Ayub 26
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab:
Then Job answered, and said:
2 "Alangkah baiknya bantuanmu kepada yang tidak kuat, dan pertolonganmu kepada lengan yang tidak berdaya!
Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
3 Alangkah baiknya nasihatmu kepada orang yang tidak mempunyai hikmat, dan pengertian yang kauajarkan dengan limpahnya!
To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
4 Atas anjuran siapakah engkau mengucapkan perkataan-perkataan itu, dan gagasan siapakah yang kaunyatakan?
Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?
5 Roh-roh di bawah menggeletar, demikian juga air dan penghuninya.
Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction. (Sheol h7585)
7 Allah membentangkan utara di atas kekosongan, dan menggantungkan bumi pada kehampaan.
He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 Ia membungkus air di dalam awan-Nya, namun awan itu tidak robek.
He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
9 Ia menutupi pemandangan takhta-Nya, melingkupinya dengan awan-Nya.
He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
10 Ia telah menarik garis pada permukaan air, sampai ujung perbatasan antara terang dan gelap;
He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
11 tiang-tiang langit bergoyang-goyang, tercengang-cengang oleh hardik-Nya.
The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.
12 Ia telah meneduhkan laut dengan kuasa-Nya dan meremukkan Rahab dengan kebijaksanaan-Nya.
By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
13 Oleh nafas-Nya langit menjadi cerah, tangan-Nya menembus ular yang tangkas.
His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
14 Sesungguhnya, semuanya itu hanya ujung-ujung jalan-Nya; betapa lembutnya bisikan yang kita dengar dari pada-Nya! Siapa dapat memahami guntur kuasa-Nya?"
Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?
