Ayub 4
1 Maka berbicaralah Elifas, orang Teman:
Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2 "Kesalkah engkau, bila orang mencoba berbicara kepadamu? Tetapi siapakah dapat tetap menutup mulutnya?
If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?
3 Sesungguhnya, engkau telah mengajar banyak orang, dan tangan yang lemah telah engkau kuatkan;
Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
4 orang yang jatuh telah dibangunkan oleh kata-katamu, dan lutut yang lemas telah kaukokohkan;
Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
5 tetapi sekarang, dirimu yang tertimpa, dan engkau kesal, dirimu terkena, dan engkau terkejut.
But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Bukankah takutmu akan Allah yang menjadi sandaranmu, dan kesalehan hidupmu menjadi pengharapanmu?
Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?
7 Camkanlah ini: siapa binasa dengan tidak bersalah dan di manakah orang yang jujur dipunahkan?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
8 Yang telah kulihat ialah bahwa orang yang membajak kejahatan dan menabur kesusahan, ia menuainya juga.
On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
9 Mereka binasa oleh nafas Allah, dan lenyap oleh hembusan hidung-Nya.
Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
10 Singa mengaum, singa meraung--patahlah gigi singa-singa muda.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:
11 Singa binasa karena kekurangan mangsa, dan anak-anak singa betina bercerai-berai.
The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.
12 Suatu perkataan telah disampaikan kepadaku dengan diam-diam dan telingaku menangkap bisikannya,
Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.
13 waktu bermenung oleh sebab khayal malam, ketika tidur nyenyak menghinggapi orang.
In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
14 Aku terkejut dan gentar, sehingga tulang-tulangku gemetar.
Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:
15 Suatu roh melewati aku, tegaklah bulu romaku.
And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.
16 Ia berhenti, tetapi rupanya tidak dapat kukenal. Suatu sosok ada di depan mataku, suara berbisik-bisik kudengar:
There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:
17 Mungkinkah seorang manusia benar di hadapan Allah, mungkinkah seseorang tahir di hadapan Penciptanya?
Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Sesungguhnya, hamba-hamba-Nya tidak dipercayai-Nya, malaikat-malaikat-Nyap didapati-Nya tersesat,
Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
19 lebih-lebih lagi mereka yang diam dalam pondok tanah liat, yang dasarnya dalam debu, yang mati terpijat seperti gegat.
How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?
20 Di antara pagi dan petang mereka dihancurkan, dan tanpa dihiraukan mereka binasa untuk selama-lamanya.
From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.
21 Bukankah kemah mereka dicabut? Mereka mati, tetapi tanpa hikmat.
And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
