Gióp 29
New Vietnamese Bible
Gióp Hồi Tưởng Quá Khứ Huy Hoàng
29 Gióp nói tiếp:
2 Ước gì tôi được sống trở lại những ngày tháng xa xưa,
Khi Đức Chúa Trời còn chăm sóc tôi!
3 Lúc ấy, ngọn đèn Chúa chiếu sáng trên đầu tôi,
Nhờ ánh sáng Ngài tôi bước đi trong đêm tối.
4 Tôi phát đạt như hoa màu chín rộ trong mùa thu,
Khi Đức Chúa Trời là bạn thiết che chở gia đình tôi.
5 Bấy giờ Đấng Toàn Năng còn ở cùng tôi,
Con cái quây quần chung quanh tôi,
6 Bước chân tôi đẫm mỡ sữa,
Và dầu tuôn ra như suối từ bồn đá ép.
7 Thuở ấy, khi tôi ra cổng thành,
Chuẩn bị ngồi họp tại quảng trường,
8 Các thanh niên thấy tôi đều rút lui,
Các phụ lão đứng dậy chào tôi.
9 Các bậc lãnh đạo ngừng nói,
Lấy tay che miệng,
10 Các vị quyền thế im bặt,
Lưỡi dính chặt vào vòm miệng.
Gióp Đối Xử Nhân Đạo Với Người Nghèo Khó
11 Tai nào nghe đến tôi đều khen tôi có phước,
Mắt nào nhìn thấy tôi đều đồng ý tán thành,
12 Vì tôi giải cứu người nghèo khó kêu than,
Và kẻ mồ côi không ai giúp đỡ.
13 Người cùng khổ hấp hối chúc phước tôi,
Nhờ tôi, lòng người góa phụ reo vui.
14 Tôi mặc sự công chính vào như chiếc áo,
Choàng sự công bình vào như áo dài khăn đóng.
15 Tôi là mắt của người mù,
Chân của người què.
16 Tôi là cha kẻ khốn cùng,
Tôi cứu xét đơn kiện tụng của người không quen biết.
17 Tôi bẻ gẫy nanh vuốt bọn vô đạo,
Khiến chúng nhả mồi ra khỏi miệng.
Gióp Nhớ Lại Thuở Ông Được Mọi Người Kính Nể
18 Thuở ấy, tôi tự nhủ: “Ta sẽ qua đời trong tổ ấm,
Ngày đời ta tăng nhiều như cát biển.”
19 Rễ tôi bò lan dài ra mé nước,
Nhành lá tôi đọng sương đêm.
20 Tôi luôn nhận được vinh dự mới,
Sức mạnh tôi dồi dào như cung mới lên dây.
21 Người người lắng tai, chờ đợi,
Im lặng nghe tôi góp ý.
22 Tôi nói xong, không ai bàn thêm nữa,
Lời tôi thấm từ từ như nước nhỏ giọt.
23 Họ trông đợi tôi như trông đợi mưa,
Họ há hốc miệng như chờ hứng mưa xuân.
24 Tôi mỉm cười khi họ nản lòng,
Nét mặt tươi sáng của tôi nâng đỡ họ.
25 Tôi chọn đường đi cho họ, tôi chỉ huy họ,
Tôi sống giữa họ như vua giữa quân đội,
Như người an ủi kẻ tang chế.
Job 29
New International Version
Job’s Final Defense
29 Job continued his discourse:(A)
2 “How I long for the months gone by,(B)
for the days when God watched over me,(C)
3 when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!(D)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
when God’s intimate friendship(E) blessed my house,(F)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
and my children(G) were around me,(H)
6 when my path was drenched with cream(I)
and the rock(J) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(K)
7 “When I went to the gate(L) of the city
and took my seat in the public square,
8 the young men saw me and stepped aside(M)
and the old men rose to their feet;(N)
9 the chief men refrained from speaking(O)
and covered their mouths with their hands;(P)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(Q)
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(R)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
and those who saw me commended me,(S)
12 because I rescued the poor(T) who cried for help,
and the fatherless(U) who had none to assist them.(V)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;(W)
I made the widow’s(X) heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness(Y) as my clothing;
justice was my robe and my turban.(Z)
15 I was eyes(AA) to the blind
and feet to the lame.(AB)
16 I was a father to the needy;(AC)
I took up the case(AD) of the stranger.(AE)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
and snatched the victims(AF) from their teeth.(AG)
18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(AH)
19 My roots will reach to the water,(AI)
and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(AJ)
20 My glory will not fade;(AK)
the bow(AL) will be ever new in my hand.’(AM)
21 “People listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.(AN)
22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;(AO)
my words fell gently on their ears.(AP)
23 They waited for me as for showers
and drank in my words as the spring rain.(AQ)
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
the light of my face(AR) was precious to them.[a](AS)
25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;(AT)
I dwelt as a king(AU) among his troops;
I was like one who comforts mourners.(AV)
Footnotes
- Job 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Job 29
King James Version
29 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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