Job 16
1 Then Job answered:
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
2 “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
3 Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Seandainya kamu ini aku, dan aku kamu, aku pun dapat bicara sama seperti itu. Kubanjiri kamu dengan penuturan; kepalaku akan kugeleng-gelengkan.
5 But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
10 They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
11 God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
12 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
Tadinya hidupku aman dan sentosa, tapi Allah menyerang aku dengan tiba-tiba. Tengkukku dicengkeram-Nya dan aku dicampakkan; dijadikan-Nya aku sasaran untuk latihan.
13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
16 My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
17 yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
18 O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
19 Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
21 Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
22 For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
