Job 35
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
35 Sinabi pa ni Elihu, 2 “Akala mo baʼy tama ka sa pagsasabing wala kang kasalanan sa harap ng Dios? 3 Pero tinatanong mo rin, ‘Anong pakinabang ko kung akoʼy hindi gagawa ng kasalanan?’
4 “Sasagutin kita pati na ang iyong mga kaibigan. 5 Tumingin ka sa langit at tingnan mo kung gaano kataas ang ulap. 6 Kung magkasala ka, hindi iyon makakaapekto sa Dios, kahit patuloy ka pang magkasala. 7 Kung matuwid ka, ano naman ang kabutihang maibibigay nito sa Dios? 8 Ang maaapektuhan lamang sa ginagawa mong mabuti o masama ay ang iyong kapwa.
9 “Ang mga inaapi ay humihingi ng tulong na iligtas sila sa kamay ng mga makapangyarihang tao. 10 Pero hindi sila tumatawag sa Dios na lumikha sa kanila at nagbibigay ng kalakasan sa panahon ng paghihirap. 11 Hindi sila lumalapit sa Dios na nilikha silang higit na marunong kaysa sa mga hayop at ibon. 12 At kung mananalangin sila, hindi sila sinasagot ng Dios dahil mayayabang sila at masasamang tao. 13 Tunay ngang hindi dinidinig ng Makapangyarihang Dios ang walang kabuluhang paghingi nila ng tulong. 14 Job, lalo ka lang niyang hindi pakikinggan kung sasabihin mong hindi mo nakikita ang kanyang tulong nang idinulog mo ang iyong kalagayan, at pinaghihintay ka lang. 15 Sinabi mo rin na hindi nagpaparusa ang Dios kahit galit siya, at hindi niya pinapansin ang kasamaang ginagawa ng tao. 16 Job, walang saysay ang sinasabi mo. Talagang malinaw na hindi mo alam ang iyong sinasabi.”
Job 35
King James Version
35 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
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