Job 23

1 Pagkatapos sumagot si Job at sinabi,

Then Job replied again,

2 “Kahit ngayon ay mapait ang aking dinadaing; mas mabigat ang aking paghihirap kaysa sa aking paghihinagpis.

“Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).

3 O, sana alam ko kung saan ko siya matatagpuan! O, sana makalapit ako sa kinaroroonan niya!

I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.

4 Ilalatag ko sa kaniyang harapan ang aking kaso at pupunuin ang aking bibig ng pangangatwiran.

If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).

5 Matututunan ko ang mga salita na isasagot niya at mauunawaan ko ang sasabihin niya sa akin.

Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].

6 Makikipagtalo ba siya laban sa akin sa kadakilaan ng kaniyang kapangyarihan? Hindi, pakikinggan niya ako.

Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.

7 Doon maaaring makipagtalo sa kaniya ang taong matuwid. Sa ganitong paraan mapapawalang-sala ako magpakailanman ng aking hukom.

I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.

8 Tingnan ninyo, pumupunta ako pasilangan, pero wala siya roon, at pumupunta ako pakanluran, pero hindi ko siya maramdaman.

“But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.

9 Sa hilaga, kung saan siya gumagawa, pero hindi ko siya makita, at sa timog, kung saan niya tinatago ang kaniyang sarili para hindi ko siya makita.

I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.

10 Pero alam niya ang daanan na aking tinatahak; kapag sinubukan na niya ako, lilitaw ako tulad ng ginto.

But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].

11 Nanindigan ang aking mga paa sa kaniyang mga yapak; pinanatili ko ang pamamaraan niya at hindi lumihis.

I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.

12 Hindi ko tinalikuran ang mga kautusan ng kaniyang mga labi; iningatan ko sa aking puso ang mga salita ng kaniyang bibig.

I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

13 Pero kakaiba siya, sino ang kayang magpatalikod sa kaniya? Kung ano ang ninanais niya, ginagawa niya.

“He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.

14 Dahil isinasakatuparan niya ang mga atas niya laban sa akin; marami ang mga tulad nito.

And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.

15 Kaya, natatakot ako sa kaniyang presensiya; kapag iniisip ko siya, natatakot ako sa kaniya.

So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].

16 Dahil pinahina ng Diyos ang aking puso; sinindak ako ng Makapangyarihan.

Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].

17 Hindi dahil sa pinutol ako ng kadiliman, ni tinatakpan ng makapal na kadiliman ang aking mukha.

[It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”