Ayub 4
Ayub · Job
1Maka berbicaralah Elifas, orang Teman:
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2"Kesalkah engkau, bila orang mencoba berbicara kepadamu? Tetapi siapakah dapat tetap menutup mulutnya?
2"If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking?
3Sesungguhnya, engkau telah mengajar banyak orang, dan tangan yang lemah telah engkau kuatkan;
3Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
4orang yang jatuh telah dibangunkan oleh kata-katamu, dan lutut yang lemas telah kaukokohkan;
4Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees.
5tetapi sekarang, dirimu yang tertimpa, dan engkau kesal, dirimu terkena, dan engkau terkejut.
5But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
6Bukankah takutmu akan Allah yang menjadi sandaranmu, dan kesalehan hidupmu menjadi pengharapanmu?
6Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
7Camkanlah ini: siapa binasa dengan tidak bersalah dan di manakah orang yang jujur dipunahkan?
7"Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
8Yang telah kulihat ialah bahwa orang yang membajak kejahatan dan menabur kesusahan, ia menuainya juga.
8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
9Mereka binasa oleh nafas Allah, dan lenyap oleh hembusan hidung-Nya.
9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
10Singa mengaum, singa meraung--patahlah gigi singa-singa muda.
10The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11Singa binasa karena kekurangan mangsa, dan anak-anak singa betina bercerai-berai.
11The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12Suatu perkataan telah disampaikan kepadaku dengan diam-diam dan telingaku menangkap bisikannya,
12"Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it.
13waktu bermenung oleh sebab khayal malam, ketika tidur nyenyak menghinggapi orang.
13Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14Aku terkejut dan gentar, sehingga tulang-tulangku gemetar.
14dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15Suatu roh melewati aku, tegaklah bulu romaku.
15A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
16Ia berhenti, tetapi rupanya tidak dapat kukenal. Suatu sosok ada di depan mataku, suara berbisik-bisik kudengar:
16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:
17Mungkinkah seorang manusia benar di hadapan Allah, mungkinkah seseorang tahir di hadapan Penciptanya?
17'Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
18Sesungguhnya, hamba-hamba-Nya tidak dipercayai-Nya, malaikat-malaikat-Nyap didapati-Nya tersesat,
18Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;
19lebih-lebih lagi mereka yang diam dalam pondok tanah liat, yang dasarnya dalam debu, yang mati terpijat seperti gegat.
19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.
20Di antara pagi dan petang mereka dihancurkan, dan tanpa dihiraukan mereka binasa untuk selama-lamanya.
20Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
21Bukankah kemah mereka dicabut? Mereka mati, tetapi tanpa hikmat.
21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?'