Job 16
1 And Job made answer and said,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
2 Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.
3 May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?
Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
4 It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking 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 I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.
Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
6 If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?
Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
7 But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.
Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
8 It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.
Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
9 I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;
Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.
Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
11 God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.
Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
12 I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.
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 bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.
Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
14 I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
15 I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.
Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
16 My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;
Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
18 O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
19 Even now my witness is in heaven, and the supporter of my cause is on high.
Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
20 My friends make sport of me; to God my eyes are weeping,
Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.
Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
22 For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.
Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
