Job 42
Magandang Balita Biblia
Kinilala ni Job ang Kanyang Pagkakamali
42 Ito naman ang sagot ni Job kay Yahweh:
2 “Alam kong ang lahat ng bagay ay kaya ninyong gawin,
at walang makakapigil sa lahat ng inyong balakin.
3 Itinatanong(A) ninyo,
‘Sino akong nangahas na kayo'y pag-alinlanganan
gayong ako nama'y walang nalalaman?’
Nagsalita ako ng mga bagay na di ko nauunawaan,
ng mga hiwagang di abot ng aking isipan.
4 Sinabi(B) ninyong papakinggan ko ang iyong sasabihin,
at ang iyong mga tanong ay aking sasagutin.
5 Noo'y nakilala ko kayo dahil sa sinabi ng iba,
subalit ngayo'y nakita ko kayo ng sarili kong mga mata.
6 Kaya ako ngayon ay nagsisisi,
ikinahihiya lahat ng sinabi, sa alabok at abo, ako ay nakaupo.”
7 Pagkasabi nito kay Job, si Elifaz na Temaneo naman ang hinarap ni Yahweh. Sinabi niya, “Matindi ang galit ko sa iyo at sa dalawa mong kaibigan sapagkat hindi ninyo sinabi ang katotohanan tungkol sa akin tulad nang ginawa ni Job. 8 Kaya ngayon, kumuha kayo ng pitong toro at pitong tupa. Dalhin ninyo ito kay Job at sunugin bilang handog. Ipapanalangin kayo ni Job. Siya lamang ang papakinggan ko para hindi na kayo pagbayarin sa inyong kahangalan, dahil sa hindi ninyo paglalahad ng buong katotohanan tulad nang ginagawa niya.”
9 Ganoon nga ang ginawa nina Elifaz na Temaneo, Bildad na Suhita, at Zofar na Naamita. At ang panalangin ni Job ay dininig ni Yahweh.
Ibinalik ang Dating Kabuhayan ni Job
10 Ang(C) kabuhayan ni Job ay ibinalik ni Yahweh sa dati, nang ipanalangin nito ang tatlong kaibigan. At dinoble pa ni Yahweh ang kayamanan ni Job. 11 Lahat ng kapatid nito, mga kamag-anak at kakilala ay dumalaw sa kanya at nagsalu-salo sila. Bawat isa'y nakiramay sa nangyari sa kanya at nagbigay ng salapi at singsing na ginto.
12 Ang mga huling araw ni Job ay higit na pinagpala ni Yahweh. Binigyan niya ito ng labing-apat na libong tupa, anim na libong kamelyo, dalawang libong baka at sanlibong inahing asno. 13 Nagkaroon pa si Job ng pitong anak na lalaki at tatlong anak na babae. 14 Ang pangalan ng mga babae ay Jemima, Kezia at Keren-hapuc. 15 Ang mga anak na babae ni Job ang pinakamaganda sa buong lupain. Pinamanahan din niya ang mga ito, tulad ng mga anak na lalaki. 16 Si Job ay nabuhay pa nang sandaan at apatnapung taon. Inabutan pa siya ng kanyang mga apo sa ikaapat na salinlahi. 17 Matandang-matanda na siya nang mamatay.
Job 42
Contemporary English Version
Job's Reply to the Lord
No One Can Oppose You
42 Job said:
2 No one can oppose you,
because you have the power
to do what you want.
3 (A) You asked why I talk so much
when I know so little.
I have talked about things
that are far beyond
my understanding.
4 (B) You told me to listen
and answer your questions.[a]
5 I heard about you from others;
now I have seen you
with my own eyes.
6 That's why I hate myself
and sit here in dust and ashes
to show my sorrow.
The Lord Corrects Job's Friends
7 The Lord said to Eliphaz:
What my servant Job has said about me is true, but I am angry with you and your two friends for not telling the truth. 8 So I want you to go over to Job and offer seven bulls and seven goats on an altar as a sacrifice to please me.[b] After this, Job will pray, and I will agree not to punish you for your foolishness.
9 Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar obeyed the Lord, and he answered Job's prayer.
A Happy Ending
10 (C) After Job had prayed for his three friends, the Lord made Job twice as rich as he had been before. 11 Then Job gave a feast for his brothers and sisters and for his old friends. They expressed their sorrow for the suffering the Lord had brought on him, and they each gave Job some silver and a gold ring.
12 The Lord now blessed Job more than ever; he gave him 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pair of oxen, and 1,000 donkeys.
13 In addition to seven sons, Job had three daughters, 14 whose names were Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren Happuch. 15 They were the most beautiful women in that part of the world, and Job gave them shares of his property, along with their brothers.
16 Job lived for another 140 years—long enough to see his great-grandchildren have children of their own— 17 and when he finally died, he was very old.
Footnotes
- 42.4 questions: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 4.
- 42.8 sacrifice to please me: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “whole burnt offerings” because the whole animal was burned on the altar. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to please the Lord with the smell of the sacrifice, and so in the CEV they are often called “sacrifices to please the Lord.”
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