Job 16
1 Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]
Pagkatapos sumagot si Job at sinabi,
2 “I have heard things like that before; all of you, [instead of helping me, ] are only causing me to feel more miserable.
“Narinig ko ang maraming ganoong mga bagay; kayong lahat ay nakakainis na mga tagapag-aliw.
3 Will your speeches, which are only hot air, never end [RHQ]? Eliphaz, what bothers/irritates you so much that you continue replying to me?
May katapusan ba ang mga walang saysay na mga salita? Ano ang nangyayari sa iyo na ganito ang iyong sagot?
4 If it were you [three and not I] who were suffering, I could say the things that you are saying; I could make great speeches [to criticize/condemn you], and I could shake my head at you [to ridicule you].
Maaari din akong magsalita tulad ng ginagawa mo, kung ikaw ay nasa aking kinalalagyan; maaari kong tipunin at pagsama-samahin ang mga salita laban sa iyo at ilingin ang aking ulo sa iyo nang may pangungutya.
5 But, [unlike all of you, ] with what I said [MTY] I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less.
O, paano ko palalakasin ang loob mo gamit ang aking bibig! Paano ko mapapagaan ang iyong pighati gamit ang aking mga labi!
6 “But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease, and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not [RHQ] go away.
Kung magsasalita ako, ang aking pighati ay hindi mababawasan; kung hindi ako magsasalita, paano ako matutulungan?
7 God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family.
Pero ngayon, O Diyos, pinahirapan mo ako; pinabayaan mo ang buong pamilya ko.
8 He has shriveled me up, and people think that shows that I [am a sinner]. And people see that I am only skin and bones, and they think that proves that I [am guilty].
Ginawa mo akong matuyo, na sa sarili nito ay isang saksi laban sa akin; ang pagpayat ng aking katawan ay tumatayo laban sa akin, at nagpapatotoo ito laban sa aking mukha.
9 Because God is very angry with me and hates me, [it is as though he is a wild animal that] [MET] has gnashed his teeth at me because he is my enemy.
Sa matinding galit ng Diyos nilupig at inusig niya ako; nagngangalit siya sa akin gamit ang kaniyang ngipin; ipinako ng kaaway ang kaniyang paningin sa akin habang sinisira niya ako.
10 People gape/stare at me with their mouths open [to sneer at me]; they have struck me on the face/cheek to ridicule me, and they crowd around me to threaten me.
Napanganga sa akin ang mga tao; sinampal niya ako nang may mapanisi sa pisngi; sila ay nagsama-samang nagtipon laban sa akin.
11 [It is as though] God has handed me over to ungodly people and turned me over to the wicked [DOU].
Ibinigay ako ng Diyos sa taong hindi maka-diyos, at inihagis ako sa kamay ng masamang tao.
12 Previously, I was living peacefully, but he crushed me; [it is as though] he grabbed my neck and smashed me to pieces. [It is as though] [MET] he set me up like a target;
Nasa kaginhawahan ako at sinira niya ako. Tunay nga, hinalbot ako sa leeg at binasag ako ng pira-piraso; inilagay niya rin ako bilang kaniyang puntirya.
13 people are surrounding me [and shooting arrows at me]. His arrows pierce my kidneys and cause the bile [from my liver] to spill onto the ground, and God does not pity me at all.
Pinalibutan ako ng kaniyang tagapana; O Diyos tinusok mo ang aking laman-loob at hindi ako kinaawaan; pinalabas niya ang aking bituka sa lupa.
14 [It is as though] [MET] I am a wall that he is breaking through; he rushes at me like [SIM] a soldier [attacking his enemies].
Dinurog niya ng paulit-ulit ang aking pader; tumakbo siya tulad ng isang mandirigma.
15 [“Because I am mourning, ] I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together, and I sit [here] in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged.
Tinahi ko ang sako sa aking balat; sinaksak ko sa lupa ang aking sungay.
16 My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes.
Mamula-mula ang aking mukha sa pag-iyak; nasa pilik-mata ko ang anino ng kamatayan
17 [All this has happened to me] even though I have not acted violently [toward anyone], and I [always] pray sincerely/honestly [to God].
bagaman walang karahasan sa aking mga kamay, at ang aking panalangin ay dalisay.
18 [When I die, ] I want the ground [APO] to [act as though I had been murdered and] cry out against those who killed me, and I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding [that God act justly toward] me.
O lupa, huwag mong tabunan ang aking dugo; hayaan ang aking iyak ay walang lugar ng kapahingahan.
19 But even now, [I know that] there is someone in heaven who will testify for me, and he will say that what I have done is right.
Kahit ngayon, tingnan mo, ang aking saksi ay nasa langit; siyang mananagot sa akin ay nasa kaitaasan.
20 My [three] friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears [while I cry out] to God.
Hinahamak ako ng aking mga kaibigan, pero umiiyak ko sa Diyos.
21 I pray that [the] one [who knows what I have done] would come to plead with God for me like people plead for their friends.
Hiniling ko sa saksi ng kalangitang iyon na makipagtalo para sa taong ito kasama ang Diyos tulad ng isang tao na ginagawa sa kaniyang kapwa!
22 [I say this because] within a few years [I will die]; I will walk along the [to the grave] from which I will never return.”
Nang lumipas ang ilang taon, pupunta ako sa isang lugar na hindi na ako babalik.
