Job 14
1 Ti tao a maiyanak iti babai, agbiag laeng iti sumagmamano nga al-aldaw ken napnoan ti riribuk.
Man, who is born of woman, lives only a few days and is full of trouble.
2 Agrusing isuna manipud iti daga a kasla maysa a sabong ket makeltay; agpukaw isuna a kasla aniniwan ken saan nga agpaut.
He sprouts from the ground like a flower and is cut down; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
3 Kumitkitaka kadi iti aniaman kadagitoy? Ikuyognak kadi iti pangukoman?
Do you look at any of these? Do you bring me into judgment with you?
4 Siasino ti makaiyeg ti maysa a banag a nadalus manipud ti maysa a banag a narugit? Awan.
Who can bring something clean out of something unclean? No one.
5 Naikeddengen dagiti al-aldaw ti tao; Adda kenka dagiti bilang dagiti bulbulanna; dinutokam ti pagpatinggaanna a saanna a mabalin a labsan.
Man's days are determined. The number of his months is with you; you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass.
6 Iyadayom iti panagkitam kenkuana tapno makainana isuna, tapno maragragsakna ti aldawna a kas maysa a natangdanan a tao no maaramidna ti kasta.
Look away from him that he may rest, so that he may enjoy his day like a hired man if he can do so.
7 Adda ti namnama iti kayo; no mapukan daytoy, mabalin nga agrusing manen, a saanto nga agsardeng ti naganus a sangana.
There can be hope for a tree; if it is cut down, it might sprout again, so that its tender stalk does not disappear.
8 Uray no matangkenan ti ramutna iti daga, ken matay ti puonna iti daga,
Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
9 ngem uray makaangot laeng daytoy iti danum, agsaringitto daytoy ken agsanga a kas iti mula.
yet even if it only smells water, it will bud and send out branches like a plant.
10 Ngem matay ti tao; kumapsot isuna; pudno nga agsardeng nga aganges ti tao, ket sadino ti ayanna?
But man dies; he becomes weak; indeed, man stops breathing, and then where is he?
11 Kas ti panagawan ti danum iti dan-aw ken kas iti panagpukaw ken panagmaga ti danum iti karayan,
As water disappears from a lake, and as a river loses water and dries up,
12 kasta met ti panagidda dagiti tattao ken saanen a bumangon manen. Agingga nga awanen dagiti langit, saandanto nga agriing wenno mariing iti pannaturogda.
so people lie down and do not rise again. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor be roused out of their sleep.
13 O, nga ilemmengnak koma idiay sheol nga adayu manipud kadagiti riribuk, ken idulinnak iti nalimed agingga a malpas ti pungtotmo, a tudingannak iti maysa a nadutokan a tiempo nga agtalinaed sadiay ket lagipennak! (Sheol h7585)
Oh, that you would hide me away in Sheol away from troubles, and that you would keep me in private until your wrath is over, that you would set me a fixed time to stay there and then call me to mind! (Sheol h7585)
14 No matay ti tao, agbiagto aya manen? No kasta, tarigagayak nga urayen amin a pakabannogak sadiay agingga nga umay ti pannakawayawayak.
If a man dies, will he live again? If so, I would wish to wait all my weary time there until my release should come.
15 Umawagkanto, ket sungbatanka. Agtarigagaykanto kadagiti trabaho dagiti imam.
You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
16 Bilangen ken imdengamto dagiti addangko; saanmonto a kankanayon a siputan ti basolko.
You would number and care for my footsteps; you would not keep track of my sin.
17 Maidulinto dagiti basbasolko iti maysa a supot; kallubamto dagiti kinadakesko.
My transgression would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover up my iniquity.
18 Ngem uray dagiti banbantay ket agriggaay ken agbalin nga awan mamaayna; uray dagiti batbato ket maiyakar kadagiti ayanda;
But even mountains fall and come to nothing; even rocks are moved out of their place;
19 runoten dagiti danum dagiti batbato; iyanod ti panaglayusda ti tapuk ti daga. Kas iti daytoy, dadaelem dagiti namnama ti tao.
the waters wear down the stones; their flooding washes away the dust of the earth. Like this, you destroy the hope of man.
20 Kankanayonmo a parmeken isuna, ket aglabas isuna; baliwam ti rupana ken papanawem tapno matay isuna.
You always defeat him, and he passes away; you change his face and send him away to die.
21 Maidaydayaw dagiti annakna a lallaki, ngem saanna nga ammo daytoy; mabalin a maipababada, ngem saanna a makita a mapasamak daytoy.
If his sons are honored, he does not know it; and if they are brought low, he does not see it.
22 Mariknana laeng ti ut-ot ti bukodna a bagi, ken agladingit isuna para iti bagina.
He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns for himself.
