Ayub 23
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
Then Job answered and said:
Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
3 Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.
O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
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 should know what 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.
Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
7 Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.
Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
8 Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.
But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and 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 knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.
My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
12 Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
13 Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.
But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
14 Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
15 Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.
Therefore I am in terror on account of him; 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 maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
