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
Legacy Standard Bible
Where Is God?
23 Then Job answered and said,
2 “Even today my (A)musing is rebellion;
[a]His hand is (B)heavy despite my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would (C)arrange my case for justice before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would [b]answer,
And discern what He would say to me.
6 Would He contend with me by (D)the greatness of His power?
No, surely He would pay attention to me.
7 There the upright would (E)argue with Him;
And I [c]would have (F)escaped forever from my Judge.
8 “Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I (G)cannot discern Him;
9 When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10 But He knows the [d]way I take;
When He has (H)tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot has (I)held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the (J)words of His mouth [e]more than my [f]portion of food.
13 But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.
14 For He performs what is apportioned for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.
15 Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;
I carefully consider, and I am in dread of Him.
16 It is God who has made my (K)heart faint,
And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
17 But I (L)am not silenced by the darkness,
Nor (M)thick darkness which covers me.
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