Ayub 31
1 Dengan sumpah aku telah berjanji gadis muda tak akan kupandang dengan berahi.
“I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire [to have sex with her].
2 Apakah yang dilakukan Allah terhadap kita? Bagaimanakah dibalas-Nya perbuatan manusia?
[If I did not do what I promised, ] what would God who is in heaven [MTY] do to me [RHQ]? Almighty [God] would certainly not [RHQ] give me any reward!
3 Celaka dan kemalangan pasti Ia datangkan kepada orang yang melakukan kejahatan!
[Previously I thought that] surely [RHQ] it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters.
4 Allah pasti mengetahui segala perbuatanku; dilihat-Nya segala langkahku.
God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, [so why is he causing me to suffer?] [It is as though] he counts every step that I take.
5 Aku bersumpah bahwa belum pernah aku bertindak curang; belum pernah pula aku menipu orang.
[“I solemnly declare that] I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.
6 Biarlah Allah menimbang aku di atas neraca yang sah, maka Ia akan tahu bahwa aku tidak bersalah.
I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong).
7 Andaikata aku telah menyimpang dari jalan yang benar, atau hatiku tertarik oleh hal yang cemar, jika tanganku ternoda oleh dosa,
If [it were true that] I have stopped living righteously, or [that] I [SYN] have desired the things that I look at [MTY], or [that] I am guilty of any other sin,
8 maka biarlah orang lain makan apa yang kutabur, dan seluruh hasil bumiku hancur.
then I hope/wish that when I plant [seeds], someone else will [harvest the crops and] eat [them] and that others will uproot the [fruit trees] that I planted.
9 Seandainya pernah aku tertarik kepada istri tetanggaku, dan dengan sembunyi, kuintip dia di balik pintu,
“If [it were true that] I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or [that] I have hidden myself and waited outside [the] door [to] her [house],
10 maka biarlah istriku memasak untuk orang lain; biarlah di ranjang lelaki lain ia berbaring.
I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex [EUP] with him.
11 Jika dosa yang keji itu memang kulakukan, aku patut menerima hukuman.
[For me to do] that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished.
12 Dosa itu membinasakan seperti api neraka, segala yang kumiliki habis dibakarnya. (questioned)
My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)
13 Ketika hambaku mengeluh karena haknya kusalahi, kudengarkan dia dan kuperlakukan dengan tulus hati.
“And, if [it were true that] I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something,
14 Jika tidak, bagaimana harus kuhadapi Allahku? Apa jawabku pada waktu Ia datang menghakimi aku?
God would arise [and declare that he would punish me]; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me [about what I have done], (what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.) [RHQ]
15 Bukankah Allah yang menciptakan aku, menciptakan juga hamba-hambaku itu?
God, who created me, certainly also created my servants [RHQ]; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs [RHQ]; [so we all should behave toward each other equally].
16 Belum pernah aku tak mau menolong orang yang papa, atau membiarkan para janda hidup berputus asa.
“I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if [it were true that] I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or [that] I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or [that] I caused widows to live (in despair/without hope [that they would receive any help from anyone]),
17 Belum pernah kubiarkan yatim piatu kelaparan, sedangkan aku sendiri cukup makanan.
18 Sejak kecil mereka kupelihara; seumur hidupku kubimbing mereka.
19 Jika kulihat orang yang berkekurangan, terlalu miskin untuk membeli pakaian,
or [that] I had seen people die [from cold] because they had no clothes, or [that] I had seen poor people who did not have clothes [to keep them warm],
20 kuhangatkan dia dengan kain wol dari dombaku sendiri, maka ia akan memuji aku dengan segenap hati.
and they were not able to become warm [from clothes made] from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for [giving them clothes, ]
21 Sekiranya pernah aku menindas yatim piatu, sebab yakin akan menang perkaraku,
or if [it were true that] I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would (decide in my favor);
22 maka biarlah patah kedua lenganku sehingga terpisah dari bahuku.
[if those things were true about me], I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder.
23 Tak akan aku berbuat begitu, sebab hukuman Allah sangat mengecutkan hatiku.
I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster [if I did any of those evil things], and I would not have been able to endure the powerful [things that he would do to punish me].
24 Tidak pernah aku mengandalkan hartaku,
“If [it were true that] I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
25 atau membanggakan kekayaanku.
or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich,
26 Tak pernah kusembah mentari yang bersinar cerah ataupun bulan yang bercahaya indah.
or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon
27 Tak pernah aku terpikat olehnya, atau kukecup tanganku untuk menghormatinya.
and I [SYN] had been tempted [to worship them] by kissing my hand to revere them,
28 Dosa semacam itu patut mendapat hukuman mati; karena Allah Yang Mahakuasa telah diingkari.
those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God [by doing those things].
29 Belum pernah aku bersenang karena musuhku menderita, atau bersukacita karena ia mendapat celaka.
“[It is not true that] I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].
30 Aku tidak berdoa untuk kematian musuhku; tak pernah aku berbuat dosa semacam itu.
31 Orang-orang yang bekerja padaku tahu, bahwa siapa saja kujamu di rumahku.
[It is also not true that] I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but [forced them to] sleep in the streets. [All] the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]!
32 Rumahku terbuka bagi orang yang bepergian; tak pernah kubiarkan mereka bermalam di jalan.
33 Orang lain menyembunyikan dosanya, tetapi aku tak pernah berbuat seperti mereka.
Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that;
34 Pendapat umum tidak kutakuti, dan penghinaan orang, aku tak perduli. Tak pernah aku tinggal di rumah atau diam saja, hanya karena takut akan dihina.
and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very (afraid of/worried about) what people would say [about me], and that they would hate/scorn me.
35 Tiadakah orang yang mau mendengarkan kata-kataku? Ku bersumpah bahwa benarlah semuanya itu. Kiranya Yang Mahakuasa menjawab aku. Seandainya tuduhan musuh terhadap aku ditulis semua sehingga terlihat olehku,
“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare [that all that I have said is true]. I wish that those who oppose me would write down [on a scroll] the evil things that they say that I did.
36 maka dengan bangga akan kupasang pada bahu, dan sebagai mahkota kulekatkan di kepalaku.
[If they did that, ] I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, [in order that everyone could see it].
37 Akan kuberitahukan kepada Allah segala yang kubuat; akan kuhadapi Dia dengan bangga dan kepala terangkat.
I would tell [God] everything that I have done, and I would approach him [confidently], like a ruler would.
38 Seandainya tanah yang kubajak telah kucuri, dan kurampas dari pemiliknya yang sejati,
If [it were true that] I have stolen land, with the result that [it was as though] its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;
39 seandainya hasilnya habis kumakan, dan petani yang menanamnya kubiarkan kelaparan,
or [if it were true that] I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying [for those crops], with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died [from hunger];
40 biarlah bukan jelai dan gandum yang tumbuh di ladang, melainkan semak berduri dan rumput ilalang." Sekianlah kata-kata Ayub.
then I wish/desire that thorns would grow [in my fields] instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said [to his three friends].
