1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2“How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind. 3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin. 5But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty, 6if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state. 7Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
8“Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned, 9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. 10Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding? 11Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? 12While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. 13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless. 14What they trust in is fragile⚓ ; what they rely on is a spider’s web. 15They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold. 16They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden; 17it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones. 18But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’ 19Surely its life withers away, and⚓ from the soil other plants grow.
20“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers. 21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. 22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”
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Npinta has
1Tes Npinta kws yog tuabneeg Su‑a teb tas, 2“Koj yuav ywg le nuav ntev le caag hab tej lug kws tawm huv koj lub qhov ncauj yuav ua cua daaj cua dub ntev le caag? 3Vaajtswv ntxeev txujkev ua ncaaj lov? Tug kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus⚓ qhau cai lov? 4Yog koj le mivnyuas ua txhum rua Vaajtswv nwg txhad rau txem rua puab lawv le puab tej kev faav xeeb. 5Yog koj nrhav Vaajtswv hab taij thov tug kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus, 6yog koj dawb huv hab sab ncaaj mas nwg yuav sawv tseeg paab koj, hab yuav thim lub chaw kws yog koj teej koj tug rov rua koj. 7Txawm yog thaus chiv koj miv miv xwb, los thaus kawg koj yuav ua luj kawg. 8Kuv thov kuas koj nug txug yaav thau u, hab xaav saib tej laug nrhav tau yaam twg, 9tsua qhov peb nyav yug naag mo xwb mas tsw paub daabtsw le, vem peb lub caij lub nyoog sau lub nplajteb yog tug duab xwb. 10Puab yuav tsw qhuab qha koj hab tsw has rua koj lov, hab tsw has tej kws puab nkaag sab rua koj lov? 11Loj kov yuav tuaj rua huv qhov kws tsw muaj paag av tau lov? Pawj a yuav hlub zoo rua huv qhov tsw muaj dej tau lov? 12Thaus txhawv lawm tsw tau muab txav, los tub qhuav nkig nkuav ua ntej dua lwm yaam ntoo. 13Txhua tug kws tsw ncu Vaajtswv lawd kuj zoo le hov ntaag. Cov kws tsw fwm Vaajtswv puab lub chaw vaam yuav puam tsuaj taag. 14Yaam kws puab tso sab rua kuj luv ntho lawm, hab tej kws puab ca sab rua yog saab kaab zag tsuv. 15Yog puab pheeb tej saab kaab zag tsuv tej saab hov tu, puab tuav tej saab hov tassws tej saab hov tsw ruaj. 16Puab zoo le tsob ntoo kws muaj dej yug rua thaus tshaav ntuj kub, hab puab tej ntsuag hlaav moog puv nkaus puab lub vaaj. 17Puab tej caag kuj nrhau moog tuav tej pob zeb, hab ntsa moog rua huv tej kem pob zeb. 18Yog tsob ntoo raug muab ua puam tsuaj taag ntawm nwg lub chaw lub chaw ntawd yuav tsw leeg paub nwg hab has tas, ‘Kuv tsw txeev pum dua koj.’ 19Saib maj, nuav yog puab txujkev xyiv faab, hab lwm tug yuav ua kaug tawm huv aav tuaj.
20“Vaajtswv yeej yuav tsw tso tug tuabneeg zoo tseg, lossws tuav tug tuabneeg ua phem teg. 21Nwg tseed yuav pub koj lub qhov ncauj luag puv nkaus, hab ua rua koj daim tawv ncauj qw zoo sab. 22Cov kws ntxub koj yuav raug txaaj muag, hab cov tuabneeg phem lub tsev ntaub yuav tsw muaj dua le lawm.”