Job 31
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
31 “Ipinangako ko sa aking sarili na hinding-hindi ako titingin nang may pagnanasa sa isang dalaga. 2 Sapagkat anong igaganti ng Makapangyarihang Dios na nasa langit sa mga ginagawa ng tao? 3 Hindi baʼt kapahamakan at kasawian para sa mga gumagawa ng kasamaan? 4 Alam ng Dios ang lahat ng aking ginagawa. 5 Kung nagsinungaling man ako at nandaya, 6 hahayaan kong hatulan ako ng Dios, dahil siya ang nakakaalam kung nagkasala nga ako. 7 Kung hindi ako sumunod sa tamang daan, o kung sinunod ko ang nais ng aking mata, at dinungisan ko ang aking sarili, 8 masira nawa ang aking mga pananim o di kayaʼy pakinabangan ng iba. 9 Kung naakit ako ng ibang babae o napaibig sa asawa ng aking kapwa, 10 kunin nawa at sipingan ng ibang lalaki ang asawa ko. 11 Sapagkat ang pangangalunya ay kasalanang nakakahiya, at dapat na parusahan ang taong ganyan ang ginagawa. 12 Iyan ay parang mapamuksang apoy na uubos sa lahat ng aking kabuhayan.
13 “Kung hindi ko pinahalagahan ang karapatan ng aking alipin nang dumaing sila sa akin, 14 anong gagawin ko kung hatulan ako ng Dios? Anong isasagot ko kung tanungin niya ako? 15 Hindi baʼt ang Dios na lumikha sa akin ang siya ring Dios na lumikha sa aking mga alipin?
16 “Kung hindi ako tumulong sa mga dukha at sa mga biyuda na nahihirapan, 17 at kung naging madamot ako sa mga ulila, parusahan nawa ako ng Dios. 18 Pero mula pa noong kabataan ko, tumutulong na ako sa mga ulila, at sa buong buhay ko hindi ko pinabayaan ang mga biyuda. 19 Kapag nakakita ako ng taong nahihirapan sa lamig dahil kapos siya sa damit, 20 binibigyan ko siya ng damit pangginaw na yari sa balahibo ng aking mga tupa. At buong puso siyang nagpapasalamat sa akin. 21 Kung pinagbuhatan ko ng kamay ang mga ulila, dahil alam kong malakas ako sa hukuman, 22 maputol sana ang mga braso ko. 23 Hindi ko magagawa ang mga bagay na iyan dahil natatakot ako sa parusa at kapangyarihan ng Dios.
24 “Hindi ako nagtiwala sa aking kayamanan o nag-isip man na magbibigay ito sa akin ng katiyakan. 25 Hindi ko ipinagyabang ang kayamanan ko at lahat ng aking ari-arian. 26 Hindi ako sumamba sa araw na nagbibigay ng liwanag o sa buwan na kumikinang. 27 Ang puso koʼy hindi nahikayat na sumamba sa mga ito. 28 Kung nagkasala ako sa paggawa ng mga ito, dapat akong parusahan dahil nagtaksil ako sa Dios na nasa langit.
29 “Hindi ko ikinatuwa ang kapahamakan ng aking kaaway o ang pagsapit sa kanila ng kahirapan. 30 Hindi ako nagkasala sa pamamagitan ng pagsumpa sa kanila. 31 Alam ng aking mga kasambahay na pinapakain ko ang lahat kahit na ang mga dayuhan. 32 Hindi ko pinabayaang matulog kahit saan ang mga dayuhan, dahil palaging bukas ang pintuan ng aking tahanan para sa kanila. 33 Hindi ko itinatago ang aking kasalanan katulad ng ginagawa ng iba. 34 Hindi ako tumahimik o nagtago dahil takot ako sa anumang sasabihin ng mga tao.
35 “Kung mayroon lang sanang makikinig ng panig ko, nakahanda akong lumagda para patunayan na wala akong kasalanan. Kung may reklamo ang Dios na Makapangyarihan laban sa akin, ipapakiusap ko sa kanyang sabihin niya ito sa akin o kayaʼy isulat na lang. 36 At ikakabit ko ito sa aking balikat o sa ulo ko na parang korona para ipakita sa lahat na nakahanda akong humarap sa mga usapin. 37 Sasabihin ko sa Dios ang lahat ng aking ginawa. Haharap ako sa kanya katulad ng pinuno na hindi nahihiya.
38 “Kung inaabuso ko ang aking lupain, o kinamkam ko ito sa iba,[a] 39 o kung pinasama ko ang loob ng mga manggagawa sa aking lupain dahil kinuha ko ang kanilang ani ng walang bayad, 40 tumubo nawa sa lupain ko ang mga matitinik na halaman at mga damo sa halip na trigo at sebada.”
Dito natapos ang mga sinabi ni Job.
Footnotes
- 31:38 Kung … iba: sa literal, Kung magrereklamo ang lupain ko laban sa akin at inaararo ito na basa sa luha.
Job 31
King James Version
31 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Job 31
English Standard Version
Job's Final Appeal
31 “I have made a covenant with my (A)eyes;
how then could I gaze at a virgin?
2 What would be (B)my portion from God above
and (C)my heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
4 (D)Does not he see my ways
and (E)number all my steps?
5 “If I have walked with falsehood
and my foot has hastened to deceit;
6 (Let me be (F)weighed in a just balance,
and let God know my integrity!)
7 if my step has turned aside from the way
and (G)my heart has gone after my eyes,
and if any (H)spot has stuck to my hands,
8 then let me (I)sow, and another eat,
and let what grows for me[a] be rooted out.
9 “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have (J)lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
10 then let my wife (K)grind for another,
and let others (L)bow down on her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be an iniquity (M)to be punished by the judges;
12 for that would be a fire (N)that consumes as far as Abaddon,
and it would burn to the root all my increase.
13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
when they brought a complaint against me,
14 what then shall I do when God rises up?
When he (O)makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
15 Did (P)not he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 “If I have (Q)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (R)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[b] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[c]),
19 if I have seen anyone (S)perish for (T)lack of clothing,
or the needy without (U)covering,
20 if his body has not (V)blessed me,[d]
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against (W)the fatherless,
because I saw my help in (X)the gate,
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.
23 For I was (Y)in terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his (Z)majesty.
24 (AA)“If I have made gold my (AB)trust
or called (AC)fine gold my confidence,
25 if I have (AD)rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
or because (AE)my hand had found much,
26 (AF)if I have looked at the sun[e] when it shone,
or (AG)the moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be (AH)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.
29 “If I have (AI)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook him
30 ((AJ)I have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),
31 if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been filled with his (AK)meat?’
32 ((AL)the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
I have opened my doors to the traveler),
33 if I (AM)have concealed my transgressions (AN)as others do[f]
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34 because I stood in great fear of (AO)the multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty (AP)answer me!)
Oh, that I had (AQ)the indictment written by my adversary!
36 Surely I would carry it on my (AR)shoulder;
I would (AS)bind it on me as (AT)a crown;
37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.
38 “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,
39 (AU)if I have eaten its yield without payment
and made its owners (AV)breathe their last,
40 let (AW)thorns grow instead of wheat,
and foul weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
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