< Job 21 >

1 Then Job answered and said,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab:
2 “Listen carefully to my words, and let this be the comfort you offer to me.
"Dengarkanlah baik-baik perkataanku dan biarlah itu menjadi penghiburanmu.
3 Put up with me, and I also will speak; after I have spoken, mock on.
Bersabarlah dengan aku, aku akan berbicara; sehabis bicaraku bolehlah kamu mengejek.
4 As for me, is my complaint to a person? Why should I not be impatient?
Kepada manusiakah keluhanku tertuju? Mengapa aku tidak boleh kesal hati?
5 Look at me and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Berpalinglah kepadaku, maka kamu akan tercengang, dan menutup mulutmu dengan tangan!
6 When I think about my sufferings, I am terrified, and trembling seizes my body.
Kalau aku memikirkannya, aku menjadi takut, dan gemetarlah tubuhku.
7 Why do wicked people continue to live, become old, and grow mighty in power?
Mengapa orang fasik tetap hidup, menjadi tua, bahkan menjadi bertambah-tambah kuat?
8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring are established before their eyes.
Keturunan mereka tetap bersama mereka, dan anak cucu diperhatikan mereka.
9 Their houses are safe from fear; neither is the rod of God on them.
Rumah-rumah mereka aman, tak ada ketakutan, pentung Allah tidak menimpa mereka.
10 Their bull breeds; it does not fail to do so; their cow gives birth and does not lose her calf prematurely.
Lembu jantan mereka memacek dan tidak gagal, lembu betina mereka beranak dan tidak keguguran.
11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Kanak-kanak mereka dibiarkan keluar seperti kambing domba, anak-anak mereka melompat-lompat.
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp and rejoice with the music of the flute.
Mereka bernyanyi-nyanyi dengan iringan rebana dan kecapi, dan bersukaria menurut lagu seruling.
13 They spend their days in prosperity, and they go down quietly to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Mereka menghabiskan hari-hari mereka dalam kemujuran, dan dengan tenang mereka turun ke dalam dunia orang mati. (Sheol h7585)
14 They say to God, 'Depart from us for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways.
Tetapi kata mereka kepada Allah: Pergilah dari kami! Kami tidak suka mengetahui jalan-jalan-Mu.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should worship him? What advantage would we get if we prayed to him?'
Yang Mahakuasa itu apa, sehingga kami harus beribadah kepada-Nya, dan apa manfaatnya bagi kami, kalau kami memohon kepada-Nya?
16 See, is not their prosperity in their own hands? I have nothing to do with the advice of wicked people.
Memang, kemujuran mereka tidak terletak dalam kuasa mereka sendiri! Rancangan orang fasik adalah jauh dari padaku.
17 How often is it that the lamp of wicked people is put out, or that their calamity comes upon them? How often does it happen that God distributes sorrows to them in his anger?
Betapa sering pelita orang fasik dipadamkan, kebinasaan menimpa mereka, dan kesakitan dibagikan Allah kepada mereka dalam murka-Nya!
18 How often is it that they become like stubble before the wind or like chaff that the storm carries away?
Mereka menjadi seperti jerami di depan angin, seperti sekam yang diterbangkan badai.
19 You say, 'God lays up one's guilt for his children to pay.' Let him pay it himself, so that he might know his guilt.
Bencana untuk dia disimpan Allah bagi anak-anaknya. Sebaiknya, orang itu sendiri diganjar Allah, supaya sadar;
20 Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
sebaiknya matanya sendiri melihat kebinasaannya, dan ia sendiri minum dari murka Yang Mahakuasa!
21 For what does he care about his family after him when the number of his months is cut off?
Karena peduli apa ia dengan keluarganya sesudah ia mati, bila telah habis jumlah bulannya?
22 Can anyone teach God knowledge since he judges even those who are high?
Masakan kepada Allah diajarkan orang pengetahuan, kepada Dia yang mengadili mereka yang di tempat tinggi?
23 One man dies in his full strength, being completely quiet and at ease.
Yang seorang mati dengan masih penuh tenaga, dengan sangat tenang dan sentosa;
24 His body is full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moist.
pinggangnya gemuk oleh lemak, dan sumsum tulang-tulangnya masih segar.
25 Another man dies in bitterness of soul, one who has never experienced anything good.
Yang lain mati dengan sakit hati, dengan tidak pernah merasakan kenikmatan.
26 They lie down alike in the dust; the worms cover them both.
Tetapi sama-sama mereka terbaring di dalam debu, dan berenga-berenga berkeriapan di atas mereka.
27 See, I know your thoughts, and the ways in which you wish to wrong me.
Sesungguhnya, aku mengetahui pikiranmu, dan muslihat yang kamu rancangkan terhadap aku.
28 For you say, 'Where now is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked man once lived?'
Katamu: Di mana rumah penguasa? Di mana kemah tempat kediaman orang-orang fasik?
29 Have you never asked traveling people? Do you not know the evidence they can tell,
Belum pernahkah kamu bertanya-tanya kepada orang-orang yang lewat di jalan? Dapatkah kamu menyangkal petunjuk-petunjuk mereka,
30 that the wicked man is kept from the day of calamity, and that he is led away from the day of wrath?
bahwa orang jahat terlindung pada hari kebinasaan, dan diselamatkan pada hari murka Allah?
31 Who will condemn the wicked man's way to his face? Who will repay him for what he has done?
Siapa yang akan langsung menggugat kelakuannya, dan mengganjar perbuatannya?
32 Yet he will be borne to the grave; men will keep watch over his tomb.
Dialah yang dibawa ke kuburan, dan jiratnya dirawat orang.
33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him; all people will follow after him, as there were innumerable people before him.
Dengan nyaman ia ditutupi oleh gumpalan-gumpalan tanah di lembah; setiap orang mengikuti dia, dan yang mendahului dia tidak terbilang banyaknya.
34 How then do you comfort me with nonsense, since in your answers there is nothing but falsehood?”
Alangkah hampanya penghiburanmu bagiku! Semua jawabanmu hanyalah tipu daya belaka!"

< Job 21 >