Ayub 21
1 Ayub menjawab, "Dengarkan apa yang akan kukatakan; hanya itu yang kuminta sebagai penghiburan.
Then Job answered:
“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
3 Izinkanlah aku ganti bicara, setelah itu boleh lagi kamu menghina!
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
4 Bukan dengan manusia aku bertengkar, jadi tak mengapalah jika aku kurang sabar.
Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
5 Pandanglah aku, maka kamu akan tercengang, kamu terpaku dan mulutmu bungkam.
Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6 Jika kupikirkan keadaanku ini gemetarlah aku karena ngeri.
When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
7 Mengapa orang jahat diberi umur panjang oleh Allah, dan harta mereka terus bertambah?
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
8 Mereka hidup cukup lama sehingga melihat anak cucu mereka menjadi dewasa.
Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Rumah tangga mereka aman sentosa; Allah tidak mendatangkan bencana atas mereka.
Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
10 Ternak mereka berkembang biak, dan tanpa kesulitan, beranak.
Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
11 Anak-anak orang jahat berlompatan dengan gembira, seperti domba muda yang bersukaria.
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
12 Diiringi bunyi rebana, seruling dan kecapi, mereka ramai bernyanyi dan menari-nari.
singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. (Sheol h7585)
14 Padahal mereka telah berkata kepada Allah, "Jauhilah kami dan pergilah! Kami tak peduli dan tak ingin mengerti maksud dan kehendak-Mu bagi hidup kami."
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
15 Pikir mereka, "Melayani Allah tak ada gunanya, dan berdoa kepada-Nya tiada manfaatnya.
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
16 Bukankah karena kekuatan kita saja, tercapailah segala maksud dan tujuan kita?" Akan tetapi aku sama sekali tidak setuju dengan jalan pikiran dan pendapat begitu.
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
17 Pernahkah pelita orang jahat dipadamkan, dan mereka ditimpa bencana dan kemalangan? Pernahkah Allah marah kepada mereka, sehingga mereka dihukum-Nya?
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
18 Pernahkah mereka seperti jerami dan debu yang ditiup oleh badai dan oleh angin lalu?
Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
19 Kamu berkata, "Anak dihukum Allah karena dosa ayahnya." Tapi kataku: Orang berdosa itulah yang harus dihukum Allah, agar mereka sadar bahwa karena dosa mereka, maka Allah mengirimkan hukuman-Nya.
It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
20 Biarlah orang berdosa menanggung dosanya sendiri, biarlah dirasakannya murka Allah Yang Mahatinggi.
Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
21 Jika manusia habis masanya di dunia, masih pedulikah ia entah keluarganya bahagia?
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
22 Dapatkah manusia mengajar Allah, sedangkan Allah sendiri yang menghakimi makhluk di surga?
Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
23 Ada orang yang sehat selama hidupnya; ia meninggal dengan puas dan lega. Matinya tenang dengan rasa bahagia, sedang tubuhnya masih penuh tenaga.
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
25 Tapi ada pula yang mati penuh kepahitan, tanpa pernah mengenyam kebahagiaan.
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
26 Namun di kuburan, mereka sama-sama terbaring; dikerumuni oleh ulat dan cacing.
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27 Memang aku tahu apa yang kamu pikirkan dan segala kejahatan yang kamu rancangkan.
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 Tanyamu, "Di mana rumah penguasa yang melakukan perbuatan durhaka?"
For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
29 Belumkah kamu menanyai orang yang banyak bepergian? Tidak percayakah kamu berita yang mereka laporkan?
Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
30 Kata mereka, "Pada hari Allah memberi hukuman, para penjahat akan diselamatkan."
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
31 Tak ada yang menggugat kelakuannya; tak ada yang membalas kejahatannya.
Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
32 Ia dibawa ke kuburan, dan dimasukkan ke dalam liang lahat; makamnya dijaga dan dirawat.
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33 Ribuan orang berjalan mengiringi jenazahnya; dengan lembut tanah pun menimbuninya.
The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
34 Jadi, penghiburanmu itu kosong dan segala jawabanmu bohong!"
So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
