Job 12
1 And Job answers and says:
Ket simmungbat ni Job ket kinunana,
2 “Truly—you [are] the people, and wisdom dies with you.
“Awan duadua a dakayo dagiti tattao; matayto ti kinasirib a kaduayo.
3 I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?
Ngem addaanak iti pannakaawat a kas kadakayo; saanak a nababbaba ngem kadakayo. Wen, siasino ti saan a makaammo kadagiti banbanag a kas kadagitoy?
4 I am a laughter to his friend: He calls to God, and He answers him, A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.
Maysaak a pagkakatawaan dagiti kaarrubak—siak, nga immawag iti Dios ken sinungbatanna! Siak, a nalinteg ken awan ti pakababalawanna a tao—maysaak itan a pagkakatawaan.
5 A torch—despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
Iti panunot ti tao a nanam-ay ket adda iti panangumsi para iti kinadaksanggasat; agpanpanunot isuna iti wagas a mangyeg pay iti ad-adu a kinadaksanggasat kadagiti maikagkaglis ti sakana.
6 The tents of spoilers are at peace, And those provoking God have confidence, Into whose hand God has brought.
Rumang-ay dagiti tolda dagiti agtatakaw, ket natalged dagiti mangpapaunget iti Dios; dagiti bukodda nga ima dagiti diosda.
7 And yet, now ask [one of] the beasts, And it shows you, And a bird of the heavens, And it declares to you.
Ngem ita damagem dagiti narungsot nga ayup, ket suroandaka; damagem dagiti billit kadagiti tangatang, ket ibagada kenka.
8 Or talk to the earth, and it shows you, And fishes of the sea recount to you:
Wenno agsaoka iti daga, ket suroannaka daytoy; ibaganto kenka dagiti lames ti baybay.
9 Who has not known in all these, That the hand of YHWH has done this?
Ania kadagitoy amin nga ayup ti saan a makaammo nga inaramid dagiti ima ti Dios daytoy—inikkanna ida iti biag—
10 In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.
O Yahweh, siasino ti makin-iggem iti biag dagiti tunggal agbibiag a banag ken ti anges ti amin a sangkataoan?
11 Does the ear not try words? And the palate taste food for itself?
Saan kadi a suboken ti lapayag dagiti sasao a kas iti panangraman ti dawat-dawat iti kanenna?
12 With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days [is] understanding.
Ti adda iti nataengan a tao ket kinasirib; iti kinaatiddog dagiti aldaw ket pannakaawat.
13 With Him [are] wisdom and might, To Him [are] counsel and understanding.
Adda iti Dios ti kinasirib ken bileg; addaan isuna iti nasayaat a kapanunotan ken pannakaawat.
14 Behold, He breaks down, and it is not built up, He shuts against a man, And it is not opened.
Kitaenyo, mangrebba isuna, ket saanen a maibangon manen; no ibaludna ti maysa a tao, awanen ti pannakawayawaya.
15 Behold, He keeps in the waters, and they are dried up, And He sends them forth, And they overturn the land.
Kitaenyo, no pasardengenna dagiti danum, maattianan dagitoy; ket no burwanganna dagitoy, dadaelenda ti daga.
16 With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.
Adda kenkuana ti pigsa ken kinasirib; agpada nga adda iti pannakabalinna dagiti tattao a naallilaw ken dagiti manangallilaw.
17 Causing counselors to go away [as] a spoil, Indeed, He makes fools of judges.
Idalanna a sakasaka iti liday dagiti mammagbaga; pagbalinenna a maag dagiti ukom.
18 He has opened the bands of kings, And He binds a girdle on their loins.
Ikkatenna dagiti kawar ti turay manipud kadagiti ari; barikesenna ida iti lupot.
19 Causing ministers to go away [as] a spoil And strong ones He overthrows.
Iyadayona dagiti papadi a sakasaka iti liday ken parmekenna dagiti nabileg a tattao.
20 Turning aside the lip of the steadfast, And the reason of the aged He takes away.
Ikkatenna dagiti sasao dagiti tattao a mapagtalkan ken ikkatenna dagiti pannakaawat dagiti panglakayen.
21 Pouring contempt on princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
Ibukbukbukna ti pananglais kadagiti prinsipe ken ikkatenna dagiti barikes dagiti napipigsa a tattao.
22 Removing deep things out of darkness, And He brings out to light death-shade.
Ipakpakitana dagiti nauuneg a banbanag manipud iti kasipngetan ken iruarna iti lawag dagiti aniniwan nga ayan dagiti natay a tattao.
23 Magnifying the nations, and He destroys them, Spreading out the nations, and He quiets them.
Pappapigsaenna dagiti nasion, ket daddaelenna met dagitoy; palawaenna dagiti nasion, ket idalanna met ida a kas balud.
24 Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And He causes them to wander In vacancy—no way!
Ik-ikkatenna ti pannakaawat manipud kadagiti panguloen dagiti tattao iti daga; pagalla-allaenna ida idiay let-ang nga awan ti dalan.
25 They feel darkness, and not light, He causes them to wander as a drunkard.”
Agarikapda iti kasipngetan nga awan ti lawag; pagdiwer-diwerenna ida a kasla nabartek a tao.
