Ayub 21
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab:
Then Job replied,
2 "Dengarkanlah baik-baik perkataanku dan biarlah itu menjadi penghiburanmu.
“Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
3 Bersabarlah dengan aku, aku akan berbicara; sehabis bicaraku bolehlah kamu mengejek.
Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
4 Kepada manusiakah keluhanku tertuju? Mengapa aku tidak boleh kesal hati?
“It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
5 Berpalinglah kepadaku, maka kamu akan tercengang, dan menutup mulutmu dengan tangan!
Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
6 Kalau aku memikirkannya, aku menjadi takut, dan gemetarlah tubuhku.
When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
7 Mengapa orang fasik tetap hidup, menjadi tua, bahkan menjadi bertambah-tambah kuat?
“[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
8 Keturunan mereka tetap bersama mereka, dan anak cucu diperhatikan mereka.
They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
9 Rumah-rumah mereka aman, tak ada ketakutan, pentung Allah tidak menimpa mereka.
Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
10 Lembu jantan mereka memacek dan tidak gagal, lembu betina mereka beranak dan tidak keguguran.
Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
11 Kanak-kanak mereka dibiarkan keluar seperti kambing domba, anak-anak mereka melompat-lompat.
Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
12 Mereka bernyanyi-nyanyi dengan iringan rebana dan kecapi, dan bersukaria menurut lagu seruling.
Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
13 Mereka menghabiskan hari-hari mereka dalam kemujuran, dan dengan tenang mereka turun ke dalam dunia orang mati. (Sheol h7585)
Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
14 Tetapi kata mereka kepada Allah: Pergilah dari kami! Kami tidak suka mengetahui jalan-jalan-Mu.
While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
15 Yang Mahakuasa itu apa, sehingga kami harus beribadah kepada-Nya, dan apa manfaatnya bagi kami, kalau kami memohon kepada-Nya?
Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
16 Memang, kemujuran mereka tidak terletak dalam kuasa mereka sendiri! Rancangan orang fasik adalah jauh dari padaku.
Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
17 Betapa sering pelita orang fasik dipadamkan, kebinasaan menimpa mereka, dan kesakitan dibagikan Allah kepada mereka dalam murka-Nya!
(“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
18 Mereka menjadi seperti jerami di depan angin, seperti sekam yang diterbangkan badai.
[He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
19 Bencana untuk dia disimpan Allah bagi anak-anaknya. Sebaiknya, orang itu sendiri diganjar Allah, supaya sadar;
You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
20 sebaiknya matanya sendiri melihat kebinasaannya, dan ia sendiri minum dari murka Yang Mahakuasa!
I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
21 Karena peduli apa ia dengan keluarganya sesudah ia mati, bila telah habis jumlah bulannya?
After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
22 Masakan kepada Allah diajarkan orang pengetahuan, kepada Dia yang mengadili mereka yang di tempat tinggi?
“Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
23 Yang seorang mati dengan masih penuh tenaga, dengan sangat tenang dan sentosa;
Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
24 pinggangnya gemuk oleh lemak, dan sumsum tulang-tulangnya masih segar.
Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
25 Yang lain mati dengan sakit hati, dengan tidak pernah merasakan kenikmatan.
Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
26 Tetapi sama-sama mereka terbaring di dalam debu, dan berenga-berenga berkeriapan di atas mereka.
But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
27 Sesungguhnya, aku mengetahui pikiranmu, dan muslihat yang kamu rancangkan terhadap aku.
“Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
28 Katamu: Di mana rumah penguasa? Di mana kemah tempat kediaman orang-orang fasik?
You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
29 Belum pernahkah kamu bertanya-tanya kepada orang-orang yang lewat di jalan? Dapatkah kamu menyangkal petunjuk-petunjuk mereka,
But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
30 bahwa orang jahat terlindung pada hari kebinasaan, dan diselamatkan pada hari murka Allah?
that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
31 Siapa yang akan langsung menggugat kelakuannya, dan mengganjar perbuatannya?
There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
32 Dialah yang dibawa ke kuburan, dan jiratnya dirawat orang.
The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
33 Dengan nyaman ia ditutupi oleh gumpalan-gumpalan tanah di lembah; setiap orang mengikuti dia, dan yang mendahului dia tidak terbilang banyaknya.
A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
34 Alangkah hampanya penghiburanmu bagiku! Semua jawabanmu hanyalah tipu daya belaka!"
“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
