Job 22

1 Unya mitubag si Eliphaz nga Temanitanhon, ug miingon:

Then Eliphaz replied,

2 Mahimo bang mapuslanon ang tawo sa atubangan sa Dios? Sa pagkatinuod, ang tawo nga maalam magpulos sa iyang kaugalingon.

“(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 Makalipay ba sa Makagagahum, nga ikaw matarung? Kun magpulos ba kaniya kanang imong paghingpit sa imong mga dalan?

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 kahadlok kaniya nga siya nagbadlong kanimo, Nga siya misulod sa hukmanan uban kanimo?

“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 daku ang imong pagkamakasasala? Wala man usab ing kinutoban ang imong kahilayan.

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 Kay ang pasalig sa imong igsoon imong gikuha sa walay bayad, Kay imong gihuboan ang mga walay saput sa ilang bisti.

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 mo hatagi ug tubig nga ilimnon ang gikapuyan, Ug imong gitungma ang tinapay sa mga gigutom.

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 Apan mahitungod sa tawong gamhanan, anaa kaniya ang yuta; Ug ang tawong dungganon, nagpuyo niana.

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 Gipalakaw mo ang mga balong babaye nga walay dala, Ug ang mga bukton sa mga ilo 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 ikaw gilibutan sa mga lit-ag, Ug ang kalit nga kahadlok nakapaguol 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 Kun ang kangitngit, aron dili ikaw makakita, Ug ang lunop sa tubig nagatabon 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 Wala ba ang Dios sa kahitas-an sa langit? Ug ania, ang kinahitas-an sa mga bitoon pagkahalayo nila!

“[But consider this, Job]: God lives [RHQ] high up in the heavens. From there he [RHQ] looks down on the highest stars.

13 Ug ikaw nagaingon: Unsa ang nahibaloan sa Dios? Makahimo ba siya sa paghukom sa taliwala sa dakung 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 Mga mabagang panganod nagatabon man kaniya, busa siya dili makakita, Ug siya nagalakaw sa dapit nga hawanan 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 Mosunod ba ikaw sa karaang agianan Nga maoy ginalaktan sa mga tawong dautan?

Will you continue to conduct your life the old way that evil people have done [for many years]?

16 Nga gisakmitan sa ilang kinabuhi sa dili panahon, Ingon sa usa ka sapa nga gibubo ang ilang patukoranan,

They suddenly died while they were still young; they disappeared [like everything disappears when there is] a flood [MET].

17 Nga nanag-ingon sa Dios: Pumahawa ka kanamo; Ug Unsay arang mahimo sa Makagagahum alang kanamo?

They kept saying to God, ‘Do not bother us,’ and they also said [defiantly], ‘Almighty [God] can do nothing [RHQ] to [harm] us!’

18 Ugaling iyang gipuno ang ilang mga balay ug mga butang maayo: Apan ang tambag sa mga dautan 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 Ang mga matarung nakakita niana, ug nangalipay; Ug ang inocente nagkatawa sa pagyubit kanila,

“But when God punishes wicked people, and righteous people see that, they are glad, and they laugh, ridiculing the wicked people.

20 Nagaingon: Sa pagkatinuod, ang nanindog sa pag-asdang batok kanato gipamutol, Ug ang nahabilin kanila ginaut-ut sa kalayo.

They say, ‘Now our enemies have been destroyed, and all [their possessions] that were left have been burned in a fire.’

21 Karon makigsandurot ka kaniya ug pumuyo sa pakigdait: Kay sa ingon niana maayo ang modangat kanimo.

“So, [Job, ] be reconciled to God and make peace with him; if you do that, good things will happen to you.

22 Dawata, ipakilooy ko kanimo, ang pagtulon-an gikan sa iyang baba, Ug tiguma ang iyang mga pulong sa imong kasingkasing.

Allow him to teach you, and keep thinking about what he has told you.

23 Kong mobalik ka ngadto sa Makagagahum, ikaw pagalig-onon, Kong ang pagkadili-matarung ipahalayo mo sa imong mga balongbalong.

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 Ug ihapnig ang imong bahandi diha sa yuta. Ug ang bulawan sa Ophir diha 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 Makagagahum mamao ang imong bahandi, Ug maimo nga bililhong salapi.

and if you allow Almighty [God] to be [as precious to you as] your gold and your silver [have been],

26 Kay unya ikalipay mo sa imong kaugalingon ang Makagagahum, Ug sa Dios ang imong nawong imong ihangad.

you will be happy because of your close relationship with God, and you will be able to approach him [IDM] [confidently].

27 Ikaw magahimo sa imong mga pag-ampo kaniya, ug siya magapatalinghug kanimo; Ug magatuman ka sa imong mga panaad.

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 Ug ikaw magapatuman usab ug usa ka butang, ug kana mamatukod alang kanimo; Ug ang kahayag magadan-ag 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 Sa diha nga ikaw pagapaubson, ikaw magaingon: Adunay pagkatuboy; Ug siya magaluwas sa mapinaubsanon.

God humbles those who are proud, but he saves those who are downcast/discouraged.

30 Bisan ang may sala iyang pagaluwason: Oo, siya pagaluwason tungod 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).”