Ayub 19
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Mengapa aku terus kamu kecam, dan kamu siksa dengan perkataan?
Then Job answered,
“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?
3 Berkali-kali kamu menghina aku, dan kamu aniaya aku tanpa rasa malu.
You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.
4 Seandainya salah perbuatanku, itu tidak merugikan kamu.
If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
5 Kamu pikir dirimu lebih baik daripadaku; susahku kamu anggap bukti kesalahanku.
If indeed you 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 surrounded 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 so that I can’t 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. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.
11 Murka Allah kepadaku menyala-nyala; aku dianggap-Nya sebagai musuh-Nya.
He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
12 Pasukan-Nya menyerbu tanpa dapat dibendung; jalanku dihalangi, dan kemahku dikepung.
His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.
13 Sanak saudaraku dijauhkan-Nya daripadaku; aku menjadi orang asing bagi semua kenalanku.
“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
14 Kaum kerabatku semua menjauhkan diri; teman-temanku tak ingat kepadaku lagi.
My relatives have gone away. 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 consider me 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 beg him with my mouth.
17 Istriku muak mencium bau napasku, saudara kandungku tak sudi mendekatiku.
My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children 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. They whom I loved have turned against me.
20 Tubuhku tinggal kulit pembalut tulang; hampir saja aku mati dan nyawaku melayang.
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 Hai kawan-kawanku, kasihanilah aku, sebab tangan Allah memukul aku.
“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you 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 you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Ah, kiranya kata-kataku dicatat, sehingga akan selalu diingat;
“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 kiranya dengan besi dipahat pada batu, supaya bertahan sepanjang waktu.
That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
25 Aku tahu bahwa di surga ada Pembelaku; akhirnya Ia akan datang menolong aku.
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
26 Meskipun kulitku luka-luka dan pecah, tapi selama aku bertubuh, akan kupandang Allah.
After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,
27 Dengan mataku sendiri Dia akan kulihat, dan bagiku Dia menjadi sahabat. Hatiku hancur sebab kamu berkata,
whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.
28 'Bagaimana caranya kita mendakwanya?' Kamu mencari alasan untuk membuat perkara.
If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because 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 afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”
