Ayub 40
1 Maka jawab TUHAN kepada Ayub:
Then Yahweh said to Job,
2 "Apakah si pengecam hendak berbantah dengan Yang Mahakuasa? Hendaklah yang mencela Allah menjawab!"
“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, (you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?) [RHQ]”
3 Maka jawab Ayub kepada TUHAN:
Then Job replied to Yahweh,
4 "Sesungguhnya, aku ini terlalu hina; jawab apakah yang dapat kuberikan kepada-Mu? Mulutku kututup dengan tangan.
“[Now I realize that] I am completely worthless. So (how could I answer [those questions]?/I could not possibly answer [those questions]!) [RHQ] I will put my hand over my mouth [and not say anything].
5 Satu kali aku berbicara, tetapi tidak akan kuulangi; bahkan dua kali, tetapi tidak akan kulanjutkan."
I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
6 Maka dari dalam badai TUHAN menjawab Ayub:
Then Yahweh [again] spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,
7 "Bersiaplah engkau sebagai laki-laki; Aku akan menanyai engkau, dan engkau memberitahu Aku.
“I want to ask you some [more] questions. So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare yourself again to answer some [more] questions.
8 Apakah engkau hendak meniadakan pengadilan-Ku, mempersalahkan Aku supaya engkau dapat membenarkan dirimu?
“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?
9 Apakah lenganmu seperti lengan Allah, dan dapatkah engkau mengguntur seperti Dia?
Are you as powerful [MTY] as I am? Can your voice sound [as loud] as thunder, as mine can?
10 Hiasilah dirimu dengan kemegahan dan keluhuran, kenakanlah keagungan dan semarak!
[If you can do that], put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
11 Luapkanlah marahmu yang bergelora; amat-amatilah setiap orang yang congkak dan rendahkanlah dia!
Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are [very] proud!
12 Amat-amatilah setiap orang yang congkak, tundukkanlah dia, dan hancurkanlah orang-orang fasik di tempatnya!
Humble those proud people [just] by looking at them [angrily] Crush wicked people quickly!
13 Pendamlah mereka bersama-sama dalam debu, kurunglah mereka di tempat yang tersembunyi.
Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
14 Maka Akupun akan memuji engkau, karena tangan kananmu memberi engkau kemenangan."
After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that [truly] you can save yourself by your own ability/power.
15 "Perhatikanlah kuda Nil, yang telah Kubuat seperti juga engkau. Ia makan rumput seperti lembu.
“Think [also] about the huge animals that live near the water. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do.
16 Perhatikanlah tenaga di pinggangnya, kekuatan pada urat-urat perutnya!
Their legs/thighs are [very] strong, and the muscles of their bellies are [very] powerful.
17 Ia meregangkan ekornya seperti pohon aras, otot-otot pahanya berjalin-jalinan.
Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.
18 Tulang-tulangnya seperti pembuluh tembaga, kerangkanya seperti batang besi.
Their [thigh] bones are [like] tubes [made] of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars [made] of iron.
19 Dia yang pertama dibuat Allah, makhluk yang diberi-Nya bersenjatakan pedang;
They are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.
20 ya, bukit-bukit mengeluarkan hasil baginya, di mana binatang-binatang liar bermain-main.
On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.
21 Di bawah tumbuhan teratai ia menderum, tersembunyi dalam gelagah dan paya.
They lie down [in the water] under the lotus plants; they hide in [tall] reeds in the swamps.
22 Tumbuhan-tumbuhan teratai menaungi dia dengan bayang-bayangnya, pohon-pohon gandarusa mengelilinginya.
Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
23 Sesungguhnya, biarpun sungai sangat kuat arusnya, ia tidak gentar; ia tetap tenang, biarpun sungai Yordan meluap melanda mulutnya.
They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers; they are not even disturbed/frightened when [rivers like the] Jordan [River] rush over them.
24 Dapatkah orang menangkap dia dari muka, mencocok hidungnya dengan keluan?"
No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with [the teeth of] a trap!”
