Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God

15 Then (A)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

“Should (B)a wise man answer with (C)windy knowledge,
    and fill his (D)belly with (E)the east wind?
Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
    or in words with which he can do no good?
But you are doing away with the fear of God[a]
    and hindering meditation before God.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
    and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Your (F)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
    (G)your own lips testify against you.

(H)“Are you the first man who was born?
    Or (I)were you brought forth (J)before the hills?
Have you listened in (K)the council of God?
    And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
(L)What do you know that we do not know?
    What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 (M)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
    older than your father.
11 Are the comforts of God too small for you,
    or the word that deals gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
    and why do your eyes flash,
13 that you turn your (N)spirit against God
    and bring such words out of your mouth?
14 (O)What is man, (P)that he can be pure?
    Or he who is (Q)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15 Behold, God[b] (R)puts no trust in his (S)holy ones,
    and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 (T)how much less one who is abominable and (U)corrupt,
    a man who (V)drinks injustice like water!

17 “I will show you; hear me,
    and what I have seen I will declare
18 (what wise men have told,
    without hiding it (W)from their fathers,
19 to whom alone the land was given,
    and no (X)stranger passed among them).
20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
    through all the (Y)years that are laid up for (Z)the ruthless.
21 (AA)Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
    in (AB)prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
    and he is marked for the sword.
23 He (AC)wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
    He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
24 distress and anguish terrify him;
    they (AD)prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
    and defies the Almighty,
26 (AE)running (AF)stubbornly against him
    with a thickly bossed shield;
27 because he has (AG)covered his face with his fat
    and gathered fat upon his waist
28 and has lived in desolate cities,
    in houses that none should inhabit,
    which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure,
    nor will his possessions spread over the earth;[c]
30 he will not depart from darkness;
    the flame will dry up his shoots,
    and by (AH)the breath of his mouth he will depart.
31 Let him not (AI)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
    for emptiness will be his payment.
32 It will be paid in full (AJ)before his time,
    and his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
    and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
34 For (AK)the company of the godless is barren,
    and (AL)fire consumes the tents of bribery.
35 They (AM)conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
    and their (AN)womb prepares deceit.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 15:4 Hebrew lacks of God
  2. Job 15:15 Hebrew he
  3. Job 15:29 Or nor will his produce bend down to the earth

Eliphaz

15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:

“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(B)
Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?(C)
But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(D)
Your sin(E) prompts your mouth;(F)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(G)
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
    your own lips testify against you.(H)

“Are you the first man ever born?(I)
    Were you brought forth before the hills?(J)
Do you listen in on God’s council?(K)
    Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(L)
What do you know that we do not know?
    What insights do you have that we do not have?(M)
10 The gray-haired and the aged(N) are on our side,
    men even older than your father.(O)
11 Are God’s consolations(P) not enough for you,
    words(Q) spoken gently to you?(R)
12 Why has your heart(S) carried you away,
    and why do your eyes flash,
13 so that you vent your rage(T) against God
    and pour out such words(U) from your mouth?(V)

14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(W) that they could be righteous?(X)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(Y)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(Z)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(AA)
    who drink up evil(AB) like water!(AC)

17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
    let me tell you what I have seen,(AD)
18 what the wise have declared,
    hiding nothing received from their ancestors(AE)
19 (to whom alone the land(AF) was given
    when no foreigners moved among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(AG)
    the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(AH)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(AI)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.(AJ)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(AK)
    he is marked for the sword.(AL)
23 He wanders about(AM) for food like a vulture;(AN)
    he knows the day of darkness(AO) is at hand.(AP)
24 Distress and anguish(AQ) fill him with terror;(AR)
    troubles overwhelm him, like a king(AS) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(AT) at God
    and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(AU)
26 defiantly charging against him
    with a thick, strong shield.(AV)

27 “Though his face is covered with fat
    and his waist bulges with flesh,(AW)
28 he will inhabit ruined towns
    and houses where no one lives,(AX)
    houses crumbling to rubble.(AY)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(AZ)
    nor will his possessions spread over the land.(BA)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(BB)
    a flame(BC) will wither his shoots,(BD)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(BE) will carry him away.(BF)
31 Let him not deceive(BG) himself by trusting what is worthless,(BH)
    for he will get nothing in return.(BI)
32 Before his time(BJ) he will wither,(BK)
    and his branches will not flourish.(BL)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(BM)
    like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(BN)
34 For the company of the godless(BO) will be barren,
    and fire will consume(BP) the tents of those who love bribes.(BQ)
35 They conceive trouble(BR) and give birth to evil;(BS)
    their womb fashions deceit.”

Ang Tubag ni Elifaz

15 Unya mitubag si Elifaz nga taga-Teman, Job, ang maalamon nga tawo dili mosultig mga pulong nga walay pulos. Dili siya mangatarungan ginamit ang mga pulong nga walay hinungdan. Apan ang imong gipanulti motukmod sa uban sa dili na pagtahod ug pag-alagad sa Dios. Ang imong gipanulti bunga sa imong kadaotan. Ug gilimbongan mo ang uban pinaagi sa imong mga pulong. Dili na kinahanglan nga hukman ko pa ikaw. Ang imo mismong gipanulti ang nagasaksi batok kanimo. Naghunahuna ka ba nga ikaw ang unang natawo? Natawo ka na ba sa wala pa mamugna ang mga bungtod? Nadungog mo na ba ang mga plano sa Dios? Ikaw lang ba ang maalamon? Unsa may imong nahibaloan nga wala usab namo mahibaloi? Unsa bay imong nasabtan nga wala usab namo masabti? 10 Nakakat-on kami gikan sa mga tigulang nga mas tigulang pa kaysa imong amahan! 11 Gisultihan ka namo ug mga pulong nga makapadasig ug makapalipay kanimo nga gikan sa Dios. Kulang pa ba kini? 12 Nganong nagpadala ka man sa imong pagbati? Unsay nakapabuta kanimo sa kamatuoran 13 nga nasuko ka man pag-ayo sa Dios ug nagsulti nianang daotang mga pulong batok kaniya? 14 Makahimo ba ang tawo sa pagkinabuhi nga hinlo ug matarong? 15 Wala gani mosalig ang Dios sa iyang mga anghel! Kon kining langitnon nga mga tinuga[a] dili hinlo sa iyang panan-aw, 16 ang tawo pa kaha nga daotan ug makasasala, ug uhaw sa paghimo ug daotan?

17 Job, paminawa ako. Sultihan ko ikaw ug pasabton sa akong naeksperyensyahan. 18 Makasulti usab bahin niini ang maalamon nga mga tawo nga nakat-on gikan sa ilang katigulangan. 19 Mga maalamon kaayo sila, kay sila lang ang nanag-iya sa ilang yuta, ug walay mga taga-laing lugar nga misakop kanila.

20 “Ang tawong daotan mag-antos sa tibuok niyang kinabuhi. 21 Kanunay siyang kulbaan. Bisan walay katalagman, kulbaan siya nga tingalig sulongon siya sa mga tulisan. 22 Mahadlok siyang moadto sa ngitngit kay basig patyon siya. 23 Magkabuang siya sa pagpangitag pagkaon bisan asa.[b] Nasayod siya nga hapit na siyang mamatay.[c] 24 Labihan ang iyang kakulba, sama sa hari nga mosulong sa gira. 25 Nagakahitabo kini kaniya, kay nagrebelde siya[d] ug misukol sa Dios nga Makagagahom. 26 Daw sa nagbitbit siyag lig-on nga taming ug gusto gayod nga makigbatok sa Dios. 27 Bisan adunahan ug tambok siya karon, 28 magpuyo siya sa guba nga mga lungsod, sa mga balay nga walay nagpuyo ug kalumpagon na. 29 Dili na magpadayon ang iyang pagka-adunahan. Ang iyang bahandi dili molungtad ug dugay, ug ang iyang kabtangan dili modaghan. 30 Dili siya makaikyas sa kalaglagan.[e] Mahisama siya sa kahoy kansang mga salingsing masunog. Mawala ang tanan niyang kabtangan sa usa lang ka paghuyop sa Dios. 31 Dili niya angayng limbongan ang iyang kaugalingon pinaagi sa pagsalig sa mga butang nga walay pulos, kay wala gayod siyay makuha gikan niini. 32 Sa dili pa moabot ang iyang panahon, madawat niya ang iyang silot ug dili na siya mouswag pa.[f] 33 Mahisama siya sa ubas nga nangataktak ang bunga nga hilaw pa, o sama sa kahoyng olibo nga nangalarag ang mga bulak. 34 Kay ang mga tawong dili diosnon mamatay nga walay kaliwat. Ug mangasunog ang ilang mga balay nga gitukod gikan sa pagpanguwarta. 35 Naghunahuna sila kanunay sa paghimo ug kasamok, paghimo ug daotan, ug pagpanglimbong.”

Footnotes

  1. 15:15 kining langitnon nga mga tinuga: sa literal, ang langit.
  2. 15:23 Magkabuang… bisan asa: o, Gitagana siya nga pagkaon alang sa uwak.
  3. 15:23 hapit na siyang mamatay: sa literal, hapit na ang adlaw sa kangitngit.
  4. 15:25 nagrebelde siya: sa literal, nagpangumo sa iyang kamot.
  5. 15:30 kalaglagan: sa literal, kangitngit.
  6. 15:32 dili na siya mouswag pa: sa literal, ang iyang mga sanga dili na tuboan ug mga dahon.