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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Npiledas
1-2Npiledas uas yog neeg Sus teb hais tias: “Koj yuav hais koj tej lus uas zoo li cua ntsawj mus txog thaum twg? 3Vajtswv yeej tsis rhuav kev ncaj ncees; nws yeej ua qhov tseeb xwb. 4Yeej yog koj tej menyuam tau ua txhaum rau Vajtswv lawm, yog li ntawd, Vajtswv thiaj rau txim rau lawv raws li lawv tsimnyog raug. 5Tiamsis nimno koj cia li tig rov los cuag Vajtswv tus uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus thiab ua kom haum nws siab; 6Yog koj yeej ua ncaj thiab tsis muaj txhaum, Vajtswv yeej yuav pab koj thiab rov pub kom koj lub cuab lub yig vammeej dua. 7Koj tej kev npluanuj uas ploj tas lawm, piv tsis tau tej uas Vajtswv yuav muab rau koj yav tom ntej.
8“Koj tig mus saib tej kev txawj ntse tiam thaum ub; ua tib zoo xav txog tej kev tseeb uas peb cov yawgkoob muaj los lawm. 9Peb txojsia luv kawg li, peb tsis paub xyov yuav zoo li cas; peb lub neej dhau mus yam li tus duab ntxoov ntxoo uas los nroos lub ntiajteb ib vuag. 10Tiamsis cia cov neeg txawj ntse tiam thaum ub qhia koj; cia li mloog tej lus uas lawv qhia hais tias:
11“Tauj npaig yeej tsis tuaj ntawm qhov chaw uas tsis muaj dej; thiab yeej tsis muaj tauj npaig nyob saum nruab qhuab li. 12Yog dej qhuav, ces tauj npaig yog cov uas xub tuag thaum tseem mos uas tsis tau zoo txiav los siv. 13Tej neeg uas tsis paub Vajtswv zoo ib yam li tej tauj npaig ntawd; thaum twg lawv tso Vajtswv tseg, ces lawv kev cia siab ploj mus tas. 14Lawv cia siab rau kab laugsab tej nyuag xov ua zes. 15Yog lawv tso cev rau kab laugsab lub zes puas yuav khov lawv? Yog lawv tuav tej xov kab laugsab ntawd, puas yuav pab tau lawv sawv ntsug?”
16Cov neeg siab phem hlob mos nyoos ib yam li tej nroj uas tau tshav ntuj, thiab zoo ib yam li tej nroj uas huam puv vaj. 17Tej cag nrhau mus qhwv tej pobzeb thiab zawm txhua lub pobzeb ruaj heev. 18Tiamsis yog muab lawv rho tawm ntawm lawv qhov chaw tsis muaj leejtwg paub hais tias lawv nyob ntawd li. 19Tej ntawd yog cov neeg siab phem tej kev zoo siab; nimno yuav muaj lwm yam los hloov lawv chaw.