Job 16

1 Pagkatapos sumagot si Job at sinabi,

Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]

2 “Narinig ko ang maraming ganoong mga bagay; kayong lahat ay nakakainis na mga tagapag-aliw.

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

3 May katapusan ba ang mga walang saysay na mga salita? Ano ang nangyayari sa iyo na ganito ang iyong sagot?

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 Maaari din akong magsalita tulad ng ginagawa mo, kung ikaw ay nasa aking kinalalagyan; maaari kong tipunin at pagsama-samahin ang mga salita laban sa iyo at ilingin ang aking ulo sa iyo nang may pangungutya.

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 O, paano ko palalakasin ang loob mo gamit ang aking bibig! Paano ko mapapagaan ang iyong pighati gamit ang aking mga labi!

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

6 Kung magsasalita ako, ang aking pighati ay hindi mababawasan; kung hindi ako magsasalita, paano ako matutulungan?

“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 Pero ngayon, O Diyos, pinahirapan mo ako; pinabayaan mo ang buong pamilya ko.

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

8 Ginawa mo akong matuyo, na sa sarili nito ay isang saksi laban sa akin; ang pagpayat ng aking katawan ay tumatayo laban sa akin, at nagpapatotoo ito laban 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 Sa matinding galit ng Diyos nilupig at inusig niya ako; nagngangalit siya sa akin gamit ang kaniyang ngipin; ipinako ng kaaway ang kaniyang paningin sa akin habang sinisira niya ako.

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 Napanganga sa akin ang mga tao; sinampal niya ako nang may mapanisi sa pisngi; sila ay nagsama-samang nagtipon 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 Ibinigay ako ng Diyos sa taong hindi maka-diyos, at inihagis ako sa kamay ng masamang tao.

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

12 Nasa kaginhawahan ako at sinira niya ako. Tunay nga, hinalbot ako sa leeg at binasag ako ng pira-piraso; inilagay niya rin ako bilang kaniyang puntirya.

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 Pinalibutan ako ng kaniyang tagapana; O Diyos tinusok mo ang aking laman-loob at hindi ako kinaawaan; pinalabas niya ang aking bituka 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 Dinurog niya ng paulit-ulit ang aking pader; tumakbo siya tulad ng isang mandirigma.

[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 Tinahi ko ang sako sa aking balat; sinaksak ko sa lupa ang aking sungay.

[“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 Mamula-mula ang aking mukha sa pag-iyak; nasa pilik-mata ko 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 panalangin ay dalisay.

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

18 O lupa, huwag mong tabunan ang aking dugo; hayaan ang aking iyak ay walang lugar ng kapahingahan.

[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 ngayon, tingnan mo, ang aking saksi ay nasa langit; siyang mananagot 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 Hinahamak ako ng aking mga kaibigan, pero umiiyak ko sa Diyos.

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

21 Hiniling ko sa saksi ng kalangitang iyon na makipagtalo para sa taong ito kasama ang Diyos tulad ng isang tao na ginagawa sa kaniyang kapwa!

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 Nang lumipas ang ilang taon, pupunta ako sa isang lugar na hindi na ako babalik.

[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.”