Job 8
Magandang Balita Biblia
Makatarungan ang Diyos
8 Ito naman ang sagot ni Bildad na Suhita:
2 “Hanggang kailan ka magsasalita ng ganyan,
mga salitang parang hangin at walang kabuluhan?
3 Hindi pinipilipit ng Diyos ang katarungan;
hindi binabaluktot ng Makapangyarihan ang katuwiran.
4 Maaaring nagkasala sa Diyos ang iyong mga anak,
kaya't ibinigay niya sa kanila ang parusang nararapat.
5 Ngunit kung ikaw ay lalapit at makiusap sa Diyos na Makapangyarihan,
6 kung ikaw ay talagang tapat, at malinis ang kalooban,
tutulungan ka ng Diyos;
gagantimpalaan at ibabalik niya ang iyong sambahayan.
7 Maliit na bagay ang mga nawala mong kayamanan,
kung ihahambing ang sa iyo'y kanyang ibibigay.
8 “Alamin(A) mo ang mga nagdaang kasaysayan,
itanong sa matatanda ang kaalamang natuklasan.
9 Buhay nati'y maikli lang, at kaalaman nati'y kulang;
parang anino lamang tayong dumaan sa ibabaw ng sanlibutan.
10 Pakaisipin mo ang kanilang mga aral,
ang kanilang sinasabi ay iyong pakinggan.
11 “Ang halaman sa tubigan ay di mabubuhay,
kundi sa matubig at malamig na lugar lamang.
12 Ito'y unang nalalanta kapag ito ay natuyuan,
kahit bagong tubo pa lang at di pa napuputulan.
13 Ganyan ang katulad ng mga taong walang Diyos,
pag-asa ay mawawala kapag ang Diyos ay nilimot.
14 Ang mga bagay na pinagkakatiwalaan nila'y kasingrupok lamang ng sapot ng gagamba.
15 Kapag ito'y sinandalan, agad itong nalalagot,
kapag ito'y hinawakan, tiyak itong masisira.
16 “Ang masasamang tao'y parang damong nagsusulputan,
tulad ng masamang damong kumakalat sa halamanan.
17 Bumabalot sa mga bato ang kanilang mga ugat,
at sa bawat bato sila'y humahawak.
18 Ngunit kapag sila'y nabunot sa kinatatamnan,
wala nang nakakaalala sa dati nilang kalagayan.
19 Ganyan ang kasiyahan ng masasamang tao,
may iba namang lilitaw at kukuha ng kanilang puwesto.
20 “Hindi pababayaan ng Diyos ang mabuting tao,
ngunit sa masama'y hindi siya sasaklolo.
21 Patatawanin ka niya at pasisigawin sa tuwa,
22 ngunit ang mga kaaway mo'y kanyang ipapahiya,
at ang tahanan ng masasama ay ganap na mawawala.”
Job 8
English Standard Version
Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
8 Then (A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long will you say these things,
and the words of your mouth be a (B)great wind?
3 (C)Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
4 If your (D)children have sinned against him,
he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
5 If you will seek God
and (E)plead with the Almighty for mercy,
6 if you are pure and upright,
surely then he will (F)rouse himself for you
and (G)restore your rightful habitation.
7 And though your beginning was small,
(H)your latter days will be very great.
8 “For (I)inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what (J)the fathers have searched out.
9 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on earth are (K)a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
11 “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
12 While yet in flower and not cut down,
they (L)wither before any other plant.
13 Such are the paths of all who (M)forget God;
(N)the hope of (O)the godless shall perish.
14 His confidence is severed,
and his trust is (P)a spider's web.[a]
15 He leans against his (Q)house, but it does not stand;
he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
16 He is a lush plant before the sun,
and his (R)shoots spread over his garden.
17 His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.
18 If he is destroyed from his (S)place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never (T)seen you.’
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way,
and out of (U)the soil others will spring.
20 “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
21 He will yet (V)fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
22 Those who hate you will be (W)clothed with shame,
and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Footnotes
- Job 8:14 Hebrew house
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