Job 4
1 But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:
Lalu berbicaralah Elifas, katanya: "Ayub, kesalkah engkau bila aku bicara? Tak sanggup aku berdiam diri lebih lama.
2 If we start to speak to you, perhaps you will take it badly, but who can hold back the words he has conceived?
3 Behold, you have taught many, and you have strengthened weary hands.
Banyak orang telah kauberi pelajaran, dan mereka yang lemah telah kaukuatkan.
4 Your words have reassured the wavering, and you have fortified the trembling knees.
Kata-katamu yang memberi semangat, membangunkan orang yang tersandung, lemas dan penat.
5 But now the scourge has overcome you, and you falter. It has touched you, and you are disturbed.
Tetapi kini engkau sendiri ditimpa duka; kau terkejut, dan menjadi putus asa.
6 Where is your reverence, your fortitude, your patience, and the perfection of your ways?
Bukankah engkau setia kepada Allah; bukankah hidupmu tiada cela? Jika begitu, sepantasnyalah engkau yakin dan tak putus asa.
7 Consider this, I beg you: who ever perished being innocent? Or when have the righteous been destroyed?
Pikirlah, pernahkah orang yang tak bersalah ditimpa celaka dan musibah?
8 In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,
Aku tahu dari pengamatan bahwa orang yang membajak ladang kejahatan, dan menabur benih bencana bagai biji tanaman, akan menuai celaka dan kesusahan!
9 perishing by the breath of God, and being consumed by the wrath of his spirit.
Bagai badai, begitulah murka Allah membinasakan mereka hingga punah!
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of young lions have been worn away.
Orang jahat mengaum dan meraung, bagaikan singa mereka menggerung. Tetapi Allah membungkam mereka serta mematahkan gigi-giginya.
11 The tiger has perished because it does not have prey, and the young lions have been scattered.
Mereka mati seperti singa kekurangan makanan, sehingga anak-anaknya bercerai-berai tak keruan.
12 Furthermore, a word was spoken to me in secret, and, as if by theft, my ears received the pulse of its whisper.
Pernah suatu wahyu sampai kepadaku, bagaikan bisikan halus dalam telingaku.
13 In the horror of a vision by night, when men are accustomed to be overtaken by a deep sleep,
Tidurku terganggu dan terusik olehnya, seperti mendapat mimpi yang buruk di malam buta.
14 fear and trembling seized me and all my bones were terrified.
Aku pun terkejut dan menggigil gentar; seluruh tubuhku bergundang, gemetar.
15 And when a spirit passed before me, the hair on my body stood up.
Angin sepoi menyentuh wajahku, maka tegaklah bulu romaku.
16 There appeared an image before my eyes, someone whose face I did not recognize, and I heard a voice like a gentle breeze.
Suatu sosok berdiri di hadapanku; kutatap, tetapi ia asing bagiku. Lalu kudengar bunyi suara memecah heningnya suasana,
17 Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker?
'Mungkinkah manusia tanpa salah di hadapan Allah? Mungkinkah ia tidak bercela di mata Penciptanya?
18 Behold, those who serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he finds imperfection.
Bahkan hamba-hamba Allah di surga, tak dapat dipercayai oleh-Nya. Bahkan pada malaikat-malaikat-Nya didapati-Nya kesalahan dan cela.
19 How much more will those who live in houses of clay, which have an earthly foundation, be consumed like the moth?
Apalagi makhluk dari tanah liat makhluk debu yang dapat dipencet seperti ngengat!
20 From morning all the way to evening, they will be cut down, and because no one understands, they will be destroyed without ceasing.
Makhluk itu hidup di waktu pagi, lalu mati terlantar di senja hari, dan untuk selamanya ia tak diingat lagi.
21 But those who are left behind will be taken away from them; they will die, and not in wisdom.
Maka hilanglah segala yang dimiliki; ia pun mati tanpa beroleh akal budi.'
