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 rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of 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 set my cause in order 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 tell me.
6 Apakah Ia akan melancarkan kuasa-Nya kepadaku? Tidak! Ia pasti akan mendengarkan kata-kataku.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.
7 Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
There the upright might reason with him, so I should 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; if west, I can't find him;
He works to the north, but I can't see him. He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of 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 like gold.
11 Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
12 Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up 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 stands alone, and who can oppose him? 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 that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.
15 Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
Therefore I am terrified 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 has made my heart faint. Shaddai has terrified me.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
