Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
"Sekarang ini keluh kesahku menjadi pemberontakan, tangan-Nya menekan aku, sehingga aku mengaduh.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
Ah, semoga aku tahu mendapatkan Dia, dan boleh datang ke tempat Ia bersemayam.
4 I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Maka akan kupaparkan perkaraku di hadapan-Nya, dan kupenuhi mulutku dengan kata-kata pembelaan.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
Maka aku akan mengetahui jawaban-jawaban yang diberikan-Nya kepadaku dan aku akan mengerti, apa yang difirmankan-Nya kepadaku.
6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
Sudikah Ia mengadakan perkara dengan aku dalam kemahakuasaan-Nya? Tidak, Ia akan menaruh perhatian kepadaku.
7 There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Orang jujurlah yang akan membela diri di hadapan-Nya, dan aku akan bebas dari Hakimku untuk selama-lamanya.
8 See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
Sesungguhnya, kalau aku berjalan ke timur, Ia tidak di sana; atau ke barat, tidak kudapati 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.
di utara kucari Dia, Ia tidak tampak, aku berpaling ke selatan, aku tidak melihat Dia.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Karena Ia tahu jalan hidupku; seandainya Ia menguji aku, aku akan timbul seperti emas.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
Kakiku tetap mengikuti jejak-Nya, aku menuruti jalan-Nya dan tidak menyimpang.
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 dari bibir-Nya tidak kulanggar, dalam sanubariku kusimpan ucapan mulut-Nya.
13 But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
Tetapi Ia tidak pernah berubah--siapa dapat menghalangi Dia? Apa yang dikehendaki-Nya, dilaksanakan-Nya juga.
14 For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
Karena Ia akan menyelesaikan apa yang ditetapkan atasku, dan banyak lagi hal yang serupa itu dimaksudkan-Nya.
15 Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
Itulah sebabnya hatiku gemetar menghadapi Dia, kalau semuanya itu kubayangkan, maka aku ketakutan terhadap Dia.
16 For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
Allah telah membuat aku putus asa, Yang Mahakuasa telah membuat hatiku gemetar;
17 I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
sebab bukan karena kegelapan aku binasa, dan bukan juga karena mukaku ditutupi gelap gulita."
