Job 23
1 Job replied,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
2 “Just the same, my complaints today remain bitter. In spite of my groaning he is still punishing me.
3 If only I knew where I could find him so I could go to where he sits in judgment.
Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.
4 There I would lay out my case before him and present all my arguments in full.
Maka kepada-Nya perkaraku ini kuhadapkan, dari mulutku berderai kata-kata pembelaan.
5 I would discover how he would answer me and learn what he has to say to me.
Aku ingin tahu apa yang akan Ia katakan, dan bagaimana Ia memberi jawaban.
6 Would he fight against me using his mighty power? No, he would pay attention to what I have to say.
Apakah Ia akan melancarkan kuasa-Nya kepadaku? Tidak! Ia pasti akan mendengarkan kata-kataku.
7 There a good person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
8 If I go to the east, he's not there; if I go the west, I don't find him.
Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.
9 If he's working in the north, I don't perceive him; if he's moving south, I don't see him.
10 Yet he always knows where I'm going. When he has proved me, I will come out shining like gold.
Namun Dia tahu segala jalanku juga setiap langkahku. Kalau seperti emas aku diuji, akan terbukti bahwa hatiku murni.
11 I have kept in step with him; I have followed his way without turning aside.
Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
12 I have not neglected his commands, for I value what he has told me to do more than the food I eat every day.
Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
13 But God is unchangeable—who can turn him from his purposes? He does whatever he wants to do.
Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.
14 So he will finish whatever he has planned for me—and he has many plans for me.
Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
15 That's why I'm terrified at meeting him; when I think of him I tremble with fear.
Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
16 God has made me faint-hearted; the Almighty has scared me to death.
Yang Mahakuasa menghancurkan segala keberanianku. Aku takut karena Allah, dan bukan karena gelap gulita, meskipun kegelapan itu mengelilingi aku, dan menutupi wajahku.
17 Yet I'm still here despite the dark—even though I can't see through the utter darkness.
