Job 39
1 “[Job], do you know at what time/season [of the year] the female mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the wild deer while their fawns were being born?
Apakah engkau mengetahui waktunya kambing gunung beranak, atau mengamat-amati rusa waktu sakit beranak?
2 Do you know how many months pass from the time they become pregnant until their fawns are born?
Dapatkah engkau menghitung berapa lamanya sampai genap bulannya, dan mengetahui waktunya beranak?
3 [When they give birth, ] they crouch down so that the fawns do not [get hurt by] falling to the ground when they are born.
Dengan membungkukkan diri mereka melahirkan anak-anaknya, dan mengeluarkan isi kandungannya.
4 The young fawns grow up in the open fields, and then they leave their mothers and do not return to them again.
Anak-anaknya menjadi kuat dan besar di padang, mereka pergi dan tidak kembali lagi kepada induknya.
5 “Who allows the wild donkeys to go wherever they want [DOU]?
Siapakah yang mengumbar keledai liar, atau siapakah yang membuka tali tambatan keledai jalang?
6 I am the one who put them in the desert, in places where grass does not grow.
Kepadanya telah Kuberikan tanah dataran sebagai tempat kediamannya dan padang masin sebagai tempat tinggalnya.
7 They do not like the noise in the cities; [in the desert] they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work.
Ia menertawakan keramaian kota, tidak mendengarkan teriak si penggiring;
8 They go to the hills to find food; there they search for grass to eat.
ia menjelajah gunung-gunung padang rumputnya, dan mencari apa saja yang hijau.
9 :Will a wild ox agree to work for you? Will it allow you to keep it penned up at night in the place where you put feed for your animals?
Apakah lembu hutan mau takluk kepadamu, atau bermalam dekat palunganmu?
10 And can you fasten it with a rope so that it will plow furrows/trenches in your fields?
Dapatkah engkau memaksa lembu hutan mengikuti alur bajak dengan keluan, atau apakah ia akan menyisir tanah lembah mengikuti engkau?
11 Since it is very strong, can you trust it to work for you? Can you go away after you tell it what work it should do [and assume that it will do that work]?
Percayakah engkau kepadanya, karena kekuatannya sangat besar? Atau kauserahkankah kepadanya pekerjaanmu yang berat?
12 Can you rely on it to come back [from the field], bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it?
Apakah engkau menaruh kepercayaan kepadanya, bahwa ia akan membawa pulang hasil tanahmu, dan mengumpulkannya di tempat pengirikanmu?
13 “[Think also about] the ostriches. [They] joyfully flap their wings, but they do not have wing feathers [that enable them to fly] like storks do.
Dengan riang sayap burung unta berkepak-kepak, tetapi apakah kepak dan bulu itu menaruh kasih sayang?
14 Ostriches lay their eggs on top of the ground [and then walk away], leaving the eggs to be warmed in the sand.
Sebab telurnya ditinggalkannya di tanah, dan dibiarkannya menjadi panas di dalam pasir,
15 Ostriches do not worry that some wild animal may step on the eggs and crush them [DOU].
tetapi lupa, bahwa telur itu dapat terpijak kaki, dan diinjak-injak oleh binatang-binatang liar.
16 Ostriches act cruelly towards their chicks; they act as though the chicks belonged to some other ostrich. They are not concerned if [their chicks die], [and so] the laying of the eggs was in vain.
Ia memperlakukan anak-anaknya dengan keras seolah-olah bukan anaknya sendiri; ia tidak peduli, kalau jerih payahnya sia-sia,
17 That is because I did not allow ostriches to be wise. I did not enable them to be intelligent.
karena Allah tidak memberikannya hikmat, dan tidak membagikan pengertian kepadanya.
18 But, when they get up and begin to run, they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders [because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches!]
Apabila ia dengan megah mengepakkan sayapnya, maka ia menertawakan kuda dan penunggangnya.
19 And [think about] horses. [Job], are you the one who caused horses to be strong? Are you the one who put flowing (manes/long hair) on their necks?
Engkaukah yang memberi tenaga kepada kuda? Engkaukah yang mengenakan surai pada tengkuknya?
20 Are you the one who enabled them to leap forward like locusts? When they (snort/blow loudly through their noses), they cause people to be afraid.
Engkaukah yang membuat dia melompat seperti belalang? Ringkiknya yang dahsyat mengerikan.
21 They paw the ground, rejoicing about being very strong, as they prepare to rush into a battle.
Ia menggaruk tanah lembah dengan gembira, dengan kekuatan ia maju menghadapi senjata.
22 [It is as if] they laugh at the thought of being afraid. They are not afraid of anything! They do not run away when [the soldiers in the battle are fighting each other with] swords.
Kedahsyatan ditertawakannya, ia tidak pernah kecut hati, dan ia pantang mundur menghadapi pedang.
23 The quivers containing the riders’ arrows rattle against the horses’ sides, and the spears and javelins flash [in the light of the sun].
Di atas dia tabung panah gemerencing, tombak dan lembing gemerlapan;
24 The horses paw the ground fiercely/excitedly, [wanting the battle to begin, ] and they rush into the battle when the trumpet is blown.
dengan garang dan galak dilulurnya tanah, dan ia meronta-ronta kalau kedengaran bunyi sangkakala;
25 They neigh [joyfully] when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands [to their soldiers].
ia meringkik setiap kali sangkakala ditiup; dan dari jauh sudah diciumnya perang, gertak para panglima dan pekik.
26 “[And think about big birds.] Are you the one who enabled hawks to spread their wings and fly to the south [for the winter]?
Oleh pengertianmukah burung elang terbang, mengembangkan sayapnya menuju ke selatan?
27 Do eagles fly high up [into the cliffs] to make their nests because you commanded them to do that?
Atas perintahmukah rajawali terbang membubung, dan membuat sarangnya di tempat yang tinggi?
28 They live in [holes in] those cliffs. They are safe in those high pointed rocks [because no animals can reach them there].
Ia diam dan bersarang di bukit batu, di puncak bukit batu dan di gunung yang sulit didatangi.
29 As they watch carefully from there, they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals).
Dari sana ia mengintai mencari mangsa, dari jauh matanya mengamat-amati;
30 After an eagle kills an animal, the baby eagles drink the blood of that animal.”
anak-anaknya menghirup darah, dan di mana ada yang tewas, di situlah dia."
