Ayub 26
1 Tetapi Ayub berkata, "Alangkah mahirnya kauberi pertolongan kepadaku orang yang lemah dan kepayahan!
Then answered Job, and said,
What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
3 Alangkah baiknya nasihat dan ajaran itu yang telah kauberikan kepadaku, orang yang dungu!
How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
4 Kepada siapakah tuturmu itu tertuju? Siapa mengilhamimu untuk bicara seperti itu?"
To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 Jawab Bildad, "Orang-orang di alam maut gemetar; air dan penghuninya bergeletar.
The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
6 Di hadapan Allah, dunia orang mati terbuka, tak bertutup sehingga kelihatan oleh-Nya. (Sheol h7585)
Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
7 Allah membentangkan langit, di atas samudra, dan menggantungkan bumi pada ruang hampa.
He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
8 Dimuati-Nya awan dengan air berlimpah-limpah, namun awan itu tidak robek karena beratnya.
He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
9 Disembunyikan-Nya wajah bulan purnama di balik awan yang telah dibentangkan-Nya.
He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
10 Digambar-Nya lingkaran pada muka lautan untuk memisahkan terang dari kegelapan.
A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
11 Bila Ia menghardik dengan suara menggelegar, tiang-tiang penyangga langit gemetar.
The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 Samudra ditaklukkan oleh kuasa-Nya dan Rahab pun dihajar oleh kemahiran-Nya.
By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
13 Napas-Nya menyapu langit hingga cerah sekali; tangan-Nya membunuh naga yang nyaris lari.
By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
14 Tetapi semua itu hanya pertanda kuasa-Nya; hanya bisikan yang sampai di telinga kita. Betapa sedikit pengertian kita tentang Allah dan hebatnya kuasa-Nya!"
Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
