Ayub 23
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
Then Job answered:
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
4 Maka kepada-Nya perkaraku ini kuhadapkan, dari mulutku berderai kata-kata pembelaan.
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Aku ingin tahu apa yang akan Ia katakan, dan bagaimana Ia memberi jawaban.
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
6 Apakah Ia akan melancarkan kuasa-Nya kepadaku? Tidak! Ia pasti akan mendengarkan kata-kataku.
Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
7 Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
10 Namun Dia tahu segala jalanku juga setiap langkahku. Kalau seperti emas aku diuji, akan terbukti bahwa hatiku murni.
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
12 Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
13 Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
14 Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
15 Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16 Yang Mahakuasa menghancurkan segala keberanianku. Aku takut karena Allah, dan bukan karena gelap gulita, meskipun kegelapan itu mengelilingi aku, dan menutupi wajahku.
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
