Job 24
1 “(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
Bakit ang mga kapanahunan ay hindi itinakda ng Makapangyarihan sa lahat? At bakit hindi nangakakakita ng kaniyang mga araw ang nangakakakilala sa kaniya?
2 [Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
May nagsisipagbago ng lindero; kanilang dinadalang may karahasan ang mga kawan, at pinasasabsab.
3 [Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
Kanilang itinataboy ang asno ng ulila, kanilang kinukuha ang baka ng babaing bao na pinakasangla.
4 [Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
Kanilang inililigaw sa daan ang mapagkailangan: ang mga dukha sa lupa ay nagsisikubling magkakasama.
5 The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
Narito, gaya ng mga mabangis na asno sa ilang, sila'y nagsisilabas sa kanilang gawa, na nagsisihanap na masikap ng pagkain; ang ilang ay siyang nagbibigay sa kanila ng pagkaing ukol sa kanilang mga anak.
6 The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
Kanilang pinitas sa bukid ang kanilang pagkain; at kanilang pinamumulutan ang ubasan ng masama.
7 During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
Sila'y hubad na nangahihiga buong gabi na walang suot. At walang kumot sa ginaw.
8 When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
Sila'y basa ng ulan sa mga bundok, at niyayakap ang bato sa pagkakailangan ng kulungan.
9 [Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
May nagsisiagaw ng ulila mula sa suso, at nagsisikuha ng sangla ng dukha:
10 But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
Na anopa't sila'y yumayaong hubad na walang damit, at palibhasa'y gutom ay kanilang dinadala ang mga bigkis;
11 Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
Sila'y nagsisigawa ng langis sa loob ng olibohan ng mga taong ito; sila'y nagpipisa sa kanilang pisaan ng ubas, at nagtitiis ng uhaw.
12 In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
Mula sa makapal na bayan ay nagsisidaing ang mga tao, at ang kaluluwa ng may sugat ay humihiyaw; gayon ma'y hindi inaaring mangmang ng Dios.
13 Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
Ito'y sa mga nangaghihimagsik laban sa liwanag; Hindi nila nalalaman ang mga daan niyaon, ni tumatahan man sa mga landas niyaon.
14 Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
Ang mamamatay tao ay bumabangon pagliliwanag, pinapatay niya ang dukha at mapagkailangan; at sa gabi ay gaya siya ng magnanakaw.
15 Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
Ang mata naman ng mapangalunya ay naghihintay ng pagtatakip-silim, na sinasabi, Walang matang makakakita sa akin: at nagiiba ng kaniyang mukha.
16 It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
Sa kadiliman ay nagsisihukay sila sa mga bahay: sila'y nagkukulong sa sarili kung araw; hindi nila nalalaman ang liwanag,
17 All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
Sapagka't ang umaga sa kanilang lahat ay parang salimuot na kadiliman, sapagka't kanilang nalalaman ang mga kakilabutan ng salimot na kadiliman.
18 “[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
Siya'y matulin sa ibabaw ng tubig; ang kanilang bahagi ay sinumpa sa lupa: siya'y hindi babalik sa daan ng mga ubasan.
19 Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Katuyuan at kainitan ay tumutunaw ng mga niebeng tubig: gaya ng Sheol ng mga nagkakasala. (Sheol h7585)
20 Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
Kalilimutan siya ng bahay-bata: siya'y kakaning maigi ng uod; siya'y hindi na maaalaala pa: at ang kalikuan ay babaliing parang punong kahoy.
21 They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
Kaniyang sinasakmal ang baog na hindi nanganganak; at hindi gumagawa ng mabuti sa babaing bao.
22 But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
Inaagawan naman ng Dios ang may kaya sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang kapangyarihan: siya'y bumabangon na walang katiwasayan sa buhay.
23 God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
Pinagkakalooban sila ng Dios na malagay sa katiwasayan, at sila'y nagpapahinga roon; at ang kaniyang mga mata ay nasa kanilang mga lakad.
24 They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
Sila'y nangataas, gayon ma'y isang sandali pa, at sila'y wala na. Oo, sila'y nangababa, sila'y nangaalis sa daan na gaya ng lahat ng mga iba, at nangaputol na gaya ng mga uhay.
25 If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
At kung hindi gayon ngayon, sinong magpapatotoo na ako'y sinungaling, at magwawala ng kabuluhan ng aking pananalita?
