Job 3
1 Pagkatapos nito, binuksan ni Job ang kaniyang bibig at isinumpa ang araw ng kapanganakan niya.
Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.
2 Sinabi niya,
He said,
3 “Sana napuksa na lang ang araw na ipinanganak ako, ang gabi na binalitang 'isang sanggol na lalaki ang ipinanganak.'
“I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated, and also the night when I was conceived.
4 Sana napuno na lang ng kadiliman ang araw na iyon, huwag na sana itong maalala ng Diyos, o kaya sikatan pa ito ng araw.
I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness. I wish that God who is in heaven [MTY] would have forgotten about that day, and that the sun would not have shone on it.
5 Sana angkinin na lang ito ng kadiliman at ng anino ng kamatayan; balutan na lang ng madilim na ulap at ang lahat na nagpapadilim sa umaga ay gawing mas kalagim-lagim.
I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day, and that a black cloud would have come over it and blotted out all light and caused people to be terrified.
6 At sa gabing iyon, hayaan na lang na makapal na kadiliman ang bumalot dito: huwag na itong hayaan na magalak sa mga araw ng taon, huwag na itong paabutin sa hustong bilang ng mga buwan.
I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar, with the result that it would never again appear as one night in any month, and that it would not be included in any calendar.
7 Masdan mo, sana naging baog na lang ang gabing iyon, at walang masayang tinig ang narinig.
I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET], and that no one would again be happy on that night.
8 Hayaan na lang na isumpa ang araw na iyon ng mga marunong gumising sa Leviatan.
I want those people who (curse/put evil spells on) days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.
9 Hayaan na ang mga bituin sa hating-gabi ay magdilim. Hayaan na maghanap ng liwanag ang araw na iyon pero walang matagpuan, o kaya ang mga talukap ng mga mata ay huwag nang makakita ng bukang liwayway,
I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day [after I was conceived] will not shine again. I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; and that they would not have shone on that day.
10 dahil hindi nito sinara ang pintuan ng sinapupunan ng aking ina, ni itinago ang kaguluhan mula sa aking mga mata.
[That was an evil day] because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.
11 Bakit hindi pa ako namatay noong ako ay lumabas sa sinapupunan? Bakit hindi ko pa isinuko ang aking espiritu noong ako ay ipinagbubuntis pa lang ng aking ina?
“I wish that I had died [RHQ] when I was born— at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb.
12 Bakit pa ako kinandong sa kaniyang mga tuhod? O tinanggap ng kaniyang didbdib para ako ay makasuso?
I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me.
13 Dapat sana tahimik na akong nakahiga ngayon, nakatulog na sana ako at namamahinga
If I had died at the time when I was born, I would be asleep, resting peacefully [in the place where the dead people are].
14 kasama ng mga hari at taga-payo sa lupa, na nagtayo ng mga puntod para sa kanilang mga sarili na ngayon ay gumuho na.
I would be resting with kings whose [beautiful palaces] that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt [palaces] that had previously been destroyed), and I would be resting with their officials [who have also died].
15 O kaya naman ay nakahiga na kasama ang mga prinsipe na minsan nang nagkaroon ng maraming ginto, na pinuno ang kanilang mga bahay ng pilak.
I would be resting with princes who were wealthy, whose palaces were filled with gold and silver.
16 O kaya, patay na ako nang ipinanganak, tulad ng mga sanggol na hindi na nasilayan ang liwanag.
I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb and never lived to see the light.
17 Sa lugar na iyon, ang mga masasama ay wala nang kaguluhan, at ang mga pagod ay nakakapagpahinga.
After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest.
18 Na kung saan ang mga bilanggo ay nagkakasundo, hindi na nila maririnig ang boses ng mga tagapamahala sa kanila.
Those who were in prison rest peacefully [after they die]; they no longer have slave-drivers who curse them.
19 Ang mga karaniwan at mga tanyag na tao ay naroroon, ang lingkod doon ay malaya mula sa kayang amo.
Rich people and poor people are alike after they die, and those who were slaves are no longer controlled by their masters.
20 Bakit pa ibinigay ang liwanag sa isang taong naghihirap, bakit pa ibinigay ang buhay sa taong ang kaluluwa ay puno ng pait;
(“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive.) [RHQ] Why does he allow those who are very miserable/distressed to keep living [RHQ]?
21 ang taong gusto nang mamatay pero hindi mamatay-matay, ang taong naghahanap ng kamatayan higit pa sa paghahanap ng kayamanan?
They long/want to die, but they do not die. They desire to die more than people desire to find a hidden treasure.
22 Bakit pa ibinigay ang liwanag sa isang taong lubos na masaya at nagagalak kung hinahanap naman niya ay libingan?
When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.
23 Bakit ibinibigay ang liwanag sa isang taong inililihim ang kaniyang pamamaraan, isang tao kung saan naglagay ang Diyos ng mga bakod?
Those who do not know where they are [eventually] going when they die [RHQ], people whom God has forced [MET] to continue to live in misery, (it is not right that they continue to live./why do they continue to live?) [RHQ]
24 Dahil mas nangyayari ang aking hikbi kaysa kumain; ang aking panaghoy ay ibinubuhos na parang tubig.
I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat; and I can never stop groaning.
25 Dahil ang bagay na kinatatakutan ko ay dumating na sa akin; kung ano ang ikinatatakot ko ay narito na.
Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me; things that I always dreaded have happened to me.
26 Wala akong kaginhawaan, katahimikan at kapahingahan bagkus ang dumating sa akin ay kabalisahan.
Now I have no peace [in my inner being], I have no peace; I cannot rest; instead, I have only troubles.”
