Job 8
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,
Kalpasanna, simmungbat ni Bildad a Suhita ket kinunana,
2 “How much longer will you go on talking like this? The words coming out of your mouth are a lot of hot air!
“Kasano pay kabayag nga ibagam dagitoy a banbanag? Kasano pay kabayag a dagiti sasao ti ngiwatmo ket agbalin a napigsa nga angin?
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Ballikugen kadi ti Dios ti hustisia? Ballikugen kadi ti Mannakabalin amin ti kinalinteg?
4 Your children must have sinned against him, and so they deserved the punishment he inflicted on them.
Nagbasol dagiti annakmo kenkuana, ammomi daytoy, ta impaimana ida kadagiti basbasolda.
5 But if you pray to God and ask for his help,
Ngem kas pangarigan a sipapasnekka a nangbirok iti Dios ken indatagmo dagiti kiddawmo iti Mannakabalin amin.
6 if you live a clean life and do what is right, then he would act to make things right for you in your home.
Kas pangarigan nasin-aw ken nalintegka; ket awan duadua nga agtignay isuna para kenka ken gun-gonaannaka iti pagtaengan a pudno a kukuam.
7 Though you began with next to nothing, you will end up with so much!
Uray no bassit ti nagrugiam, nasaysayaatto latta ti maudi a kasasaadmo.
8 Why don't you ask what previous generations discovered, examine what our ancestors found out? We were born yesterday and don't know anything!
Ta agpakpakaasiak kenka, nga agpalutpotka, maipanggep iti napalabas a panawen; usarem ti bagim a mangadal kadagiti naduktalan dagiti kapuonantayo.
9 Our days on earth fade as quickly as a passing shadow.
(Naiyanaktayo laeng idi kalman ken awan iti ammotayo gapu ta anniniwan dagiti aldawtayo iti daga).
10 Won't they teach you and explain what they know?
Saandaka kadi nga isuro wenno ibaga kenka? Saanda kadi nga agsao manipud kadagiti pusoda?
11 Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds grow without water?
Dumakkel kadi ti badobadok no awan ti lubnak? Dumakkel kadi ti runo no awan ti danum?
12 Even without being cut, while they are still flowering, they wither faster than grass.
Kabayatan a nalangtoda pay ken saanda pay a napukan, malaylayda sakbay kadagiti sabali a mula.
13 This is what happens to everyone who forgets God. The hopes of those who live without God come to nothing.
Kasta met laeng dagiti dalan dagiti amin a manglipat iti Dios, mapukawto ti namnama dagiti tattao nga awan ti diosna-
14 Their confidence is like holding on to a flimsy spider's web.
dagiti addaan iti kinatalged a madadael, ken dagidiay kas karasi ti saput ti lawalawa ti talekna.
15 They look to their home to provide security, but it provides no support. They try to hang onto it, but it doesn't last.
Agsadag ti kasta a tao iti balayna, ngem saan a tumakder daytoy; kumpet isuna iti daytoy, ngem saan daytoy nga agpaut.
16 Those who live without God are like a luxuriant plant growing in the sun, spreading its shoots all over the garden.
Berde isuna iti sirok ti init, ket agtubo dagiti saringitna iti entero a minuyonganna.
17 It twists its roots down through the stones, and holds on to rock.
Balkuten dagiti ramutna dagiti gabsuon ti bato; agbirok dagitoy iti nasayaat a lugar kadagiti kabatbatoan.
18 But when it's cut down, the place where it was disowns it, saying, ‘I never even saw you.’
Ngem no madadael daytoy a tao iti lugarna, ket ilibakto dayta a lugar isuna ket kunana, 'Saanka a pulos a nakita.'
19 Its life is over, and others spring up from the earth to take its place.
Kitaem, daytoy ti “rag-o” ti kababalin iti kasta a tao; agtubo dagiti sabali a mula iti isu met laeng a daga iti lugarna.
20 Look, God doesn't reject someone who is innocent, and he doesn't support those who are guilty.
Kitaem, saanto a papanawen ti Dios ti awan basolna a tao; wenno saanna nga alaen ti ima dagiti managdakdakes.
21 He can make you laugh with happiness again and shout for joy.
Ngem punnoennanto ti ngiwatmo iti katkatawa, dagiti bibigmo iti pukpukkaw.
22 Those who hate you will be put to shame, and the place where the wicked live will be destroyed.”
Makawesanto iti pannakaibabain dagiti manggurgura kenka; awanton ti tolda dagiti nadangkes.”
