Job 21
1 Then Job answered:
Ket simmungbat ni Job ket kinunana,
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
“Dinggenyo a nasayaat ti sasaok, ket agbalin koma daytoy a liwliwayo.
3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Palubosandak, ket agsaoak met; kalpasan ti panagsaok, ituloyyo ti pananglaisyo kaniak.
4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
Maipapan kaniak, agrirririak kadi iti tao? Apay koma nga awan ti kalintegak a saan a makaanus?
5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
Kitaendak ket agsiddaawkayo, ken iyapputyo dayta imayo iti ngiwatyo.
6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
No panpanunotek dagiti panagsagsagabak, mariribukanak, ket agbuteng dagiti lasagko.
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Apay nga agtultuloy nga agbibiag dagiti nadangkes a tattao, a lumakay, ken bumilbileg iti pannakabalin?
8 Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Agtalinaed dagiti kaputotanda kadakuada kadagiti imatangda, ken agtalinaed dagiti kaputotanda kadagiti matmatada.
9 Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
Natalged dagiti babbalayda manipud iti buteng; awan ti baot ti Dios kadakuada.
10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
Agputot dagiti bulog a bakada; saan nga agkurang a mangaramid iti daytoy; mangipasngay dagiti bakada ket saanda a maalisan.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
Paruarenda dagiti annakda a kas iti arban, ket agsala dagiti annakda.
12 singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
Agkantada a mabuyugan iti pandereta ken arpa ken agragsakda babaen iti aweng ti plauta.
Busbusenda dagiti al-aldawda iti kinarang-ay, ket siuulimekda a bumaba iti sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Ibagada iti Dios, 'Panawandakami ta saanmi a tarigagayan iti aniaman a pannakaammo kadagiti wagwagasmo.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Ania aya iti Mannakabalin amin, a rumbeng a dayawenmi isuna? Ania iti pagimbagan a maalami no agkararagkami kenkuana?'
16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Kitaenyo, saan kadi ng adda kadagiti bukodda nga ima ti kinarang-ay? Awan ti pakainagiak iti pammagbaga dagiti nadangkes a tattao.
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
Kasano kadaras ti pannakaiddep ti pagsilawan dagiti nadangkes a tattao, wenno ti pannakadidigrada? Mamin-ano aya a mapasamak nga iwaras ti Dios dagiti ladingit kadakuada iti pungtotna?
18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
Mamin-ano ti panagbalinda a kas iti garami iti sangoanan ti angin wenno kas iti taep nga itay-tayab ti bagio?
19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
Kunayo, 'Ikabkabil ti Dios ti biddut ti maysa a tao kadagiti annakna tapno isuda ti mangbayad.' Bay-am a supapakanna daytoy iti bukodna, tapno maammoanna ti nagbasolanna.
20 Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
Bay-am a makita dagiti matana ti bukodna a pakadadaelan, ken bay-am nga inumenna ti pungtot ti Mannakabalin amin.
21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Ta ania ti bibiangna iti pamiliana kalpasan kenkuana inton naputeden dagiti bilang dagiti bulbulanna?
22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
Adda kadi ti makaisuro iti pannakaammo ti Dios agsipud ta uk-ukomenna uray dagiti nangangato?
23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Matay ti maysa a tao iti pigsana, a siuulimek ken sinanam-ay.
24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
Napno ti bagina iti gatas, ken ti pata dagiti tultulangna ket nabasa ken nasalun-at.
25 Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
Matay ti sabali pay a tao iti kinasaem ti kararua, ti saan a pulos a nakapadas iti aniaman a kinaimbag.
26 But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Agpadada nga agidda iti tapok; agpadada nga iggesen.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Kitaenyo, ammok dagiti panpanunotenyo, ken dagiti wagas a tartarigagayanyo tapno padaksendak.
28 For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Ta imbagayo, 'Sadino ita ti balay ti prinsipe? Sadino ti tolda a naminsan a naggianan ti nadangkes?'
29 Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
Saanyo pay kadi a pulos a sinaludsod dagiti agdaldaliasat a tattao? Saanyo kadi nga ammo ti pammaneknek nga ibagbagada,
30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
a ti nadangkes a tao ket maiyadayo iti aldaw ti didigra, ken maipanaw isuna iti aldaw ti pungtot?
31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
Siasino ti mangukomto iti dalan ti nadangkes a tao iti rupana? Siasino ti mangsupapak kenkuana gapu iti inaramidna?
32 He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
Nupay kasta maipanto isuna iti tanem; kankanayonto a bantayan dagiti tattao ti tanemna.
33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
Nasam-itto kenkuana dagiti bingbingkol ti tanap; sumurotto dagiti amin a tattao kenkuana, adda ti saan a mabilang a tattao iti sangoananna.
34 So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
Kasano ngarud a liwliwaendak babaen iti awan kaes-eskanna, agsipud ta awan serserbi dagiti sungbatyo no diket kinapalso?”
