Job 13
Magandang Balita Biblia
Iginiit ni Job na Wala Siyang Kasalanan
13 “Lahat ng sinabi mo ay narinig ko na rin,
2 Ang alam mo'y alam ko rin,
hindi ka higit sa akin.
3 Hindi kayo ang kausap ko kundi ang Diyos na Makapangyarihan,
sa kanya ko idudulog itong aking kalagayan.
4 Ngunit kayo'y mga sinungaling,
tulad ninyo'y manggagamot, na walang kayang pagalingin.
5 Tumahimik na lamang sana kayo, baka akalain pa ng iba na kayo'y matalino.
6 Pakinggan ninyo ngayon ang aking sasabihin, at ang aking panig ay inyong unawain.
7 Bakit ba kayo'y nagsasalita ng di katotohanan?
Makatutulong ba sa Diyos ang inyong kasinungalingan?
8 Kayo ba ang tatayo at siya ay ipaglalaban?
Kayo ba ang magtatanggol sa kanyang kalagayan?
9 Kung siyasatin kayo ng Diyos, ano kaya ang makikita,
siya ba'y inyong madadayang tulad ng iba?
10 Tiyak na siya'y magagalit, kayo ay pagsasabihan,
kahit pa lihim na mayroon kayong kinikilingan.
11 Sasakmalin kayo ng takot pagkat siya'y makapangyarihan.
12 Mga kasabihan ninyo'y walang silbi tulad ng abo,
singhina ng putik ang mga katuwiran ninyo.
13 “Tumahimik na lang kayo at ako'y pasalitain,
hayaang mangyari ang mangyayari sa akin.
14 Nakahanda akong itaya ang buhay kong angkin.
15 Hindi ako natatakot kung ako man ay patayin,
maiharap lamang sa kanya itong aking usapin.
16 Maaaring iligtas ako ng aking katapangan,
sapagkat wala namang masamang tao na makakaharap sa Maykapal.
17 Pakinggan mong mabuti itong aking sasabihin, itong paliwanag ko ay iyong unawain.
18 Nakahanda akong ilahad ang aking panig,
sapagkat alam ko namang ako ay nasa katuwiran.
19 “O Diyos, lalapit ka ba upang ako'y usigin?
Kung gayon, handa akong manahimik at mamatay.
20 Mayroon akong dalawang kahilingan,
at ako'y di magtatago kung iyong papayagan.
21 Itigil mo na itong pagpaparusa sa akin, at sa takot ay huwag mo akong patayin.
22 “Magsalita ka, at aking tutugunin,
o kaya'y sagutin mo ang aking sasabihin.
23 Saan ba ako nagkamali, ano ba ang aking kasalanan?
Pagkakasala ko'y maaari ko bang malaman?
24 “Bakit ako'y iyong pinagtataguan?
Bakit itinuturing mo akong isang kaaway?
25 Para akong isang dahon, huwag mo na akong takutin,
ang katulad ko'y ipa, na tinatangay ng hangin.
26 Kay pait naman ng iyong mga paratang,
kasalanan ko noong ako'y bata iyo pang ibinibilang.
27 Itong(A) aking mga paa'y nilagyan pa ng gapos,
tinitingnan, sinusuri ang aking bawat kilos.
28 Kaya't ako'y parang kahoy na nabubulok,
parang damit na nasisira, unti-unting nauubos.
Job 13
Living Bible
13 “Look, I have seen many instances such as you describe. I understand what you are saying. 2 I know as much as you do. I’m not stupid. 3 Oh, how I long to speak directly to the Almighty. I want to talk this over with God himself. 4 For you are misinterpreting the whole thing. You are doctors who don’t know what they are doing. 5 Oh, please be quiet! That would be your highest wisdom.
6 “Listen to me now, to my reasons for what I think and to my pleadings.
7 “Must you go on ‘speaking for God’ when he never once has said the things that you are putting in his mouth? 8 Does God want your help if you are going to twist the truth for him? 9 Be careful that he doesn’t find out what you are doing! Or do you think you can fool God as well as men? 10 No, you will be in serious trouble with him if you use lies to try to help him out. 11 Doesn’t his majesty strike terror to your heart? How can you do this thing? 12 These tremendous statements you have made have about as much value as ashes. Your defense of God is as fragile as a clay vase!
13 “Be silent now and leave me alone, that I may speak—and I am willing to face the consequences. 14 Yes, I will take my life in my hand and say what I really think. 15 God may kill me for saying this—in fact, I expect him to. Nevertheless, I am going to argue my case with him.[a] 16 This at least will be in my favor, that I am not godless, to be rejected instantly from his presence. 17 Listen closely to what I am about to say. Hear me out.
18 “This is my case: I know that I am righteous. 19 Who can argue with me over this? If you could prove me wrong, I would stop defending myself and die.
20 “O God, there are two things I beg you not to do to me; only then will I be able to face you. 21 Don’t abandon me. And don’t terrify me with your awesome presence. 22 Call to me to come—how quickly I will answer! Or let me speak to you, and you reply. 23 Tell me, what have I done wrong? Help me! Point out my sin to me. 24 Why do you turn away from me? Why hand me over to my enemy? 25 Would you blame a leaf that is blown about by the wind? Will you chase dry, useless straws?
26 “You write bitter things against me and bring up all the follies of my youth. 27-28 You send me to prison and shut me in on every side. I am like a fallen, rotten tree, like a moth-eaten coat.
Footnotes
- Job 13:15 God may kill me . . . I am going to argue my case with him, or “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. I will argue my case before him.”
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