Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Maka kepada-Nya perkaraku ini kuhadapkan, dari mulutku berderai kata-kata pembelaan.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Aku ingin tahu apa yang akan Ia katakan, dan bagaimana Ia memberi jawaban.
6 Will 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 dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Namun Dia tahu segala jalanku juga setiap langkahku. Kalau seperti emas aku diuji, akan terbukti bahwa hatiku murni.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
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-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Yang Mahakuasa menghancurkan segala keberanianku. Aku takut karena Allah, dan bukan karena gelap gulita, meskipun kegelapan itu mengelilingi aku, dan menutupi wajahku.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
