Job 17
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Ajalku sudah dekat, hampir putuslah napasku; hanyalah kuburan yang tinggal bagiku.
2 Are there not mockers with me? and does not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Orang menjadikan aku bahan ejekan; kulihat betapa mereka melontarkan sindiran.
3 Lay down now, put me in a guarantor with you; who is he that will shake hands with me?
Aku ini jujur, ya Allah. Percayalah padaku! Siapa lagi yang dapat menyokong perkataanku?
4 For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them.
Kaututup hati mereka sehingga tak mengerti; jangan sampai mereka menundukkan aku kini.
5 He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Menurut pepatah, siapa mengadukan teman demi keuntungan, anak-anaknya sendiri akan menerima pembalasan.
6 He has made me also a byword of the people; and in old times I was as a timbrel.
Kini aku disindir dengan pepatah itu; mereka datang untuk meludahi mukaku.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Mataku kabur karena dukacita; seluruh tubuhku kurus merana.
8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Orang yang saleh, terkejut dan heran; orang yang tak bersalah, menganggap aku tidak bertuhan.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Orang yang baik dan yang tidak bersalah, makin yakin cara hidupnya berkenan kepada Allah.
10 But as for you all, do all of you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Tapi seandainya kamu semua datang ke mari, tak seorang bijaksana pun yang akan kudapati.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Hari-hariku telah lalu, gagallah segala rencanaku; hilang pula semua cita-cita hatiku.
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Tetapi sahabat-sahabatku berkata, 'Malam itu siang dan terang hampir tiba.' Namun aku tahu dalam hatiku bahwa tetap gelaplah keadaanku.
Hanya dunia mautlah yang kuharapkan, di sanalah aku akan tidur dalam kegelapan. (Sheol h7585)
14 I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister.
Kuburku kunamakan "Ayahku", dan cacing-cacing pemakan tubuhku kusebut "Ibu" dan "Saudara perempuanku".
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
Di manakah harapan bagiku; siapa melihat adanya bahagia untukku?
