1-2Yauj teb hais tias: “Koj yog cov neeg ntawd ntag. Thaum koj tuag, koj tej kev txawj ntse yuav tuag nrog koj mus. 3Tiamsis kuv kuj muaj kev txawj ntse ib yam li koj thiab; kuv yeej tsis ntshai thiab tsis swb koj li; txhua tus puavleej paub tej uas koj hais ntawd. 4Txawm yog kuv tej phoojywg los niaj hnub luag kuv plig; txawm yog kuv yeej ncaj ncees thiab tsis tau ua txhaum los lawv tseem luag kuv; tiamsis kuv paub hais tias muaj ib hnub Vajtswv yuav teb kuv tej lus thov. 5Koj tsis muaj kev nyuaj siab dabtsi, ces koj txawm tuaj muab kuv tso daj tso luag; koj ua li ntawd, yog koj ntaus ib tug txivneej twb yuav ntog. 6Tiamsis cov neeg tubsab thiab tsis hwm Vajtswv nyob kaj siab lug, lawv tus vajtswv ces yog lawv lub zog xwb.
7“Tiamsis koj cia li mus nug tej tsiaj lossis tej noog, lawv yuav qhia koj; 8cia li mus thov tej tsiaj nruab nqhuab thiab tej tsiaj nruab deg qhia kev txawj ntse rau koj. 9Txawm yog tej tsiaj los twb paub hais tias Vajtswv yog tus tsim lawv. 10Vajtswv yog tus tswj neeg thiab tej tsiaj txojsia; Vajtswv lub hwjchim tuav txhua tus tibneeg txojsia. 11Ib yam li koj lub qhovntsej nyiam mloog luag tej lus, thiab koj tus nplaig nyiam saj tej zaub mov.
12-13“Tej neeg laus muaj tswvyim, tiamsis Vajtswv muaj tswvyim thiab muaj hwjchim huv tibsi. Tej neeg laus muaj kev txawj ntse, tiamsis Vajtswv muaj kev txawj ntse thiab muaj hwjchim ua tau haujlwm tiav. 14Yog Vajtswv muab rhuav lawm, leejtwg yuav txhim kho dua; thiab leejtwg muaj cuabkav tso tau tus neeg uas Vajtswv muab kaw lawm? 15Yog Vajtswv tsis tso nag los, ces yuav muaj ntuj qhua teb nkig; yog Vajtswv tso nag los, ces yuav muaj dej nyab.
16“Vajtswv yog tus muaj zog thiab nws ibtxwm muaj yeej; tus neeg dag ntxias thiab tus uas raug luag dag ntxias puavleej yog Vajtswv kav. 17Nws rhuav cov nomtswv tej kev txawj ntse thiab ua rau cov thawjcoj kom lawv ua ib yam li tej neeg ruam. 18Nws txo tau tej vajntxwv thiab coj lawv mus kaw rau hauv tsev lojcuj; 19nws txo cov povthawj thiab tej neeg muaj hwjchim kom poob hwjchim. 20Nws kaw cov tuavxam uas luag cia siab rau lub qhovncauj, thiab muab cov neeg laus tej kev txawj ntse tshem mus. 21Nws rhuav cov neeg muaj hwjchim kom poob ntsejmuag thiab ua rau tej nomtswv lub zog ntaug. 22Nws ua qhov kaj ci pomkev rau hauv tubtuag teb. 23Nws ua rau ntau haivneeg muaj zog thiab muaj hwjchim, tiamsis nws ua rau lawv swb thiab puastsuaj. 24Nws ua rau lawv cov thawjcoj ua neeg ruam thiab ua rau lawv yuam kev mus mus los los tsis paub mus qhov twg; 25lawv maub tsaus ntuj nti ntog pujpoog ib yam li tej neeg qaug cawv.
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Job Answers His Critics
1Then Job answered and said: 2“No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you! 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not ⚓inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these? 4“I⚓ am one mocked by his friends, Who ⚓called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless whois ridiculed. 5A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; Itis made ready for ⚓those whose feet slip. 6⚓The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand. 7“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; 8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you. 9Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this, 10⚓In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the ⚓breath of all mankind? 11Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food? 12Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding. 13“With Him are⚓wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. 14If ⚓He breaks athing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release. 15If He ⚓withholds the waters, they dry up; If He ⚓sends them out, they overwhelm the earth. 16With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His. 17He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges. 18He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt. 19He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty. 20⚓He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders. 21⚓He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty. 22He ⚓uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light. 23⚓He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them. 24He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And ⚓makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. 25⚓They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them ⚓stagger like a drunken man.