Job 22

1 Pagkatapos sumagot si Elifaz ang taga-Teman at sinabing,

Then Eliphaz replied,

2 “Magiging kagamit-gamit ba ang tao sa Diyos? Magiging kagamit-gamit ba ang matalino sa kaniya?

“(Can anyone be useful to God?/Certainly no one can be useful to God.) [RHQ] Even people who are wise cannot be helpful to God.

3 Kasiyahan ba para sa Makapangyarihan kung ikaw ay matuwid? Kapakinabangan ba para sa kaniya kung ginawa mong tuwid ang iyong pamamaraan?

If you were righteous, (would that benefit Almighty [God]?/that certainly would not benefit Almighty [God].) [RHQ] If you had (lived a perfect life/never done anything that is wrong), would that help him?

4 Dahil ba sa iyong paggalang para sa kaniya kaya ka niya sinasaway at dinadala sa paghuhukom?

“Is it because you have an awesome respect for God that he punishes you? Is that the reason that he puts you on trial?

5 Hindi ba napakatindi ng kasamaan mo? Wala bang katapusan ang mga kasalanan mo?

No, it certainly must be [RHQ] because you are extremely wicked. It must be that the evil things that you have done are so many that no one can count them!

6 Dahil naningil ka ng pangseguridad mula sa kapatid mong lalaki nang walang dahilan; hinubaran mo ang isang tao.

You must have lent money to others and wrongly forced them to give you things to guarantee that they would pay that money back to you; you must have taken all their clothes and left them with nothing to wear.

7 Hindi mo binigyan ng tubig na maiinom ang mga nanghihina; nagdamot ka ng tinapay mula sa mga nagugutom

You must not have given water to those who were thirsty, and you must have refused to give food to those who were hungry.

8 bagaman ikaw, isang makapangyarihan, ay nagmamay-ari ng mundo, bagaman ikaw, na taong pinaparangalan, ay namumuhay dito.

Because you were very powerful, you [must have] taken over all the people’s land, and then, being very respected, you have begun to live on that land.

9 Pinaalis mo ang mga balo nang walang dala; nabali ang mga bisig ng mga walang ama.

[When] widows [came to you for help], you [must have] sent [them] away without giving them anything, and you must have oppressed orphans.

10 Kaya, nakapaligid sa iyo ang mga patibong, at binabagabag ka ng hindi inaasahang mga takot.

Because of all that, now there are pits around you for you to fall into, and suddenly there are things that terrify you and cause you to tremble.

11 Mayroong kadiliman, para hindi ka makakita; binabalutan ka ng kasaganaan ng mga tubig.

[It is as though] it has become very dark, with the result that you cannot see anything, and [it is as though] [MET] a flood covers you.

12 Hindi ba't nasa kalangitan ang Diyos? Pagmasdan mo ang taas ng mga tala, napakataas nila!

“[But consider this, Job]: God lives [RHQ] high up in the heavens. From there he [RHQ] looks down on the highest stars.

13 Sinasabi mo, 'Ano bang alam ng Diyos? Kaya ba niyang humatol sa makapal na kadiliman?

So why do you say, ‘What does God know [about what we are doing]? [He is hidden from us by] dark clouds, so ([how] can he judge us?/he certainly cannot judge us.) [RHQ]’

14 Binabalutan siya ng makapal na mga ulap, para hindi niya tayo makita; lumalakad siya sa ibabaw ng arko ng langit.'

[Do you think that] while he walks on the dome that covers the sky, there are thick clouds around him, with the result that he cannot see [what we do]?

15 Papanatilihin mo ba ang dating daan kung saan lumakad ang masamang mga tao—

Will you continue to conduct your life the old way that evil people have done [for many years]?

16 ang mga dinampot palayo sa panahon nila, ang mga tinangay ang pundasyon katulad ng ilog,

They suddenly died while they were still young; they disappeared [like everything disappears when there is] a flood [MET].

17 ang mga nagsabi sa Diyos, 'Lumayo ka sa amin'; ang mga nagsabing, 'Ano ba ang kayang gawin ng Makapangyarihan sa atin?'

They kept saying to God, ‘Do not bother us,’ and they also said [defiantly], ‘Almighty [God] can do nothing [RHQ] to [harm] us!’

18 Pero pinuno niya ang kanilang mga tahanan ng mabubuting bagay; malayo sa akin ang mga balak ng mga masama.

But it was God who filled their houses with good things, so I cannot at all understand why wicked people think like they do.

19 Nakikita ang kanilang kapalaran ng mga taong tuwid at nagagalak; pinagtatawanan sila ng mga taong walang sala para hamakin.

“But when God punishes wicked people, and righteous people see that, they are glad, and they laugh, ridiculing the wicked people.

20 Sinasabi nila, 'Siguradong pinuputol ang mga tumayo laban sa atin; tinupok ng apoy ang kanilang mga pagmamay-ari.

They say, ‘Now our enemies have been destroyed, and all [their possessions] that were left have been burned in a fire.’

21 Ngayon, sumang-ayon ka sa Diyos at makipagpayapaan sa kaniya; sa ganoong paraan, darating sa iyo ang kabutihan.

“So, [Job, ] be reconciled to God and make peace with him; if you do that, good things will happen to you.

22 Pakiusap, tanggapin mo ang tagubilin mula sa kaniyang bibig; ingatan mo ang kaniyang mga salita sa iyong puso.

Allow him to teach you, and keep thinking about what he has told you.

23 Kung babalik ka sa Makapangyarihan, kung itataboy mo ang hindi makatuwiran mula sa iyong mga tolda, maitatatag ka.

If you humble yourself and return to God, if you stop doing all the evil things that you have been doing in your house,

24 Ilatag mo ang iyong mga kayamanan sa alikabok, ang ginto ng Ofir sa gitna ng mga bato ng batis,

if you throw away your gold, even the fine gold from the dry stream beds in Ophir [land],

25 at ang Makapangyarihan ang iyong magiging kayamanan at mahalagang pilak sa iyo.

and if you allow Almighty [God] to be [as precious to you as] your gold and your silver [have been],

26 Dahil sa ganoon masisiyahan ka sa Makapangyarihan; itataas mo ang iyong mukha sa Diyos.

you will be happy because of your close relationship with God, and you will be able to approach him [IDM] [confidently].

27 Mananalangin ka sa kaniya, at diringgin ka niya; tutuparin mo ang iyong mga pangako sa kaniya.

You will pray to him, and he will do what you request him to do; you will do the things that you promised him that you would do.

28 Mag-uutos ka rin ng kahit ano, at pagtitibayin ito para sa iyo; magliliwanag ang ilaw sa iyong daan.

Everything that you decide to do will be successful; [it] will [be as though] a light [is] shining on the road in front of you.

29 Binababa ng Diyos ang mga mapagmataas, nililigtas niya ang mga nakababa ang mga mata.

God humbles those who are proud, but he saves those who are downcast/discouraged.

30 Ililigtas niya ang taong walang sala; maliligtas ka sa pamamagitan ng kalinisan ng iyong mga kamay.”

God rescues those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), so he will rescue you if you (start doing things that are right/are not guilty [IDM] of doing things that are wrong).”