Job 20
1 Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Zophar na Naamathita, at nagsabi,
Then Zophar replied,
2 Kaya't nagbibigay sagot sa akin ang aking mga pagiisip, dahil nga sa aking pagmamadali na taglay ko.
“I am very perturbed about what you have said, so I want to reply very quickly.
3 Aking narinig ang saway na inilalagay ako sa kahihiyan, at ang diwa ng aking pagkaunawa ay sumasagot sa akin.
By saying these things you have insulted me, but I know how (OR, because I understand very much) I can reply to you.
4 Hindi mo ba nalalaman ito ng una, mula nang ang tao'y malagay sa lupa,
“Do you not know that from long ago, ever since people were first put on the earth,
5 Na ang pagtatagumpay ng masama ay maikli, at ang kagalakan ng di banal ay sandali lamang?
wicked people [like you] do not continue to rejoice for a long time, ungodly people are happy only for a (moment/very short time) [HYP]?
6 Bagaman ang kaniyang karilagan ay napaiilanglang hanggang sa langit, at ang kaniyang ulo ay umaabot hanggang sa mga alapaap;
[Even] though their reputation/pride reaches up to the sky and their fame goes up as high as the clouds,
7 Gayon may matutunaw siya magpakailan man, na gaya ng kaniyang sariling dumi: silang nangakakita sa kaniya ay mangagsasabi: Nasaan siya?
they will disappear forever, like their own dung, and those who knew them will ask, ‘(Where did they go/What happened to them)?’
8 Siya'y mawawala na gaya ng panaginip, at hindi masusumpungan. Oo, siya'y mawawala na parang pangitain sa gabi.
They will be forgotten like [SIM] a dream is, and they will exist no more. They will vanish, like visions [that people see] during the night.
9 Ang mata na nakakita sa kaniya ay hindi na siya makikita pa; ni mamamalas pa man siya sa kaniyang pook.
Those who saw those people previously will never see them again; even their families [MTY] will not see them any more.
10 Hahanapin ng kaniyang mga anak ang lingap ng dukha, at ang kaniyang mga kamay ay magsasauli ng kaniyang kayamanan.
Their children will be forced to return the valuable things that those children stole from poor people [DOU].
11 Ang kaniyang mga buto ay puspos ng kaniyang kabataan, nguni't hihiga na kasama niya sa alabok.
Previously their bodies were young and strong, but they will die and [their bodies will] be buried in the ground.
12 Bagaman ang kasamaan ay masarap sa kaniyang bibig, bagaman kaniyang itago sa ilalim ng kaniyang dila;
“Doing wicked things was like having sweet food in their mouths, and they wanted to continue to taste it.
13 Bagaman kaniyang patawarin, at hindi niya ito babayaan, kundi ingatan pa sa loob ng kaniyang bibig;
And they did not want to stop doing those things,
14 Gayon ma'y ang kaniyang pagkain ay nabago na sa kaniyang tiyan, siyang kamandag ng mga ahas sa loob niya.
[but some day] the evil things that they enjoyed doing will become like food [that they swallow] [and which becomes] as bitter as snake venom.
15 Siya'y sumakmal ng mga kayamanan, at kaniyang mga isusuka uli: mga aalisin uli ng Dios sa kaniyang tiyan.
Wicked people will not continue to keep the money they have accumulated, like people do not keep the food that they vomit. God takes their wealth from them.
16 Kaniyang hihititin ang kamandag ng mga ahas; papatayin siya ng dila ng ulupong.
What wicked people do is [like] [MET] swallowing snake venom; it will kill them like [MET] the bite of a poisonous snake kills people.
17 Hindi niya matitingnan ang mga ilog, ang umaagos na mga bukal ng pulot at mantekilya.
They will not remain alive to see abundant blessings [IDM] [from God], milk and olive oil and honey, that are [so abundant they are] like [MET] a stream that flows by.
18 Na kaniyang isasauli ang kaniyang pinagpagalan, at hindi lalamunin; ayon sa pag-aari na kaniyang tinangkilik, hindi siya magagalak.
They will be forced to give back the things that they stole from the poor; they will not be able to continue to enjoy those things. They will not remain happy because of what they got from their businesses,
19 Sapagka't kaniyang pinighati at pinabayaan ang dukha; kaniyang kinuhang marahas ang isang bahay; at hindi niya itatayo.
because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses [by cheating them].
20 Sapagka't hindi siya nakakilala ng katiwasayan sa loob niya, hindi siya makapagliligtas ng anoman sa kaniyang kinaluluguran.
“They were always greedy and never satisfied. They just keep dreaming about owning more and more things.
21 Walang bagay na naiwan na hindi niya sinakmal; kaya't ang kaniyang kaginhawahan ay hindi mananatili.
When they finished eating their food, there was never anything left over [because they had greedily eaten it all]; but now their prosperity will end.
22 Sa lubos niyang kasaganaan ay magigipit siya; ang kamay ng bawa't nasa karalitaan ay darating sa kaniya.
When they are extremely prosperous/wealthy, they will suddenly experience a lot of trouble. (Misery will strike them and crush them [PRS]/They will suffer very greatly).
23 Pagka kaniyang bubusugin ang kaniyang tiyan, ihuhulog ng Dios ang kaniyang mabangis na poot sa kaniya. At ibubugso sa kaniya samantalang siya'y kumakain.
When the wicked people are filling their stomachs, God will show that he is very angry with them and punish them; the punishment [that he gives them] will be like [MET] rain falling on them.
24 Kaniyang tatakasan ang sandatang bakal, at ang busog na tanso ay hihilagpos sa kaniya.
They will try to escape from [being killed by] iron weapons, but arrows with bronze points will pierce them.
25 Binubunot niya ang pana, at lumalabas sa kaniyang katawan: Oo, ang makintab na talim ay lumalabas mula sa kaniyang apdo; mga kakilabutan ang sumasa kaniya.
The arrows will [go completely through their bodies and] stick out of their backs; the shiny points of the arrows will have blood dripping from them, and those wicked people will be terrified.
26 Lahat na kadiliman ay nalalagay na mga pinakakayamanan niya; isang apoy na hindi hinipan ng tao ay susupok sa kaniya: susupukin niyaon ang naiwan sa kaniyang tolda.
Their valuable possessions will all be destroyed; a fire that is not lit by humans, [but by God, ] will burn them up and also destroy the things that are left in their tents.
27 Ihahayag ng mga langit ang kaniyang kasamaan, at ang lupa ay babangon laban sa kaniya.
The [angels in] heaven [MTY] will reveal the sins that those wicked people have committed, and [people on] earth will stand up and testify against them.
28 Ang pakinabang ng kaniyang bahay ay yayaon, ang kaniyang mga pag-aari ay huhuho sa kaarawan ng kaniyang kapootan.
When God punishes [MTY] [people], all the possessions in the wicked people’s houses will be carried away by a flood.
29 Ito ang bahagi ng masamang tao mula sa Dios, at ang manang takda sa kaniya ng Dios.
That is what will happen to wicked people [like you]; that is what God has decided will happen to them.”
