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Kinilala ni Job ang Kanyang Pagkakamali

42 Ito naman ang sagot ni Job kay Yahweh:

“Alam kong ang lahat ng bagay ay kaya ninyong gawin,
    at walang makakapigil sa lahat ng inyong balakin.
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.
Sinabi(B) ninyong papakinggan ko ang iyong sasabihin,
    at ang iyong mga tanong ay aking sasagutin.
Noo'y nakilala ko kayo dahil sa sinabi ng iba,
    subalit ngayo'y nakita ko kayo ng sarili kong mga mata.
Kaya ako ngayon ay nagsisisi,
    ikinahihiya lahat ng sinabi, sa alabok at abo, ako ay nakaupo.”

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. 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.”

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.

42 Then [at last,] Iyov gave Adonai this answer:

“I know that you can do everything,
that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

“[You asked,] ‘Who is this, hiding counsel,
without having knowledge?’
Yes, I spoke, without understanding,
of wonders far beyond me, which I didn’t know.

“Please listen, and I will speak.
[You said,] ‘I will ask questions; and you, give me answers’ —
I had heard about you with my ears,
but now my eye sees you;
therefore I detest [myself]
and repent in dust and ashes.”

After Adonai had spoken these words to Iyov, Adonai said to Elifaz the Teimani, “My anger is blazing against you and your two friends, because, unlike my servant Iyov, you have not spoken rightly about me. So now, get yourselves seven young bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Iyov, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. My servant Iyov will pray for you — because him I will accept — so that I won’t punish you as your boorishness deserves; because you have not spoken rightly about me, as my servant Iyov has.” So Elifaz the Teimani, Bildad the Shuchi and Tzofar the Na‘amati went and did what Adonai had ordered them to do, and Adonai accepted Iyov[’s prayer].

10 When Iyov prayed for his friends, Adonai restored his fortunes; Adonai gave Iyov twice as much as he had had before. 11 Then all his brothers and sisters came to him, also all who had known him before, and they ate a meal with him in his house. They consoled and comforted him for all the evils Adonai had inflicted on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. 12 Adonai blessed Iyov’s later situation even more than his earlier one — he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first he named Y’mimah; the second, K’tzi‘ah; and the third, Keren-Hapukh. 15 Nowhere in the land could women be found as beautiful as Iyov’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritances along with their brothers.

16 After this, Iyov lived 140 years, long enough to see his sons and grandsons, four generations. 17 Then, old and full of days, Iyov died.