1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2“When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. 3Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? 4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
5“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. 6The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. 7The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. 8His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh. 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. 10A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path. 11Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. 12Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. 13It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs. 14He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15Fire resides⚓ in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. 16His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. 17The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. 18He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world. 19He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived. 20People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror. 21Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”
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Npiledas
1-2Npeledas uas yog neeg Sus teb hais tias: “Yauj, koj txawm yuav hais lus tsis paub xaus li los? Yog koj tsum peb thiaj yuav zoo hais rau koj mloog. 3Yog li cas koj xav hais tias peb ruam ib yam li tej nyuj? 4Qhov uas koj chim hajyam ua rau koj mob heev xwb. Koj txojkev chim puas yuav ua rau lub ntiajteb no hloov ua suabpuam? Vajtswv puas yuav muab tej hauv roob tshem kom koj zoo siab?
5“Tus neeg siab phem lub teeb twb tuag thiab nws lub cubtawg yuav tsis cig lawm. 6Lub teeb uas nyob hauv nws lub tsevntaub yuav tsaus mus. 7Thaum ub nws tshais ruam khov kho, tiamsis nimno nws ntog lawm; qhov uas nws ntog twb yog vim nws ua ywj nws lub siab. 8Nws taug kev mus rau ntawm luag lub vojhlua, thiab lub vojhlua yuav soo nws kotaw, 9rab cuamkoob yuav tais nws lujtaws ruaj nrees cia. 10Luag faus vojhlua rau hauv av thiab cuab hmuv tos nws kev.
11“Muaj kev txhawj ntshai nyob ibncig nws, thiab caum nws mus txhua kauj ruam. 12Nws ibtxwm npluanuj, tiamsis nimno nws tshaib nqhis; kev puastsuaj sawv ntawm nws ib sab tos nws. 13Muaj mob ua pawg viag thoob plaws nws lub cev, ua rau nws ob txhais npab thiab ob txhais ceg qawj tob zuj zus. 14Nws raug muab rho ntawm hauv lub tsevntaub uas nws nyob kaj siab lug, thiab muab cab mus cuag tus Vajntxwv uas yog txojkev Tuag. 15Hluavtaws leejfaj yuav kub txhua yam hauv nws lub tsevntaub kom tas dulug, tsis tshuav ib yam dabtsi nyob hauv li lawm! 16Nws tej cag yuav qhuav thiab tej nplooj yuav ntsws. 17Nws lub koob lub npe yuav ploj hauv ntiajteb no mus; thiab yuav tsis muaj leejtwg nco nws li lawm. 18Luag yuav muab nws tshem tawm ntawm cov uas tseem muaj sia nyob lub tebchaws mus, thiab muab nws ntiab tawm ntawm qhov kaj mus rau hauv qhov uas tsaus ntuj nti. 19Nws tsis muaj xeebntxwv seem ua neej nyob li lawm. 20Tej neeg uas nyob sab hnubtuaj thiab sab hnubpoob, hnov txog tej kev puastsuaj uas los raug nws, lawv ntshai ua ibce tshee hnyo. 21Cov neeg uas ua phem ua qias yuav tau tej no, thiab cov neeg uas tsis quavntsej Vajtswv los yuav tau tej no ib yam nkaus.”