Job 21
1 Then Job replied,
Pagkatapos sumagot si Job at sinabing,
2 “Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
“Pakinggang mabuti ang aking sasabihin, at hayaan ninyong maging tulong ninyo ito sa akin.
3 Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
Pagtiisan ako, at magsasalita rin ako; pagkatapos kong magsalita, ipagpatuloy ninyo ang inyong panlalait.
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!
Para sa akin, sa tao ba dapat ako magreklamo? Bakit hindi dapat ako mainip?
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]?
Tingnan ninyo ako at mabigla, at ilagay ninyo ang inyong mga kamay sa inyong mga bibig.
6 When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Kapag iniisp ko ang aking mga paghihirap, ako ay nababagabag, at nananaig ang takot 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 patuloy pang nabubuhay ang masasamang tao, tumatanda, at umaangat ang antas sa buhay?
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.
Natatatag ang mga kaapu-apuhan nila sa kanilang paningin, at natatatag ang kanilang mga anak sa harap ng kanilang mga mata.
9 Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
Ligtas ang tahanan nila mula sa takot; kahit sa pamalo ng Diyos sa kanila.
10 Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
Nanganganak ang kanilang mga toro, at hindi nabibigo ang mga ito; nanganganak ang kanilang mga baka at hindi namamatay ang guya nito dahil sa maagang pagkapanganak nito.
11 Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
Pinapalaya nila ang kanilang mga anak na parang mga kawan, at sumasayaw ang mga ito.
12 Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Umaawit sila sa tamburin at alpa at nagagalak sa tugtog 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)
Lumilipas ang mga araw nila sa kasaganaan, at tahimik silang bumababa 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!
Sinasabi nila sa Diyos, 'Lumayo ka sa amin dahil wala kaming nais na malaman sa pamamaraan mo.
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]’
Sino ba ang Makapangyarihan, na dapat namin siyang sambahin? Anong kapakinabangan ang makukuha namin kung nagdasal kami 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.
Tingnan ninyo, hindi ba nasa mga kamay nila ang kanilang kasaganaan? Wala akong gagawin sa payo ng masasamang tao.
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 masasamang tao, o dumadating ang kapahamakan sa kanila? Gaano kadalas kinakalat ng Diyos ang kalungkutan sa kanila dahil sa kaniyang galit?
18 [He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Gaano sila kadalas nagiging katulad ng putol na halaman sa hangin o tulad 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].
Sinasabi ninyo, 'Nilalaan ng Diyos ang kasalanan ng tao para pagbayaran ng kaniyang mga anak'. Hayaan mo siyang pagbayaran ito mismo, para malaman niya kung ano ang kasalanan niya.
20 I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
Hayaan mong makita ng kaniyang mga mata ang sarili niyang pagkawasak, at hayaan mong inumin niya ang poot ng Makapangyarihan.
21 After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
Dahil ano ang pakialam niya sa kaniyang pamilya kapag naputol na ang kaniyang mga araw?
22 “Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
Mayroon bang makapagtuturo ng kaalaman sa Diyos dahil siya ang humahatol kahit ng mga nasa nakatataas?
23 Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
Namamatay ang isang tao habang malakas pa siya, nang payapa at panatag.
24 Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
Puno ang katawan niya ng gatas, at matibay ang kaniyang mga buto at nasa mabuting kalagayan.
25 Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
Ang iba naman ay namamatay nang may kapaitan sa kaniyang kaluluwa, ang siyang hindi pa nakararanas ng kahit anong 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].
Pareho silang nahihiga sa alikabok; pareho silang binabalutan ng mga uod.
27 “Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
Tingnan ninyo, alam ko ang nasa isip ninyo, alam ko ang mga paraan kung paano ninyo ako nais hamakin.
28 You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Dahil sinasabi ninyo, 'Nasaan na ngayon ang tahanan ng prinsipe? Nasaan na ang tolda na minsang pinapamahayan 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 ninyo pa ba tinatanong ang mga manlalakbay? Hindi ninyo ba alam ang katibayan na kaya nilang sabihin,
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 iniingatan mula sa araw ng kapahamakan, at nilalayo siya mula sa araw ng poot?
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.
Sino ang hahatol sa kaniya nang harapan dahil sa masasama niyang pamamaraan? Sino ang maghihiganti sa kaniya dahil sa kaniyang mga ginawa?
32 The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
Pero ililibing siya; babantayan ng mga tao ang kaniyang puntod.
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.
Magiging matamis sa kaniya ang mga tipak ng lambak; susundan siya ng lahat ng mga tao, dahil hindi mabilang ang tao na nauna sa kaniya.
34 “So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
Paano ninyo ako ngayon aaliwin sa pamamagitan ng walang kabuluhan, dahil walang mabuti sa mga sagot ninyo kung hindi puro kasinungalingan?”
