Job 38
1 But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said:
Kemudian dari dalam badai TUHAN berbicara kepada Ayub, demikian:
2 Who is this that wraps sentences in unskilled words?
"Siapa engkau, sehingga berani meragukan hikmat-Ku dengan kata-katamu yang bodoh dan kosong itu?
3 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
Sekarang, hadapilah Aku sebagai laki-laki, dan jawablah pertanyaan-pertany ini.
4 Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Sudah adakah engkau ketika bumi Kujadikan? Jika memang luas pengetahuanmu, beritahukan!
5 Who set its measurements, if you know, or who stretched a line over it?
Siapakah menentukan luasnya dunia? Siapakah membentangkan tali ukuran padanya? Tahukah engkau jawabannya?
6 Upon what have its bases been grounded, and who set forth its cornerstone,
Bagaimanakah tiang-tiang penyangga bumi berdiri teguh? Siapa meletakkan batu penjuru dunia dengan kukuh,
7 when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful noise?
pada waktu bintang-bintang pagi bernyanyi bersama dan makhluk-makhluk surga bersorak-sorak gembira.
8 Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb,
Siapakah menutup pintu untuk membendung samudra ketika dari rahim bumi membual keluar airnya?
9 when I stationed a cloud as its garment and wrapped it in a mist as if swaddling an infant?
Akulah yang menudungi laut dengan awan dan membungkusnya dengan kegelapan.
10 I encircled it with my limits, and I positioned its bars and doors.
Aku menentukan batas bagi samudra dan dengan pintu terpalang Aku membendungnya.
11 And I said: “This far you will approach, and you will proceed no further, and here you will break your swelling waves.”
Kata-Ku kepadanya, 'Inilah batasnya. Jangan kaulewati! Di sinilah ombak-ombakmu yang kuat harus berhenti.'
12 Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place?
Hai Ayub, pernahkah engkau barang sekali, menyuruh datang dinihari?
13 And did you hold the extremities of the earth, shaking them, and have you shaken the impious out of it?
Pernahkah engkau menyuruh fajar memegang bumi dan mengebaskan orang jahat dari tempat mereka bersembunyi?
14 The seal will be restored like clay, and it will remain in place like a garment.
Terang siang menampakkan dengan jelas gunung dan lembah seperti cap pada tanah liat dan lipatan pada sebuah jubah.
15 From the impious, the light will be taken away, and the exalted arm will be broken.
Terang siang terlalu cerah bagi orang tak bertuhan, dan menahan mereka melakukan kekerasan.
16 Have you entered the depths of the sea, and have you taken a walk in the uttermost parts of the abyss?
Pernahkah engkau turun ke sumber laut, jauh di dasarnya? Pernahkah engkau berjalan-jalan di lantai samudra raya?
17 Have the gates of death been opened to you, and have you seen the doors of darkness?
Pernahkah orang menunjukkan kepadamu gapura di depan alam maut yang gelap gulita?
18 Have you considered the breadth of the earth? If you know all things, reveal them to me.
Dapatkah engkau menduga luasnya dunia? Jawablah jika engkau mengetahuinya.
19 Which is the way that holds the light, and which is the place of darkness?
Tahukah engkau dari mana datangnya terang, dan di mana sebenarnya sumber kegelapan?
20 In this way, you might lead each thing to its final place, and understand the paths of its house.
Dapatkah engkau menentukan batas antara gelap dan terang? atau menyuruh mereka pulang setelah datang?
21 So then, did you know when you were to be born? And did you know the number of your days?
Tentu engkau dapat, karena engkau telah tua, dan ketika dunia diciptakan, engkau sudah ada!
22 Have you been admitted into the storehouses of the snows, and have you gazed upon the stockpile of the brimstone,
Pernahkah engkau mengunjungi gudang-gudang-Ku tempat salju dan hujan batu,
23 which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, for the day of the battle and the war?
yang Kusimpan untuk masa kesukaran, untuk waktu perang dan hari-hari pertempuran?
24 In what way is the light scattered, and the heat distributed, over the earth?
Tahukah engkau tempat matahari berpangkal? atau dari mana angin timur berasal?
25 Who gave a course to the rainstorms, and a path to the resounding thunder,
Siapakah yang menggali saluran bagi hujan lebat dan memberi jalan bagi guruh dan kilat?
26 so that it would rain on the earth far from man, in the wilderness where no mortal lingers,
Siapakah menurunkan hujan ke atas padang belantara, dan ke atas tanah yang tak dihuni manusia?
27 so that it would fill impassable and desolate places, and would bring forth green plants?
Siapakah menyirami bumi yang kering dan merana sehingga rumput bertunas semua?
28 Who is the father of rain, or who conceived the drops of dew?
Apakah hujan mempunyai ayah kandung? Siapa bapa titik-titik air embun?
29 From whose womb did the ice proceed, and who created the frost from the air?
Apakah air es mempunyai ibu? Siapa melahirkan embun beku?
30 The waters are hardened to become like stone, and the surface of the abyss freezes over.
Siapa mengubah air menjadi batu, dan membuat permukaan laut menjadi kaku?
31 Will you have the strength to join together the sparkling stars of the Pleiades, or are you able to disperse the circling of Arcturus?
Dapatkah ikatan bintang Kartika kauberkas? atau belenggu bintang Belantik kaulepas?
32 Can you bring forth the morning star, in its time, and make the evening star rise over the sons of the earth?
Dapatkah kaubimbing bintang-bintang setiap musimnya, dan bintang Biduk besar dan kecil, kautentukan jalannya?
33 Do you know the order of heaven, and can you explain its rules here on the earth?
Tahukah engkau hukum-hukum di cakrawala? dan dapatkah engkau menerapkannya di dunia?
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an onslaught of waters will cover you?
Dapatkah engkau meneriakkan perintah kepada awan, dan menyuruhnya membanjirimu dengan hujan?
35 Can you send forth lightning bolts, and will they go, and on returning, say to you: “Here we are?”
Dan jika engkau menyuruh petir-petir bersambaran, apakah mereka datang dan berkata, "Saya, Tuan!"?
36 Who placed discernment in the guts of man, or who gave the rooster intelligence?
Dari siapa burung ibis tahu kapan Sungai Nil akan menggenang? Siapa memberitahu ayam jantan bahwa hujan akan datang?
37 Who can describe the rules of the heavens, or who can put to rest the harmony of heaven?
Siapakah cukup arif untuk menghitung awan dan membalikkannya sehingga turun hujan,
38 When was the dust cast to become the earth, and when were its clods fastened together?
hujan yang mengeraskan debu menjadi gumpalan dan tanah menjadi berlekat-lekatan?
39 Will you seize prey for the lioness, and will you sustain the lives of her young,
Dapatkah engkau memburu mangsa untuk singa-singa dan mengenyangkan perut anak-anaknya,
40 as they rest in their dens or lie in wait in pits?
bilamana mereka berlindung di dalam gua atau mengendap di dalam sarangnya?
41 Who provides the raven with its meal, when her chicks cry out to God, as they wander around because they have no food?
Siapa membantu burung gagak yang kelaparan dan berkeliaran ke sana sini mencari pangan? Siapakah pula memberi pertolongan apabila anak-anaknya berseru kepada-Ku minta makanan?
