Ayub 16
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
But Job answered and said:
Of such things as these I have heard enough! Miserable comforters are ye all!
3 Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
Will there ever be an end to words of wind? What stirreth thee up, that thou answerest?
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 might speak like you, If ye were now in my place; I might string together words against you, And shake my head at you.
5 Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the consolation of my lips should sustain you.
6 Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
If I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And if I forbear, it doth not leave me.
7 Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
For now He hath quite exhausted me; Thou hast desolated all my house!
8 Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
Thou hast seized hold of me, and this is a witness against me; My leanness riseth up and testifieth against me to my face.
9 Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
His anger teareth my flesh, and pursueth me; He gnasheth upon me with his teeth; My adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
They gape for me with their mouths; In scorn they smite me on the cheek; With one consent they assemble against me.
11 Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
God hath given me a prey to the unrighteous, And delivered me into 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 was at ease, but he hath crushed me; He hath seized me by the neck, and dashed me in pieces; He hath set me up for his mark.
13 Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
His archers encompass me around; He pierceth my reins, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He rusheth upon me like a warrior.
15 Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And thrust my horn into the dust.
16 Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
My face is red with weeping, And upon my eyelids is deathlike darkness.
17 Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
Yet is there no injustice in my bands. And my prayer hath been pure.
18 Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
O earth! cover not thou my blood, And let there be no hiding-place for my cry!
19 Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
Yet even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he who knoweth me is on high.
20 Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
My friends have me in derision, But my eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
O that one might contend for a man with God, As a man contendeth with his neighbor!
22 Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
For when a few years shall have passed, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
