Ayub 12
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab:
Then Job said [to his three friends],
2 "Memang, kamulah orang-orang itu, dan bersama-sama kamu hikmat akan mati.
“You (talk as though/You think) [SAR] that you are the people [whom everyone should listen to], and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.
3 Akupun mempunyai pengertian, sama seperti kamu, aku tidak kalah dengan kamu; siapa tidak tahu hal-hal serupa itu?
But I have as much good sense as you do; I am (not less wise than/certainly as wise as [LIT]) you. Certainly everyone knows [RHQ] all that you have said.
4 Aku menjadi tertawaan sesamaku, aku, yang mendapat jawaban dari Allah, bila aku berseru kepada-Nya; orang yang benar dan saleh menjadi tertawaan.
My friends all laugh at me now. Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me. I am righteous, a very godly man [DOU], but everyone laughs at me.
5 Penghinaan bagi orang yang celaka, --demikianlah pendapat orang yang hidup aman--suatu pukulan bagi orang yang tergelincir kakinya.
Those [like you] who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those [like me] who are already suffering to have more troubles.
6 Tetapi amanlah kemah para perusak, dan tenteramlah mereka yang membangkitkan murka Allah, mereka yang hendak membawa Allah dalam tangannya.
Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god [that they worship].
7 Tetapi bertanyalah kepada binatang, maka engkau akan diberinya pengajaran, kepada burung di udara, maka engkau akan diberinya keterangan.
“But ask the wild animals [what they know about God], and [if they could speak] they would teach you. [If you could] ask the birds, they would tell you.
8 Atau bertuturlah kepada bumi, maka engkau akan diberinya pengajaran, bahkan ikan di laut akan bercerita kepadamu.
[If you could] ask the creatures [that crawl] on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you [about God].
9 Siapa di antara semuanya itu yang tidak tahu, bahwa tangan Allah yang melakukan itu;
All of them certainly know [RHQ] that it is Yahweh who has made them with his hands.
10 bahwa di dalam tangan-Nya terletak nyawa segala yang hidup dan nafas setiap manusia?
He directs the lives of all living creatures; he gives breath to all [us] humans [to enable us to remain alive].
11 Bukankah telinga menguji kata-kata, seperti langit-langit mencecap makanan?
And when we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good and what is bad].
12 Konon hikmat ada pada orang yang tua, dan pengertian pada orang yang lanjut umurnya.
Old people are [often] very wise, and because of having lived many years, they understand much,
13 Tetapi pada Allahlah hikmat dan kekuatan, Dialah yang mempunyai pertimbangan dan pengertian.
but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands [everything].
14 Bila Ia membongkar, tidak ada yang dapat membangun kembali; bila Ia menangkap seseorang, tidak ada yang dapat melepaskannya.
If he tears [something] down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open [the prison doors to allow that person to escape].
15 Bila Ia membendung air, keringlah semuanya; bila Ia melepaskannya mengalir, maka tanah dilandanya.
When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up. When he causes a lot of rain to fall, [the result is that] there are floods.
16 Pada Dialah kuasa dan kemenangan, Dialah yang menguasai baik orang yang tersesat maupun orang yang menyesatkan.
He is the one who is truly strong and wise; he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive.
17 Dia yang menggiring menteri dengan telanjang, dan para hakim dibodohkan-Nya.
He [sometimes] causes [the king’s] officials to no longer be wise, and he causes judges to become foolish.
18 Dia membuka belenggu yang dikenakan oleh raja-raja dan mengikat pinggang mereka dengan tali pengikat.
He takes from kings the robes that they wear and puts loincloths around their waists, [causing them to become slaves].
19 Dia yang menggiring dan menggeledah para imam, dan menggulingkan yang kokoh.
He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, [with the result that they no longer can do their work], and takes power from those who rule others.
20 Dia yang membungkamkan orang-orang yang dipercaya, menjadikan para tua-tua hilang akal.
He [sometimes] causes those whom others trust to be unable to speak, and he causes old men to no longer have good sense.
21 Dia yang mendatangkan penghinaan kepada para pemuka, dan melepaskan ikat pinggang orang kuat.
He causes those who have authority to be despised, and he causes those who are powerful to no longer have any power/strength.
22 Dia yang menyingkapkan rahasia kegelapan, dan mendatangkan kelam pekat pada terang.
He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed.
23 Dia yang membuat bangsa-bangsa bertumbuh, lalu membinasakannya, dan memperbanyak bangsa-bangsa, lalu menghalau mereka.
He causes some nations to become very great, and [later] he destroys them; he causes the territory of some nations to become much larger, and [later] he causes them to be defeated and their people to be scattered.
24 Dia menyebabkan para pemimpin dunia kehilangan akal, dan membuat mereka tersesat di padang belantara yang tidak ada jalannya.
He causes [some] rulers to become foolish/stupid, and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert.
25 Mereka meraba-raba dalam kegelapan yang tidak ada terangnya; dan Ia membuat mereka berjalan terhuyung-huyung seperti orang mabuk."
They grope around in the darkness, without any light, and he causes them to stagger like [SIM] people who are drunk.”
