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Sumagot si Job

Sumagot si Job,

“Totoo ang sinabi mo. Pero paano mapapatunayan ng tao na wala siyang kasalanan sa harapan ng Dios? Kahit na makipagtalo pa siya sa Dios sa hukuman, wala siyang magagawa, dahil sa isang libong katanungan ng Dios, hindi niya masasagot isa man sa mga ito. Marunong at makapangyarihan ang Dios. Sino ang nakipaglaban sa kanya at nagtagumpay?

“Walang anu-anoʼy pinauuga niya ang mga bundok at natitibag ito sa tindi ng kanyang galit. Niyayanig niya ang lupa at ang mga pundasyon nito ay nauuga. Kapag inutusan niya ang araw o ang mga bituin, hindi ito sisikat o magbibigay ng liwanag. Tanging siya lang ang nakapaglalatag ng langit at nakapagpapatigil ng alon. Siya ang manlilikha ng grupo ng mga bituin na tinatawag na Oso, Orion, Pleyades, at mga bituin sa katimugan. 10 Gumagawa siya ng mga kahanga-hangang bagay at mga himalang hindi kayang unawain at bilangin. 11 Kapag dumadaan siya sa tabi ko, hindi ko siya nakikita o nararamdaman. 12 Kung may gusto siyang kunin, walang makakapigil sa kanya. At sino ang makakapagreklamo sa mga ginagawa niya? 13 Hindi pinipigil ng Dios ang kanyang galit. Kahit ang mga katulong ng dragon na si Rahab ay yumuyukod sa takot sa kanya. 14 Kaya papaano ko ipagtatanggol ang sarili ko sa Dios? Ano ang mga salitang maaari kong gamitin para makipagtalo sa kanya? 15 Kahit na wala akong kasalanan, hindi ko maipagtatanggol ang sarili ko. Ang magagawa ko lamang ay magmakaawa sa Dios na aking Hukom. 16 Kahit hilingin kong magkausap kami at pumayag siya, hindi pa rin niya ako pakikinggan. 17 Sapagkat pinapahirapan niya ako na parang sinasalanta ng bagyo, at dinadagdagan pa niya ang paghihirap ko nang walang dahilan. 18 Halos malagot na ang aking hininga dahil sa paghihirap na idinulot niya sa akin. 19 Kung lakas ang pag-uusapan walang tatalo sa kanya! At kung sa hukuman idadaan, sinong makapaghahabla sa kanya? 20 Kahit na wala akong kasalanan, paparusahan pa rin ako dahil sa mga sinabi ko. 21 Kahit na wala akong kapintasan, wala na itong halaga sa akin ngayon. Kinamumuhian ko na ang aking buhay. 22 Pareho lang naman ang kapalaran ng matuwid at masama. Lahat sila ay mamamatay. 23 Kapag biglang namatay sa kalamidad ang matuwid, natatawa lang siya. 24 Ipinagkatiwala niya ang mundo sa masasama. Tinatakpan niya ang mata ng mga hukom para hindi sila humatol ng tama. Kung hindi siya ang gumagawa nito, sino pa kaya?

25 “Madaling lumipas ang mga araw sa buhay ko; mas mabilis pa ito kaysa sa mananakbo. Lumilipas ito nang walang nakikitang kabutihan. 26 Dumadaan ito na kasimbilis ng isang matuling sasakyang pandagat o ng agilang dumadagit ng pagkain. 27 Kahit tumigil na ako sa pagdaing at pagdadalamhati at akoʼy ngumiti na, 28 nananaig pa rin sa akin ang takot sa mga paghihirap na maaaring dumating sa akin. Dahil alam kong hindi niya ako ituturing na walang kasalanan. 29 Yaman din lamang na itinuring na niya akong may kasalanan, wala nang halaga na ipagtanggol ko pa ang aking sarili. 30 Kahit sabunan ko pa ang aking buong katawan para luminis, 31 ilulubog pa rin niya ako sa maputik na hukay, upang kahit ang sarili kong damit ay ikahiya ako. 32 Hindi tao ang Dios na katulad ko; hindi ko siya kayang sagutin o isakdal man sa hukuman. 33 Mayroon sanang mamagitan sa amin para pagkasunduin kaming dalawa, 34 at mapatigil sana niya ang pagpalo ng Dios sa akin, para hindi na ako matakot. 35 Kung magkagayoʼy makakausap ko na ang Dios nang walang takot, pero sa ngayon hindi ko pa ito magagawa.”

'Job 9 ' not found for the version: Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version.

Job

Then Job replied:

“Indeed, I know that this is true.
    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)
Though they wished to dispute with him,(B)
    they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.(C)
His wisdom(D) is profound, his power is vast.(E)
    Who has resisted(F) him and come out unscathed?(G)
He moves mountains(H) without their knowing it
    and overturns them in his anger.(I)
He shakes the earth(J) from its place
    and makes its pillars tremble.(K)
He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(L)
    he seals off the light of the stars.(M)
He alone stretches out the heavens(N)
    and treads on the waves of the sea.(O)
He is the Maker(P) of the Bear[a] and Orion,
    the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(Q)
10 He performs wonders(R) that cannot be fathomed,
    miracles that cannot be counted.(S)
11 When he passes me, I cannot see him;
    when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.(T)
12 If he snatches away, who can stop him?(U)
    Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’(V)
13 God does not restrain his anger;(W)
    even the cohorts of Rahab(X) cowered at his feet.

14 “How then can I dispute with him?
    How can I find words to argue with him?(Y)
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;(Z)
    I could only plead(AA) with my Judge(AB) for mercy.(AC)
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
    I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(AD)
17 He would crush me(AE) with a storm(AF)
    and multiply(AG) my wounds for no reason.(AH)
18 He would not let me catch my breath
    but would overwhelm me with misery.(AI)
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(AJ)
    And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[b]?(AK)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(AL)

21 “Although I am blameless,(AM)
    I have no concern for myself;(AN)
    I despise my own life.(AO)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(AP)
23 When a scourge(AQ) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(AR)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(AS)
    he blindfolds its judges.(AT)
    If it is not he, then who is it?(AU)

25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(AV)
    they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(AW)
26 They skim past(AX) like boats of papyrus,(AY)
    like eagles swooping down on their prey.(AZ)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(BA)
    I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(BB) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.(BC)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?(BD)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap(BE)
    and my hands(BF) with cleansing powder,(BG)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(BH)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.(BI)

32 “He is not a mere mortal(BJ) like me that I might answer him,(BK)
    that we might confront each other in court.(BL)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(BM)
    someone to bring us together,(BN)
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,(BO)
    so that his terror would frighten me no more.(BP)
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,(BQ)
    but as it now stands with me, I cannot.(BR)

Footnotes

  1. Job 9:9 Or of Leo
  2. Job 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.

Then Job answered and said,

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.