Job 12
1 Then Job said [to his three friends],
Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Job; at nagsabi,
2 “You (talk as though/You think) [SAR] that you are the people [whom everyone should listen to], and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.
Walang pagaalinlangan na kayo ang bayan, At ang karunungan ay mamamatay na kasama ninyo.
3 But I have as much good sense as you do; I am (not less wise than/certainly as wise as [LIT]) you. Certainly everyone knows [RHQ] all that you have said.
Nguni't ako'y may pagkaunawang gaya ninyo: Hindi ako huli sa inyo: Oo, sinong hindi nakaalam ng mga bagay na gaya nito?
4 My friends all laugh at me now. Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me. I am righteous, a very godly man [DOU], but everyone laughs at me.
Ako'y gaya ng tinatawanan ng kaniyang kapuwa, ako na tumawag sa Dios, at sinagot niya: Ang ganap, ang taong sakdal ay tinatawanan.
5 Those [like you] who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those [like me] who are already suffering to have more troubles.
Sa pagiisip niyaong nasa katiwasayan ay may pagkakutya sa ikasasawi; nahahanda sa mga iyan yaong nangadudulas ang paa.
6 Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god [that they worship].
Ang mga tolda ng mga tulisan ay gumiginhawa, at silang nangagmumungkahi sa Dios ay tiwasay; na ang kamay ay pinadadalhan ng Dios ng sagana.
7 “But ask the wild animals [what they know about God], and [if they could speak] they would teach you. [If you could] ask the birds, they would tell you.
Nguni't tanungin mo ngayon ang mga hayop, at tuturuan ka nila: at ang mga ibon sa himpapawid, at kanilang sasaysayin sa iyo:
8 [If you could] ask the creatures [that crawl] on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you [about God].
O magsalita ka sa lupa, at magtuturo sa iyo; at ang mga isda sa dagat ay magsasaysay sa iyo.
9 All of them certainly know [RHQ] that it is Yahweh who has made them with his hands.
Sinong hindi nakakaalam sa lahat ng mga ito, na ang kamay ng Panginoon ang siyang gumawa nito?
10 He directs the lives of all living creatures; he gives breath to all [us] humans [to enable us to remain alive].
Nasa kamay niya ang kaluluwa ng bawa't bagay na may buhay, at ang hininga ng lahat ng mga tao.
11 And when we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good and what is bad].
Hindi ba lumilitis ng mga salita ang pakinig; gaya ng ngalangala na lumalasa ng pagkain niya?
12 Old people are [often] very wise, and because of having lived many years, they understand much,
Nasa mga matanda ang karunungan, at sa kagulangan ang unawa.
13 but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands [everything].
Nasa Dios ang karunungan at kakayahan; kaniya ang payo at pagkaunawa.
14 If he tears [something] down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open [the prison doors to allow that person to escape].
Narito, siya'y nagbabagsak at hindi maitayo uli; siya'y kumulong ng tao at hindi mapagbubuksan.
15 When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up. When he causes a lot of rain to fall, [the result is that] there are floods.
Narito, kaniyang pinipigil ang tubig at nangatutuyo; muli, kaniyang binibitawan sila at ginugulo nila ang lupa.
16 He is the one who is truly strong and wise; he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive.
Nasa kaniya ang kalakasan at ang karunungan, ang nadadaya at ang magdaraya ay kaniya.
17 He [sometimes] causes [the king’s] officials to no longer be wise, and he causes judges to become foolish.
Kaniyang pinalalakad ang mga kasangguni na hubad sa bait, at ginagawa niyang mga mangmang ang mga hukom.
18 He takes from kings the robes that they wear and puts loincloths around their waists, [causing them to become slaves].
Kaniyang kinakalag ang panali ng mga hari, at binibigkisan ang kanilang mga baywang ng pamigkis.
19 He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, [with the result that they no longer can do their work], and takes power from those who rule others.
Kaniyang pinalalakad na hubad sa bait ang mga saserdote.
20 He [sometimes] causes those whom others trust to be unable to speak, and he causes old men to no longer have good sense.
Kaniyang pinapagbabago ang pananalita ng napagtitiwalaan. At inaalis ang pagkaunawa ng mga matanda.
21 He causes those who have authority to be despised, and he causes those who are powerful to no longer have any power/strength.
Siya'y nagbubuhos ng kutya sa mga pangulo, at kinakalag ang pamigkis ng malakas.
22 He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed.
Siya'y naglilitaw ng mga malalim na bagay mula sa kadiliman, at inilalabas sa liwanag ang lihim ng kamatayan.
23 He causes some nations to become very great, and [later] he destroys them; he causes the territory of some nations to become much larger, and [later] he causes them to be defeated and their people to be scattered.
Kaniyang pinararami ang mga bansa at mga nililipol niya: kaniyang pinalaki ang mga bansa, at mga dinala sa pagkabihag.
24 He causes [some] rulers to become foolish/stupid, and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert.
Kaniyang inaalis ang pangunawa mula sa mga pinuno ng bayan sa lupa, at kaniyang pinagagala sila sa ilang na doo'y walang lansangan.
25 They grope around in the darkness, without any light, and he causes them to stagger like [SIM] people who are drunk.”
Sila'y nagsisikapa sa dilim na walang liwanag, at kaniyang pinagigiraygiray sila na gaya ng lango.
