Job 16

1 Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Job, at nagsabi,

Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]

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

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

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

Will your speeches, which are only hot air, never end [RHQ]? Eliphaz, what bothers/irritates you so much that you continue replying to me?

4 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.

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].

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

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

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

“But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease, and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not [RHQ] go away.

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

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

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

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].

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

12 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.

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;

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

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.

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

[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].

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

[“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.

16 Ang aking mukha ay namamaga sa pagiyak, at nasa aking mga pilik-mata ang anino ng kamatayan;

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

17 Bagaman walang karahasan sa aking mga kamay, at ang aking dalangin ay malinis,

[All this has happened to me] even though I have not acted violently [toward anyone], and I [always] pray sincerely/honestly [to God].

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

[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.

19 Kahit na ngayon, narito, ang aking saksi ay nasa langit, at siyang nananagot sa akin ay nasa kaitaasan.

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.

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

My [three] friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears [while I cry out] to God.

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

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.

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

[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.”