Ayub 23
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
Then Job answered and said,
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 Maka kepada-Nya perkaraku ini kuhadapkan, dari mulutku berderai kata-kata pembelaan.
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Aku ingin tahu apa yang akan Ia katakan, dan bagaimana Ia memberi jawaban.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Apakah Ia akan melancarkan kuasa-Nya kepadaku? Tidak! Ia pasti akan mendengarkan kata-kataku.
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 Namun Dia tahu segala jalanku juga setiap langkahku. Kalau seperti emas aku diuji, akan terbukti bahwa hatiku murni.
But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.
14 Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Yang Mahakuasa menghancurkan segala keberanianku. Aku takut karena Allah, dan bukan karena gelap gulita, meskipun kegelapan itu mengelilingi aku, dan menutupi wajahku.
For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
