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Jó 31 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
40 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1"I made a solemn pact with myselfnever to undress a girl with my eyes.
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1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
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2So what can I expect from God?What do I deserve from God Almighty above?
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2For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?
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3Isn't calamity reserved for the wicked?Isn't disaster supposed to strike those who do wrong?
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3Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?
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4Isn't God looking, observing how I live?Doesn't he mark every step I take?
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4Does he not see my ways and count my every step?
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5"Have I walked hand in hand with falsehood,or hung out in the company of deceit?
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5“If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit—
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6Weigh me on a set of honest scalesso God has proof of my integrity.
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6let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—
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7If I've strayed off the straight and narrow,wanted things I had no right to,messed around with sin,
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7if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,
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8Go ahead, then—give my portion to someone who deserves it.
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8then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
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9"If I've let myself be seduced by a womanand conspired to go to bed with her,
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9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
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10Fine, my wife has every right to go aheadand sleep with anyone she wants to.
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10then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her.
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11For disgusting behavior like that,I'd deserve the worst punishment you could hand out.
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11For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged.
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12Adultery is a fire that burns the house down;I wouldn't expect anything I count dear to survive it.
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12It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.
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13"Have I ever been unfair to my employeeswhen they brought a complaint to me?
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13“If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,
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14What, then, will I do when God confronts me?When God examines my books, what can I say?
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14what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?
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15Didn't the same God who made me, make them?Aren't we all made of the same stuff, equals before God?
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15Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
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16"Have I ignored the needs of the poor,turned my back on the indigent,
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16“If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
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17Taken care of my own needs and fed my own facewhile they languished?
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17if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—
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18Wasn't my home always open to them?Weren't they always welcome at my table?
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18but from my youth I reared them as a father would, and from my birth I guided the widow—
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19"Have I ever left a poor family shivering in the coldwhen they had no warm clothes?
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19if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,
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20Didn't the poor bless me when they saw me coming,knowing I'd brought coats from my closet?
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20and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,
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21"If I've ever used my strength and influenceto take advantage of the unfortunate,
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21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,
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22Go ahead, break both my arms,cut off all my fingers!
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22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.
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23The fear of God has kept me from these things—how else could I ever face him?
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23For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.
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24"Did I set my heart on making big moneyor worship at the bank?
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24“If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’
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25Did I boast about my wealth,show off because I was well-off?
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25if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,
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26Was I ever so awed by the sun's brillianceand moved by the moon's beauty
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26if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
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27That I let myself become seduced by themand worshiped them on the sly?
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27so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
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28If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments,for I would be betraying God himself.
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28then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
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29"Did I ever crow over my enemy's ruin?Or gloat over my rival's bad luck?
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29“If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him—
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30No, I never said a word of detraction,never cursed them, even under my breath.
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30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—
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31"Didn't those who worked for me say,'He fed us well. There were always second helpings'?
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31if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’—
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32And no stranger ever had to spend a night in the street;my doors were always open to travelers.
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32but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler—
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33Did I hide my sin the way Adam did,or conceal my guilt behind closed doors
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33if I have concealed my sin as people do, by hiding my guilt in my heart
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34Because I was afraid what people would say,fearing the gossip of the neighbors so muchThat I turned myself into a recluse?You know good and well that I didn't.
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34because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside—
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35"Oh, if only someone would give me a hearing!I've signed my name to my defense—let theAlmighty One answer!I want to see my indictment in writing.
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35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
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36Anyone's welcome to read my defense;I'll write it on a poster and carry it around town.
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36Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.
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37I'm prepared to account for every move I've ever made—to anyone and everyone, prince or pauper.
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37I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—
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38"If the very ground that I farm accuses me,if even the furrows fill with tears from my abuse,
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38“if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,
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39If I've ever raped the earth for my own profitor dispossessed its rightful owners,
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39if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
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40Then curse it with thistles instead of wheat,curse it with weeds instead of barley."The words of Job to his three friends were finished.
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40then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.