Ayub 19
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Mengapa aku terus kamu kecam, dan kamu siksa dengan perkataan?
Then Job answered, and said,
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 Berkali-kali kamu menghina aku, dan kamu aniaya aku tanpa rasa malu.
These ten times ye have reproached me. Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
4 Seandainya salah perbuatanku, itu tidak merugikan kamu.
And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
5 Kamu pikir dirimu lebih baik daripadaku; susahku kamu anggap bukti kesalahanku.
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,
6 Ketahuilah bahwa aku sedang disiksa Allah, dan ditangkap dalam perangkap-Nya.
know now that God has subverted me, and has encompassed me with his net.
7 Aku meronta karena kekejaman-Nya itu, tetapi tidak seorang pun yang memperhatikan aku. "Di mana keadilan," teriakku, tetapi tak ada yang mendengar aku.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8 Allah menutup jalanku, aku tak dapat lewat, lorong-lorongku dibuat-Nya gelap pekat.
He has walled up my way that I cannot pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
9 Ia merampas hartaku semua, dan nama baikku dirusakkan-Nya.
He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 Ia menghantam aku dari segala jurusan, seperti orang mencabut akar dari tanaman, lalu membiarkannya merana dan layu, begitulah direnggut-Nya segala harapanku.
He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. And he has plucked up my hope like a tree.
11 Murka Allah kepadaku menyala-nyala; aku dianggap-Nya sebagai musuh-Nya.
He has also kindled his wrath against me. And he considers me to him as his adversaries.
12 Pasukan-Nya menyerbu tanpa dapat dibendung; jalanku dihalangi, dan kemahku dikepung.
His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
13 Sanak saudaraku dijauhkan-Nya daripadaku; aku menjadi orang asing bagi semua kenalanku.
He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
14 Kaum kerabatku semua menjauhkan diri; teman-temanku tak ingat kepadaku lagi.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 Hamba perempuanku lupa siapa aku, tuan mereka; dianggapnya aku orang yang belum dikenalnya.
Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, reckon me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
16 Kupanggil hambaku, tapi ia tak menyahut, meskipun kubujuk dia dengan lembut.
I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I entreat him with my mouth.
17 Istriku muak mencium bau napasku, saudara kandungku tak sudi mendekatiku.
My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the sons of my own mother.
18 Aku dihina oleh anak-anak di jalan; jika aku berdiri, aku ditertawakan.
Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
19 Melihat aku, teman karibku merasa ngeri; aku ditinggalkan mereka yang kukasihi.
All my familiar friends abhor me, and those whom I loved are turned against me.
20 Tubuhku tinggal kulit pembalut tulang; hampir saja aku mati dan nyawaku melayang.
My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Hai kawan-kawanku, kasihanilah aku, sebab tangan Allah memukul aku.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
22 Allah terus menekan aku; mengapa kamu tiru Dia? Belum puaskah kamu menyiksa?
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Ah, kiranya kata-kataku dicatat, sehingga akan selalu diingat;
O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book,
24 kiranya dengan besi dipahat pada batu, supaya bertahan sepanjang waktu.
that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!
25 Aku tahu bahwa di surga ada Pembelaku; akhirnya Ia akan datang menolong aku.
But as for me I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand up upon the earth.
26 Meskipun kulitku luka-luka dan pecah, tapi selama aku bertubuh, akan kupandang Allah.
And after my skin, this body, is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,
27 Dengan mataku sendiri Dia akan kulihat, dan bagiku Dia menjadi sahabat. Hatiku hancur sebab kamu berkata,
whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
28 'Bagaimana caranya kita mendakwanya?' Kamu mencari alasan untuk membuat perkara.
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me,
29 Tetapi, kini takutlah kepada pedang! Sebab Allah murka dan menghukum orang berdosa; maka tahulah kamu, bahwa ada Allah yang mengadili manusia."
be ye afraid of the sword. For wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
