Ayub 23
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
Then Job answered, and said:
Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
3 Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.
Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
4 Maka kepada-Nya perkaraku ini kuhadapkan, dari mulutku berderai kata-kata pembelaan.
I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
5 Aku ingin tahu apa yang akan Ia katakan, dan bagaimana Ia memberi jawaban.
That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 Apakah Ia akan melancarkan kuasa-Nya kepadaku? Tidak! Ia pasti akan mendengarkan kata-kataku.
I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
7 Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
8 Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.
But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
10 Namun Dia tahu segala jalanku juga setiap langkahku. Kalau seperti emas aku diuji, akan terbukti bahwa hatiku murni.
But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
11 Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
12 Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
13 Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.
For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
14 Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
15 Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
16 Yang Mahakuasa menghancurkan segala keberanianku. Aku takut karena Allah, dan bukan karena gelap gulita, meskipun kegelapan itu mengelilingi aku, dan menutupi wajahku.
God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.
