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Naghambal si Elifaz

15 Dayon nagsabat si Elifaz nga taga-Teman, Job, ang maalam nga tawo wala nagahambal sing wala sing pulos. Wala siya nagapakigbais sa wala sing pulos nga mga pulong. Pero ang imo iya mga ginapanghambal makatulod sa tawo nga indi na magtahod kag magpangalagad sa Dios. Ang imo mga ginapanghambal bunga sang imo kalautan. Kag ginadayaan mo ang iban paagi sa imo mga pulong. Indi na kinahanglan nga hukman ko pa ikaw. Ang imo mismo ginapanghambal amo ang nagapamatuod kontra sa imo. Nagahunahuna ka bala nga ikaw ang una nga natawo? Natawo ka na bala antes gintuga ang mga bukid? Nabatian mo na bala ang mga plano sang Dios? Ikaw lang bala ang maalam? Ano bala ang imo nahibaluan nga wala man namon nahibaluan? Ano bala ang imo naintiendihan nga wala man namon naintiendihan? 10 Nakatuon kami sa mga tawo nga tigulang na, mas tigulang pa sa imo amay! 11 Ginhambalan ka namon sang mga pulong nga halin sa Dios nga makapabaskog kag makapalipay sa imo. Kulang pa bala ina? 12 Ngaa nagapadala ka sa imo balatyagon? Ano bala ang nagpabulag sa imo sa kamatuoran 13 nga naakig ka gid sa Dios kag naghambal sinang malain nga mga pulong kontra sa iya? 14 Mahimo bala sang tawo nga magkabuhi nga matinlo kag matarong? 15 Wala gani nagasalig ang Dios sa iya mga anghel! Kon ining langitnon nga mga tinuga[a] indi gani matinlo sa iya panulok, 16 ang tawo pa ayhan, nga malaot kag makasasala, kag ginauhaw sa paghimo sang malain?

17 Job, pamatii ako. Sugiran ko ikaw kag paathagan sang akon naeksperiensyahan. 18 Makasugid man parte sini ang maalamon nga mga tawo nga nakatuon sa ila mga katigulangan. 19 Mga maalamon gid sila, kay sila lang ang nagapanag-iya sang ila duta, kag wala sing mga taga-iban nga lugar nga nagsakop sa ila.

20 “Ang malaot nga tawo nagaantos sa bug-os niya nga kabuhi. 21 Permi siya ginakulbaan, kag bisan sa tion nga wala sing katalagman ginakulbaan siya nga basi salakayon siya sang mga tulisan. 22 Nahadlok siya magkadto sa dulom kay basi patyon siya. 23 Nagatalang-talang siya sa pagpangita sang pagkaon bisan diin.[b] Nahibaluan niya nga malapit na siya mapatay.[c] 24 Puwerte ang iya kakulba, pareho sa hari nga manugsalakay sa inaway. 25 Nagakatabo ini sa iya, tungod nagarebelde siya[d] sa Dios nga Makagagahom kag nagabato sa iya. 26 Daw pareho lang nga nagauyat siya sang mabakod nga taming kag gusto gid nga kontrahon ang Dios. 27 Bisan manggaranon kag matambok siya subong, 28 magaestar siya sa guba nga mga banwa, sa mga balay nga wala sing may nagaestar kag daw sa marumpag na. 29 Indi na siya padayon nga magamanggaranon. Ang iya manggad indi magdugay, kag ang iya pagkabutang indi magdamo sa duta. 30 Indi siya makapalagyo sa kalaglagan.[e] Mangin pareho siya sa kahoy nga ang mga salingsing sini masunog. Madula ang tanan niya nga pagkabutang sa isa lang ka paghuyop sang Dios. 31 Indi niya pagdayaan ang iya kaugalingon paagi sa pagsalig sa mga butang nga wala sing pulos, kay wala gid siya sing may makuha sa sini. 32 Sa wala pa mag-abot ang iya tion, mabaton niya ang iya silot kag indi na siya mag-uswag pa.[f] 33 Mangin pareho siya sa ubas nga nagakapulak ang iya hilaw nga mga bunga, ukon pareho sa kahoy nga olibo nga nagakapulak ang iya mga bulak. 34 Kay ang mga indi diosnon magakalamatay nga wala sing mga kaliwat. Kag magakalasunog ang mga balay nga ginpatindog nila paagi sa pagpanguwarta. 35 Nagahunahuna sila permi sa pagpanggamo, paghimo sang malain, kag pagpangdaya.”

Footnotes

  1. 15:15 ining langitnon nga mga tinuga: sa literal, ang langit.
  2. 15:23 Nagatalang-talang… bisan diin: ukon, Natigana siya nga pagkaon para sa uwak.
  3. 15:23 malapit na siya mapatay: sa literal, malapit na ang adlaw sang kadulom.
  4. 15:25 nagarebelde siya: sa literal, nagaumol siya sang iya kamot.
  5. 15:30 kalaglagan: sa literal, kadulom.
  6. 15:32 indi na siya mag-uswag pa: sa literal, ang iya mga sanga indi na pagtubuan sang mga dahon.

Eliphaz

15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(A) replied:

“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(B)
Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?(C)
But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(D)
Your sin(E) prompts your mouth;(F)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(G)
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
    your own lips testify against you.(H)

“Are you the first man ever born?(I)
    Were you brought forth before the hills?(J)
Do you listen in on God’s council?(K)
    Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(L)
What do you know that we do not know?
    What insights do you have that we do not have?(M)
10 The gray-haired and the aged(N) are on our side,
    men even older than your father.(O)
11 Are God’s consolations(P) not enough for you,
    words(Q) spoken gently to you?(R)
12 Why has your heart(S) carried you away,
    and why do your eyes flash,
13 so that you vent your rage(T) against God
    and pour out such words(U) from your mouth?(V)

14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(W) that they could be righteous?(X)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(Y)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(Z)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(AA)
    who drink up evil(AB) like water!(AC)

17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
    let me tell you what I have seen,(AD)
18 what the wise have declared,
    hiding nothing received from their ancestors(AE)
19 (to whom alone the land(AF) was given
    when no foreigners moved among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(AG)
    the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(AH)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(AI)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.(AJ)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(AK)
    he is marked for the sword.(AL)
23 He wanders about(AM) for food like a vulture;(AN)
    he knows the day of darkness(AO) is at hand.(AP)
24 Distress and anguish(AQ) fill him with terror;(AR)
    troubles overwhelm him, like a king(AS) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(AT) at God
    and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(AU)
26 defiantly charging against him
    with a thick, strong shield.(AV)

27 “Though his face is covered with fat
    and his waist bulges with flesh,(AW)
28 he will inhabit ruined towns
    and houses where no one lives,(AX)
    houses crumbling to rubble.(AY)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(AZ)
    nor will his possessions spread over the land.(BA)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(BB)
    a flame(BC) will wither his shoots,(BD)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(BE) will carry him away.(BF)
31 Let him not deceive(BG) himself by trusting what is worthless,(BH)
    for he will get nothing in return.(BI)
32 Before his time(BJ) he will wither,(BK)
    and his branches will not flourish.(BL)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(BM)
    like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(BN)
34 For the company of the godless(BO) will be barren,
    and fire will consume(BP) the tents of those who love bribes.(BQ)
35 They conceive trouble(BR) and give birth to evil;(BS)
    their womb fashions deceit.”

15 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.