Job 4
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Nagsalita si Elifaz
4 Nagsalita si Elifaz na taga-Teman. Sinabi niya, 2 “Magagalit ka ba kung magsasalita ako? Hindi ko na kayang manahimik. 3 Noon, pinapayuhan mo ang maraming tao na magtiwala sa Dios, at pinalalakas ang mahihina at nanlulupaypay. 4 Ang mga salita moʼy nagpalakas sa kanila at umalalay sa mga nanghihina. 5 Pero ngayong ikaw na ang dumaranas ng kahirapan, tila ikaw ang nanghihina at naguguluhan. 6 Hindi baʼt kapag may takot ka sa Dios at namumuhay ka ng matuwid, magdudulot ito sa iyo ng tiwalaʼt pag-asa?
7 “Ngayon, isipin mong mabuti. May tao bang matuwid at walang kasalanan na napahamak? 8 Ayon sa aking nakitaʼt nalaman, ang mga taong gumagawa ng kasamaan at kaguluhan, kasamaan at kaguluhan din ang kanilang kahahantungan. 9 Sa isang bugso lamang ng galit ng Dios, mapapahamak sila. 10 Kahit na silaʼy tulad ng malakas at mabangis na leon, tatanggalin pa rin ang kanilang mga ngipin. 11 Mamamatay sila dahil sa gutom at ang mga anak nila ay mangangalat.
12 “May sinabi sa akin nang palihim. Ibinulong ito sa akin 13 sa pamamagitan ng panaginip. Gabi iyon habang ang mga taoʼy mahimbing na natutulog. 14 Natakot ako at nanginig ang buo kong katawan. 15 May espiritu na dumaan sa aking harap[a] at tumayo ang mga balahibo ko at kinilabutan ako. 16 Huminto ito, pero hindi ko gaanong maaninag. At may narinig akong mahinang tinig na nagsasabi, 17 ‘Mayroon bang taong matuwid o malinis sa paningin ng Dios na kanyang Manlilikha? 18 Kung mismong sa mga anghel na lingkod niya ay hindi siya lubusang nagtitiwala, at nakakakita siya ng kamalian nila, 19 di lalo na sa taong nilikha lamang mula sa lupa, na madaling pisain katulad ng gamo-gamo! 20 Ang taoʼy maaaring buhay pa sa umaga pero kinagabihaʼy patay na at hindi na makikita magpakailanman. 21 Para silang mga toldang bumagsak. Namatay sila nang kulang sa karunungan.’
Footnotes
- 4:15 May espiritu na dumaan sa aking harap: o, Umihip ang hangin sa mukha ko.
Job 4
New International Version
Eliphaz
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:
2 “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?(B)
3 Think how you have instructed many,(C)
how you have strengthened feeble hands.(D)
4 Your words have supported those who stumbled;(E)
you have strengthened faltering knees.(F)
5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;(G)
it strikes(H) you, and you are dismayed.(I)
6 Should not your piety be your confidence(J)
and your blameless(K) ways your hope?
7 “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?(L)
Where were the upright ever destroyed?(M)
8 As I have observed,(N) those who plow evil(O)
and those who sow trouble reap it.(P)
9 At the breath of God(Q) they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.(R)
10 The lions may roar(S) and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions(T) are broken.(U)
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,(V)
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(W)
12 “A word(X) was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper(Y) of it.(Z)
13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,(AA)
14 fear and trembling(AB) seized me
and made all my bones shake.(AC)
15 A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.(AD)
16 It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:(AE)
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?(AF)
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?(AG)
18 If God places no trust in his servants,(AH)
if he charges his angels with error,(AI)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(AJ)
whose foundations(AK) are in the dust,(AL)
who are crushed(AM) more readily than a moth!(AN)
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.(AO)
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,(AP)
so that they die(AQ) without wisdom?’(AR)
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