big moneyor worship at the bank?
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24“If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,
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25Did I boast about my wealth,show off because I was well-off?
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25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,
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26Was I ever so awed by the sun's brillianceand moved by the moon's beauty
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26if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,
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27That I let myself become seduced by themand worshiped them on the sly?
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27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,
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28If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments,for I would be betraying God himself.
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28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.
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29"Did I ever crow over my enemy's ruin?Or gloat over my rival's bad luck?
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29“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
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30No, I never said a word of detraction,never cursed them, even under my breath.
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30(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),
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31"Didn't those who worked for me say,'He fed us well. There were always second helpings'?
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31if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’
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32And no stranger ever had to spend a night in the street;my doors were always open to travelers.
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32(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler),
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33Did I hide my sin the way Adam did,or conceal my guilt behind closed doors
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33if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
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34Because I was afraid what people would say,fearing the gossip of the neighbors so muchThat I turned myself into a recluse?You know good and well that I didn't.
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34because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors —
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35"Oh, if only someone would give me a hearing!I've signed my name to my defense—let theAlmighty One answer!I want to see my indictment in writing.
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35Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
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36Anyone's welcome to read my defense;I'll write it on a poster and carry it around town.
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36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;
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37I'm prepared to account for every move I've ever made—to anyone and everyone, prince or pauper.
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37I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
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38"If the very ground that I farm accuses me,if even the furrows fill with tears from my abuse,
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38“If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,
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39If I've ever raped the earth for my own profitor dispossessed its rightful owners,
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39if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last,
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40Then curse it with thistles instead of wheat,curse it with weeds instead of barley."The words of Job to his three friends were finished.
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40let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.