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Sumagot si Job

19 Muling sumagot si Job,

“Hanggang kailan ninyo ako pahihirapan, at sasaktan sa mga sinasabi ninyo? Paulit-ulit ninyo akong iniinsulto. Hindi na kayo nahiya sa mga ginagawa ninyo sa akin? Kung talagang nagkasala ako, problema ko na iyon. Ang akala ninyoʼy matuwid kayo kaysa sa akin, at iniisip ninyong ang mga paghihirap koʼy nagpapatunay na nagkasala ako. Pero ang Dios ang may gawa nito sa akin. Siya ang naglagay ng bitag sa palibot ko.

“Tumawag ako at humingi ng tulong pero walang sumagot sa akin. Humingi ako ng katarungan pero walang nagbigay sa akin. Hinarangan ng Dios ang dinadaanan ko para hindi ako makadaan. Tinakpan din niya ito ng kadiliman. Kinuha niya ang kayamanan ko pati na ang aking karangalan. 10 Pinahirapan niya ako saanman ako bumaling na halos ikamatay ko na. Inalis niya ang pag-asa ko na parang punongkahoy na binunot. 11 Labis ang galit niya sa akin at itinuring niya akong kaaway. 12 Parang pinadalhan niya ako ng mga sundalo upang salakayin at palibutan ang aking tolda.

13 “Inilayo niya sa akin ang aking mga kamag-anak;[a] at nilayuan na ako ng aking mga kakilala. 14 Wala na ang lahat ng taong malapit sa akin. Pati mga kaibigan koʼy nilimot na ako. 15 Hindi na ako kilala ng aking mga bisita at mga babaeng alipin. Itinuring na nila akong dayuhan. 16 Kapag tinatawag ko ang aking alipin, hindi na niya ako pinapansin, makiusap man ako. 17 Ang asawa koʼy nababahuan sa hininga ko at ang mga kapatid kong lalaki ay nandidiri sa akin. 18 Hinahamak ako kahit ng mga batang paslit. Kapag nakikita nila ako,[b] pinagtatawanan nila ako. 19 Lahat ng matalik kong kaibigan ay nasusuklam sa akin. Pati mga mahal ko sa buhay ay lumayo na rin. 20 Butoʼt balat na lang ako at halos mamamatay na.

21 “Maawa kayo sa akin, mga kaibigan ko, dahil pinahihirapan ako ng Dios. 22 Bakit ninyo ako inuusig tulad ng ginagawa ng Dios sa akin? Hindi pa ba sapat ang pagpapahirap ninyo sa akin? 23 Mabuti sana kung isinulat sa aklat ang mga sinabi ko, 24 o di kayaʼy iniukit ito sa bato para hindi mabura magpakailanman.

25 “Pero alam kong buhay ang aking Tagapagligtas at sa bandang huli ay darating siya rito sa lupa para ipagtanggol ako. 26 Pagkaalis ko sa katawang ito at mabulok ang mga laman ko, makikita ko na ang Dios.[c] 27 Makikita ko siya nang harapan at hindi na siya iba sa akin. Labis na akong nananabik na makita siya.

28 “Kung patuloy ninyo akong pararatangan na akoʼy naghihirap dahil sa aking kasalanan, 29 tiyak na darating sa inyo ang nakakatakot na parusa ng Dios. Parurusahan niya kayo dahil sa galit niya. Saka ninyo malalaman na hinatulan kayo ng Dios.”

Footnotes

  1. 19:13 kamag-anak: o, kapatid.
  2. 19:18 Kapag nakikita nila ako: o, Kapag tumayo ako at magsalita.
  3. 19:26 O, Habang nandito pa ako sa aking katawan, makikita ko ang Dios kahit na naaagnas ang aking balat dahil sa aking sakit.

Job

19 Then Job replied:

“How long will you torment(A) me
    and crush(B) me with words?
Ten times(C) now you have reproached(D) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.
If it is true that I have gone astray,
    my error(E) remains my concern alone.
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(F)
    and use my humiliation against me,
then know that God has wronged me(G)
    and drawn his net(H) around me.(I)

“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(J)
    though I call for help,(K) there is no justice.(L)
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(M)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(N)
He has stripped(O) me of my honor(P)
    and removed the crown from my head.(Q)
10 He tears me down(R) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope(S) like a tree.(T)
11 His anger(U) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.(V)
12 His troops advance in force;(W)
    they build a siege ramp(X) against me
    and encamp around my tent.(Y)

13 “He has alienated my family(Z) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(AA)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(AB) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(AC) and my female servants(AD) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(AE) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(AF) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(AG)
19 All my intimate friends(AH) detest me;(AI)
    those I love have turned against me.(AJ)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AK)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AL) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(AM) me.
22 Why do you pursue(AN) me as God does?(AO)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?(AP)

23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,(AQ)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(AR) on[b] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!(AS)
25 I know that my redeemer[c](AT) lives,(AU)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[d]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[e] in[f] my flesh I will see God;(AV)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(AW)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(AX) within me!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(AY) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[g]
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(AZ)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[h](BA)

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
  2. Job 19:24 Or and
  3. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  4. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  5. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  6. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
  7. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  8. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty

Job Feels Insulted

19 Then Job responded,

“How long will you torment [a]me
And crush me with words?
These ten times you have insulted me;
You are not ashamed to wrong me.
Even if I have truly done wrong,
My error stays with me.
If indeed you (A)exalt yourselves against me
And prove my disgrace to me,
Know then that (B)God has wronged me
And has surrounded me with (C)His net.

Everything Is Against Him

“Behold, (D)I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.
He has (E)blocked my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put (F)darkness on my paths.
He has (G)stripped my honor from me
And removed the (H)crown from my head.
10 He (I)breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my (J)hope (K)like a tree.
11 He has also (L)kindled His anger against me
And (M)considered me as His enemy.
12 His (N)troops come together
And (O)build up their [b]way against me
And camp around my tent.

13 “He has (P)removed my brothers far from me,
And my (Q)acquaintances have completely turned away from me.
14 My relatives have failed,
And my (R)close friends have forgotten me.
15 Those who live in my house and my servant women consider me a stranger.
I am a foreigner in their sight.
16 I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore his favor with my mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18 Even young children despise me;
I stand up and they speak against me.
19 All [c]my (S)associates loathe me,
And those I love have turned against me.
20 My (T)bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 Pity me, pity me, you friends of mine,
For the (U)hand of God has struck me.
22 Why do you (V)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?

Job Says My Redeemer Lives

23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were (W)recorded in a book!
24 That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 Yet as for me, I know that (X)my Redeemer lives,
And at the last, He will take His stand on the [d]earth.
26 Even after my skin [e]is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I will (Y)see God,
27 Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself,
And whom my eyes will see, and not another.
My [f]heart (Z)faints [g]within me!
28 If you say, ‘How shall we (AA)persecute him?’
And ‘[h]What pretext for a case against him can we find?’
29 Then be afraid of (AB)the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know (AC)there is judgment.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:2 Lit my soul
  2. Job 19:12 I.e., siege ramp
  3. Job 19:19 Lit the men of my council
  4. Job 19:25 Lit dust
  5. Job 19:26 Lit which they have cut off
  6. Job 19:27 Lit kidneys
  7. Job 19:27 Lit in my loins
  8. Job 19:28 Or the root of the matter is found in him