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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 Replies: My Redeemer Lives

19 Then Job answered and said:

“How long will you torment me
    and break me in pieces with words?
These (A)ten times you have cast reproach upon me;
    are you not ashamed to wrong me?
And even if it be true that I have erred,
    my error remains with myself.
If indeed you (B)magnify yourselves against me
    and make my disgrace an argument against me,
know then that God has (C)put me in the wrong
    and closed his net about me.
Behold, I (D)cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
    I call for help, but there is no justice.
He has (E)walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
    and he has set darkness upon my paths.
He has (F)stripped from me my glory
    and taken the (G)crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side, and I (H)am gone,
    and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
11 He has kindled his wrath against me
    and (I)counts me as his adversary.
12 His (J)troops come on together;
    they have (K)cast up their siege ramp[a] against me
    and encamp around my tent.

13 “He has put my (L)brothers far from me,
    and (M)those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
14 My relatives (N)have failed me,
    my close (O)friends have forgotten me.
15 The guests (P)in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger;
    I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
    I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
17 My breath is strange to my (Q)wife,
    and I am a stench to the children of (R)my own mother.
18 Even young (S)children despise me;
    when I rise they talk against me.
19 All my (T)intimate friends abhor me,
    and those whom I loved have turned against me.
20 My (U)bones stick to my skin and to my flesh,
    and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,
    for the hand of God has (V)touched me!
22 Why do you, like God, (W)pursue me?
    Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?

23 “Oh that my words were written!
    Oh that they were (X)inscribed in a book!
24 Oh that with an iron (Y)pen and lead
    they were engraved in the rock forever!
25 For I (Z)know that my (AA)Redeemer lives,
    and at the last he will stand upon the (AB)earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
    yet in[c] my flesh I shall (AC)see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself,
    and my eyes shall behold, and not (AD)another.
    My heart (AE)faints within me!
28 If you say, ‘How we will (AF)pursue him!’
    and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’[d]
29 be afraid of the sword,
    for wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
    that you may know there is (AG)a judgment.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:12 Hebrew their way
  2. Job 19:25 Hebrew dust
  3. Job 19:26 Or without
  4. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts in me