Job 15
1 Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Eliphaz na Temanita, at nagsabi,
Then Eliphaz replied to Job:
2 Sasagot ba ang isang pantas ng walang kabuluhang kaalaman, at pupunuin ang kaniyang tiyan ng hanging silanganan?
“If you were truly wise [RHQ], you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; what you are saying is just a lot of hot air [MET].
3 Makikipagmatuwiranan ba siya ng walang kapakinabangang pangungusap, o ng mga salita na hindi niya ikagagawa ng mabuti?
You should not [RHQ] be saying things that do not benefit anyone, using words that do no one any good.
4 Oo, ikaw ay nagaalis ng katakutan, at iyong pinipigil ang dalangin sa harap ng Dios.
[By what you say, ] you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God.
5 Sapagka't ang iyong kasamaan ang nagtuturo sa iyong bibig, at iyong pinipili ang dila ng mapagkatha.
[It is as though] your sins are telling you what to say; you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked.
6 Ang iyong sariling bibig ang humahatol laban sa iyo, at hindi ako; Oo, ang iyong sariling mga labi ay nagpapatotoo laban sa iyo.
Everything that you say [MTY] shows that you should be punished; so, it is not necessary for me to show that.
7 Ikaw ba ang unang tao na ipinanganak? O nalabas ka bang una kay sa mga burol?
[“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that] you are the first person who was ever born? [SAR, RHQ] Were you born before the hills [were created]?
8 Iyo bang narinig ang lihim na payo ng Dios? At ikaw ba'y nagpigil ng karunungan sa iyong sarili?
Were you listening when God made all his plans? [SAR, RHQ] Or do you think that you are the only person who is wise?
9 Anong nalalaman mo na di namin nalalaman? Anong nauunawa mo na wala sa amin?
(What do you know that we do not know?/You do not know anything that we do not know.) [RHQ] You do not understand [RHQ] anything that is not also clear to us.
10 Kasama namin ay mga ulong may uban, at mga totoong napakatandang tao, matandang makapupo kay sa iyong ama.
My friends and I are also wise; we acquired [wisdom] from old gray-haired people, from people who were born before your father was born.
11 Ang mga pagaliw ba ng Dios ay totoong kaunti pa sa ganang iyo, sa makatuwid baga'y ang salitang napakabuti sa iyo?
God wants to comfort you, and to speak gently/kindly to you; (is that not enough for you/do you need more than that)?
12 Bakit ka napadadala sa iyong puso? At bakit kumikindat ang iyong mga mata?
Why do you allow yourself to be (carried away/excited) by your emotions? Why are [you very angry, with the result that] your eyes flash?
13 Na tinatalikdan mo ng iyong diwa ang Dios, at binibigkas mo ang ganyang mga salita sa iyong bibig.
You are angry [IDM] with God, and so you [MTY] are criticizing/denouncing him.
14 Ano ang tao upang maging malinis? At siyang ipinanganak ng babae, upang siya'y maging matuwid?
“(How can any person, [including you, ] be sinless?/No person, [including you], can be sinless.) [RHQ] (How can anyone on the earth be [completely] righteous?/No one on the earth can be [completely] righteous.) [RHQ]
15 Narito, siya'y hindi naglalagak ng tiwala sa kaniyang mga banal; Oo, ang langit ay hindi malinis sa kaniyang paningin.
Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be [completely] pure.
16 Gaano pa nga kaliit ang karumaldumal at hamak, ang taong umiinom ng kasamaan na parang tubig!
So, he certainly does not [trust] abominable/disgusting and depraved/corrupt people who do evil things [as easily] as they drink water [MET].
17 Ipakikilala ko sa iyo, dinggin mo ako; at ang aking nakita ay aking ipahahayag:
Job, listen to what I will tell you. I will declare to you what I know,
18 (Ang isinaysay ng mga pantas na mula sa kanilang mga magulang, at hindi inilingid;
things that wise men have told me, truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden.
19 Sa mga yaon lamang ibinigay ang lupain, at walang taga ibang lupa na dumaan sa gitna nila: )
God gave this land to those ancestors, who were truly wise; no one from another country caused them to think wrongly [IDM].
20 Ang masamang tao ay nagdaramdam ng sakit lahat ng kaniyang araw, sa makatuwid baga'y ang bilang ng mga taon na itinakda sa mamimighati.
It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who (oppress/act violently toward) others.
21 Ang hugong ng kakilabutan ay nasa kaniyang mga pakinig; sa kaginhawahan ay daratnan siya ng mga mananamsam:
They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them.
22 Siya'y hindi naniniwala na babalik siya na mula sa kadiliman, at siya'y hinihintay ng tabak:
Wicked people surely know that they will not escape from darkness/death, because [they are sure that someone] is waiting to kill them with a sword.
23 Siya'y gumagala dahil sa tinapay, na nagsasabi: Nasaan? Kaniyang nalalaman na ang araw ng kadiliman ay handa sa kaniyang kamay:
They wander around, searching for food, saying ‘Where can I find some?’ And they know that they will soon experience disasters.
24 Kapanglawan at kadalamhatian ay tumatakot sa kaniya: nangananaig laban sa kaniya, na gaya ng isang hari na handa sa pakikipagbaka;
Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like [the army of] a king comes to attack [their enemies and cause them to suffer] [SIM].
25 Sapagka't iniuunat niya ang kaniyang kamay laban sa Dios. At nagpapalalo laban sa Makapangyarihan sa lahat;
[Those things happen to them] because they (shook their fists/dared to fight) against Almighty God, and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.
26 Tinatakbo niya siya na may mapagmatigas na leeg, sa kakapalan ng kaniyang mga kalasag;
They stubbornly [IDM] rush to attack God [as though they were carrying] a strong shield [to protect themselves].
27 Sapagka't tinakpan niya ang kaniyang mukha ng kaniyang katabaan at nagpangulubot ng kaniyang mga pigi;
They are so fat [that they are unable to fight].
28 At siya'y tumahan sa mga sirang bayan, sa mga bahay na walang taong tumatahan, na madaling magiging mga bunton.
They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins.
29 Hindi siya yayaman, o mamamalagi man ang kaniyang pag-aari. Ni di lalawak sa lupa ang kaniyang mga tinatangkilik.
But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear.
30 Siya'y hindi hihiwalay sa kadiliman; tutuyuin ng liyab ang kaniyang mga sanga, at sa pamamagitan ng hininga ng bibig ng Dios ay papanaw siya.
They will not escape from the darkness [of death]; they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
31 Huwag siyang tumiwala sa kalayawan na dayain ang sarili: sapagka't kalayawan ang magiging kagantihan sa kaniya.
Since they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless, then things that are worthless will be all that they get.
32 Magaganap ito bago dumating ang kaniyang kapanahunan, at ang kaniyang sanga ay hindi mananariwa.
Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like [MET] branches that wither and never become green again.
33 Lalagasin niya ang kaniyang mga hilaw na ubas na gaya ng puno ng ubas, at lalagasin ang kaniyang bulaklak na gaya ng olibo.
They will be like [SIM] vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe, like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit.
34 Sapagka't ang pulutong ng mga di banal ay hindi lalago, at susupukin ng apoy ang mga toldang suhulan.
Wicked/godless people will not have any descendants, and fires will completely burn up the homes of [those who built those homes using] money they received from bribes.
35 Sila'y nag-iisip ng pagapi at naglalabas ng kasamaan, at ang kanilang kalooban ay naghahanda ng pagdaraya.
They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things, and they are always preparing to deceive people.”
