Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.
4 I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Maka kepada-Nya perkaraku ini kuhadapkan, dari mulutku berderai kata-kata pembelaan.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
Aku ingin tahu apa yang akan Ia katakan, dan bagaimana Ia memberi jawaban.
6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
Apakah Ia akan melancarkan kuasa-Nya kepadaku? Tidak! Ia pasti akan mendengarkan kata-kataku.
7 There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
8 See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.
9 To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Namun Dia tahu segala jalanku juga setiap langkahku. Kalau seperti emas aku diuji, akan terbukti bahwa hatiku murni.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
13 But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.
14 For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
15 Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
16 For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
Yang Mahakuasa menghancurkan segala keberanianku. Aku takut karena Allah, dan bukan karena gelap gulita, meskipun kegelapan itu mengelilingi aku, dan menutupi wajahku.
17 I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
