Job 8
The Message
Bildad’s Response
Does God Mess Up?
8 1-7 Bildad from Shuhah was next to speak:
“How can you keep on talking like this?
You’re talking nonsense, and noisy nonsense at that.
Does God mess up?
Does God Almighty ever get things backward?
It’s plain that your children sinned against him—
otherwise, why would God have punished them?
Here’s what you must do—and don’t put it off any longer:
Get down on your knees before God Almighty.
If you’re as innocent and upright as you say,
it’s not too late—he’ll come running;
he’ll set everything right again, reestablish your fortunes.
Even though you’re not much right now,
you’ll end up better than ever.
To Hang Your Life from One Thin Thread
8-19 “Put the question to our ancestors,
study what they learned from their ancestors.
For we’re newcomers at this, with a lot to learn,
and not too long to learn it.
So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what’s what,
instruct you in what they knew from experience?
Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil?
Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water?
Blossoming flowers look beautiful before they’re cut or picked,
but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.
That’s what happens to all who forget God—
all their hopes come to nothing.
They hang their life from one thin thread,
they hitch their fate to a spider web.
One jiggle and the thread breaks,
one jab and the web collapses.
Or they’re like weeds springing up in the sunshine,
invading the garden,
Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers,
getting a foothold even in the rocks.
But when the gardener rips them out by the roots,
the garden doesn’t miss them one bit.
The sooner the godless are gone, the better;
then good plants can grow in their place.
20-22 “There’s no way that God will reject a good person,
and there is no way he’ll help a bad one.
God will let you laugh again;
you’ll raise the roof with shouts of joy,
With your enemies thoroughly discredited,
their house of cards collapsed.”
Iov 8
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Primul discurs al lui Bildad din Şuah
8 Atunci Bildad din Şuah a luat cuvântul şi a zis:
2 „Până când vei mai vorbi astfel
şi până când vor fi cuvintele tale ca un vânt năprasnic?
3 Oare va perverti Dumnezeu judecata dreaptă?
Va perverti Cel Atotputernic ce e drept?
4 Dacă fiii tăi au păcătuit împotriva Lui,
El i-a pedepsit pentru păcatul lor.
5 Dacă tu Îl cauţi pe Dumnezeu
şi te rogi Celui Atotputernic,
6 dacă eşti curat şi drept,
cu siguranţă, El Însuşi te va apăra
şi-ţi va da înapoi locuinţa dreptăţii tale.
7 Deşi începutul tău a fost neînsemnat,
zilele tale de pe urmă vor fi prospere.
8 Întreabă generaţiile anterioare
şi află ce-au învăţat părinţii lor,
9 pentru că noi suntem doar de ieri şi nu ştim nimic,
iar zilele noastre pe pământ sunt doar o umbră.
10 Oare nu te vor învăţa şi nu-ţi vor spune
şi nu vor scoate ei cuvinte din mintea lor?
11 Creşte papirusul unde nu este mlaştină?
Creşte trestia unde nu este apă?
12 Pe când este încă verde şi netăiată,
se usucă mai repede ca iarba.
13 Aşa sunt căile celor ce uită pe Dumnezeu;
aşa piere nădejdea celui lipsit de evlavie.
14 Încrederea lui este ca un fir subţire[a]
şi sprijinul lui este ca pânza unui păianjen.
15 Se bizuie pe casa lui, dar ea nu este tare,
se prinde de ea, dar ea nu ţine.
16 El este ca o plantă plină de sevă în lumina soarelui,
care îşi întinde ramurile deasupra grădinii,
17 îşi ţese rădăcinile printre pietre,
caută un loc între stânci.
18 Dar când e smulsă din locul ei,
locul acela îi spune: «Nu te-am văzut niciodată!»
19 Aceasta este bucuria căii ei[b],
iar din pământ vor răsări altele.[c]
20 Nu, Dumnezeu nu-l va respinge pe cel curat,
nici nu va întări mâinile celor ce fac rău.
21 El va umple din nou cu râsete gura ta,
şi va aşeza strigăte de bucurie pe buzele tale.
22 Cei ce te urăsc vor fi acoperiţi de ruşine
şi cortul celui rău nu va mai fi.“
Job 8
King James Version
8 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
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