Ayub 16
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
Then Job answered:
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
3 Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
4 Seandainya kamu ini aku, dan aku kamu, aku pun dapat bicara sama seperti itu. Kubanjiri kamu dengan penuturan; kepalaku akan kugeleng-gelengkan.
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
5 Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
6 Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
7 Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
8 Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
9 Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
10 Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
11 Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
12 Tadinya hidupku aman dan sentosa, tapi Allah menyerang aku dengan tiba-tiba. Tengkukku dicengkeram-Nya dan aku dicampakkan; dijadikan-Nya aku sasaran untuk latihan.
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
13 Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
15 Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
16 Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
17 Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
18 Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
19 Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
20 Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
21 Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
22 Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
