Job 5
1 Umawagka ita; adda kadi ti sumungbat kenka? Siasino kadagiti nasantoan ti pagkamangam?
“Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
2 Ta papatayen ti unget ti nakuneng a tao; patayen ti panagimon ti maag.
Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
3 Nakakitaak iti nakuneng a tao nga agramramot. Ngem kella-at nga inlunodko ti pagtaenganna.
I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
4 Adayo iti kinatalged dagiti annakna; narumekda idiay ruangan ti siudad. Awan iti mangispal kadakuada—
Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
5 dagiti apitda ket kinnan dagiti dadduma a mabisbisin, tattao a mangala iti daytoy uray manipud kadagiti siit; dagiti tattao a ti kinabaknangda ket inibus dagiti tattao a mawaw iti daytoy.
Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
6 Ta saan nga agtaud iti daga dagiti panagrigat; uray pay ti riribuk ket saan nga agrusing manipud iti daga;
But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
7 ngem ar-aramiden ti tao ti bukodna a pakariribukan, a kasla dagiti gilap a tumayab nga agpangato.
People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
8 Ngem no maipapan kaniak, mapanak iti Dios a mismo; italekko kenkuana ti kasasaadko—
[“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
9 isuna nga agar-aramid ti naindaklan ken saan a matukod a banbanag, dagiti nakakaskasdaaw a banbanag a saan a mabilang.
He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
10 Mangmangted isuna iti tudo iti rabaw ti daga, ken mangibulos iti danum kadagiti taltalon.
He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
11 Ar-aramidenna daytoy tapno ingatona dagiti nababa; tapno ibangonna iti kinatalged dagiti agladladingit kadagiti dapo.
He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
12 Upayenna ti panggep dagiti nasikap a tattao, tapno saan a maipatungpal dagiti imada dagiti panggepda.
He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
13 Siloanna dagiti nasirib a tattao babaen iti bukodda a kinasikap; dagiti panggep dagiti nasirib a tattao ket agpatinggan iti mabiit.
He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
14 Makisinnarakda iti kinasipnget iti aldaw, ken agar-arikapda iti katengngaan ti aldaw a kasla rabii daytoy.
[It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
15 Ngem isalakanna dagiti nakurapay a tattao manipud iti kampilan nga adda kadagiti ngiwatda ken ti agkasapulan a tao manipud iti ima dagiti nabileg a tattao.
But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
16 Isu nga adda ti namnama ti nakurapay a tao, ken iserra ti kinaawan ti linteg ti ngiwatna.
So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
17 Kitaem, naragsak ti tao a tubtubngaren ti Dios; ngarud, saanmo a guraen ti pannusa ti Mannakabalin amin.
“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
18 Ta mangsugat ket kalpasanna baredbedanna; mangsugat isuna ket kalpasanna agasan dagiti imana.
He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
19 Ispalennakanto manipud kadagiti innem a pakariribukan; pudno, kadagiti pito a pakariribukan, awanto ti dakes a mangsagid kenka.
He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
20 Iti nakaro a panagbisin, ispalennakanto manipud iti patay; iti gubat manipud iti pannakabalin ti kampilan.
When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
21 Mailemmengkanto manipud iti pannakasaplit iti dila; ket saankanto a mabuteng iti pannakadadael inton umay daytoy.
God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
22 Katawaamto ti pannakadadael ken panagbisin, ket saankanto a mabuteng kadagiti narungsot nga ayup.
You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
23 Ta makitulagkanto kadagiti bato ti taltalonmo; natalgedkanto kadagiti narungsot nga ayup.
You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
24 Ammomto a ti toldam ket adda iti kinatalged; sarungkaramto dagiti arbanmo ket awan ti makitam a napukaw.
In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
25 Ammomto pay a ti panagrang-aymo ket kasta unay, a dagiti kaputotam ket kaslanto iti ruot iti daga.
You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
26 Maitanemkanto inton lakayka unayen, a kasla iti dawa ti bukel a maibagkat a maipan iti pagirikan.
You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
27 Kitaem, inadalmi daytoy a banag; kastoy daytoy; denggem daytoy, ket ammoem daytoy iti bagim.”
[“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
