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31 “Nagpromisa ako sa akon kaugalingon nga indi gid magtulok nga may kailigbon sa mga dalaga. Kay ano nga balos ang ihatag sang Makagagahom nga Dios sa langit sa ginahimo sang tawo? Indi bala kalaglagan kag kalalat-an para sa mga nagahimo sang kalautan? Nahibaluan sang Dios ang tanan ko nga ginahimo. Kon nagabinutig ako kag nagapangdaya, kabay pa nga hukman ako sang Dios. Kay siya ang nakahibalo kon nakasala ako. Kon wala ako magsunod sa husto nga dalan kag ginsunod ko ang kailigbon sang akon mga mata, kag gindagtaan ko ang akon kaugalingon, kabay pa nga magkalapierdi ang akon mga tanom ukon kaunon ini sang iban. Kon naganyat ako sang babayi ukon nagapangaluyag ako sa asawa sang akon kaingod, 10 kabay pa nga kuhaon ukon huliran sang iban nga lalaki ang akon asawa. 11 Kay ang pagpanginbabayi makahuluya nga sala, kag dapat gid nga silutan ang nagahimo sina. 12 Pareho ini sa makahalalit nga kalayo nga makalaglag sang tanan ko nga pagkabutang.

13 “Kon ginbaliwala ko ang kinamatarong sang akon mga suluguon sang magreklamo sila sa akon, 14 ano ang himuon ko kon hukman ako sang Dios? Ano ang isabat ko kon usisaon niya ako? 15 Indi bala nga ang Dios nga naghimo sa akon amo man ang naghimo sa akon mga suluguon?

16 “Kon wala ako nagbulig sa mga imol kag sa mga balo nga babayi nga nalisdan, 17 kag kon gindalukan ko sang pagkaon ang mga ilo, kabay pa nga silutan ako sang Dios. 18 Pero halin pa sang bataon ako ginaatipan ko na ang mga ilo; sa bug-os ko nga kabuhi wala ako nagpabaya sa mga balo nga babayi. 19 Kon may makita ako nga tawo nga nagaantos sa katugnaw tungod nga kulang siya sang bayo, 20 ginahatagan ko siya sang bayo nga pangtugnaw nga hinimo halin sa bulbol sang akon mga karnero. Dayon nagapasalamat siya sa akon sing tinagipusuon. 21 Kon ginsakit ko sang akon kamot ang ilo, tungod kay nahibaluan ko nga may impluwensya ako sa korte, 22 kabay pa nga mautod ang akon butkon. 23 Indi ko mahimo ina nga mga butang kay nahadlok ako sa silot kag sa gahom[a] sang Dios.

24 “Wala ako nagsalig sa akon manggad ukon naghunahuna nga makahatag ini sa akon sang seguridad. 25 Wala ako nagpabugal sa akon madamo nga manggad kag sa tanan nga pagkabutang nga naangkon ko. 26 Wala ako nagsimba sa adlaw nga nagasilak sing masanag, ukon sa bulan nga nagalakat sing matahom. 27 Wala man naganyat sing sekreto ang akon tagipusuon sa pagsimba sini. 28 Kon matuod nga ginhimo ko ini nga mga sala dapat ako silutan, kay nagluib ako sa Dios nga ara sa langit.

29 “Wala ako nagkalipay sang nalaglag ang akon mga kaaway ukon sang nag-abot sa ila ang kalisod. 30 Wala ako nagpakasala paagi sa pagpakamalaot sa ila. 31 Nahibaluan sang akon panimalay nga ginpakaon ko sing maayo ang mga nagbisita sa akon. 32 Wala ko ginpabay-an nga magtulog ang mga dumuluong bisan diin kay permi bukas ang akon puwertahan para sa ila. 33 Wala ko gintago ang akon mga sala pareho sang ginahimo sang iban. 34 Wala ako naghipos-hipos lang ukon nagpakuribong tungod sa kahadlok kon ano ang isiling sang mga tawo.

35 “Kon may magpamati lang kuntani sa akon! Karon, handa ako sa pagpirma sa pagpamatuod nga wala ako sing sala. Kon may iakusar ang Makagagahom nga Dios sa akon, ginapangabay ko siya nga ihambal niya sa akon, kon indi gani isulat niya. 36 Kay ikabit ko ini sa akon abaga ukon ibutang sa akon ulo nga daw sa korona sa pagpakita nga handa ako sa pag-atubang sini. 37 Sugiran ko ang Dios sang tanan ko nga ginahimo. Magaatubang ako sa iya pareho sa pangulo nga wala nahuya.

38 “Kon ginaabusuhan ko ang akon duta ukon ginkawat ko ini sa iban,[b] 39 ukon ginpalain ko ang buot sang mga nagaobra sa akon duta tungod nga ginkuha ko ang mga patubas nga wala sila pagbayari, 40 kabay pa nga magtubo sa akon duta ang tunukon nga mga kahoy-kahoy kag ang mga hilamon sa baylo sang trigo kag barley.”

Diri natapos ang hambal ni Job.

Footnotes

  1. 31:23 gahom: ukon, pagkahalangdon.
  2. 31:38 sa literal, Kon nagareklamo ang akon duta kontra sa akon kag ang gin-arado nga duta basa sang luha.

31 “I made a covenant with my eyes(A)
    not to look lustfully at a young woman.(B)
For what is our lot(C) from God above,
    our heritage from the Almighty on high?(D)
Is it not ruin(E) for the wicked,
    disaster(F) for those who do wrong?(G)
Does he not see my ways(H)
    and count my every step?(I)

“If I have walked with falsehood
    or my foot has hurried after deceit(J)
let God weigh me(K) in honest scales(L)
    and he will know that I am blameless(M)
if my steps have turned from the path,(N)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands(O) have been defiled,(P)
then may others eat what I have sown,(Q)
    and may my crops be uprooted.(R)

“If my heart has been enticed(S) by a woman,(T)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 then may my wife grind(U) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.(V)
11 For that would have been wicked,(W)
    a sin to be judged.(X)
12 It is a fire(Y) that burns to Destruction[a];(Z)
    it would have uprooted my harvest.(AA)

13 “If I have denied justice to any of my servants,(AB)
    whether male or female,
    when they had a grievance against me,(AC)
14 what will I do when God confronts me?(AD)
    What will I answer when called to account?(AE)
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?(AF)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?(AG)

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(AH)
    or let the eyes of the widow(AI) grow weary,(AJ)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(AK)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(AL)
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(AM)
    or the needy(AN) without garments,
20 and their hearts did not bless me(AO)
    for warming them with the fleece(AP) from my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,(AQ)
    knowing that I had influence in court,(AR)
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
    let it be broken off at the joint.(AS)
23 For I dreaded destruction from God,(AT)
    and for fear of his splendor(AU) I could not do such things.(AV)

24 “If I have put my trust in gold(AW)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’(AX)
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,(AY)
    the fortune my hands had gained,(AZ)
26 if I have regarded the sun(BA) in its radiance
    or the moon(BB) moving in splendor,
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(BC)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(BD)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(BE)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(BF)

29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(BG)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(BH)
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life(BI)
31 if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’(BJ)
32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler(BK)
33 if I have concealed(BL) my sin as people do,[b]
    by hiding(BM) my guilt in my heart
34 because I so feared the crowd(BN)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(BO) and would not go outside—

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(BP)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(BQ) put his indictment in writing.
36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(BR)
    I would put it on like a crown.(BS)
37 I would give him an account of my every step;(BT)
    I would present it to him as to a ruler.(BU))—

38 “if my land cries out against me(BV)
    and all its furrows are wet(BW) with tears,
39 if I have devoured its yield without payment(BX)
    or broken the spirit of its tenants,(BY)
40 then let briers(BZ) come up instead of wheat
    and stinkweed(CA) instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.(CB)

Footnotes

  1. Job 31:12 Hebrew Abaddon
  2. Job 31:33 Or as Adam did

31 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.