Job 11

1 Ket simmungbat ni Zofar a Naamita ket kinunana,

And Zophar the Naamathite answered 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 not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

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

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?

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

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

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

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against 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.

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!

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

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

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)

[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

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

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, 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 pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

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

For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;

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

Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.

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

If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,

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 thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

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 without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

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

For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are 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.

And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

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

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.

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

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek 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 wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.