Job 11
1 Ket simmungbat ni Zofar a Naamita ket kinunana,
Then Zophar the Naamathite began speaking 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?
“So many words be answered, shouldn't they? Or is a person proved right by doing a lot of talking?
3 Pagulimeken kadi ti panagpaspasindayawmo dagiti dadduma? No lalaisem ti panursuromi, awan kadi ti mangpabain kenka?
Should all your babbling force people to keep quiet? When you mock, shouldn't someone make you feel ashamed?
4 Ta ibagbagam ti Dios, 'Nasin-aw ti pammatik, awan ti pakababalawak kadagiti matam.'
You said, ‘What I teach is the pure truth,’ and ‘in God's eyes I am clean.’
5 Ngem o, agsao koma ti Dios ket ilukatna dagiti bibigna a maibusor kenka;
If only God would speak up and tell you directly,
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.
because then he would explain to you the secrets of wisdom. True wisdom has many sides to it. God's treatment of you is far better than your guilt deserves.
7 Maawatam kadi ti Dios babaen iti panangsapsapulmo kenkuana? Maawatam kadi a naan-anay ti Mannakabalin amin?
Can you find out the mysteries of God? Can you discover all the wisdom of the Almighty?
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 greater than the heavens—what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol—what can you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 At-atiddug ti rukodna daytoy ngem ti daga, ken nalawlawa ngem ti baybay.
It extends farther than the earth, and wider than the sea.
10 No lumabas isuna ken ikulongna ti siasinoman, no ayabanna ti siasinoman iti pangukoman, siasino ngarud ti makalapped kenkuana?
If God comes and imprisons someone, or assembles the court for judgment, who can stop him?
11 Ta am-ammona dagiti palso a tattao, no makakita isuna iti kinadakes, saanna kadi a madlaw daytoy?
For God knows who are deceivers—when he sees someone sin, he pays attention to it.
12 Ngem awan pannakaawat dagiti maag a tattao; maawatanda daytoy no mangipasngay ti atap nga asno iti maysa a tao.
Stupid people will become wise when wild donkeys are born tame!
13 Ngem kaspangarigan inaramidmo ti pusom a nalinteg ken intag-aymo dagita imam iti Dios;
But if you repent and spread out your hands to pray to 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 you get rid of your sins and don't let wickedness continue in your life,
15 Ket awan duadua nga itangadmonto ti rupam nga awan ti pagilasinan iti bain; wen, napigsakanto ken saan a mabuteng.
then you would be able to hold your head high in innocence, you will be firm and unafraid.
16 Malipatamto ti kinakakaasim; malagipmonto laeng daytoy a kasla danum a nagayos.
You will forget your misery, remembering it only as water under the bridge.
17 Nalawlawagto ti biagmo ngem iti katengngaan ti aldaw; uray no adda ti kinasipnget, agbalinto daytoy a kasla ti agsapa.
Your life will shine brighter than the noonday sun; even darkness will be like the morning.
18 Natalgedkanto gapu ta adda ti namnama; wen, natalgedkanto ken aginnanakanto a natalged.
You will have confidence because there is hope; you will be protected and rest in safety.
19 Agiddakanto met a natalged, ket awanto ti pagbutngam, pudno, adunto ti mangbiruk iti pabormo.
You will lie down to sleep with no one to frighten you, and many will come asking for your favor.
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 will fail, they will not be able to escape, and their only hope is in death.”
