Ayub 23
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab:
Then Job answered, and said:
2 "Sekarang ini keluh kesahku menjadi pemberontakan, tangan-Nya menekan aku, sehingga aku mengaduh.
Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
3 Ah, semoga aku tahu mendapatkan Dia, dan boleh datang ke tempat Ia bersemayam.
Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
4 Maka akan kupaparkan perkaraku di hadapan-Nya, dan kupenuhi mulutku dengan kata-kata pembelaan.
I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
5 Maka aku akan mengetahui jawaban-jawaban yang diberikan-Nya kepadaku dan aku akan mengerti, apa yang difirmankan-Nya kepadaku.
That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 Sudikah Ia mengadakan perkara dengan aku dalam kemahakuasaan-Nya? Tidak, Ia akan menaruh perhatian kepadaku.
I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
7 Orang jujurlah yang akan membela diri di hadapan-Nya, dan aku akan bebas dari Hakimku untuk selama-lamanya.
Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
8 Sesungguhnya, kalau aku berjalan ke timur, Ia tidak di sana; atau ke barat, tidak kudapati Dia;
But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
9 di utara kucari Dia, Ia tidak tampak, aku berpaling ke selatan, aku tidak melihat Dia.
If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
10 Karena Ia tahu jalan hidupku; seandainya Ia menguji aku, aku akan timbul seperti emas.
But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
11 Kakiku tetap mengikuti jejak-Nya, aku menuruti jalan-Nya dan tidak menyimpang.
My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
12 Perintah dari bibir-Nya tidak kulanggar, dalam sanubariku kusimpan ucapan mulut-Nya.
I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
13 Tetapi Ia tidak pernah berubah--siapa dapat menghalangi Dia? Apa yang dikehendaki-Nya, dilaksanakan-Nya juga.
For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
14 Karena Ia akan menyelesaikan apa yang ditetapkan atasku, dan banyak lagi hal yang serupa itu dimaksudkan-Nya.
And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
15 Itulah sebabnya hatiku gemetar menghadapi Dia, kalau semuanya itu kubayangkan, maka aku ketakutan terhadap Dia.
And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
16 Allah telah membuat aku putus asa, Yang Mahakuasa telah membuat hatiku gemetar;
God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
17 sebab bukan karena kegelapan aku binasa, dan bukan juga karena mukaku ditutupi gelap gulita."
For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.
