< Job 23 >
1 Then Job replied again,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab:
2 “Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).
"Sekarang ini keluh kesahku menjadi pemberontakan, tangan-Nya menekan aku, sehingga aku mengaduh.
3 I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.
Ah, semoga aku tahu mendapatkan Dia, dan boleh datang ke tempat Ia bersemayam.
4 If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).
Maka akan kupaparkan perkaraku di hadapan-Nya, dan kupenuhi mulutku dengan kata-kata pembelaan.
5 Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].
Maka aku akan mengetahui jawaban-jawaban yang diberikan-Nya kepadaku dan aku akan mengerti, apa yang difirmankan-Nya kepadaku.
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.
Sudikah Ia mengadakan perkara dengan aku dalam kemahakuasaan-Nya? Tidak, Ia akan menaruh perhatian kepadaku.
7 I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.
Orang jujurlah yang akan membela diri di hadapan-Nya, dan aku akan bebas dari Hakimku untuk selama-lamanya.
8 “But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.
Sesungguhnya, kalau aku berjalan ke timur, Ia tidak di sana; atau ke barat, tidak kudapati Dia;
9 I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.
di utara kucari Dia, Ia tidak tampak, aku berpaling ke selatan, aku tidak melihat Dia.
10 But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].
Karena Ia tahu jalan hidupku; seandainya Ia menguji aku, aku akan timbul seperti emas.
11 I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.
Kakiku tetap mengikuti jejak-Nya, aku menuruti jalan-Nya dan tidak menyimpang.
12 I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
Perintah dari bibir-Nya tidak kulanggar, dalam sanubariku kusimpan ucapan mulut-Nya.
13 “He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
Tetapi Ia tidak pernah berubah--siapa dapat menghalangi Dia? Apa yang dikehendaki-Nya, dilaksanakan-Nya juga.
14 And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.
Karena Ia akan menyelesaikan apa yang ditetapkan atasku, dan banyak lagi hal yang serupa itu dimaksudkan-Nya.
15 So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].
Itulah sebabnya hatiku gemetar menghadapi Dia, kalau semuanya itu kubayangkan, maka aku ketakutan terhadap Dia.
16 Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].
Allah telah membuat aku putus asa, Yang Mahakuasa telah membuat hatiku gemetar;
17 [It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”
sebab bukan karena kegelapan aku binasa, dan bukan juga karena mukaku ditutupi gelap gulita."