Job 23
Magandang Balita Biblia
Nais ni Job na Iharap sa Diyos ang Kanyang Kalagayan
23 Ito naman ang sagot ni Job:
2 “Hanggang ngayon ay masama pa itong aking loob,
bagama't ako'y nananangis, pinaparusahan pa rin ng Diyos.
3 Kung alam ko lamang kung saan siya matatagpuan,
pupuntahan ko siya sa kanyang kinaroroonan.
4 Ihaharap ko sa kanya ang aking kalagayan
at ilalahad kong lahat ang aking katuwiran.
5 Gusto kong malaman ang isasagot niya sa akin;
nais kong maunawaan ang kanyang sasabihin.
6 Gagamitin kaya sa akin ang lahat niyang kapangyarihan?
Hindi! Sa halip, hinaing ko'y kanyang papakinggan.
7 Sapagkat ako'y taong matuwid na haharap sa kanya,
kanyang ipahahayag na ako'y walang sala.
8 “Sa dakong silangan, hindi ko siya natagpuan;
hindi ko rin siya nakita sa gawing kanluran.
9 Di ko rin siya nakita sa dakong hilaga,
at sa bandang timog, ni bakas ay wala.
10 Ngunit alam ng Diyos ang aking bawat hakbang;
kapag sinubok niya, lalabas ang kadalisayan.
11 Pagkat landas niya'y aking nilakaran,
hindi ako lumihis sa ibang daanan.
12 Ako'y hindi lumalabag sa kanyang kautusan,
at ang kanyang mga salita ay aking iniingatan.
13 “Hindi siya nagbabago at di kayang salungatin,
walang makakapigil sa nais niyang gawin.
14 Isasakatuparan niya ang plano niya sa akin,
ang marami niyang balak ay kanyang gagawin.
15 Kaya ako'y natatakot na sa kanya'y humarap;
isipin ko lamang ito, ako ay nasisindak.
16 Pinanghihina ng Diyos ang aking kalooban,
tinatakot ako ng Makapangyarihan.
17 Sapagkat kadiliman ang nasa aking palibot,
dilim nitong taglay sa mukha ko ay bumalot.
Job 23
Modern English Version
Job Replies: My Complaint Is Grievous
23 Then Job answered:
2 “Today also my complaint is bitter;
my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
that I might come even to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words that He would answer me
and understand what He would say to me.
6 Will He plead against me with His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with Him;
so would I be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 “Look, I go forward, but He is not there,
and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 when He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
10 But He knows the way that I take;
when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and have not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
13 “But He is resolute, and who can turn Him?
And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
14 For He performs what is appointed for me,
and many such things are with Him.
15 Therefore I am troubled at His presence;
when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
16 For God makes my heart soft,
and the Almighty troubles me;
17 because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,
nor has He covered the darkness from my face.
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The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.