Job 26

1 Then Job answered,

Tetapi Ayub berkata, "Alangkah mahirnya kauberi pertolongan kepadaku orang yang lemah dan kepayahan!

2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

Alangkah baiknya nasihat dan ajaran itu yang telah kauberikan kepadaku, orang yang dungu!

4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

Kepada siapakah tuturmu itu tertuju? Siapa mengilhamimu untuk bicara seperti itu?"

5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

Jawab Bildad, "Orang-orang di alam maut gemetar; air dan penghuninya bergeletar.

6 Sheol (Sheol h7585) is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Di hadapan Allah, dunia orang mati terbuka, tak bertutup sehingga kelihatan oleh-Nya. (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

Allah membentangkan langit, di atas samudra, dan menggantungkan bumi pada ruang hampa.

8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

Dimuati-Nya awan dengan air berlimpah-limpah, namun awan itu tidak robek karena beratnya.

9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

Disembunyikan-Nya wajah bulan purnama di balik awan yang telah dibentangkan-Nya.

10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

Digambar-Nya lingkaran pada muka lautan untuk memisahkan terang dari kegelapan.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

Bila Ia menghardik dengan suara menggelegar, tiang-tiang penyangga langit gemetar.

12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

Samudra ditaklukkan oleh kuasa-Nya dan Rahab pun dihajar oleh kemahiran-Nya.

13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

Napas-Nya menyapu langit hingga cerah sekali; tangan-Nya membunuh naga yang nyaris lari.

14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

Tetapi semua itu hanya pertanda kuasa-Nya; hanya bisikan yang sampai di telinga kita. Betapa sedikit pengertian kita tentang Allah dan hebatnya kuasa-Nya!"