Job 20
1 Pagkatapos sumagot si Zofar ang taga-Naaman,
Then Zophar replied,
2 “Mabilis akong pinapasagot ng aking kaisipan dahil sa aking pag-aalala.
“I am very perturbed about what you have said, so I want to reply very quickly.
3 Nakarinig ako mula sa iyo ng isang pagsaway na nagpahiya sa akin, pero tinutugon ako ng espiritu na higit sa aking pang-unawa.
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 alam ang katotohanan na ito noong sinaunang panahon, nang nilagay ng Diyos ang tao sa lupa:
“Do you not know that from long ago, ever since people were first put on the earth,
5 saglit lang ang katagumpayan ng masama, at ang kagalakan ng taong hindi naniniwala diyos ay hindi nagtatagal?
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 umabot sa kalangitan ang tangkad niya, at umabot ang ulo niya sa kaulapan,
[Even] though their reputation/pride reaches up to the sky and their fame goes up as high as the clouds,
7 pero maglalaho ang taong iyon katulad ng kaniyang dumi; sasabihin ng mga nakakita sa kaniya, '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 Lilipad siya palayo tulad ng panaginip at hindi na masusumpungan; itataboy siya palayo katulad ng 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 Hindi na siya muling makikita ng mga mata na nakakita sa kaniya; hindi na siya muling makikita ng pinanggalingan niya.
Those who saw those people previously will never see them again; even their families [MTY] will not see them any more.
10 Hihingi ng kapatawaran ang mga anak niya sa mga dukha, ibabalik ng mga kamay niya ang kaniyang kayamanan.
Their children will be forced to return the valuable things that those children stole from poor people [DOU].
11 Puno ng kasiglahan ang kaniyang mga buto, pero kasama niya itong hihiga sa kaniya sa alabok.
Previously their bodies were young and strong, but they will die and [their bodies will] be buried in the ground.
12 Bagaman matamis ang kasamaan sa kaniyang bibig, bagaman itinatago niya ito 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 pinipigilan niya ito at hindi pinapakawalan pero pinapanatili pa rin ito sa kaniyang bibig—
And they did not want to stop doing those things,
14 magiging mapait ang pagkain sa kaniyang bituka, magiging kamandag ito 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 Nilulunok niya ang kaniyang mga kayamanan, pero isusuka niya ulit ito; palalabasin ito ng Diyos mula 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 Sisipsipin niya 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 siya mabubuhay para magalak sa panonood ng mga ilog at dumadaloy na agos ng pulot at mantikilya.
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 Pagbabayaran niya ang kaniyang mga pinaghirapan; hindi niya ito lulunukin; hindi siya magagalak sa kayamanan na nakuha niya.
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 Dahil inapi niya at pinabayaan ang mga dukha; sapilitan niyang inagaw ang mga bahay na hindi niya itinayo.
because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses [by cheating them].
20 Dahil hindi siya makahanap ng kasiyahan sa kaniyang sarili, hindi niya maliligtas ang kahit anong bagay na nagbibigay sa kaniya ng kaligayahan.
“They were always greedy and never satisfied. They just keep dreaming about owning more and more things.
21 Walang naiwang bagay ang hindi niya nilamon; kaya hindi magtatagal ang kaniyang kasaganaan.
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 kasaganaan ng kaniyang kayamanan siya ay mahuhulog sa kaguluhan; darating sa kaniya ang kamay ng lahat ng nasa kahirapan.
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 Kapag naghahanda na siyang magpakabusog, ibubuhos ng Diyos ang bagsik ng kaniyang poot sa taong iyon; papaulanin niya ito sa kaniya habang kumakain siya.
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 Bagaman tatakas ang taong iyon sa bakal na sandata, patatamaan siya ng isang tanso na pana.
They will try to escape from [being killed by] iron weapons, but arrows with bronze points will pierce them.
25 Tatagos ang palaso mula sa likod niya; tunay nga, lalabas mula sa atay niya ang kumikinang na dulo nito; katakot-takot na mga bagay ang darating sa 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 Nakalaan ang ganap na kadiliman para sa kaniyang mga kayamanan; lalamunin siya ng apoy na hindi naapula; lalamunin nito kung ano ang nalabi 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 Ipapakita ng kalangitan ang kaniyang mga kasalanan, at babangon ang kalupaan laban sa kaniya bilang isang saksi.
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 Maglalaho ang kayamanan ng kaniyang bahay; aanurin ang kaniyang mga kalakal sa araw ng poot ng Diyos.
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 Diyos, ang pamana ng Diyos na nakalaan para sa kaniya.”
That is what will happen to wicked people [like you]; that is what God has decided will happen to them.”
