Job 23

1 Kalpasanna simmungbat ni Job ket kinunana,

Bvt Iob answered and sayd,

2 “Uray ita nga aldaw nasaem ti dayengdengko; nadagdagsen ti panagsagsagabak ngem ti panagas-asugko.

Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,

3 O, nga ammok koma ti pakasarakak kenkuana! O, a mapanak koma iti ayanna!

Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.

4 Idatagkonto a siuurnos ti kasasaadko iti sangoananna ken punnoekto ti ngiwatko kadagiti pannakisinnuppiat.

I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 Adalekto dagiti sasao nga isungbatna kaniak ken awatekto no ania ti ibagana kaniak.

I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

6 Makisinnuppiatto kadi isuna kaniak iti kinaindaklan ti pannakabalinna? Saan, ipangagnakto.

Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.

7 Mabalin a makisinnupiat kenkuana sadiay ti nalinteg a tao. Iti kastoy a wagas, mapakawanakto iti agnanayon babaen ti ukomko.

There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

8 Kitaenyo, agpadayaak, ngem awan isuna sadiay, ken agpalaudak, ngem saanko a madlaw isuna.

Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:

9 Iti amianan, a pagub-ubraanna, ngem saanko isuna a makita, ken iti abagatan, a paglemlemmenganna tapno saanko isuna a makita.

If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.

10 Ngem ammona ti dalan a papanak; inton nasuotnakun, rummuarakto a kasla balitok.

But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.

11 Sumursurot a naan-anay ti sakak kadagiti addangna; sinalimetmetak ti dalanna ken saanak a simmiasi.

My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.

12 Saanak a nagsukir kadagiti bilin dagiti bibigna; indulinko dagiti sasao ti ngiwatna ditoy pusok.

Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.

13 Ngem naidumduma isuna, siasino ti makapabaw-ing kenkuana? No ania dagiti tartarigagayanna, aramidenna.

Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.

14 Ta ipatpatungpalna ti bilinna a maibusor kaniak; adu ti kasla kadagitoy.

For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.

15 Ngarud, mabutengak iti presensiana; no panpanunotek isuna, mabutbutengak kenkuana.

Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.

16 Ta pinakapuy ti Dios ti pusok; pinagbutengnak ti Mannakabalin-amin.

For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.

17 Saan a ti sipnget ti nakadadaelak, wenno ti nakaro a kinasipnget ti nangabbong iti rupak.

For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.