Ayub 19
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Mengapa aku terus kamu kecam, dan kamu siksa dengan perkataan?
Job replied,
“How long will you go on tormenting me? How long will you go on crushing me with words?
3 Berkali-kali kamu menghina aku, dan kamu aniaya aku tanpa rasa malu.
Ten times already you have humiliated me. Aren't you ashamed for treating me so badly?
4 Seandainya salah perbuatanku, itu tidak merugikan kamu.
Even if I did sin, that's my problem, and has nothing to do with you.
5 Kamu pikir dirimu lebih baik daripadaku; susahku kamu anggap bukti kesalahanku.
You think you're so much better than me, and you use my degradation against me.
6 Ketahuilah bahwa aku sedang disiksa Allah, dan ditangkap dalam perangkap-Nya.
But you should realize that it's God who has wronged me, he has trapped me in 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.
Even though I cry for help, I get no answer; even though I shout my objections, I get no justice.
8 Allah menutup jalanku, aku tak dapat lewat, lorong-lorongku dibuat-Nya gelap pekat.
God has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.
9 Ia merampas hartaku semua, dan nama baikku dirusakkan-Nya.
He has stripped my honor from me; he has taken away my reputation.
10 Ia menghantam aku dari segala jurusan, seperti orang mencabut akar dari tanaman, lalu membiarkannya merana dan layu, begitulah direnggut-Nya segala harapanku.
He tears me down from all sides until I am finished; he has destroyed my hope like a tree that is uprooted.
11 Murka Allah kepadaku menyala-nyala; aku dianggap-Nya sebagai musuh-Nya.
His anger burns against me; he treats me as one of his enemies.
12 Pasukan-Nya menyerbu tanpa dapat dibendung; jalanku dihalangi, dan kemahku dikepung.
God's troops assemble to attack me. They build ramparts against me. They encircle and besiege my home.
13 Sanak saudaraku dijauhkan-Nya daripadaku; aku menjadi orang asing bagi semua kenalanku.
He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
14 Kaum kerabatku semua menjauhkan diri; teman-temanku tak ingat kepadaku lagi.
My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.
15 Hamba perempuanku lupa siapa aku, tuan mereka; dianggapnya aku orang yang belum dikenalnya.
My house guests and my maidservants treat me as a stranger—to them I have become a foreigner.
16 Kupanggil hambaku, tapi ia tak menyahut, meskipun kubujuk dia dengan lembut.
I call my servant, but he doesn't reply. I have to beg him!
17 Istriku muak mencium bau napasku, saudara kandungku tak sudi mendekatiku.
I am repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18 Aku dihina oleh anak-anak di jalan; jika aku berdiri, aku ditertawakan.
Even young children despise me; when I stand up they ridicule me.
19 Melihat aku, teman karibku merasa ngeri; aku ditinggalkan mereka yang kukasihi.
All my closest friends despise me, and those I loved have turned on me.
20 Tubuhku tinggal kulit pembalut tulang; hampir saja aku mati dan nyawaku melayang.
I've been reduced to skin and bones and I survive by the skin of my teeth.
21 Hai kawan-kawanku, kasihanilah aku, sebab tangan Allah memukul aku.
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, because God has struck me down!
22 Allah terus menekan aku; mengapa kamu tiru Dia? Belum puaskah kamu menyiksa?
Why are you persecuting me like God does? Aren't you satisfied with getting your pound of flesh?
23 Ah, kiranya kata-kataku dicatat, sehingga akan selalu diingat;
I wish my words could be written down, recorded in a book,
24 kiranya dengan besi dipahat pada batu, supaya bertahan sepanjang waktu.
or engraved with an iron pen and molten lead in the rock forever.
25 Aku tahu bahwa di surga ada Pembelaku; akhirnya Ia akan datang menolong aku.
I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.
26 Meskipun kulitku luka-luka dan pecah, tapi selama aku bertubuh, akan kupandang Allah.
Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.
27 Dengan mataku sendiri Dia akan kulihat, dan bagiku Dia menjadi sahabat. Hatiku hancur sebab kamu berkata,
I myself will see him—with my own eyes, and not those of someone else! The thought overcomes me!
28 'Bagaimana caranya kita mendakwanya?' Kamu mencari alasan untuk membuat perkara.
You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’
29 Tetapi, kini takutlah kepada pedang! Sebab Allah murka dan menghukum orang berdosa; maka tahulah kamu, bahwa ada Allah yang mengadili manusia."
You yourselves should fear being punished by God, for you know anger brings God's punishment that accompanies judgment.”
