Job 5

1Tumawag ka ngayon; may sasagot ba sa iyo? At sa kanino sa mga banal babalik ka? 2Sapagka't ang bigat ng loob ay pumapatay sa taong hangal, at ang paninibugho ay pumapatay sa mangmang. 3Aking nakita ang hangal na umuunlad: nguni't agad kong sinumpa ang kaniyang tahanan. 4Ang kaniyang mga anak ay malayo sa katiwasayan, at sila'y mangapipisa sa pintuang-bayan, na wala mang magligtas sa kanila. 5Na ang kaniyang ani ay kinakain ng gutom, at kinukuha na mula sa mga tinik, at ang silo ay nakabuka sa kanilang pag-aari. 6Sapagka't ang kadalamhatian ay hindi lumalabas sa alabok, ni bumubukal man sa lupa ang kabagabagan; 7Kundi ang tao ay ipinanganak sa kabagabagan. Gaya ng alipato na umiilanglang sa itaas. 8Nguni't sa ganang akin, ay hahanapin ko ang Dios, at sa Dios ay aking ihahabilin ang aking usap: 9Na siyang gumagawa ng mga dakilang bagay at ng mga hindi magunita; ng mga kamanghamanghang bagay na walang bilang: 10Na siyang nagbibigay ng ulan sa lupa, at nagpapahatid ng tubig sa mga bukid; 11Na anopa't kaniyang iniuupo sa mataas yaong nangasa mababa; at yaong nagsisitangis ay itinataas sa katiwasayan. 12Kaniyang sinasayang ang mga katha-katha ng mapagkatha, na anopa't hindi maisagawa ng kanilang mga kamay ang kanilang panukala. 13Kaniyang hinuhuli ang pantas sa kanilang sariling katha: at ang payo ng suwail ay napapariwara. 14Kanilang nasasalunuan ang kadiliman sa araw, at nagsisikapa sa katanghaliang tapat na gaya sa gabi. 15Nguni't kaniyang inililigtas sa tabak ng kanilang bibig, sa makatuwid baga'y ang maralita sa kamay ng malakas. 16Na anopa't ang dukha ay may pagasa, at ang kasamaan ay nagtitikom ng kaniyang bibig. 17Narito, maginhawa ang tao na sinasaway ng Dios: kaya't huwag mong waling kabuluhan ang pagsaway ng Makapangyarihan sa lahat. 18Sapagka't siya'y sumusugat, at nagtatapal; siya'y sumusugat, at pinagagaling ng kaniyang mga kamay. 19Kaniyang ililigtas ka sa anim na kabagabagan. Oo, sa pito, ay walang kasamaang kikilos sa iyo. 20Sa kagutom ay tutubusin ka niya sa kamatayan; at sa pagdidigma ay sa kapangyarihan ng tabak. 21Ikaw ay makukubli sa talas ng dila; na hindi ka man matatakot sa paggiba pagka dumarating. 22Sa kagibaan at sa kasalatan ay tatawa ka; ni hindi ka matatakot sa mga ganid sa lupa. 23Sapagka't ikaw ay makakasundo ng mga bato sa parang; at ang mga ganid sa parang ay makikipagpayapaan sa iyo. 24At iyong makikilala na ang iyong tolda ay nasa kapayapaan; at iyong dadalawin ang iyong kulungan, at walang mawawala na anoman. 25Iyo rin namang makikilala na ang iyong binhi ay magiging dakila, at ang iyong lahi ay gaya ng damo sa lupa. 26Ikaw ay darating sa iyong libingan sa lubos na katandaan. Gaya ng bigkis ng trigo na dumarating sa kaniyang kapanahunan. 27Narito, aming siniyasat, at gayon nga; dinggin mo, at talastasin mo sa iyong ikabubuti.

1“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? 2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple. 3I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, 5whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance. 6For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground; 7but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God, 9who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number; 10who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields; 11so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety. 12He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise. 13He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. 14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night. 15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. 17“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. 18For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole. 19He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you. 20In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword. 21You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. 22At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth. 23For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you. 24You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing. 25You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth. 26You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season. 27Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

1Roep nu, zal er iemand zijn, die u antwoorde? En tot wien van de heiligen zult gij u keren? 2Want den dwaze brengt de toornigheid om, en de ijver doodt den slechte. 3Ik heb gezien een dwaas wortelende; doch terstond vervloekte ik zijn woning. 4Verre waren zijn zonen van heil; en zij werden verbrijzeld in de poort, en er was geen verlosser. 5Wiens oogst de hongerige verteerde, dien hij ook tot uit de doornen gehaald had; de struikrover slokte hun vermogen in. 6Want uit het stof komt het verdriet niet voort, en de moeite spruit niet uit de aarde; 7Maar de mens wordt tot moeite geboren; gelijk de spranken der vurige kolen zich verheffen tot vliegen. 8Doch ik zou naar God zoeken, en tot God mijn aanspraak richten; 9Die grote dingen doet, die men niet doorzoeken kan; wonderen, die men niet tellen kan; 10Die den regen geeft op de aarde, en water zendt op de straten; 11Om de vernederden te stellen in het hoge; dat de rouwdragenden door heil verheven worden. 12Hij maakt te niet de gedachten der arglistigen; dat hun handen niet een ding uitrichten. 13Hij vangt de wijzen in hun arglistigheid; dat de raad der verdraaiden gestort wordt. 14Des daags ontmoeten zij de duisternis, en gelijk des nachts tasten zij in de middag. 15Maar Hij verlost den behoeftige van het zwaard, van hun mond, en van de hand des sterken. 16Zo is voor den arme verwachting; en de boosheid stopt haar mond toe. 17Zie, gelukzalig is de mens, denwelken God straft; daarom verwerp de kastijding des Almachtigen niet. 18Want Hij doet smart aan, en Hij verbindt; Hij doorwondt, en Zijn handen helen. 19In zes benauwdheden zal Hij u verlossen, en in de zevende zal u het kwaad niet aanroeren. 20In den honger zal Hij u verlossen van den dood, en in den oorlog van het geweld des zwaards. 21Tegen den gesel der tong zult gij verborgen wezen, en gij zult niet vrezen voor de verwoesting, als zij komt. 22Tegen de verwoesting en tegen den honger zult gij lachen, en voor het gedierte der aarde zult gij niet vrezen. 23Want met de stenen des velds zal uw verbond zijn, en het gedierte des velds zal met u bevredigd zijn. 24En gij zult bevinden, dat uw tent in vrede is; en gij zult uw woning verzorgen, en zult niet feilen. 25Ook zult gij bevinden, dat uw zaad menigvuldig wezen zal, en uw spruiten als het kruid der aarde. 26Gij zult in ouderdom ten grave komen, gelijk de korenhoop te zijner tijd opgevoerd wordt. 27Zie dit, wij hebben het doorzocht, het is alzo; hoor het, en bemerk gij het voor u.