Job 16
1 Then Job answered,
Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
2 “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
4 I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
Seandainya kamu ini aku, dan aku kamu, aku pun dapat bicara sama seperti itu. Kubanjiri kamu dengan penuturan; kepalaku akan kugeleng-gelengkan.
5 but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
9 He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
Tadinya hidupku aman dan sentosa, tapi Allah menyerang aku dengan tiba-tiba. Tengkukku dicengkeram-Nya dan aku dicampakkan; dijadikan-Nya aku sasaran untuk latihan.
13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
16 My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
18 “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
20 My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
22 For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
