Job 19
1 Then Job answered,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Mengapa aku terus kamu kecam, dan kamu siksa dengan perkataan?
2 “How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?
3 You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.
Berkali-kali kamu menghina aku, dan kamu aniaya aku tanpa rasa malu.
4 If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
Seandainya salah perbuatanku, itu tidak merugikan kamu.
5 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,
Kamu pikir dirimu lebih baik daripadaku; susahku kamu anggap bukti kesalahanku.
6 know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.
Ketahuilah bahwa aku sedang disiksa Allah, dan ditangkap dalam perangkap-Nya.
7 “Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Aku meronta karena kekejaman-Nya itu, tetapi tidak seorang pun yang memperhatikan aku. "Di mana keadilan," teriakku, tetapi tak ada yang mendengar aku.
8 He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
Allah menutup jalanku, aku tak dapat lewat, lorong-lorongku dibuat-Nya gelap pekat.
9 He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Ia merampas hartaku semua, dan nama baikku dirusakkan-Nya.
10 He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.
Ia menghantam aku dari segala jurusan, seperti orang mencabut akar dari tanaman, lalu membiarkannya merana dan layu, begitulah direnggut-Nya segala harapanku.
11 He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me amongst his adversaries.
Murka Allah kepadaku menyala-nyala; aku dianggap-Nya sebagai musuh-Nya.
12 His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.
Pasukan-Nya menyerbu tanpa dapat dibendung; jalanku dihalangi, dan kemahku dikepung.
13 “He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
Sanak saudaraku dijauhkan-Nya daripadaku; aku menjadi orang asing bagi semua kenalanku.
14 My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
Kaum kerabatku semua menjauhkan diri; teman-temanku tak ingat kepadaku lagi.
15 Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.
Hamba perempuanku lupa siapa aku, tuan mereka; dianggapnya aku orang yang belum dikenalnya.
16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
Kupanggil hambaku, tapi ia tak menyahut, meskipun kubujuk dia dengan lembut.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
Istriku muak mencium bau napasku, saudara kandungku tak sudi mendekatiku.
18 Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
Aku dihina oleh anak-anak di jalan; jika aku berdiri, aku ditertawakan.
19 All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.
Melihat aku, teman karibku merasa ngeri; aku ditinggalkan mereka yang kukasihi.
20 My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Tubuhku tinggal kulit pembalut tulang; hampir saja aku mati dan nyawaku melayang.
21 “Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
Hai kawan-kawanku, kasihanilah aku, sebab tangan Allah memukul aku.
22 Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Allah terus menekan aku; mengapa kamu tiru Dia? Belum puaskah kamu menyiksa?
23 “Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Ah, kiranya kata-kataku dicatat, sehingga akan selalu diingat;
24 That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
kiranya dengan besi dipahat pada batu, supaya bertahan sepanjang waktu.
25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
Aku tahu bahwa di surga ada Pembelaku; akhirnya Ia akan datang menolong aku.
26 After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,
Meskipun kulitku luka-luka dan pecah, tapi selama aku bertubuh, akan kupandang Allah.
27 whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.
Dengan mataku sendiri Dia akan kulihat, dan bagiku Dia menjadi sahabat. Hatiku hancur sebab kamu berkata,
28 If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,
'Bagaimana caranya kita mendakwanya?' Kamu mencari alasan untuk membuat perkara.
29 be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgement.”
Tetapi, kini takutlah kepada pedang! Sebab Allah murka dan menghukum orang berdosa; maka tahulah kamu, bahwa ada Allah yang mengadili manusia."
