Job 16

1 Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]

Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Job, at nagsabi,

2 “I have heard things like that before; all of you, [instead of helping me, ] are only causing me to feel more miserable.

Ako'y nakarinig ng maraming ganyang bagay: maralitang mga mangaaliw kayong lahat.

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?

Magkakawakas ba ang mga walang kabuluhang salita? O anong naguudyok sa iyo, na ikaw ay sumagot?

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].

Ako nama'y makapangungusap na gaya ng inyong ginagawa; kung ang inyong kaluluwa ay nasa kalagayan ng aking kaluluwa, ako'y makapagdudugtongdugtong ng salita laban sa inyo, at maigagalaw ang aking ulo sa inyo.

5 But, [unlike all of you, ] with what I said [MTY] I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less.

Nguni't aking palalakasin kayo ng aking bibig, at ang pagaliw ng aking mga labi ay magpapalikat ng inyong hirap,

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.

Bagaman ako'y nagsasalita, ang aking hirap ay hindi naglilikat: at bagaman ako'y tumatahimik, anong ikinalalayo sa akin?

7 God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family.

Nguni't ngayo'y niyamot niya ako: nilansag mo ang aking buong pulutong.

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].

At ako'y pinagdalamhati mo, na siyang saksi laban sa akin; at ang aking kapayatan ay bumabangon laban sa akin, nagpapatotoo 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.

Niluray niya ako sa kaniyang kapootan, at inusig ako; pinagngangalitan niya ako ng kaniyang mga ngipin: pinangdidilatan ako ng mga mata ng aking kaaway.

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.

Kanilang pinagbubukahan ako ng kanilang bibig: kanilang sinampal ako sa mukha na kahiyahiya: sila'y nagpipisan laban sa akin.

11 [It is as though] God has handed me over to ungodly people and turned me over to the wicked [DOU].

Ibinibigay ako ng Dios sa di banal, at inihahagis niya ako sa mga kamay ng masama.

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;

Ako'y nasa kaginhawahan at kaniyang niligalig akong mainam; Oo, sinunggaban niya ako sa leeg, at pinagwaraywaray niya ako: inilagay naman niya akong pinakatanda niya.

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.

Kinubkob ako sa palibot ng kaniyang mga mamamana, kaniyang sinaksak ang aking mga bato, at hindi nagpapatawad; kaniyang ibinubuhos ang aking apdo 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].

Kaniyang binubugbog ako ng bugbog at bugbog; siya'y gaya ng isang higanti na dinadaluhong niya ako.

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.

Ako'y nanahi ng kayong magaspang sa aking katawan, at aking inilugmok ang aking kapalaluan sa alabok.

16 My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes.

Ang aking mukha ay namamaga sa pagiyak, at nasa aking mga pilik-mata 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 dalangin ay malinis,

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.

Oh lupa, huwag mong tabunan ang aking dugo, at huwag magkaroon ng pahingahang dako ang aking daing.

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 na ngayon, narito, ang aking saksi ay nasa langit, at siyang nananagot 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.

Ginagalit ako ng aking mga kaibigan: nguni't ang aking mata ay nagbubuhos ng mga luha sa Dios;

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.

Upang kaniyang alalayan ang katuwiran ng tao sa Dios; at ang anak ng tao sa kaniyang kapuwa.

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.”

Sapagka't pagsapit ng ilang taon, ako'y papanaw sa daan na hindi ko pagbabalikan.