Job 2
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pangalawang Pagsubok kay Job
2 Isang araw, muling nagtipon ang mga anghel[a] sa presensya ng Panginoon, at muli ring sumali sa kanila si Satanas. 2 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Satanas, “Saan ka nanggaling?” Sumagot si Satanas, “Parooʼt parito na naglilibot sa mundo.” 3 Sinabi sa kanya ng Panginoon, “Napansin mo ba ang aking lingkod na si Job? Wala siyang katulad sa buong mundo. Matuwid siya, malinis ang pamumuhay, may takot sa akin at umiiwas sa kasamaan. Tapat pa rin siya sa akin, kahit na pinilit mo akong payagan ka na sirain siya ng walang dahilan.” 4 Sinabi ni Satanas, “Matatanggap ng tao na mawala ang lahat sa kanya bastaʼt buhay lang siya. 5 Pero kapag siya na ang sinaktan mo, tiyak na isusumpa ka niya.” 6 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Satanas, “O sige, gawin mo ang gusto mong gawin sa kanya, pero huwag mo siyang papatayin.” 7 Kaya umalis si Satanas sa presensya ng Panginoon, at sinaktan si Job sa pamamagitan ng mga pigsa mula ulo hanggang talampakan. 8 Kumuha si Job ng basag na palayok at ginamit na pangkayod sa kanyang mga sugat habang nakaupo sa abo. 9 Sinabi sa kanya ng asawa niya, “Ano, tapat ka pa rin ba sa iyong Dios? Sumpain mo na siya at nang mamatay ka na!”
10 Sumagot si Job, “Nagsasalita ka ng walang kabuluhan. Mabubuting bagay lang ba ang tatanggapin natin mula sa Dios at hindi ang masasama?” Sa kabila ng lahat ng nangyari kay Job ay hindi siya nagkasala kahit sa pananalita.
Ang Tatlong Kaibigan ni Job
11 Tatlo sa kaibigan ni Job ang nakabalita tungkol sa masamang nangyari sa kanya. Itoʼy sina Elifaz na taga-Teman, si Bildad na taga-Shua, at si Zofar na taga-Naama. Nagkasundo silang dalawin si Job para makiramay at aliwin. 12 Malayu-layo pa sila, nakita na nila si Job, pero halos hindi na nila ito makilala. Kaya napaiyak sila nang malakas. Pinunit nila ang kanilang mga damit at naglagay ng alikabok sa kanilang ulo bilang pagpapakita ng pagdadalamhati. 13 Pagkatapos, umupo sila sa lupa kasama ni Job sa loob ng pitong araw at pitong gabi. Hindi sila nagsalita dahil nakita nila ang labis na paghihirap na dinaranas ni Job.
Footnotes
- 2:1 mga anghel: sa literal, mga anak ng Dios.
Job 2
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Satan’s Second Test of Job
2 One day the sons of God(A) came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord. 2 The Lord asked Satan, ‘Where have you come from? ’
‘From roaming through the earth,’ Satan answered him, ‘and walking around on it.’
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,(B) who fears God and turns away from evil.(C) He still retains his integrity, even though you incited me against him, to destroy him for no good reason.’
4 ‘Skin for skin! ’ Satan answered the Lord. ‘A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life. 5 But stretch out your hand and strike(D) his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.’
6 ‘Very well,’ the Lord told Satan, ‘he is in your power; only spare his life.’ 7 So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.(E) 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.(F)
9 His wife said to him, ‘Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die! ’
10 ‘You speak as a foolish woman speaks,’ he told her. ‘Should we accept only good from God and not adversity? ’ Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.[a]
Job’s Three Friends
11 Now when Job’s three friends – Eliphaz the Temanite,(G) Bildad the Shuhite,(H) and Zophar the Naamathite – heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathise with him and comfort(I) him. 12 When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognise him. They wept aloud,(J) and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.(K) 13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights,(L) but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering(M) was very intense.
Footnotes
- 2:10 Lit sin with his lips
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