Job 39
1 Nalalaman mo ba ang panahong ipinanganganak ng mga kambing bundok? O matatandaan mo ba ang mga pagdaramdam ng mga usa?
“[Job], do you know at what time/season [of the year] the female mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the wild deer while their fawns were being born?
2 Mabibilang mo ba ang mga buwan ng kanilang kagampanan? O nalalaman mo ba ang panahong kanilang ipinanganak?
Do you know how many months pass from the time they become pregnant until their fawns are born?
3 Sila'y nagsisiyuko, kanilang inilalabas ang kanilang mga anak, kaniyang iniwawaksi ang kanilang kapanglawan.
[When they give birth, ] they crouch down so that the fawns do not [get hurt by] falling to the ground when they are born.
4 Ang kanilang mga anak ay nagiging malakas, sila'y nagsisilaki sa kaparangan; sila'y nagsisiyao at hindi na nagsisibalik.
The young fawns grow up in the open fields, and then they leave their mothers and do not return to them again.
5 Sinong nagpakawala sa mabangis na asno? O sinong nagkalag ng mga tali ng mailap na asno?
“Who allows the wild donkeys to go wherever they want [DOU]?
6 Na ginawa kong bahay niya ang ilang, at ang lupaing maasin na kaniyang tahanan.
I am the one who put them in the desert, in places where grass does not grow.
7 Kaniyang nililibak ang kaguluhan ng bayan. Ni hindi niya dinidinig ang sigaw ng nagpapatakbo ng hayop.
They do not like the noise in the cities; [in the desert] they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work.
8 Ang libot ng mga bundok ay kaniyang pastulan, at kaniyang sinasaliksik ang bawa't sariwang bagay.
They go to the hills to find food; there they search for grass to eat.
9 Matutuwa ba ang bakang gubat na maglingkod sa iyo? O matitira ba sa siping ng iyong pasabsaban?
:Will a wild ox agree to work for you? Will it allow you to keep it penned up at night in the place where you put feed for your animals?
10 Matatalian mo ba ang bakang gubat ng iyong panali sa pangbukid? O magbubusagsag ba ng mga libis sa likuran mo?
And can you fasten it with a rope so that it will plow furrows/trenches in your fields?
11 Aasa ka ba sa kaniya, dahil sa siya'y totoong malakas? O iiwan mo ba ang iyong gawain sa kaniya?
Since it is very strong, can you trust it to work for you? Can you go away after you tell it what work it should do [and assume that it will do that work]?
12 Ipagkakatiwala mo ba sa kaniya na iuuwi sa bahay ang iyong binhi, at pipisanin ang mga butil sa iyong giikan?
Can you rely on it to come back [from the field], bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it?
13 Ang pakpak ng avestruz ay nagagalak; nguni't may kagandahang loob ba ang kanilang mga pakpak at mga balahibo?
“[Think also about] the ostriches. [They] joyfully flap their wings, but they do not have wing feathers [that enable them to fly] like storks do.
14 Sapagka't nagiiwan ng kaniyang mga itlog sa lupa, at pinaiinit ang mga yaon sa alabok,
Ostriches lay their eggs on top of the ground [and then walk away], leaving the eggs to be warmed in the sand.
15 At kinalilimutang mangapipisa ng paa, o mangayuyurakan ng mabangis na hayop.
Ostriches do not worry that some wild animal may step on the eggs and crush them [DOU].
16 Siya'y nagmamatigas laban sa kaniyang mga sisiw na tila hindi kaniya: bagaman ang kaniyang gawa ay mawalang kabuluhan, hindi niya ikinatatakot;
Ostriches act cruelly towards their chicks; they act as though the chicks belonged to some other ostrich. They are not concerned if [their chicks die], [and so] the laying of the eggs was in vain.
17 Sapagka't binawian siya ng Dios ng karunungan, ni hindi siya binahaginan ng unawa.
That is because I did not allow ostriches to be wise. I did not enable them to be intelligent.
18 Anomang panahon na siya'y napaiitaas, hinahamak niya ang kabayo at ang sakay nito.
But, when they get up and begin to run, they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders [because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches!]
19 Nagbigay ka ba sa kabayo ng kalakasan? Binihisan mo ba ang kaniyang leeg ng buhok na gumagalaw?
And [think about] horses. [Job], are you the one who caused horses to be strong? Are you the one who put flowing (manes/long hair) on their necks?
20 Pinalulukso mo ba siya na parang balang? Ang kaluwalhatian ng kaniyang bahin ay kakilakilabot.
Are you the one who enabled them to leap forward like locusts? When they (snort/blow loudly through their noses), they cause people to be afraid.
21 Siya'y kumukutkot sa libis, at nagagalak sa kaniyang kalakasan, siya'y sumasagupa sa mga taong may sandata.
They paw the ground, rejoicing about being very strong, as they prepare to rush into a battle.
22 Tinutuya niya ang takot at hindi nanglulupaypay: ni hindi tinatalikuran ang tabak.
[It is as if] they laugh at the thought of being afraid. They are not afraid of anything! They do not run away when [the soldiers in the battle are fighting each other with] swords.
23 Ang suksukan ng pana ay tumutunog laban sa kaniya, ang makintab na sibat at ang kalasag.
The quivers containing the riders’ arrows rattle against the horses’ sides, and the spears and javelins flash [in the light of the sun].
24 Kaniyang sinasakmal ang lupa na may kabangisan at poot; ni hindi siya naniniwala na yao'y tunog ng pakakak.
The horses paw the ground fiercely/excitedly, [wanting the battle to begin, ] and they rush into the battle when the trumpet is blown.
25 Kaniyang sinasabi sa tuwing tutunog ang mga pakakak: Aha! At kaniyang naaamoy ang pagbabaka sa malayo, ang sigaw ng mga kapitan at ang hiyaw.
They neigh [joyfully] when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands [to their soldiers].
26 Lumilipad ba ang uwak sa pamamagitan ng inyong karunungan, at iniuunat ba ang kaniyang mga pakpak sa dakong timugan?
“[And think about big birds.] Are you the one who enabled hawks to spread their wings and fly to the south [for the winter]?
27 Napaiilanglang ba ang agila sa iyong utos, at gumagawa ba ng kaniyang pugad sa itaas?
Do eagles fly high up [into the cliffs] to make their nests because you commanded them to do that?
28 Sila'y nananahan sa malaking bato, at doon tumitira, sa taluktok ng burol at sa katibayan,
They live in [holes in] those cliffs. They are safe in those high pointed rocks [because no animals can reach them there].
29 Mula roo'y tumitingin siya ng madadagit; ang kaniyang mga mata ay tumatanaw sa malayo.
As they watch carefully from there, they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals).
30 Ang mga anak naman niya ay nagsisihitit ng dugo: at kung saan naroon ang pinatay ay naroon siya.
After an eagle kills an animal, the baby eagles drink the blood of that animal.”
