Job 23
1 Kalpasanna simmungbat ni Job ket kinunana,
Then Job answered:
2 “Uray ita nga aldaw nasaem ti dayengdengko; nadagdagsen ti panagsagsagabak ngem ti panagas-asugko.
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 O, nga ammok koma ti pakasarakak kenkuana! O, a mapanak koma iti ayanna!
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
4 Idatagkonto a siuurnos ti kasasaadko iti sangoananna ken punnoekto ti ngiwatko kadagiti pannakisinnuppiat.
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Adalekto dagiti sasao nga isungbatna kaniak ken awatekto no ania ti ibagana kaniak.
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
6 Makisinnuppiatto kadi isuna kaniak iti kinaindaklan ti pannakabalinna? Saan, ipangagnakto.
Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
7 Mabalin a makisinnupiat kenkuana sadiay ti nalinteg a tao. Iti kastoy a wagas, mapakawanakto iti agnanayon babaen ti ukomko.
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 Kitaenyo, agpadayaak, ngem awan isuna sadiay, ken agpalaudak, ngem saanko a madlaw isuna.
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
9 Iti amianan, a pagub-ubraanna, ngem saanko isuna a makita, ken iti abagatan, a paglemlemmenganna tapno saanko isuna a makita.
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
10 Ngem ammona ti dalan a papanak; inton nasuotnakun, rummuarakto a kasla balitok.
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 Sumursurot a naan-anay ti sakak kadagiti addangna; sinalimetmetak ti dalanna ken saanak a simmiasi.
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
12 Saanak a nagsukir kadagiti bilin dagiti bibigna; indulinko dagiti sasao ti ngiwatna ditoy pusok.
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
13 Ngem naidumduma isuna, siasino ti makapabaw-ing kenkuana? No ania dagiti tartarigagayanna, aramidenna.
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
14 Ta ipatpatungpalna ti bilinna a maibusor kaniak; adu ti kasla kadagitoy.
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
15 Ngarud, mabutengak iti presensiana; no panpanunotek isuna, mabutbutengak kenkuana.
Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16 Ta pinakapuy ti Dios ti pusok; pinagbutengnak ti Mannakabalin-amin.
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Saan a ti sipnget ti nakadadaelak, wenno ti nakaro a kinasipnget ti nangabbong iti rupak.
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
