Job 34
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
34 Sinabi pa ni Elihu,
2 “Kayong mga nagsasabing marurunong at maraming nalalaman, pakinggan ninyo akong mabuti. 3 Sapagkat kung papaanong alam ng dila ang masarap at hindi masarap na pagkain, alam din ng tainga kung ano ang tama at hindi tamang mga salita. 4 Kaya alamin natin kung ano ang tama, pag-aralan natin kung ano ang mabuti. 5 Sapagkat sinabi ni Job, ‘Wala akong kasalanan pero hindi ako binigyan ng Dios ng katarungan. 6 Kahit na matuwid ako, itinuring akong sinungaling. Kahit na wala akong nagawang kasalanan, binigyan niya ako ng karamdamang walang kagalingan.’
7 “Walang taong katulad ni Job na uhaw sa pangungutya. 8 Ang gusto niyang makasama ay masasama at makasalanang tao, 9 dahil sinabi niya, ‘Walang pakinabang ang tao kung magsisikap siyang bigyan kasiyahan ang Dios!’
10 “Kaya makinig kayo sa akin, kayong mga nagsasabing kayo ay nakakaunawa. Ang Makapangyarihang Dios ay hindi gumagawa ng masama. 11 Ginagantimpalaan niya ang tao ayon sa kanyang mga ginawa; pinakikitunguhan niya ito ayon sa nararapat sa kanyang ugali. 12 Nakatitiyak akong hindi maaaring gumawa ang Makapangyarihang Dios ng masama. Hindi niya maaaring baluktutin ang hustisya. 13 May nagtalaga ba sa kanya para pamunuan ang mundo? May nagbilin ba sa kanya ng mundo? Wala! 14 Kung loloobin ng Dios na kunin ang buhay na ibinigay niya sa tao, 15 lahat ng taoʼy mamamatay at babalik sa lupa.
16 “Job, kung may pang-unawa ka, pakinggan mo ang sasabihin ko: 17 Makakapamuno kaya ang Dios kung ayaw niya ng katarungan? Bakit mo hinahatulan ang matuwid at makapangyarihang Dios? 18 Hindi baʼt siya ang sumasaway sa mga hari at pinunong masama at walang kwenta? 19 Wala siyang itinatangi sa mga pinuno at wala rin siyang pinapanigan, mayaman man o mahirap, dahil silang lahat ay pare-pareho niyang nilikha. 20 Kahit ang taong makapangyarihan ay biglang mamamatay sa gabi nang hindi ginagalaw ng tao.
21 “Binabantayan ng Dios ang lahat ng ginagawa ng tao. 22 Walang madilim na lugar na maaaring pagtaguan ng masama. 23 Hindi na kailangang tawagin pa ng Dios ang tao upang humarap sa kanya para tanungin at hatulan. 24 Hindi na niya kailangang imbestigahan pa ang taong namumuno para alisin ito sa katungkulan at palitan ng iba. 25 Sapagkat alam niya ang kanilang ginagawa, inaalis niya sila sa kapangyarihan at nililipol kahit gabi. 26 Hayagan niya silang pinaparusahan dahil sa kanilang kasamaan. 27 Ginawa niya ito dahil tumigil sila ng pagsunod sa kanya, at binalewala ang kanyang pamamaraan. 28 Inaapi nila ang mga dukha, at narinig ng Dios ang paghingi ng mga ito ng tulong. 29 Pero kahit na tumahimik ang Dios at magtago, walang sinuman ang makapagsasabing mali siya. Ang totoo, binabantayan ng Dios ang tao at mga bansa, 30 para patigilin ang pamumuno ng mga hindi makadios, na siyang bitag na pipinsala sa mga tao.
31 “Job, bakit ayaw mong lumapit sa Dios at sabihin sa kanya, ‘Nagkasala po ako, pero hindi na ako magkakasala pa!’ 32 o, ‘Sabihin nʼyo sa akin ang kasalanan ko. Kung nagkasala ako, hindi ko na ito muling gagawin.’ 33 Papaano sasagutin ng Dios ang kahilingan mo kung hindi ka magsisisi? Ikaw ang magpapasya nito at hindi ako. Kaya sabihin mo sa akin kung ano ang pasya mo.
34 “Ang mga taong marunong at may pang-unawa, na nakikinig sa akin, 35 ay makapagsasabing ang mga sinasabi mo Job ay kamangmangan at walang kabuluhan. 36 Dapat ka ngang lubusang subukin dahil nagsasalita kang gaya ng masamang tao. 37 Dinadagdagan mo pa ang kasalanan mo dahil sa paghihimagsik mo sa Dios. Minamasama moʼt kinukutya ang Dios sa harap namin.”
Job 34
International Children’s Bible
34 Then Elihu said:
2 “Hear my words, you men who think you are wise.
Listen to me, you men who think you know a lot.
3 The ear tests words
as the tongue tastes food.
4 Let’s decide for ourselves what is right.
And let’s learn together what is good.
5 “Job says, ‘I am not guilty.
But God has refused me a fair trial.
6 Instead of getting a fair trial,
I am called a liar.
I have been seriously hurt,
even though I have not sinned.’
7 There is no other man like Job.
He takes insults as if he were drinking water.
8 He is around people who do evil.
He spends time with wicked men.
9 This is because he says, ‘It does not help a man
to try and please God.’
10 “So listen to me, you who can understand.
God All-Powerful can never do wrong!
It is impossible for God to do evil.
11 God pays a person back for what he has done.
God gives him what his actions deserve.
12 Truly God will never do wrong!
God All-Powerful will never twist what is right.
13 No one chose God to rule over the earth.
No one put him in charge of the whole world.
14 God could decide
to take away his spirit and breath.
15 If he did, all people would die together.
And they would all turn back into dust.
16 “If you can understand, hear this.
Listen to what I have to say.
17 Can anyone govern who hates what is right?
How can you blame God who is both fair and powerful?
18 God is the one who says to kings, ‘You are worth nothing.’
And he says to important people, ‘You are evil.’
19 God is not better to princes than other people.
He is not better to rich people than poor people.
This is because he made them all with his own hands.
20 They can die in a moment, in the middle of the night.
The rich are struck down, and then they pass away.
Powerful people die without man’s help.
21 “God watches where people go.
He sees every step they take.
22 There is no dark place or deep shadow
where those who do evil can hide from God.
23 God does not need to watch people more closely.
He does not need for men to come before him for judging.
24 Without asking questions, God breaks powerful people into pieces.
And he puts other people in their place.
25 This is because God knows what people do.
He defeats them in the night, and they are crushed.
26 He punishes them for the evil things they do.
He does it so that everyone else can watch.
27 This is because they stopped following God.
They did not care about any of his ways.
28 God lets the cry of poor people reach him.
He hears the cry of the needy.
29 But if God keeps quiet, who can blame him?
If he hides his face, no one can see him.
But God still rules over both men and nations.
30 He still keeps wicked men from ruling.
And he keeps them from trapping others.
31 “But suppose such a man says to God,
‘I am guilty, but I will not sin anymore.
32 Teach me what I cannot see.
If I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
33 So, Job, should God reward you the way you want
when you will not change your heart and life?
You must decide, not I.
So tell me what you know.
34 “Men who understand speak.
And wise men who hear me say,
35 ‘Job speaks without knowing what is true.
His words show he does not understand.’
36 I wish Job would be tested completely
because he answered like an evil man!
37 Job has sinned, and now he turns against God.
He claps his hands as an insult.
And he speaks more and more against God.”
Job 34
King James Version
34 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Job 34
New King James Version
Elihu Proclaims God’s Justice
34 Elihu further answered and said:
2 “Hear my words, you wise men;
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3 (A)For the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food.
4 Let us choose justice for ourselves;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 “For Job has said, (B)‘I am righteous,
But (C)God has taken away my justice;
6 (D)Should I lie concerning my right?
My [a]wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
7 What man is like Job,
(E)Who drinks [b]scorn like water,
8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?
9 For (F)he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
That he should delight in God.’
10 “Therefore listen to me, you [c]men of understanding:
(G)Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
11 (H)For He repays man according to his work,
And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
12 Surely God will never do wickedly,
Nor will the Almighty (I)pervert justice.
13 Who gave Him charge over the earth?
Or who appointed Him over the whole world?
14 If He should set His heart on it,
If He should (J)gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
15 (K)All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.
16 “If you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words:
17 (L)Should one who hates justice govern?
Will you (M)condemn Him who is most just?
18 (N)Is it fitting to say to a king, ‘You are worthless,’
And to nobles, ‘You are wicked’?
19 Yet He (O)is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor;
For (P)they are all the work of His hands.
20 In a moment they die, (Q)in the middle of the night;
The people are shaken and pass away;
The mighty are taken away without a hand.
21 “For(R) His eyes are on the ways of man,
And He sees all his steps.
22 (S)There is no darkness nor shadow of death
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For He need not further consider a man,
That he should go before God in judgment.
24 (T)He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.
25 Therefore He knows their works;
He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.
26 He strikes them as wicked men
In the open sight of others,
27 Because they (U)turned back from Him,
And (V)would not consider any of His ways,
28 So that they (W)caused the cry of the poor to come to Him;
For He (X)hears the cry of the afflicted.
29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble?
And when He hides His face, who then can see Him,
Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?—
30 That the hypocrite should not reign,
Lest the people be ensnared.
31 “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastening;
I will offend no more;
32 Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
33 Should He repay it according to your terms,
Just because you disavow it?
You must choose, and not I;
Therefore speak what you know.
34 “Men of understanding say to me,
Wise men who listen to me:
35 ‘Job(Y) speaks without knowledge,
His words are without wisdom.’
36 Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost,
Because his answers are like those of wicked men!
37 For he adds (Z)rebellion to his sin;
He claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.”
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