Job 16
1 But Job answered and said,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
2 I have heard many such things: poor comforters are you all.
3 What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder you from answering?
Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
4 I also will speak as you [do]: if indeed your soul were in my [soul's] stead, then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.
Seandainya kamu ini aku, dan aku kamu, aku pun dapat bicara sama seperti itu. Kubanjiri kamu dengan penuturan; kepalaku akan kugeleng-gelengkan.
5 And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
6 For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?
Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
7 But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and you have laid hold of me.
Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
8 My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.
Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
9 In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
10 He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp [spear] he has struck me [down] upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.
Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
11 For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.
Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
12 When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.
Tadinya hidupku aman dan sentosa, tapi Allah menyerang aku dengan tiba-tiba. Tengkukku dicengkeram-Nya dan aku dicampakkan; dijadikan-Nya aku sasaran untuk latihan.
13 They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing [me] they poured out my gall upon the ground.
Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
14 They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in [their] might.
Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
15 They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
16 My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.
Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
17 Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
18 Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
19 And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
20 Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
21 Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even [as] the son of man with his neighbor!
Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
22 But my years are numbered and [their end] come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
