Job 26
1 Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Job, at nagsabi,
Job replied [to Bildad], saying this [sarcastically]:
2 Paano mong tinulungan siya na walang kapangyarihan! Paano mong iniligtas ang kamay na walang lakas!
“I am a very weak and helpless man; and (you [certainly] have not helped me [SAR] very much!/[do you think that] you have helped me [SAR] very much?) [RHQ]
3 Paano mong pinayuhan siya na walang karunungan, at saganang ipinahayag mo ang mabuting kaalaman!
(You certainly have counseled me well—I, who am not wise at all./[Do you think that] you have counseled me well—I, who am not wise at all?) [RHQ] ([I’m sure you think that] you have given a lot of very good advice to me. [RHQ]
4 Kanino mo binigkas ang mga salita? At kanino ang diwa na lumabas sa iyo?
Who helped you to say all those [great/wise] things? Who inspired you to speak like you did?”
5 Ang mga patay ay nanginginig sa ilalim ng tubig, at ang mga nananahan doon.
“[Because] the spirits of dead people [are afraid], [they] tremble in the waters that are deep under the earth.
God knows all about [those who are in] the place of the dead; there is nothing down there that prevents God from seeing what is there. (Sheol h7585)
7 Kaniyang iniuunat ang hilagaan sa pagitang walang laman, at ibinibitin ang lupa sa wala.
God stretched out the earth over the huge empty space and caused the earth to have nothing [to support it].
8 Kaniyang itinatali ang tubig sa kaniyang masinsing alapaap; at ang alapaap ay hindi nahahapak sa ilalim nila.
He fills the thick/dense clouds with water and prevents that water from bursting the clouds.
9 Kaniyang tinatakpan ang ibabaw ng kaniyang luklukan, at iniladlad ang kaniyang mga alapaap sa ibabaw niyaon.
He causes clouds to (obscure/prevent us from seeing) the moon.
10 Siya'y gumuguhit ng isang hangganan sa ibabaw ng tubig, hanggang sa pinagsasalikupan ng liwanag at kadiliman.
He separated the light from the darkness and put the horizon to mark the place where the night ends and the daytime begins.
11 Ang mga haligi ng langit ay nagsisipanginig. At nangatitigilan sa kaniyang saway.
When [he is angry, it is as though] he rebukes the pillars that hold up the sky. They are (shocked/very fearful), and they tremble.
12 Kaniyang pinapag-iinalon ang dagat ng kaniyang kapangyarihan, at sa kaniyang kaalaman ay sinasaktan niya ang Rahab.
With his power he calmed the sea; with his skill/wisdom he destroyed Rahab, the huge sea monster.
13 Sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang Espiritu ay ginayakan niya ang langit; sinaksak ng kaniyang mga kamay ang maliksing ahas.
With his breath he caused the sky to be bright/clear; with his hand he killed the great dragon in the sea.
14 Narito, ang mga ito ang mga gilid lamang ng kaniyang mga daan: at pagkarahan ng bulong na ating naririnig sa kaniya! Nguni't sinong makakaunawa ng kulog ng kaniyang kapangyarihan?
But those events show only a small amount of his power; [it is as though] we are hearing only whispers of his powerful voice. When we hear thunder, [we say, ] ‘(Who can really understand [how great] his power [is]/No one can [really] understand [how great] his power [is]!) [RHQ]’”
