Ayub 8
1 Lalu berkatalah Bildad, "Berapa lama lagi kaubicara begitu? Kata-katamu seperti angin yang menderu.
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Allah tidak pernah membengkokkan keadilan; tidak pernah gagal menegakkan kebenaran.
Does God pervert judgment? or does the Almighty pervert justice?
4 Mungkin anak-anakmu berdosa terhadap Dia, maka sepantasnyalah mereka dihukum oleh-Nya.
If your children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 Tetapi jika kepada-Nya engkau bernaung, meminta belas kasihan dan memohon ampun,
If you would seek unto God early, and make your supplication to the Almighty;
6 jika hatimu jujur, tanpa cela, Allah akan menolongmu dengan segera; dan sebagai imbalan, rumah tanggamu akan dipulihkan.
If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
7 Kekayaanmu yang hilang itu tidak berarti dibandingkan dengan apa yang kaudapat nanti.
Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.
8 Orang arif di zaman dahulu hendaknya kauperhatikan, dan kaurenungkan pengalaman para nenek moyang.
For enquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers:
9 Hidup kita pendek, kita tak tahu apa-apa; hari-hari kita seperti bayangan belaka.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow: )
10 Dengarkan perkataan orang arif itu dahulu, mereka memberi pelajaran ini kepadamu,
Shall not they teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
11 'Di tempat berair saja tumbuh gelagah; pandan hanya terdapat di tanah bencah.
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 Jika airnya kering, gelagah itu merana, lebih cepat daripada tumbuhan lainnya. Padahal masih segar dan belum saatnya, ia dipotong dan diambil manfaatnya.
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.
13 Begitulah orang yang tidak bertuhan. Ia lupa pada Allah, maka hilanglah harapan.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14 Seutas benang yang lembut menjadi andalannya; sarang laba-laba menjadi kepercayaannya.
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
15 Kuatkah sarang itu jika dijadikan sandaran? Tahankah benang itu jika dijadikan pegangan?'
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 Seperti ilalang, segarlah orang yang tidak bertuhan; jika disinari surya, ia tumbuh subur dan memenuhi taman.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.
17 Akarnya membelit batu-batu di tanah; melilit kuat, ia tak mudah goyah.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and sees the place of stones.
18 Tetapi, coba, cabutlah sekarang ilalang itu, maka seolah-olah tak pernah ia ada di situ.
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen you.
19 Ya, kesenangan orang jahat cuma itu saja; orang lain datang dan menggantikan dia.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 Tapi Allah tak pernah meninggalkan orang setia, dan tak pernah pula Ia menolong orang durhaka.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 Mulutmu akan dibuat-Nya tertawa, bibirmu akan bersorak-sorak ria.
Till he fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing.
22 Pembencimu akan malu dan merasa rendah, dan rumah penjahat akan dirusak hingga musnah."
They that hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing.
