Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz replied,
Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Eliphaz na Temanita, at nagsabi,
2 “(Can anyone be useful to God?/Certainly no one can be useful to God.) [RHQ] Even people who are wise cannot be helpful to God.
Mapapakinabangan ba ang tao ng Dios? Tunay na siyang pantas ay nakikinabang sa kaniyang sarili.
3 If you were righteous, (would that benefit Almighty [God]?/that certainly would not benefit Almighty [God].) [RHQ] If you had (lived a perfect life/never done anything that is wrong), would that help him?
May kasayahan ba sa Makapangyarihan sa lahat na ikaw ay matuwid? O may pakinabang ba sa kaniya na iyong pinasasakdal ang iyong mga lakad?
4 “Is it because you have an awesome respect for God that he punishes you? Is that the reason that he puts you on trial?
Dahil ba sa iyong takot sa kaniya na kaniyang sinasaway ka, na siya'y pumasok sa iyo sa kahatulan?
5 No, it certainly must be [RHQ] because you are extremely wicked. It must be that the evil things that you have done are so many that no one can count them!
Hindi ba malaki ang iyong kasamaan? Ni wala mang anomang wakas sa iyong mga kasamaan.
6 You must have lent money to others and wrongly forced them to give you things to guarantee that they would pay that money back to you; you must have taken all their clothes and left them with nothing to wear.
Sapagka't ikaw ay kumuha ng sangla ng iyong kapatid sa wala, at iyong hinubdan ng kanilang suot ang hubad.
7 You must not have given water to those who were thirsty, and you must have refused to give food to those who were hungry.
Ikaw ay hindi nagbigay ng tubig sa pagod upang uminom, at ikaw ay nagkait ng tinapay sa gutom.
8 Because you were very powerful, you [must have] taken over all the people’s land, and then, being very respected, you have begun to live on that land.
Nguni't tungkol sa makapangyarihang tao, siya'y nagtatangkilik ng lupa; at ang marangal na tao, ay tumatahan doon.
9 [When] widows [came to you for help], you [must have] sent [them] away without giving them anything, and you must have oppressed orphans.
Iyong pinayaong walang dala ang mga babaing bao, at ang mga kamay ng ulila ay nangabali.
10 Because of all that, now there are pits around you for you to fall into, and suddenly there are things that terrify you and cause you to tremble.
Kaya't ang mga silo ay nangasa palibot mo, at biglang takot ay bumabagabag sa iyo,
11 [It is as though] it has become very dark, with the result that you cannot see anything, and [it is as though] [MET] a flood covers you.
O kadiliman, upang huwag kang makakita. At kasaganaan ng tubig ay tumatabon sa iyo.
12 “[But consider this, Job]: God lives [RHQ] high up in the heavens. From there he [RHQ] looks down on the highest stars.
Hindi ba ang Dios ay nasa kaitaasan ng langit? At, narito, ang kataasan ng mga bituin, pagkataastaas nila!
13 So why do you say, ‘What does God know [about what we are doing]? [He is hidden from us by] dark clouds, so ([how] can he judge us?/he certainly cannot judge us.) [RHQ]’
At iyong sinasabi, Anong nalalaman ng Dios? Makahahatol ba siya sa salisalimuot na kadiliman?
14 [Do you think that] while he walks on the dome that covers the sky, there are thick clouds around him, with the result that he cannot see [what we do]?
Masinsing alapaap ang tumatakip sa kaniya, na siya'y hindi nakakakita; at siya'y lumalakad sa balantok ng langit.
15 Will you continue to conduct your life the old way that evil people have done [for many years]?
Iyo bang pagpapatuluyan ang dating daan, na nilakaran ng mga masamang tao?
16 They suddenly died while they were still young; they disappeared [like everything disappears when there is] a flood [MET].
Na siyang mga naalis bago dumating ang kanilang kapanahunan. Na ang patibayan ay nahuhong parang agos:
17 They kept saying to God, ‘Do not bother us,’ and they also said [defiantly], ‘Almighty [God] can do nothing [RHQ] to [harm] us!’
Na nagsabi sa Dios: Lumayo ka sa amin; at, anong magagawa sa amin ng Makapangyarihan sa lahat?
18 But it was God who filled their houses with good things, so I cannot at all understand why wicked people think like they do.
Gayon ma'y pinuno niya ang kanilang mga bahay ng mga mabuting bagay; nguni't ang payo ng masama ay malayo sa akin.
19 “But when God punishes wicked people, and righteous people see that, they are glad, and they laugh, ridiculing the wicked people.
Nakikita ng mga matuwid at nangatutuwa; at tinatawanang mainam ng walang sala:
20 They say, ‘Now our enemies have been destroyed, and all [their possessions] that were left have been burned in a fire.’
Na nagsasabi, Walang pagsalang silang nagsisibangon laban sa atin ay nahiwalay, at ang nalabi sa kanila ay sinupok ng apoy.
21 “So, [Job, ] be reconciled to God and make peace with him; if you do that, good things will happen to you.
Makipagkilala ka sa kaniya, at ikaw ay mapayapa: anopa't ang mabuti ay darating sa iyo.
22 Allow him to teach you, and keep thinking about what he has told you.
Iyong tanggapin, isinasamo ko sa iyo, ang kautusan mula sa kaniyang bibig, at ilagak mo ang kaniyang mga salita sa iyong puso.
23 If you humble yourself and return to God, if you stop doing all the evil things that you have been doing in your house,
Kung ikaw ay bumalik sa Makapangyarihan sa lahat, ay matatayo ka; kung iyong ilayo ang kalikuan sa iyong mga tolda.
24 if you throw away your gold, even the fine gold from the dry stream beds in Ophir [land],
At ilagay mo ang iyong kayamanan sa alabok, at ang ginto ng Ophir sa gitna ng mga bato ng mga batis:
25 and if you allow Almighty [God] to be [as precious to you as] your gold and your silver [have been],
At ang Makapangyarihan sa lahat ay magiging iyong kayamanan, at mahalagang pilak sa iyo.
26 you will be happy because of your close relationship with God, and you will be able to approach him [IDM] [confidently].
Sapagka't ikaw ay magagalak nga ng iyong sarili sa Makapangyarihan sa lahat, at iyong itataas ang iyong mukha sa Dios.
27 You will pray to him, and he will do what you request him to do; you will do the things that you promised him that you would do.
Ikaw ay dadalangin sa kaniya, at kaniyang didinggin ka: at iyong babayaran ang iyong mga panata.
28 Everything that you decide to do will be successful; [it] will [be as though] a light [is] shining on the road in front of you.
Ikaw nama'y magpapasiya ng isang bagay, at ito'y matatatag sa iyo; at liwanag ay sisilang sa iyong mga daan.
29 God humbles those who are proud, but he saves those who are downcast/discouraged.
Pagka inilulugmok ka nila, ay iyong sasabihin: Magpakataas; at ililigtas niya ang mapagpakumbabang tao.
30 God rescues those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), so he will rescue you if you (start doing things that are right/are not guilty [IDM] of doing things that are wrong).”
Kaniyang ililigtas, pati ng hindi banal: Oo, siya'y maliligtas sa kalinisan ng iyong mga kamay.
