Ayub 24
1 Mengapa Allah tak menetapkan hari penghakiman, supaya orang-orang yang mengenal-Nya mendapat keadilan?
“(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
2 Ada orang-orang yang menggeser tanda batas, supaya tanahnya menjadi luas. Mereka mencuri kawanan domba, dan mengandangnya di kandang domba mereka.
[Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
3 Keledai milik yatim piatu, mereka larikan; sapi seorang janda, mereka sita sebagai jaminan.
[Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
4 Mereka menghalangi orang miskin mendapat haknya, maka terpaksa bersembunyilah orang yang papa.
[Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
5 Jadi, si miskin itu seperti keledai liar yang mencari makan di padang belukar; hanya di tempat-tempat itu saja ada makanan untuk anak-anaknya.
The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
6 Ladang orang lain terpaksa ia kerjakan; buah anggur orang jahat harus ia kumpulkan.
The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
7 Ia tak punya selimut dan pakaian penghangat tubuh di waktu malam.
During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
8 Ia basah oleh hujan lebat di gunung, lalu merapat pada gunung batu untuk berlindung.
When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
9 Orang jahat memperbudak anak yang tak beribu bapa, dan mengambil bayi orang miskin yang berhutang kepadanya.
[Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
10 Orang miskin pergi tanpa sandang; ia lapar selagi ia menuai gandum di ladang.
But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
11 Dari zaitun ia membuat minyak dan dari buah anggur, minuman, tetapi ia sendiri sangat kehausan.
Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
12 Di kota-kota terdengar rintihan orang sekarat, orang-orang luka berseru minta dirawat, tetapi Allah tak mendengarkan doa mereka; Ia tak mau mengindahkannya.
In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
13 Ada orang-orang yang menolak terang dan memusuhinya, mereka tak mengenal dan tak mengikuti jalannya.
Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
14 Di waktu subuh si pembunuh bangun dari tidurnya, lalu keluar membunuh orang yang papa, dan selagi hari belum pagi, ia mengendap-endap seperti pencuri.
Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
15 Si pezinah menunggu datangnya senja; dipakainya tudung muka agar orang tak mengenalnya.
Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
16 Pencuri membongkar rumah pada malam hari; di waktu siang ia menghindari terang dan bersembunyi.
It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
17 Baginya, pagi sangat menakutkan, tapi gelap yang dahsyat, menyenangkan."
All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
18 Lalu kata Zofar, "Orang jahat hanyut oleh air bah, tanah miliknya terkutuk oleh Allah; kebun anggurnya kini sepi; tak ada yang bekerja di situ lagi.
“[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
19 Seperti salju lenyap kena kemarau dan matahari, demikianlah orang berdosa ditelan ke dalam dunia orang mati. (Sheol h7585)
Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
20 Ibunya sendiri melupakan dia, dan cacing-cacing makan tubuhnya. Namanya tak akan lagi dikenang; ia dimusnahkan seperti pohon yang tumbang.
Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
21 Semua itu terjadi karena ia menindas para janda, dan berlaku kejam kepada ibu yang tak berputra.
They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
22 Tapi Allah, dengan kuasa-Nya, menghalau orang perkasa. Allah bertindak, maka matilah orang durhaka.
But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
23 Allah memberi dia hidup sentosa, tetapi mengawasinya tak henti-hentinya.
God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
24 Hanya sebentar ia hidup bahagia, tapi kemudian pergi untuk selama-lamanya. Ia layu seperti rumput yang tak berguna; seperti bulir padi yang dipotong dari batangnya.
They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
25 Siapakah dapat menyangkal kenyataan itu, atau menyanggah kebenaran perkataanku?"
If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
