< Ayub 4 >

1 Maka berbicaralah Elifas, orang Teman:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 "Kesalkah engkau, bila orang mencoba berbicara kepadamu? Tetapi siapakah dapat tetap menutup mulutnya?
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Sesungguhnya, engkau telah mengajar banyak orang, dan tangan yang lemah telah engkau kuatkan;
Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
4 orang yang jatuh telah dibangunkan oleh kata-katamu, dan lutut yang lemas telah kaukokohkan;
Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
5 tetapi sekarang, dirimu yang tertimpa, dan engkau kesal, dirimu terkena, dan engkau terkejut.
But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6 Bukankah takutmu akan Allah yang menjadi sandaranmu, dan kesalehan hidupmu menjadi pengharapanmu?
Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
7 Camkanlah ini: siapa binasa dengan tidak bersalah dan di manakah orang yang jujur dipunahkan?
Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
8 Yang telah kulihat ialah bahwa orang yang membajak kejahatan dan menabur kesusahan, ia menuainya juga.
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
9 Mereka binasa oleh nafas Allah, dan lenyap oleh hembusan hidung-Nya.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
10 Singa mengaum, singa meraung--patahlah gigi singa-singa muda.
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 Singa binasa karena kekurangan mangsa, dan anak-anak singa betina bercerai-berai.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 Suatu perkataan telah disampaikan kepadaku dengan diam-diam dan telingaku menangkap bisikannya,
Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
13 waktu bermenung oleh sebab khayal malam, ketika tidur nyenyak menghinggapi orang.
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 Aku terkejut dan gentar, sehingga tulang-tulangku gemetar.
fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
15 Suatu roh melewati aku, tegaklah bulu romaku.
Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
16 Ia berhenti, tetapi rupanya tidak dapat kukenal. Suatu sosok ada di depan mataku, suara berbisik-bisik kudengar:
It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
17 Mungkinkah seorang manusia benar di hadapan Allah, mungkinkah seseorang tahir di hadapan Penciptanya?
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
18 Sesungguhnya, hamba-hamba-Nya tidak dipercayai-Nya, malaikat-malaikat-Nyap didapati-Nya tersesat,
If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
19 lebih-lebih lagi mereka yang diam dalam pondok tanah liat, yang dasarnya dalam debu, yang mati terpijat seperti gegat.
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
20 Di antara pagi dan petang mereka dihancurkan, dan tanpa dihiraukan mereka binasa untuk selama-lamanya.
They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
21 Bukankah kemah mereka dicabut? Mereka mati, tetapi tanpa hikmat.
Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’

< Ayub 4 >