Eliphaz
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2“Can a man be of benefit to God?
Can even a wise person benefit him?
3What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
4“Is it for your piety that he rebukes you
and brings charges against you?
5Is not your wickedness great?
Are not your sins endless?
6You demanded security from your relatives for no reason;
you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
7You gave no water to the weary
and you withheld food from the hungry,
8though you were a powerful man, owning land—
an honored man, living on it.
9And you sent widows away empty-handed
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
10That is why snares are all around you,
why sudden peril terrifies you,
11why it is so dark you cannot see,
and why a flood of water covers you.
12“Is not God in the heights of heaven?
And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13Yet you say, ‘What does God know?
Does he judge through such darkness?
14Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us
as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’
15Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked have trod?
16They were carried off before their time,
their foundations washed away by a flood.
17They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
What can the Almighty do to us?’
18Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
19The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;
the innocent mock them, saying,
20‘Surely our foes are destroyed,
and fire devours their wealth.’
21“Submit to God and be at peace with him;
in this way prosperity will come to you.
22Accept instruction from his mouth
and lay up his words in your heart.
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
If you remove wickedness far from your tent
24and assign your nuggets to the dust,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
25then the Almighty will be your gold,
the choicest silver for you.
26Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty
and will lift up your face to God.
27You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.
28What you decide on will be done,
and light will shine on your ways.
29When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
then he will save the downcast.
30He will deliver even one who is not innocent,
who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
Erifaazi Addamu
1Awo Erifaazi Omutemani n’addamu n’ayogera nti,
222:2 Luk 17:10“Omuntu ayinza okugasa Katonda?
Wadde oyo ow’amagezi ayinza okumuyamba?
3Ayinzabyonna yandifunye kwesiima ki singa wali mutuukirivu?
Yandiganyuddwa ki singa amakubo go gaali magolokofu?
422:4 Yob 14:3; 19:29; Zab 143:2“Akukangavvula lwa kumutya
era kyava akuvunaana?
522:5 Yob 11:6; 15:5Okwonoona kwo si kunene nnyo?
Ebibi byo si bingi nnyo?
622:6 Kuv 22:26; Ma 24:6, 17; Ez 18:12, 16Kubanga waggya ku muganda wo emisingo awatali nsonga;
waggya engoye ku bantu, n’obaleka bwereere.
722:7 Yob 31:17, 21, 31Tewawa bakoowu mazzi,
abaagala wabamma emmere,
822:8 Is 3:3; 9:15wadde nga wali musajja wa maanyi, eyalina ettaka,
omusajja ow’ekitiibwa, era nga byonna ggwe nnyini byo.
922:9 Yob 24:3, 21Weegobako bannamwandu bagende nga toliiko ky’obawadde;
abatalina bakitaabwe n’obamalamu amaanyi.
10Emitego kyegivudde gikwetooloola.
Lwaki entiisa ey’amangu ekujjira?
1122:11 a Yob 5:14 b Zab 69:1-2; 124:4-5; Kgb 3:54Lwaki enzikiza ekutte nnyo tosobola kulaba,
era lwaki amataba gakubikkako?
1222:12 Yob 11:8“Katonda tali waggulu mu ggulu?
Era laba, emmunyeenye ezisingayo okuba waggulu, nga bwe ziri ewala!
1322:13 a Zab 10:11; Is 29:15 b Ez 8:12Ate n’ogamba nti, ‘Katonda amanyi ki?
Ayinza okulamulira mu kizikiza?
1422:14 Yob 26:9Ebire ebikutte bimubikkako, n’aba ng’atatulaba
bw’aba atambula mu bifo by’omu ggulu.’
15Onoosigala mu kkubo ery’edda
abasajja abakozi b’ebibi lye baakwata?
1622:16 a Yob 15:32 b Yob 14:19; Mat 7:26-27Baatwalibwa ng’ekiseera kyabwe tekinnatuuka,
emisingi gyabwe gyatwalibwa amataba.
1722:17 Yob 21:15Be bagamba Katonda nti, ‘Tulekere emirembe!
Ayinzabyonna ayinza kutukola ki?’
1822:18 a Yob 12:6 b Yob 21:16Ate nga ye, ye yajjuza ennyumba zaabwe ebintu ebirungi,
noolwekyo neewuunya nnyo amagezi g’abakozi b’ebibi.
1922:19 a Zab 58:10; 107:42 b Zab 52:6Abatuukirivu balaba okuzikirira kwabwe ne bajaguza;
abataliiko musango babasekerera nga bagamba nti,
2022:20 Yob 15:30‘Ddala abalabe baffe bazikiridde,
era omuliro gulidde obugagga bwabwe.’
2122:21 Zab 34:8-10“Gonderanga Katonda ofunenga emirembe;
mu ngeri eno ebirungi lwe binajjanga gy’oli.
22Kkiriza ebiragiro ebiva mu kamwa ke
era oteeke ebigambo bye mu mutima gwo.
2322:23 a Yob 8:5; Is 31:6; Zek 1:3 b Is 19:22; Bik 20:32 c Yob 11:14Bw’onodda eri oyo Ayinzabyonna, onodda buggya,
bwonooteeka ebibi ewala ne weema yo,
2422:24 Yob 31:25n’oteeka n’amayinja go ag’omuwendo mu ttaka,
zaabu yo eya Ofiri ku njazi z’omu mugga,
2522:25 Is 33:6awo Ayinzabyonna anaabeeranga zaabu yo,
era ffeeza esingayo obulungi.
2622:26 Yob 27:10; Is 58:14Ddala ddala olisanyukira mu oyo Ayinzabyonna
era oyimuse amaaso go eri Katonda.
2722:27 Yob 33:26; 34:28; Is 58:9Olimusaba, alikuwulira,
era olituukiriza obweyamo bwo.
28Ky’olisalawo kirikolebwa,
era ekitangaala kirimulisa amakubo go.
2922:29 Mat 23:12; 1Pe 5:5Abantu abalala bwe balisuulibwa n’ogamba nti, ‘Bayimuse!’
Olwo alirokola abagudde.
3022:30 Yob 42:7-8Alinunula n’oyo aliko omusango,
alinunulwa olw’obulongoofu bw’emikono gyo.”
