Job 5
1 “Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
Berserulah--adakah orang yang menjawab engkau? Dan kepada siapa di antara orang-orang yang kudus engkau akan berpaling?
2 Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
Sesungguhnya, orang bodoh dibunuh oleh sakit hati, dan orang bebal dimatikan oleh iri hati.
3 I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
Aku sendiri pernah melihat orang bodoh berakar, tetapi serta-merta kukutuki tempat kediamannya.
4 Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
Anak-anaknya selalu tidak tertolong, mereka diinjak-injak di pintu gerbang tanpa ada orang yang melepaskannya.
5 Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
Apa yang dituainya, dimakan habis oleh orang yang lapar, bahkan dirampas dari tengah-tengah duri, dan orang-orang yang dahaga mengingini kekayaannya.
6 But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
Karena bukan dari debu terbit bencana dan bukan dari tanah tumbuh kesusahan;
7 People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
melainkan manusia menimbulkan kesusahan bagi dirinya, seperti bunga api berjolak tinggi.
8 [“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
Tetapi aku, tentu aku akan mencari Allah, dan kepada Allah aku akan mengadukan perkaraku.
9 He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
Ia melakukan perbuatan-perbuatan yang besar dan yang tak terduga, serta keajaiban-keajaiban yang tak terbilang banyaknya;
10 He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
Ia memberi hujan ke atas muka bumi dan menjatuhkan air ke atas ladang;
11 He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
Ia menempatkan orang yang hina pada derajat yang tinggi dan orang yang berdukacita mendapat pertolongan yang kuat;
12 He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
Ia menggagalkan rancangan orang cerdik, sehingga usaha tangan mereka tidak berhasil;
13 He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
Ia menangkap orang berhikmat dalam kecerdikannya sendiri, sehingga rancangan orang yang belat-belit digagalkan.
14 [It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
Pada siang hari mereka tertimpa gelap, dan pada tengah hari mereka meraba-raba seperti pada waktu malam.
15 But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
Tetapi Ia menyelamatkan orang-orang miskin dari kedahsyatan mulut mereka, dan dari tangan orang yang kuat.
16 So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
Demikianlah ada harapan bagi orang kecil, dan kecurangan tutup mulut.
17 “But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
Sesungguhnya, berbahagialah manusia yang ditegur Allah; sebab itu janganlah engkau menolak didikan Yang Mahakuasa.
18 He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
Karena Dialah yang melukai, tetapi juga yang membebat; Dia yang memukuli, tetapi yang tangan-Nya menyembuhkan pula.
19 He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
Dari enam macam kesesakan engkau diluputkan-Nya dan dalam tujuh macam engkau tidak kena malapetaka.
20 When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
Pada masa kelaparan engkau dibebaskan-Nya dari maut, dan pada masa perang dari kuasa pedang.
21 God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
Dari cemeti lidah engkau terlindung, dan engkau tidak usah takut, bila kemusnahan datang.
22 You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
Kemusnahan dan kelaparan akan kautertawakan dan binatang liar tidak akan kautakuti.
23 You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
Karena antara engkau dan batu-batu di padang akan ada perjanjian, dan binatang liar akan berdamai dengan engkau.
24 In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
Engkau akan mengalami, bahwa kemahmu aman dan apabila engkau memeriksa tempat kediamanmu, engkau tidak akan kehilangan apa-apa.
25 You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
Engkau akan mengalami, bahwa keturunanmu menjadi banyak dan bahwa anak cucumu seperti rumput di tanah.
26 You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
Dalam usia tinggi engkau akan turun ke dalam kubur, seperti berkas gandum dibawa masuk pada waktunya.
27 [“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
Sesungguhnya, semuanya itu telah kami selidiki, memang demikianlah adanya; dengarkanlah dan camkanlah itu!"
