Job 8
Magandang Balita Biblia
Makatarungan ang Diyos
8 Ito naman ang sagot ni Bildad na Suhita:
2 “Hanggang kailan ka magsasalita ng ganyan,
mga salitang parang hangin at walang kabuluhan?
3 Hindi pinipilipit ng Diyos ang katarungan;
hindi binabaluktot ng Makapangyarihan ang katuwiran.
4 Maaaring nagkasala sa Diyos ang iyong mga anak,
kaya't ibinigay niya sa kanila ang parusang nararapat.
5 Ngunit kung ikaw ay lalapit at makiusap sa Diyos na Makapangyarihan,
6 kung ikaw ay talagang tapat, at malinis ang kalooban,
tutulungan ka ng Diyos;
gagantimpalaan at ibabalik niya ang iyong sambahayan.
7 Maliit na bagay ang mga nawala mong kayamanan,
kung ihahambing ang sa iyo'y kanyang ibibigay.
8 “Alamin(A) mo ang mga nagdaang kasaysayan,
itanong sa matatanda ang kaalamang natuklasan.
9 Buhay nati'y maikli lang, at kaalaman nati'y kulang;
parang anino lamang tayong dumaan sa ibabaw ng sanlibutan.
10 Pakaisipin mo ang kanilang mga aral,
ang kanilang sinasabi ay iyong pakinggan.
11 “Ang halaman sa tubigan ay di mabubuhay,
kundi sa matubig at malamig na lugar lamang.
12 Ito'y unang nalalanta kapag ito ay natuyuan,
kahit bagong tubo pa lang at di pa napuputulan.
13 Ganyan ang katulad ng mga taong walang Diyos,
pag-asa ay mawawala kapag ang Diyos ay nilimot.
14 Ang mga bagay na pinagkakatiwalaan nila'y kasingrupok lamang ng sapot ng gagamba.
15 Kapag ito'y sinandalan, agad itong nalalagot,
kapag ito'y hinawakan, tiyak itong masisira.
16 “Ang masasamang tao'y parang damong nagsusulputan,
tulad ng masamang damong kumakalat sa halamanan.
17 Bumabalot sa mga bato ang kanilang mga ugat,
at sa bawat bato sila'y humahawak.
18 Ngunit kapag sila'y nabunot sa kinatatamnan,
wala nang nakakaalala sa dati nilang kalagayan.
19 Ganyan ang kasiyahan ng masasamang tao,
may iba namang lilitaw at kukuha ng kanilang puwesto.
20 “Hindi pababayaan ng Diyos ang mabuting tao,
ngunit sa masama'y hindi siya sasaklolo.
21 Patatawanin ka niya at pasisigawin sa tuwa,
22 ngunit ang mga kaaway mo'y kanyang ipapahiya,
at ang tahanan ng masasama ay ganap na mawawala.”
Job 8
Amplified Bible
Bildad Says God Rewards the Good
8 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2
“How long will you say these things?
And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3
“Does God pervert justice?
Or does [a]the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4
“If your children have sinned against Him,
Then He has handed them over to the power of their transgression and punished them.
5
“If you would [diligently] seek God
And implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty,
6
Then, if you are pure and upright,
Surely now He will awaken for you
And restore your righteous place.
7
“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will greatly increase.
8
“Inquire, please, of past generations,
And consider and apply yourself to the things searched out by their fathers.
9
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
10
“Will they (the fathers) not teach you and tell you,
And utter words from their hearts [the deepest part of their nature]?
11
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?
12
“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
13
“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,
14
For his confidence is fragile and breaks,
And his trust is [like] a spider’s web.
15
“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure.
16
“He thrives and prospers [like a green plant] before the sun,
And his branches spread out over his garden.
17
“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,
And he gazes at a house of stones.
18
“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],
Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
19
“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And from out of the dust others will spring up and grow [to take his place].
20
“Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers.
21
“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
And your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless].
22
“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”
Footnotes
- Job 8:3 Heb Shaddai.
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