Ayub 35
1 Ayub, engkau keliru jika menyangka bahwa di mata Allah engkau tak bersalah.
And Elius resumed and said,
What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 Engkau khilaf jika bertanya, apa pengaruh dosamu terhadap-Nya; dan keuntungan apa yang kauterima kalau engkau tidak berbuat dosa.
I will answer you, and your three friends.
4 Akulah yang akan memberi jawaban kepadamu dan juga kepada teman-temanmu itu.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.
5 Lihatlah ke langit dan perhatikan betapa tingginya awan-awan.
If you have sinned, what will you do?
6 Jika engkau berdosa, Allah tidak akan rugi. Jika salahmu banyak, Ia tak terpengaruhi.
and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?
7 Dengan berbuat baik, Allah tidak kaubantu. Sungguh, Ia tak memerlukan apa pun darimu.
And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?
8 Hanya sesamamu yang dirugikan oleh dosa-dosamu. Dia juga yang beruntung oleh kebaikanmu.
Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.
9 Orang-orang yang ditindas, akan mengerang; mereka berteriak minta pertolongan.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 Tetapi bukan kepada Allah, Penciptanya yang memberi harapan di kala mereka berduka,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 dan yang memberi manusia akal budi melebihi burung dan hewan di bumi.
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Orang-orang tertindas itu berseru, tetapi Allah diam karena mereka jahat dan penuh kesombongan.
There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Sia-sialah mereka berteriak sekuat tenaga; Yang Mahakuasa tidak melihat atau mendengar mereka.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Ayub, lebih-lebih lagi kalau engkau berkata bahwa engkau tidak melihat Dia, bahwa perkaramu sudah ada di hadapan-Nya dan engkau menanti-nantikan Dia!
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
15 Sangkamu Allah tidak memberi hukuman dan tidak memperhatikan pelanggaran.
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 Sia-sialah pembicaraanmu engkau teruskan; jelaslah, engkau tak tahu apa yang kaukatakan.
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
