Ayub 16
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
And Job answers and says:
“I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters [are] you all.
3 Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
Is there an end to words of wind? Or what emboldens you that you answer?
4 Seandainya kamu ini aku, dan aku kamu, aku pun dapat bicara sama seperti itu. Kubanjiri kamu dengan penuturan; kepalaku akan kugeleng-gelengkan.
I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul’s stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.
5 Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.
6 Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease—what goes from me?
7 Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
Only, now, it has wearied me; You have desolated all my company,
8 Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
And You loathe me, For it has been a witness, And my failure rises up against me, It testifies in my face.
9 Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
His anger has torn, and He hates me, He has gnashed at me with His teeth, My adversary sharpens His eyes for me.
10 Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have struck my cheeks, Together they set themselves against me.
11 Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
God shuts me up to the perverse, And turns me over to the hands 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 have been at ease, and He breaks me, And He has laid hold on my neck, And He breaks me in pieces, And He raises me to Him for a mark.
13 Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
His archers go around against me. He split my reins, and does not spare, He pours out my gall to the earth.
14 Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
He breaks me—breach on breach, He runs on me as a mighty one.
15 Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, And have rolled my horn in the dust.
16 Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
My face is foul with weeping, And on my eyelids [is] death-shade.
17 Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.
18 Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
O earth, do not cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
19 Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
Also, now, behold, my witness [is] in the heavens, And my testifier in the high places.
20 Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
My interpreter [is] my friend, My eye has dropped to God;
21 Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
And He reasons for a man with God, As a son of man for his friend.
22 Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
When a few years come, Then I go [on] the path of no return.”
