Job 11

1 Ket simmungbat ni Zofar a Naamita ket kinunana,

Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —

2 “Saan kadi a rumbeng a masungbatan ti kastoy nga adu a sasao? Rumbeng kadi a patien daytoy a tao nga adu ti ibagbagana?

Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?

3 Pagulimeken kadi ti panagpaspasindayawmo dagiti dadduma? No lalaisem ti panursuromi, awan kadi ti mangpabain kenka?

Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?

4 Ta ibagbagam ti Dios, 'Nasin-aw ti pammatik, awan ti pakababalawak kadagiti matam.'

Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.

5 Ngem o, agsao koma ti Dios ket ilukatna dagiti bibigna a maibusor kenka;

But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:

6 nga ipakitana kenka dagiti palimed ti kinasirib! Ta naindaklan isuna iti pannakaawat. Ammoem ngarud a basbassit ti dawdawaten ti Dios kenka ngem iti rumbeng kadagiti kinadakesmo.

That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, —Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.

7 Maawatam kadi ti Dios babaen iti panangsapsapulmo kenkuana? Maawatam kadi a naan-anay ti Mannakabalin amin?

The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?

8 Ti panangammo iti Dios a naan-anay ket nangato a kas kangato ti langit; ania ti maaramidam? Naun-uneg ngem sheol; ania ti maammoam? (Sheol h7585)

The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

9 At-atiddug ti rukodna daytoy ngem ti daga, ken nalawlawa ngem ti baybay.

Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.

10 No lumabas isuna ken ikulongna ti siasinoman, no ayabanna ti siasinoman iti pangukoman, siasino ngarud ti makalapped kenkuana?

If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?

11 Ta am-ammona dagiti palso a tattao, no makakita isuna iti kinadakes, saanna kadi a madlaw daytoy?

For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

12 Ngem awan pannakaawat dagiti maag a tattao; maawatanda daytoy no mangipasngay ti atap nga asno iti maysa a tao.

But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!

13 Ngem kaspangarigan inaramidmo ti pusom a nalinteg ken intag-aymo dagita imam iti Dios;

If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—

14 kaspangarigan ta adda dita imam ti kinadakes, ngem inyadayom daytoy kenka, ket saanmo nga impalubos nga agnaed ti kinasaan a nalinteg kadagiti toldam.

If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,

15 Ket awan duadua nga itangadmonto ti rupam nga awan ti pagilasinan iti bain; wen, napigsakanto ken saan a mabuteng.

Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.

16 Malipatamto ti kinakakaasim; malagipmonto laeng daytoy a kasla danum a nagayos.

For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.

17 Nalawlawagto ti biagmo ngem iti katengngaan ti aldaw; uray no adda ti kinasipnget, agbalinto daytoy a kasla ti agsapa.

Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,

18 Natalgedkanto gapu ta adda ti namnama; wen, natalgedkanto ken aginnanakanto a natalged.

And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;

19 Agiddakanto met a natalged, ket awanto ti pagbutngam, pudno, adunto ti mangbiruk iti pabormo.

And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.

20 Ngem mapaayto dagiti mata dagiti nadangkes; awanto ti pagtarayanda; ti laeng namnamada ket ti maudi nga anges ti biag.”

But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.