Job 22
1 Unya mitubag si Elifaz nga Temanihanon ug miingon,
Then Eliphaz replied,
2 “Magamit ba gayod ang tawo diha sa Dios? Magamit ba gayod ang maalamon nga tawo diha kaniya?
“(Can anyone be useful to God?/Certainly no one can be useful to God.) [RHQ] Even people who are wise cannot be helpful to God.
3 Makapalipay ba sa Makagagahom kung ikaw matarong? Maayo ba kini kaniya kung walay ikasaway sa imong mga pamaagi?
If you were righteous, (would that benefit Almighty [God]?/that certainly would not benefit Almighty [God].) [RHQ] If you had (lived a perfect life/never done anything that is wrong), would that help him?
4 Tungod ba sa imong pagtahod kaniya nga siya nagbadlong kanimo ug nagdala kanimo sa hukmanan?
“Is it because you have an awesome respect for God that he punishes you? Is that the reason that he puts you on trial?
5 Dili ba dako ang imong kadaotan? Wala bay kataposan ang imong kasal-nan?
No, it certainly must be [RHQ] because you are extremely wicked. It must be that the evil things that you have done are so many that no one can count them!
6 Tungod kay imong gisiguro ang bayad gikan sa imong igsoon sa walay hinungdan; gihuboan nimo ang usa ka tawo sa ilang sapot.
You must have lent money to others and wrongly forced them to give you things to guarantee that they would pay that money back to you; you must have taken all their clothes and left them with nothing to wear.
7 Wala nimo gihatagan ug tubig nga mainom ang mga tawong gipangkapoy; nagdinalo ka ug tinapay sa mga tawong gipanggutom,
You must not have given water to those who were thirsty, and you must have refused to give food to those who were hungry.
8 bisan tuod ikaw, ang kusgan ug usa ka halangdon nga tawo, nagpanag-iya sa kalibotan ug nagpuyo niini.
Because you were very powerful, you [must have] taken over all the people’s land, and then, being very respected, you have begun to live on that land.
9 Gipapahawa nimo ang mga biyuda nga walay dala; ang mga bukton sa walay mga amahan nangabali.
[When] widows [came to you for help], you [must have] sent [them] away without giving them anything, and you must have oppressed orphans.
10 Busa, ang mga lit-ag naglibot kanimo, ug ang kalit nga kahadlok makapagubot kanimo.
Because of all that, now there are pits around you for you to fall into, and suddenly there are things that terrify you and cause you to tremble.
11 Adunay kangitngit, hinungdan nga dili ka makakita; ug ang kadagaya sa tubig magatabon kanimo.
[It is as though] it has become very dark, with the result that you cannot see anything, and [it is as though] [MET] a flood covers you.
12 Dili ba ang Dios anaa man sa langit? Tan-awa ang kataas sa mga bituon, unsa sila kataas!
“[But consider this, Job]: God lives [RHQ] high up in the heavens. From there he [RHQ] looks down on the highest stars.
13 Makaingon kamo, 'Unsa man ang nasayran sa Dios? Makahukom ba siya pinaagi sa kabaga sa kangitngit?
So why do you say, ‘What does God know [about what we are doing]? [He is hidden from us by] dark clouds, so ([how] can he judge us?/he certainly cannot judge us.) [RHQ]’
14 Ang baga nga mga panganod nagatabon kaniya, aron nga dili siya makakita kanato; nagalakaw siya sa lig-on nga ali sa langit.'
[Do you think that] while he walks on the dome that covers the sky, there are thick clouds around him, with the result that he cannot see [what we do]?
15 Ipadayon mo ba gihapon ang daang dalan nga gisubay sa tawong daotan—
Will you continue to conduct your life the old way that evil people have done [for many years]?
16 alang niadtong gisakmit sa wala pa ang ilang panahon, kadtong gianod ang ilang mga patukoranan sama sa suba,
They suddenly died while they were still young; they disappeared [like everything disappears when there is] a flood [MET].
17 kadtong miingon sa Dios, 'Palayo kanamo'; kadtong nagsulti, 'Unsa man ang mabuhat sa Makagagahom kanato?'
They kept saying to God, ‘Do not bother us,’ and they also said [defiantly], ‘Almighty [God] can do nothing [RHQ] to [harm] us!’
18 Hinuon gipuno niya ang ilang mga balay sa maayong mga butang; ang mga laraw sa daotang mga tawo halayo kanako.
But it was God who filled their houses with good things, so I cannot at all understand why wicked people think like they do.
19 Makakita ang matarong nga mga tawo sa ilang kapalaran ug malipay; ang walay kabangkaagang mga tawo magkatawa kanila sa pagtamay.
“But when God punishes wicked people, and righteous people see that, they are glad, and they laugh, ridiculing the wicked people.
20 Magaingon sila, 'Sa pagkatinuod kadtong magaalsa batok kanato mangawala; ang kalayo maglamoy sa ilang mga kabtangan.'
They say, ‘Now our enemies have been destroyed, and all [their possessions] that were left have been burned in a fire.’
21 Karon pag-uyon sa Dios ug pagpasig-uli uban kaniya; kay sa niana nga paagi, ang maayo moabot kanimo.
“So, [Job, ] be reconciled to God and make peace with him; if you do that, good things will happen to you.
22 Dawata, naghangyo ako kanimo, ang pagpanudlo naggikan sa iyang baba; ibutang ang iyang mga pulong sa imong kasingkasing.
Allow him to teach you, and keep thinking about what he has told you.
23 Kung mobalik ka sa Makagagahom, mahimo kang lig-on, kung ipahilayo nimo ang daotan diha sa imong mga tolda.
If you humble yourself and return to God, if you stop doing all the evil things that you have been doing in your house,
24 Ibutang ang imong katigayonan sa abog, ang bulawan sa Ophir nga anaa sa mga bato sa kasapaan,
if you throw away your gold, even the fine gold from the dry stream beds in Ophir [land],
25 ug ang Makagagahom mao ang imong bahandi, ug bililhon nga plata alang kanimo.
and if you allow Almighty [God] to be [as precious to you as] your gold and your silver [have been],
26 Ug unya magmalipayon ka tungod sa Makagagahom; ihangad nimo ang imong nawong ngadto sa Dios.
you will be happy because of your close relationship with God, and you will be able to approach him [IDM] [confidently].
27 Moampo ka kaniya, ug dunggon ka niya; mobayad ka sa imong panumpa kaniya.
You will pray to him, and he will do what you request him to do; you will do the things that you promised him that you would do.
28 Magbuhat ka ug bisan unsa nga butang, ug himoon kining malampuson alang kanimo; modan-ag ang kahayag sa imong mga dalan.
Everything that you decide to do will be successful; [it] will [be as though] a light [is] shining on the road in front of you.
29 Ipaubos sa Dios kadtong mapahitas-on nga tawo, ug luwason niya kadtong nagpaubos.
God humbles those who are proud, but he saves those who are downcast/discouraged.
30 Tabangan niya ang tawo nga walay kabangkaagan; luwason ka pinaagi sa kahinlo sa imong mga kamot.”
God rescues those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), so he will rescue you if you (start doing things that are right/are not guilty [IDM] of doing things that are wrong).”
