Ayub 29
1 Ayub melanjutkan uraiannya, katanya,
Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
2 "Kiranya hidupku dapat lagi seperti dahulu, waktu Allah melindungi aku.
Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?
3 Aku selalu diberi-Nya pertolongan, diterangi-Nya waktu berjalan dalam kegelapan.
When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?
4 Itulah hari-hari kejayaanku, ketika keakraban Allah menaungi rumahku.
As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?
5 Waktu itu, Yang Mahakuasa masih mendampingi aku, dan anak-anakku ada di sekelilingku.
When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?
6 Ternakku menghasilkan banyak sekali susu. Banyak minyak dihasilkan oleh pohon-pohon zaitunku, meskipun ditanam di tanah berbatu.
When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?
7 Jika para tua-tua kota duduk bersama, dan kuambil tempatku di antara mereka,
When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?
8 minggirlah orang-orang muda, segera setelah aku dilihat mereka. Juga orang-orang tua bangkit dengan khidmat; untuk memberi hormat.
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.
9 Bahkan para pembesar berhenti berkata-kata,
The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.
10 dan orang penting pun tidak berbicara.
The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.
11 Siapa pun kagum jika mendengar tentang aku; siapa yang melihat aku, memuji jasaku.
The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:
12 Sebab, kutolong orang miskin yang minta bantuan; kusokong yatim piatu yang tak punya penunjang.
Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.
13 Aku dipuji oleh orang yang sangat kesusahan, kutolong para janda sehingga mereka tentram.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.
14 Tindakanku jujur tanpa cela; kutegakkan keadilan senantiasa.
I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.
15 Bagi orang buta, aku menjadi mata; bagi orang lumpuh, aku adalah kakinya.
I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.
16 Bagi orang miskin, aku menjadi ayah; bagi orang asing, aku menjadi pembela.
I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
17 Tapi kuasa orang kejam, kupatahkan, dan kurban mereka kuselamatkan.
I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
18 Harapanku ialah mencapai umur yang tinggi, dan mati dengan tenang di rumahku sendiri.
And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.
19 Aku seperti pohon yang subur tumbuhnya, akarnya cukup air dan embun membasahi dahannya.
My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.
20 Aku selalu dipuji semua orang, dan tak pernah kekuatanku berkurang.
My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.
21 Orang-orang diam, jika aku memberi nasihat; segala perkataanku mereka dengarkan dengan cermat.
They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.
22 Sehabis aku bicara, tak ada lagi yang perlu ditambahkan; perkataan meresap seperti tetesan air hujan.
To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.
23 Semua orang menyambut kata-kataku dengan gembira, seperti petani menyambut hujan di musim bunga.
They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.
24 Kutersenyum kepada mereka ketika mereka putus asa; air mukaku yang bahagia menambah semangat mereka.
If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.
25 Akulah yang memegang pimpinan, dan mengambil segala keputusan. Kupimpin mereka seperti raja di tengah pasukannya, dan kuhibur mereka dalam kesedihannya.
If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.
