Ayub 23

¹Tetapi Ayub menjawab:

¹Then Job answered and said:

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

²"Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.

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

³Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

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

⁴I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

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

⁵I would know what he would answer me and understand what he would say to me.

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

⁶Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me.

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

⁷There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

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

⁸"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;

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

⁹on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.

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

¹⁰But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

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

¹¹My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.

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

¹²I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

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

¹³But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does.

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

¹⁴For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind.

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

¹⁵Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.

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

¹⁶God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;

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

¹⁷yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face.