Ayub 23
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.
Then Job answered and said,
Even today is my complaint rebellious: 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.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto 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 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, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth 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 knoweth the way that I take; when he hath 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 hath held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and turned not aside.
12 Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.
I have not 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 is in one [mind], and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.
For he performeth that which 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 hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath troubled me:
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
