Job 21
1 Unya mitubag si Job ug miingon,
Then Job replied,
2 “Patalinghogi pag-ayo ang akong isulti, ug tugoti kini nga mohupay kaninyo.
“Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
3 Paantosa ako, ug magasulti usab ako; human ako makasulti, tamaya dayon ako.
Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
4 Alang kanako, sa tawo ba ang akong sumbong? Nganong kinahanglan man nga dili ako mag-apura?
“It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
5 Tan-wa ako ug katingala, ug ibutang ang imong kamot sa imong baba.
Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
6 Sa paghunahuna ko sa akong mga pag-antos, nasamok gayod ako, ug nagagunit ang kahadlok sa akong unod.
When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
7 Nganong nagpadayon man ang mga daotang tawo sa pagkabuhi, hangtod matigulang, ug magdako nga kusgan diha sa gahom?
“[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
8 Nagmalig-on ang ilang mga kaliwatan atubangan sa ilang panan-aw, ug nalig-on ang ilang kaliwatan atubangan sa ilang mga mata.
They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
9 Ang ilang mga balay mahilayo gikan sa kahadlok; bisan ang sungkod sa Dios anaa kanila.
Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
10 Misanay ang ilang torong baka; wala gayod kini napakyas sa pagbuhat niana; ang ilang mga bayeng baka nanagpanganak ug wala nangamatay ang ilang mga nati.
Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
11 Pagawason nila ang ilang mga anak sama sa panon sa mananap, ug nanagsayaw ang ilang mga anak.
Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
12 Nanag-awit sila uban ang mga tambor ug alpa ug nagsadya uban sa mga sonata sa plawta.
Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
14 Moingon sila sa Dios, 'Biya gikan kanamo tungod kay wala kami nangandoy ug bisan unsa nga kahibalo sa imong mga pamaagi.
While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
15 Unsa man ang Gamhanan, nganong kinahanglan man nga mosimba kita kaniya? Unsa man ang atong makuha kung moampo kita kaniya?'
Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
16 Tan-awa, dili ba ang ilang kadagaya anaa man sa ilang mga kamot? Wala akoy mahimo sa tambag sa daotang tawo.
Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
17 Makapila man ka higayon nga ang suga sa tawong daotan palungon, o nga ang kalamidad mahitabo kanila? Makapila man ka higayon nga maghatag kanila ang Dios ug kalisdanan pinaagi sa iyang kasuko?
(“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
18 Makapila man ka higayon nga mahimo silang sama sa uhot atubangan sa hangin o sama sa tahop nga mapalid sa bagyo?
[He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
19 Miingon kamo, 'Nagalista ang Dios sa kasal-anan sa iyang mga anak aron bayran nila kini.' Tugoti nga siya mismo ang mobayad niini, aron masayod siya sa iyang kasal-anan.
You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
20 Tugoti nga makita niya ang iyang pagkalaglag, ug tugoti siya sa pag-inom sa kasuko sa Makagagahom.
I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
21 Kay unsa man ang kalabotan niya sa iyang pamilya sa dihang ang gidaghanon sa iyang mga bulan giputol na?
After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
22 Aduna bay makatudlo sa Dios ug kaalam nga bisan man gani ang anaa sa kahitas-an iyang ginahukman?
“Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
23 Ang tawo mamatay diha sa iyang tibuok kusog, hingpit nga hilom ug kalmado.
Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
24 Napuno sa gatas ang iyang lawas, ug ang kinauyokan sa iyang bukog nagyamog ug anaa sa maayo nga panlawas.
Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
25 Ang usa ka tawo namatay sa kapait sa kalag, ang usa ni wala nakasinati ug bisan unsang butang nga maayo.
Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
26 Managsama sila nga mihigda sa yuta; ang mga ulod nitabon kanilang duha.
But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
27 Tan-awa, nasayod ako sa inyong mga hunahuna, ug sa inyong mga pamaagi aron himoon akong sayop.
“Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
28 Kay kamo moingon, 'Asa man karon ang balay sa prinsipe? Asa man ang tolda nga gipuy-an kaniadto sa daotang tawo?'
You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
29 Wala ba kamo nangutana sa mga tawong nagapanaw? Wala ba kamo nasayod sa kamatuoran nga ilang giingon,
But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
30 nga ang daotang tawo ipahilayo sa adlaw sa kalamidad, ug nga ipahilayo siya gikan sa adlaw sa kasuko?
that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
31 Kinsa man ang mohukom sa binuhatan sa tawong daotan sa iyang atubangan? Kinsa man ang mobayad sa iyang gibuhat?
There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
32 Hinuon ipakatawo siya aron ilubong; ang tawo magbantay sa iyang lubnganan.
The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
33 Ang tibugol nga yuta sa walog mahimong tam-is kaniya; ang tanang mga tawo magasunod kaniya, ingon nga adunay dili maihap nga katawhan sa iyang atubangan.
A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
34 Unsaon man ninyo ako paghupay sa walay pulos nga butang, nga bakak man gani ang inyong mga tubag?”
“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
