Job 21
1 Then Job replied,
Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Job, at nagsabi,
2 “Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
Pakinggan ninyong mainam ang aking pananalita; at ito'y maging inyong mga kaaliwan.
3 Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
Pagdalitaan ninyo ako, at ako nama'y magsasalita, at pagkatapos na ako'y makapagsalita, ay manuya kayo.
4 “It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
Tungkol sa akin, ay sa tao ba ang aking daing? At bakit hindi ako maiinip?
5 Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
Tandaan ninyo ako, at matigilan kayo. At ilagay ninyo ang inyong kamay sa inyong bibig,
6 When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Pagka aking naaalaala nga ay nababagabag ako, at kikilabutan ang humahawak sa aking laman.
7 “[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
Bakit nabubuhay ang masama, nagiging matanda, oo, nagiging malakas ba sa kapangyarihan?
8 They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
Ang kanilang binhi ay natatatag nakasama nila sa kanilang paningin, at ang kanilang mga suwi ay nasa harap ng kanilang mga mata.
9 Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
Ang kanilang mga bahay ay tiwasay na walang takot, kahit ang pamalo man ng Dios ay wala sa kanila.
10 Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
Ang kanilang baka ay naglilihi, at hindi nababaog; ang kanilang baka ay nanganganak, at hindi napapahamak ang kaniyang guya.
11 Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
Kaniyang inilabas ang kanilang mga bata na gaya ng kawan, at ang kanilang mga anak ay nangagsasayawan,
12 Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Sila'y nangagaawitan na katugma ng pandereta at alpa, at nangagkakatuwa sa tunog ng plauta.
13 Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Kanilang ginugugol ang kanilang mga kaarawan sa kaginhawahan, at sa isang sandali ay nagsisilusong sila sa Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
At sinasabi nila sa Dios: Lumayo ka sa amin; sapagka't hindi namin ninanasa ang pagkaalam ng inyong mga lakad.
15 Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
Ano ang Makapangyarihan sa lahat na siya'y paglilingkuran namin? At anong pakinabang magkakaroon kami, kung kami ay magsidalangin sa kaniya?
16 Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
Narito, ang kanilang kaginhawahan ay wala sa kanilang kamay: ang payo ng masama ay malayo sa akin.
17 (“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
Gaano kadalas pinapatay ang ilawan ng masama? Na ang kanilang kapahamakan ay dumarating ba sa kanila? Na nagbabahagi ba ang Dios ng mga kapanglawan sa kaniyang galit?
18 [He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Na sila'y gaya ng dayami sa harap ng hangin, at gaya ng ipa na tinatangay ng bagyo?
19 You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
Inyong sinasabi, Inilalapat ng Dios ang kaniyang parusa sa kaniyang mga anak. Gantihin sa kaniyang sarili upang maalaman niya.
20 I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
Makita ng kaniyang mga mata ang kaniyang pagkagiba, at uminom siya ng poot ng Makapangyarihan sa lahat.
21 After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
Sapagka't anong kasayahan magkakaroon siya sa kaniyang bahay pagkamatay niya, pagka ang bilang ng kaniyang mga buwan ay nahiwalay sa gitna?
22 “Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
May makapagtuturo ba ng kaalaman sa Dios? Dangang kaniyang hinahatulan yaong nangasa mataas.
23 Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
Isa'y namamatay sa kaniyang lubos na kalakasan, palibhasa't walang bahala at tahimik:
24 Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
Ang kaniyang mga suso ay puno ng gatas, at ang utak ng kaniyang mga buto ay halumigmig.
25 Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
At ang iba'y namamatay sa paghihirap ng kaluluwa, at kailan man ay hindi nakakalasa ng mabuti.
26 But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
Sila'y nahihigang magkakasama sa alabok, at tinatakpan sila ng uod.
27 “Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
Narito, aking nalalaman ang inyong pagiisip, at ang mga maling haka ng inyong inaakala laban sa akin.
28 You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Sapagka't inyong sinasabi, Saan naroon ang bahay ng prinsipe? At saan naroon ang tolda na tinatahanan ng masama?
29 But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
Hindi ba ninyo itinanong sa kanilang nangagdadaan? At hindi ba ninyo nalalaman ang kanilang mga pinagkakakilanlan?
30 that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
Na ang masamang tao ay natataan sa kaarawan ng kasakunaan? Na sila'y pinapatnubayan sa kaarawan ng kapootan?
31 There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
Sinong magpapahayag ng kaniyang lakad sa kaniyang mukha? At sinong magbabayad sa kaniya ng kaniyang ginawa?
32 The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
Gayon ma'y dadalhin siya sa libingan, at magbabantay ang mga tao sa libingan.
33 A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
Ang mga bugal ng libis ay mamabutihin niya, at lahat ng tao ay magsisisunod sa kaniya, gaya ng nauna sa kaniya na walang bilang.
34 “So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
Paano ngang inyong aaliwin ako ng walang kabuluhan, dangang sa inyong mga sagot ang naiiwan lamang ay kabulaanan?
