Job 8
1 Then Bildad, from [the] Shuah [area], spoke to Job. He said,
Maka berbicaralah Bildad, orang Suah:
2 “Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is [only] hot air.
"Berapa lamakah lagi engkau akan berbicara begitu, dan perkataan mulutmu seperti angin yang menderu?
3 Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
Masakan Allah membengkokkan keadilan? Masakan Yang Mahakuasa membengkokkan kebenaran?
4 So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done.
Jikalau anak-anakmu telah berbuat dosa terhadap Dia, maka Ia telah membiarkan mereka dikuasai oleh pelanggaran mereka.
5 But, if you will [now] earnestly request [DOU] Almighty [God] to help you,
Tetapi engkau, kalau engkau mencari Allah, dan memohon belas kasihan dari Yang Mahakuasa,
6 and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper.
kalau engkau bersih dan jujur, maka tentu Ia akan bangkit demi engkau dan Ia akan memulihkan rumah yang adalah hakmu.
7 And even though you [think that you] were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy.
Maka kedudukanmu yang dahulu akan kelihatan hina, tetapi kedudukanmu yang kemudian akan menjadi sangat mulia.
8 “I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out.
Bertanya-tanyalah tentang orang-orang zaman dahulu, dan perhatikanlah apa yang diselidiki para nenek moyang.
9 [It seems as though] we were born only yesterday and we know very little [HYP]; our time here on the earth [disappears quickly, like] a shadow [MET].
Sebab kita, anak-anak kemarin, tidak mengetahui apa-apa; karena hari-hari kita seperti bayang-bayang di bumi.
10 So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned!
Bukankah mereka yang harus mengajari engkau dan yang harus berbicara kepadamu, dan melahirkan kata-kata dari akal budi mereka?
11 Papyrus can certainly not [RHQ] grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot [RHQ] flourish/grow where there is no water.
Dapatkah pandan bertumbuh tinggi, kalau tidak di rawa, atau mensiang bertumbuh subur, kalau tidak di air?
12 [If they do not have enough water], while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither.
Sementara dalam pertumbuhan, sebelum waktunya disabit, layulah ia lebih dahulu dari pada rumput lain.
13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those [reeds]; godless people stop confidently expecting [that good things will happen to them].
Demikianlah pengalaman semua orang yang melupakan Allah; maka lenyaplah harapan orang fasik,
14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust [will help them] are [as fragile as] [MET] a spider’s web.
yang andalannya seperti benang laba-laba, kepercayaannya seperti sarang laba-laba.
15 If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not (endure/protect them) [LIT]; they cling to things [to be protected], but those things do not remain firm.
Ia bersandar pada rumahnya, tetapi rumahnya itu tidak tetap tegak, ia menjadikannya tempat berpegang, tetapi rumah itu tidak tahan.
16 Godless people [are like plants] [MET] that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens.
Ia seperti tumbuh-tumbuhan yang masih segar di panas matahari, sulurnya menjulur di seluruh taman.
17 The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
Akar-akarnya membelit timbunan batu, menyusup ke dalam sela-sela batu itu.
18 But if those plants are pulled out, [it is as though] the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ [And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says].
Tetapi bila ia dicabut dari tempatnya, maka tempatnya itu tidak mengakuinya lagi, katanya: Belum pernah aku melihat engkau!
19 Truly, evil people [MET] are not joyful [IRO] for a long time; other people come and take their places.
Demikianlah kesukaan hidupnya, dan tumbuh-tumbuhan lain timbul dari tanah.
20 :So, [I tell you, Job], God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help [IDM] evil people.
Ketahuilah, Allah tidak menolak orang yang saleh, dan Ia tidak memegang tangan orang yang berbuat jahat.
21 He will enable you [MTY] to continually laugh and to always shout [joyfully].
Ia masih akan membuat mulutmu tertawa dan bibirmu bersorak-sorak.
22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
Pembencimu akan terselubung dengan malu, dan kemah orang fasik akan tidak ada lagi."
