Job 24
1 But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
"Mengapa Yang Mahakuasa tidak mencadangkan masa penghukuman dan mereka yang mengenal Dia tidak melihat hari pengadilan-Nya?
2 while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
Ada orang yang menggeser batas tanah, yang merampas kawanan ternak, lalu menggembalakannya.
3 They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.
Keledai kepunyaan yatim piatu dilarikannya, dan lembu betina kepunyaan seorang janda diterimanya sebagai gadai,
4 They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
orang miskin didorongnya dari jalan, orang sengsara di dalam negeri terpaksa bersembunyi semuanya.
5 And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to [his] little ones.
Sesungguhnya, seperti keledai liar di padang gurun mereka keluar untuk bekerja mencari apa-apa di padang belantara sebagai makanan bagi anak-anak mereka.
6 They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
Di ladang mereka mengambil makanan hewan, dan kebun anggur, milik orang fasik, dipetiki buahnya yang ketinggalan.
7 They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.
Dengan telanjang mereka bermalam, karena tidak ada pakaian, dan mereka tidak mempunyai selimut pada waktu dingin;
8 They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.
oleh hujan lebat di pegunungan mereka basah kuyup, dan karena tidak ada tempat berlindung, mereka mengimpitkan badannya pada gunung batu.
9 They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.
Ada yang merebut anak piatu dari susu ibunya dan menerima bayi orang miskin sebagai gadai.
10 And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.
Dengan telanjang mereka berkeliaran, karena tidak ada pakaian, dan dengan kelaparan mereka memikul berkas-berkas gandum;
11 They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.
di antara dua petak kebun mereka membuat minyak, mereka menginjak-injak tempat pengirikan sambil kehausan.
12 Who have cast forth [the] poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.
Dari dalam kota terdengar rintihan orang-orang yang hampir mati dan jeritan orang-orang yang menderita luka, tetapi Allah tidak mengindahkan doa mereka.
13 Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?
Ada lagi golongan yang memusuhi terang, yang tidak mengenal jalannya dan tidak tetap tinggal pada lintasannya.
14 But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:
Pada parak siang bersiaplah si pembunuh, orang sengsara dan miskin dibunuhnya, dan waktu malam ia berlaku seperti pencuri.
15 and the eye of the adulterer has watched [for] the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.
Orang yang berzinah menunggu senja, pikirnya: Jangan seorangpun melihat aku; lalu dikenakannya tudung muka.
16 In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.
Di dalam gelap mereka membongkar rumah, pada siang hari mereka bersembunyi; mereka tidak kenal terang,
17 For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death, for [each] will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.
karena kegelapan adalah pagi hari bagi mereka sekalian, dan mereka sudah biasa dengan kedahsyatan kegelapan.
18 He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.
Mereka hanyut di permukaan air, bagian mereka terkutuk di bumi; mereka tidak lagi pergi ke kebun anggur mereka.
19 [Let them be] withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless. (Sheol h7585)
Air salju dihabiskan oleh kemarau dan panas, demikian juga dilakukan dunia orang mati terhadap mereka yang berbuat dosa. (Sheol h7585)
20 Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapor of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.
Rahim ibu melupakan dia, berenga mengerumitnya, ia tidak diingat lagi: kecurangan dipatahkan seperti pohon kayu.
21 For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
Ia menjarahi perempuan mandul, yang tidak beranak, dan tidak berbuat baik terhadap seorang janda,
22 And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, [a man] will not feel secure of his own life.
bahkan menyeret orang-orang perkasa dengan kekuatannya; ia bangun kembali, tetapi hidupnya tidak terjamin.
23 When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.
Allah memberinya keamanan yang menjadi sandarannya, dan mengawasi jalan-jalannya.
24 For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
Hanya sebentar mereka meninggikan diri, lalu tidak ada lagi; mereka luruh, lalu menjadi lisut seperti segala sesuatu, mereka dikerat seperti hulu tangkai gandum.
25 But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?
Jikalau tidak demikian halnya, siapa berani menyanggah aku dan meniadakan perkataanku?"
