Job 23
1 Bvt Iob answered and sayd,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
2 Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,
3 Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.
4 I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Maka kepada-Nya perkaraku ini kuhadapkan, dari mulutku berderai kata-kata pembelaan.
5 I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
Aku ingin tahu apa yang akan Ia katakan, dan bagaimana Ia memberi jawaban.
6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Apakah Ia akan melancarkan kuasa-Nya kepadaku? Tidak! Ia pasti akan mendengarkan kata-kataku.
7 There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
8 Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:
Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.
9 If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.
10 But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.
Namun Dia tahu segala jalanku juga setiap langkahku. Kalau seperti emas aku diuji, akan terbukti bahwa hatiku murni.
11 My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
12 Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
13 Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.
Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.
14 For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.
Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
15 Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.
Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
16 For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.
Yang Mahakuasa menghancurkan segala keberanianku. Aku takut karena Allah, dan bukan karena gelap gulita, meskipun kegelapan itu mengelilingi aku, dan menutupi wajahku.
17 For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
