Bildad
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 fragile8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.;
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,
and8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that 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.”
Bildadi Anasema: Yampasa Ayubu Atubu
18:1 Mwa 25:2; Ay 18:1; 25:1Kisha Bildadi Mshuhi akajibu:
28:2 Ay 6:26; 11:2; 2Nya 36:16“Hata lini wewe utasema mambo kama haya?
Maneno yako ni kama upepo mkuu.
38:3 Mwa 18:25; 2Nya 19:7; Kum 32:4; Ay 34:12; Dan 9:14Je, Mungu hupotosha hukumu?
Je, Mwenyezi hupotosha kile kilicho haki?
48:4 Ay 1:5, 18Watoto wako walipomtenda dhambi,
aliwapa adhabu ya dhambi yao.
58:5 Ay 5:8; 11:13; 22:23Lakini ukimtafuta Mungu,
nawe ukamsihi Mwenyezi,
68:6 Za 7:6; Isa 58:9; Ay 5:24; 5:15; 22:27; Isa 65:24ikiwa wewe ni safi na mnyofu,
hata sasa atainuka mwenyewe kwa niaba yako,
na kukurudisha katika mahali pako pa haki.
78:7 Ay 21:13; 22:21; 36:11; Za 25:13; Yer 29:11; 31:17Ijapokuwa mwanzo wako ulikuwa mdogo,
lakini mwisho wako utakuwa wa mafanikio.
88:8 Kum 4:32; 32:7; Za 71:18; Ay 15:18“Ukaulize vizazi vilivyotangulia
na uone baba zao walijifunza nini,
98:9 Mwa 47:9; 2Nya 10:6; Za 39:5-6; 1Nya 29:15; Ay 7:6kwa kuwa sisi tumezaliwa jana tu na hatujui lolote,
nazo siku zetu duniani ni kama kivuli tu.
108:10 Mt 1:8; 2:1-2; 4:1Je, hawatakufundisha na kukueleza?
Je, hawataleta maneno kutoka kwenye kufahamu kwao?
118:11 Ay 40:21; Kut 2:3; Isa 19:6; 35:7Je, mafunjo yaweza kumea mahali pasipo na matope?
Matete yaweza kustawi bila maji?
128:12 Isa 34:4; Yer 17:6; Za 129:6; Yak 1:10, 11; 1Pet 1:24Wakati bado yanaendelea kukua kabla ya kukatwa,
hunyauka haraka kuliko majani mengine.
138:13 Za 50:13; 112:10; Mit 10:28; Yer 15:9; Ay 11:20; 18:14; Isa 33:14; Mt 24:51; Lk 12:1Huu ndio mwisho wa watu wote wanaomsahau Mungu;
vivyo hivyo matumaini ya wasiomjali Mungu huangamia.
148:14 Ay 8:15; 27:18; Isa 59:5Lile analolitumainia huvunjika upesi;
lile analolitegemea ni utando wa buibui.
158:15 Ay 27:18; 8:12; Za 49:11; Mt 7:26-27Huutegemea utando wake, lakini hausimami;
huungʼangʼania, lakini haudumu.
168:16 Za 80:11; 37:35; Isa 16:5; Yer 11:16Yeye ni kama mti ulionyeshewa vizuri wakati wa jua,
ukieneza machipukizi yake bustanini;
17huifunganisha mizizi yake kwenye lundo la mawe,
na kutafuta nafasi katikati ya mawe.
188:18 Ay 14:20; 7:10; Za 37:36; 103:16Unapongʼolewa kutoka mahali pake,
ndipo mahali pale huukana na kusema,
‘Mimi kamwe sikukuona.’
198:19 Za 113:7Hakika uhai wake hunyauka,
na kutoka udongoni mimea mingine huota.
208:20 Mwa 18:25; Ay 21:30; 1The 5:23-24; Za 37:24“Hakika Mungu hamkatai mtu asiye na hatia,
wala kuitia nguvu mikono ya mtenda mabaya.
218:21 Ay 5:22; Ezr 3:13; Isa 35:6; Za 47:5; 107:22Bado atakijaza kinywa chako na kicheko,
na midomo yako na kelele za shangwe.
228:22 Za 6:10; Eze 7:27; 1Sam 8:3; Mit 14:11; Ay 18:6Adui zako watavikwa aibu,
nazo hema za waovu hazitakuwepo tena.”
