Job 15

1Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Eliphaz na Temanita, at nagsabi, 2Sasagot ba ang isang pantas ng walang kabuluhang kaalaman, at pupunuin ang kaniyang tiyan ng hanging silanganan? 3Makikipagmatuwiranan ba siya ng walang kapakinabangang pangungusap, o ng mga salita na hindi niya ikagagawa ng mabuti? 4Oo, ikaw ay nagaalis ng katakutan, at iyong pinipigil ang dalangin sa harap ng Dios. 5Sapagka't ang iyong kasamaan ang nagtuturo sa iyong bibig, at iyong pinipili ang dila ng mapagkatha. 6Ang iyong sariling bibig ang humahatol laban sa iyo, at hindi ako; Oo, ang iyong sariling mga labi ay nagpapatotoo laban sa iyo. 7Ikaw ba ang unang tao na ipinanganak? O nalabas ka bang una kay sa mga burol? 8Iyo bang narinig ang lihim na payo ng Dios? At ikaw ba'y nagpigil ng karunungan sa iyong sarili? 9Anong nalalaman mo na di namin nalalaman? Anong nauunawa mo na wala sa amin? 10Kasama namin ay mga ulong may uban, at mga totoong napakatandang tao, matandang makapupo kay sa iyong ama. 11Ang mga pagaliw ba ng Dios ay totoong kaunti pa sa ganang iyo, sa makatuwid baga'y ang salitang napakabuti sa iyo? 12Bakit ka napadadala sa iyong puso? At bakit kumikindat ang iyong mga mata? 13Na tinatalikdan mo ng iyong diwa ang Dios, at binibigkas mo ang ganyang mga salita sa iyong bibig. 14Ano ang tao upang maging malinis? At siyang ipinanganak ng babae, upang siya'y maging matuwid? 15Narito, siya'y hindi naglalagak ng tiwala sa kaniyang mga banal; Oo, ang langit ay hindi malinis sa kaniyang paningin. 16Gaano pa nga kaliit ang karumaldumal at hamak, ang taong umiinom ng kasamaan na parang tubig! 17Ipakikilala ko sa iyo, dinggin mo ako; at ang aking nakita ay aking ipahahayag: 18(Ang isinaysay ng mga pantas na mula sa kanilang mga magulang, at hindi inilingid; 19Sa mga yaon lamang ibinigay ang lupain, at walang taga ibang lupa na dumaan sa gitna nila:) 20Ang masamang tao ay nagdaramdam ng sakit lahat ng kaniyang araw, sa makatuwid baga'y ang bilang ng mga taon na itinakda sa mamimighati. 21Ang hugong ng kakilabutan ay nasa kaniyang mga pakinig; sa kaginhawahan ay daratnan siya ng mga mananamsam: 22Siya'y hindi naniniwala na babalik siya na mula sa kadiliman, at siya'y hinihintay ng tabak: 23Siya'y gumagala dahil sa tinapay, na nagsasabi: Nasaan? Kaniyang nalalaman na ang araw ng kadiliman ay handa sa kaniyang kamay: 24Kapanglawan at kadalamhatian ay tumatakot sa kaniya: nangananaig laban sa kaniya, na gaya ng isang hari na handa sa pakikipagbaka; 25Sapagka't iniuunat niya ang kaniyang kamay laban sa Dios. At nagpapalalo laban sa Makapangyarihan sa lahat; 26Tinatakbo niya siya na may mapagmatigas na leeg, sa kakapalan ng kaniyang mga kalasag; 27Sapagka't tinakpan niya ang kaniyang mukha ng kaniyang katabaan at nagpangulubot ng kaniyang mga pigi; 28At siya'y tumahan sa mga sirang bayan, sa mga bahay na walang taong tumatahan, na madaling magiging mga bunton. 29Hindi siya yayaman, o mamamalagi man ang kaniyang pag-aari. Ni di lalawak sa lupa ang kaniyang mga tinatangkilik. 30Siya'y hindi hihiwalay sa kadiliman; tutuyuin ng liyab ang kaniyang mga sanga, at sa pamamagitan ng hininga ng bibig ng Dios ay papanaw siya. 31Huwag siyang tumiwala sa kalayawan na dayain ang sarili: sapagka't kalayawan ang magiging kagantihan sa kaniya. 32Magaganap ito bago dumating ang kaniyang kapanahunan, at ang kaniyang sanga ay hindi mananariwa. 33Lalagasin niya ang kaniyang mga hilaw na ubas na gaya ng puno ng ubas, at lalagasin ang kaniyang bulaklak na gaya ng olibo. 34Sapagka't ang pulutong ng mga di banal ay hindi lalago, at susupukin ng apoy ang mga toldang suhulan. 35Sila'y nag-iisip ng pagapi at naglalabas ng kasamaan, at ang kanilang kalooban ay naghahanda ng pagdaraya.

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, 2“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind? 3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good? 4Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God. 5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. 6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you. 7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills? 8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? 9What do you know, that we don’t know? What do you understand, which is not in us? 10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father. 11Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you? 12Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash, 13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth? 14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight; 16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water! 17“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare: 18(Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it; 19to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them): 20the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. 21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him. 22He doesn’t believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword. 23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty; 26he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers; 27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs. 28He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. 30He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God’s mouth shall he go away. 31Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward. 32It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green. 33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree. 34For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. 35They conceive mischief, and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”

1Toen antwoordde Elifaz, de Themaniet, en zeide: 2Zal een wijs man winderige wetenschap voor antwoord geven, en zal hij zijn buik vullen met oostenwind? 3Bestraffende door woorden, die niet baten, en door redenen, met dewelke hij geen voordeel doet? 4Ja, gij vernietigt de vreze, en neemt het gebed voor het aangezicht Gods weg. 5Want uw mond leert uw ongerechtigheid, en gij hebt de tong der arglistigen verkoren. 6Uw mond verdoemt u, en niet ik; en uw lippen getuigen tegen u. 7Zijt gij de eerste een mens geboren? Of zijt gij voor de heuvelen voortgebracht? 8Hebt gij den verborgen raad Gods gehoord, en hebt gij de wijsheid naar u getrokken? 9Wat weet gij, dat wij niet weten? Wat verstaat gij, dat bij ons niet is? 10Onder ons is ook een grijze, ja, een stokoude, meerder van dagen dan uw vader. 11Zijn de vertroostingen Gods u te klein, en schuilt er enige zaak bij u? 12Waarom rukt uw hart u weg, en waarom wenken uw ogen? 13Dat gij uw geest keert tegen God, en zulke redenen uit uw mond laat uitgaan. 14Wat is de mens, dat hij zuiver zou zijn, en die geboren is van een vrouw, dat hij rechtvaardig zou zijn? 15Zie, op Zijn heiligen zou Hij niet vertrouwen, en de hemelen zijn niet zuiver in Zijn ogen. 16Hoeveel te meer is een man gruwelijk en stinkende, die het onrecht indrinkt als water? 17Ik zal u wijzen, hoor mij aan, en hetgeen ik gezien heb, dat zal ik vertellen; 18Hetwelk de wijzen verkondigd hebben, en men voor hun vaderen niet verborgen heeft; 19Denwelken alleen het land gegeven was, en door welker midden niemand vreemds doorging. 20Te allen dage doet de goddeloze zichzelven weedom aan; en weinige jaren in getal zijn voor den tiran weggelegd. 21Het geluid der verschrikkingen is in zijn oren; in den vrede zelven komt de verwoester hem over. 22Hij gelooft niet uit de duisternis weder te keren, maar dat hij beloerd wordt ten zwaarde. 23Hij zwerft heen en weder om brood, waar het zijn mag; hij weet, dat bij zijn hand gereed is de dag der duisternis. 24Angst en benauwdheid verschrikken hem; zij overweldigt hem, gelijk een koning, bereid ten strijde. 25Want hij strekt tegen God zijn hand uit, en tegen den Almachtige stelt hij zich geweldiglijk aan. 26Hij loopt tegen Hem aan met den hals, met zijn dikke, hoog verhevene schilden. 27Omdat hij zijn aangezicht met zijn vet bedekt heeft, en rimpelen gemaakt om de weekdarmen; 28En heeft bewoond verdelgde steden, en huizen, die men niet bewoonde, die gereed waren tot steen hopen te worden. 29Hij zal niet rijk worden, en zijn vermogen zal niet bestaan; en hun volmaaktheid zal zich niet uitbreiden op de aarde. 30Hij zal van de duisternis niet ontwijken, de vlam zal zijn scheut verdrogen; hij zal wijken door het geblaas zijns monds. 31Hij betrouwe niet op ijdelheid, waardoor hij verleid wordt; want ijdelheid zal zijn vergelding wezen. 32Als zijn dag nog niet is, zal hij vervuld worden; want zijn tak zal niet groenen. 33Men zal zijn onrijpe druiven afrukken, als van een wijnstok, en zijn bloeisel afwerpen, als van een olijfboom. 34Want de vergadering der huichelaren wordt eenzaam, en het vuur verteert de tenten der geschenken. 35Zijn ontvangen moeite, en baren ijdelheid, en hun buik richt bedrog aan.