< Ayub 12 >
1 Ayub menjawab, "Memang, kamu ini mewakili umat manusia. Jika kamu mati, hikmat akan mati juga.
And he answered Job and he said.
Truly that you [are the] people and with you it will die wisdom.
3 Aku pun manusia yang berakal budi; semua yang kamu katakan itu sudah kumengerti. Lagipula, siapa yang tak tahu semua itu? Jadi, jangan sangka kamu melebihi aku!
Also [belongs] to me a heart - like you not [am] falling I more than you and with whom? [are] there not like these [things].
4 Aku ditertawakan teman dan sahabat, padahal aku ini benar dan tanpa cacat. Dahulu Allah menjawab doaku, bilamana aku berseru minta dibantu.
A laughingstock to friend his - I am [one who] called to God and he answered him [is] a laughingstock a righteous [person] a blameless [person].
5 Kamu menghina orang celaka, sedang hidupmu aman; orang yang hampir jatuh kamu beri pukulan.
[belongs] to Disaster contempt to [the] thought of [one] at ease a push [belongs] to [those who] are sliding of foot.
6 Tetapi hidup perampok tidak terancam; orang yang berani menentang Allah, hidup tentram. Padahal dewa yang menjadi andalan mereka, hanyalah kekuatan sendiri saja.
They are at peace [the] tents - of destroyers and securiti [belong] to provokers of God to [those] whom he has brought God in hand his.
7 Bertanyalah kepada burung dan binatang lainnya maka kamu akan diberi pengajaran oleh mereka.
And but ask please [the] animals so it may teach you and [the] bird[s] of the heavens so it may tell to you.
8 Mintalah keterangan kepada makhluk di bumi dan di lautan, maka kamu akan menerima penjelasan.
Or complain to the earth so it may teach you and they may recount to you [the] fish of the sea.
9 Siapa di antara semua itu tidak menyadari, bahwa pencipta mereka adalah Allah sendiri?
Who? not does it know among all these for [the] hand of Yahweh it has done this.
10 Dia mengatur hidup segala makhluk yang ada; Dia berkuasa atas nyawa setiap manusia.
[he] whom [is] in Hand his [the] life of every living [thing] and [the] breath of all flesh of humankind.
11 Seperti lidahku suka mengecap makanan yang nyaman, begitulah telingaku suka mendengar perkataan.
¿ Not an ear words does it test and a palate food it tastes itself.
12 Kabarnya, hikmat ada pada orang yang tinggi umurnya, tapi hikmat dan kekuatan ada pada Allah saja. Konon pengertian ada pada orang yang lanjut usia, namun pengertian dan wewenang ada pada Allah jua!
[is] with Aged [people] wisdom and [is with] length of days understanding.
[are] with Him wisdom and might [belong] to him counsel and understanding.
14 Apa yang dibongkar-Nya tak dapat dibangun lagi siapa yang ditawan-Nya tak dapat bebas kembali.
There! he tears down and not it will be rebuilt he shuts on a person and not it will be opened.
15 Ia membendung air, maka kering dan tandus semuanya; Ia melepaskannya mengalir, maka banjir melanda!
There! he holds back the waters so they may be dry and he lets loose them and they may devastate [the] earth.
16 Allah itu kuat, tangguh dan jaya! Si penipu dan yang tertipu ada di bawah kekuasaan-Nya.
[are] with Him strength and sound wisdom [belong] to him [one who] goes astray and [one who] leads astray.
17 Dicabut-Nya hikmat para penguasa pemerintahan, dan para pemimpin dijadikan-Nya bahan tertawaan.
[he is] leading away Counselors barefoot and judges he makes look foolish.
18 Digulingkan-Nya raja dan ditawan-Nya mereka;
[the] correction of Kings he loosens and he bound a loincloth on loins their.
19 direndahkan-Nya imam-imam dan para pemuka.
[he is] leading away Priests barefoot and [people] long established he overturns.
20 Dibungkam-Nya orang yang fasih bicara, dicabut-Nya hikmat orang-orang tua.
[he is] removing A lip of trusted [ones] and [the] discernment of elders he takes away.
21 Dipermalukan-Nya orang yang terkemuka; diambil-Nya kedaulatan mereka yang berkuasa.
[he is] pouring Contempt on noble [people] and [the] belt of strong people he loosens.
22 Diterangi-Nya tempat-tempat yang suram; disinari-Nya bayangan-bayangan hitam kelam.
[he is] revealing Unfathomable [things] from darkness and he brought out to the light deep darkness.
23 Bangsa-bangsa dibuat-Nya berkembang dan makmur, lalu dibinasakan-Nya mereka sampai hancur.
[he is] making great the Nations and he destroyed them [he is] spreading out the nations and he led them.
24 Dijadikan-Nya para pemimpin kebingungan, sehingga mereka mengembara tanpa tujuan.
[he is] removing [the] heart of [the] leaders of [the] people of The earth and he made wander them in a wasteland not a path.
25 Mereka meraba-raba di dalam kegelapan, dan terhuyung-huyung bagai orang mabuk minuman.
They grope darkness and not light and he made wander them like drunkard.