Ayub 29

¹Maka Ayub melanjutkan uraiannya:

¹And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

²"Ah, kiranya aku seperti dalam bulan-bulan yang silam, seperti pada hari-hari, ketika Allah melindungi aku,

²"Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,

³ketika pelita-Nya bersinar di atas kepalaku, dan di bawah terang-Nya aku berjalan dalam gelap;

³when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

⁴seperti ketika aku mengalami masa remajaku, ketika Allah bergaul karib dengan aku di dalam kemahku;

⁴as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,

⁵ketika Yang Mahakuasa masih beserta aku, dan anak-anakku ada di sekelilingku;

⁵when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me,

⁶ketika langkah-langkahku bermandikan dadih, dan gunung batu mengalirkan sungai minyak di dekatku.

⁶when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

⁷Apabila aku keluar ke pintu gerbang kota, dan menyediakan tempat dudukku di tengah-tengah lapangan,

⁷When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,

⁸maka ketika aku kelihatan, mundurlah orang-orang muda dan bangkitlah orang-orang yang sudah lanjut umurnya, lalu tinggal berdiri;

⁸the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;

⁹para pembesar berhenti bicara, dan menutup mulut mereka dengan tangan;

⁹the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth;

¹⁰suara para pemuka membisu, dan lidah mereka melekat pada langit-langitnya;

¹⁰the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

¹¹apabila telinga mendengar tentang aku, maka aku disebut berbahagia; dan apabila mata melihat, maka aku dipuji.

¹¹When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,

¹²Karena aku menyelamatkan orang sengsara yang berteriak minta tolong, juga anak piatu yang tidak ada penolongnya;

¹²because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

¹³aku mendapat ucapan berkat dari orang yang nyaris binasa, dan hati seorang janda kubuat bersukaria;

¹³The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹⁴aku berpakaian kebenaran dan keadilan menutupi aku seperti jubah dan serban;

¹⁴I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

¹⁵aku menjadi mata bagi orang buta, dan kaki bagi orang lumpuh;

¹⁵I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

¹⁶aku menjadi bapa bagi orang miskin, dan perkara orang yang tidak kukenal, kuselidiki.

¹⁶I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

¹⁷Geraham orang curang kuremuk, dan merebut mangsanya dari giginya.

¹⁷I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

¹⁸Pikirku: Bersama-sama dengan sarangku aku akan binasa, dan memperbanyak hari-hariku seperti burung feniks.

¹⁸Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,

¹⁹Akarku mencapai air, dan embun bermalam di atas ranting-rantingku.

¹⁹my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,

²⁰Kemuliaanku selalu baru padaku, dan busurku kuat kembali di tanganku.

²⁰my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'

²¹Kepadakulah orang mendengar sambil menanti, dengan diam mereka mendengarkan nasihatku.

²¹"Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel.

²²Sehabis bicaraku tiada seorangpun angkat bicara lagi, dan perkataanku menetes ke atas mereka.

²²After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.

²³Orang menantikan aku seperti menantikan hujan, dan menadahkan mulutnya seperti menadah hujan pada akhir musim.

²³They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

²⁴Aku tersenyum kepada mereka, ketika mereka putus asa, dan seri mukaku tidak dapat disuramkan mereka.

²⁴I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.

²⁵Aku menentukan jalan mereka dan duduk sebagai pemimpin; aku bersemayam seperti raja di tengah-tengah rakyat, seperti seorang yang menghibur mereka yang berkabung."

²⁵I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.