Ayub 23

1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab:

Job replied,

2 "Sekarang ini keluh kesahku menjadi pemberontakan, tangan-Nya menekan aku, sehingga aku mengaduh.

“Just the same, my complaints today remain bitter. In spite of my groaning he is still punishing me.

3 Ah, semoga aku tahu mendapatkan Dia, dan boleh datang ke tempat Ia bersemayam.

If only I knew where I could find him so I could go to where he sits in judgment.

4 Maka akan kupaparkan perkaraku di hadapan-Nya, dan kupenuhi mulutku dengan kata-kata pembelaan.

There I would lay out my case before him and present all my arguments in full.

5 Maka aku akan mengetahui jawaban-jawaban yang diberikan-Nya kepadaku dan aku akan mengerti, apa yang difirmankan-Nya kepadaku.

I would discover how he would answer me and learn what he has to say to me.

6 Sudikah Ia mengadakan perkara dengan aku dalam kemahakuasaan-Nya? Tidak, Ia akan menaruh perhatian kepadaku.

Would he fight against me using his mighty power? No, he would pay attention to what I have to say.

7 Orang jujurlah yang akan membela diri di hadapan-Nya, dan aku akan bebas dari Hakimku untuk selama-lamanya.

There a good person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

8 Sesungguhnya, kalau aku berjalan ke timur, Ia tidak di sana; atau ke barat, tidak kudapati Dia;

If I go to the east, he's not there; if I go the west, I don't find him.

9 di utara kucari Dia, Ia tidak tampak, aku berpaling ke selatan, aku tidak melihat Dia.

If he's working in the north, I don't perceive him; if he's moving south, I don't see him.

10 Karena Ia tahu jalan hidupku; seandainya Ia menguji aku, aku akan timbul seperti emas.

Yet he always knows where I'm going. When he has proved me, I will come out shining like gold.

11 Kakiku tetap mengikuti jejak-Nya, aku menuruti jalan-Nya dan tidak menyimpang.

I have kept in step with him; I have followed his way without turning aside.

12 Perintah dari bibir-Nya tidak kulanggar, dalam sanubariku kusimpan ucapan mulut-Nya.

I have not neglected his commands, for I value what he has told me to do more than the food I eat every day.

13 Tetapi Ia tidak pernah berubah--siapa dapat menghalangi Dia? Apa yang dikehendaki-Nya, dilaksanakan-Nya juga.

But God is unchangeable—who can turn him from his purposes? He does whatever he wants to do.

14 Karena Ia akan menyelesaikan apa yang ditetapkan atasku, dan banyak lagi hal yang serupa itu dimaksudkan-Nya.

So he will finish whatever he has planned for me—and he has many plans for me.

15 Itulah sebabnya hatiku gemetar menghadapi Dia, kalau semuanya itu kubayangkan, maka aku ketakutan terhadap Dia.

That's why I'm terrified at meeting him; when I think of him I tremble with fear.

16 Allah telah membuat aku putus asa, Yang Mahakuasa telah membuat hatiku gemetar;

God has made me faint-hearted; the Almighty has scared me to death.

17 sebab bukan karena kegelapan aku binasa, dan bukan juga karena mukaku ditutupi gelap gulita."

Yet I'm still here despite the dark—even though I can't see through the utter darkness.