Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab:
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
"Sekarang ini keluh kesahku menjadi pemberontakan, tangan-Nya menekan aku, sehingga aku mengaduh.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Ah, semoga aku tahu mendapatkan Dia, dan boleh datang ke tempat Ia bersemayam.
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Maka akan kupaparkan perkaraku di hadapan-Nya, dan kupenuhi mulutku dengan kata-kata pembelaan.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
Maka aku akan mengetahui jawaban-jawaban yang diberikan-Nya kepadaku dan aku akan mengerti, apa yang difirmankan-Nya kepadaku.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Sudikah Ia mengadakan perkara dengan aku dalam kemahakuasaan-Nya? Tidak, Ia akan menaruh perhatian kepadaku.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Orang jujurlah yang akan membela diri di hadapan-Nya, dan aku akan bebas dari Hakimku untuk selama-lamanya.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Sesungguhnya, kalau aku berjalan ke timur, Ia tidak di sana; atau ke barat, tidak kudapati Dia;
9 On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
di utara kucari Dia, Ia tidak tampak, aku berpaling ke selatan, aku tidak melihat Dia.
10 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Karena Ia tahu jalan hidupku; seandainya Ia menguji aku, aku akan timbul seperti emas.
11 My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Kakiku tetap mengikuti jejak-Nya, aku menuruti jalan-Nya dan tidak menyimpang.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Perintah dari bibir-Nya tidak kulanggar, dalam sanubariku kusimpan ucapan mulut-Nya.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.
Tetapi Ia tidak pernah berubah--siapa dapat menghalangi Dia? Apa yang dikehendaki-Nya, dilaksanakan-Nya juga.
14 For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Karena Ia akan menyelesaikan apa yang ditetapkan atasku, dan banyak lagi hal yang serupa itu dimaksudkan-Nya.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Itulah sebabnya hatiku gemetar menghadapi Dia, kalau semuanya itu kubayangkan, maka aku ketakutan terhadap Dia.
16 For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:
Allah telah membuat aku putus asa, Yang Mahakuasa telah membuat hatiku gemetar;
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
sebab bukan karena kegelapan aku binasa, dan bukan juga karena mukaku ditutupi gelap gulita."
