Ayub 15
1 Maka Elifas menjawab, "Omong kosong, Ayub, cakapmu sungguh tiada arti! Tak ada orang arif yang menjawab seperti kau ini, tak akan ia membela dirinya dengan kata-kata yang tak ada maknanya.
Then Eliphaz replied to Job:
“If you were truly wise [RHQ], you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; what you are saying is just a lot of hot air [MET].
You should not [RHQ] be saying things that do not benefit anyone, using words that do no one any good.
4 Seandainya omonganmu itu dituruti, tak seorang pun takut atau berdoa kepada Allah lagi.
[By what you say, ] you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God.
5 Kata-katamu membuktikan bahwa engkau bersalah, tapi kejahatanmu kaututupi dengan bersilat lidah.
[It is as though] your sins are telling you what to say; you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked.
6 Tak perlu engkau kutuduh dan persalahkan, sebab oleh kata-katamu sendiri kau diadukan.
Everything that you say [MTY] shows that you should be punished; so, it is not necessary for me to show that.
7 Kaukira engkau manusia pertama yang dilahirkan? Hadirkah engkau ketika gunung-gunung diciptakan?
[“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that] you are the first person who was ever born? [SAR, RHQ] Were you born before the hills [were created]?
8 Apakah kau mendengar Allah membuat rencana-Nya? Apakah hanya engkau yang mempunyai hikmat manusia?
Were you listening when God made all his plans? [SAR, RHQ] Or do you think that you are the only person who is wise?
9 Segala yang kauketahui, kami pun ketahui; segala yang kaufahami, jelas pula bagi kami.
(What do you know that we do not know?/You do not know anything that we do not know.) [RHQ] You do not understand [RHQ] anything that is not also clear to us.
10 Hikmat ini kami terima dari orang yang beruban; mereka sudah ada sebelum ayahmu dilahirkan!
My friends and I are also wise; we acquired [wisdom] from old gray-haired people, from people who were born before your father was born.
11 Mengapa penghiburan Allah enggan kauterima? Kami bicara dengan sabar dan lembut atas nama-Nya.
God wants to comfort you, and to speak gently/kindly to you; (is that not enough for you/do you need more than that)?
12 Tetapi kau naik pitam, matamu menyala-nyala;
Why do you allow yourself to be (carried away/excited) by your emotions? Why are [you very angry, with the result that] your eyes flash?
13 kau marah kepada Allah dan membantah-Nya.
You are angry [IDM] with God, and so you [MTY] are criticizing/denouncing him.
14 Mungkinkah manusia sama sekali tak salah? Dapatkah ia dibenarkan di hadapan Allah?
“(How can any person, [including you, ] be sinless?/No person, [including you], can be sinless.) [RHQ] (How can anyone on the earth be [completely] righteous?/No one on the earth can be [completely] righteous.) [RHQ]
15 Bahkan kepada malaikat pun Allah tidak percaya; mereka tidak suci pada pemandangan-Nya.
Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be [completely] pure.
16 Apalagi manusia yang bejat dan ternoda, yang meneguk kejahatan seperti air saja.
So, he certainly does not [trust] abominable/disgusting and depraved/corrupt people who do evil things [as easily] as they drink water [MET].
17 Dengar Ayub, kau akan kuterangkan sesuatu,
Job, listen to what I will tell you. I will declare to you what I know,
18 yang diajarkan orang arif kepadaku. Ajaran itu diterimanya dari leluhurnya, dan diteruskan dengan lengkap kepada keturunannya.
things that wise men have told me, truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden.
19 Waktu itu tak ada orang asing di negeri mereka; tak ada yang menyesatkan mereka dari Allah.
God gave this land to those ancestors, who were truly wise; no one from another country caused them to think wrongly [IDM].
20 Orang jahat yang menindas sesamanya, akan merasa cemas sepanjang hidupnya.
It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who (oppress/act violently toward) others.
21 Bunyi-bunyi dahsyat memekakkan telinganya; di saat yang aman perampok datang menyerangnya.
They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them.
22 Tak ada harapan baginya mengelak kegelapan, sebab pedang pembunuh mengejarnya pada setiap kesempatan.
Wicked people surely know that they will not escape from darkness/death, because [they are sure that someone] is waiting to kill them with a sword.
23 Burung-burung nasar menunggu saat kematiannya, mereka hendak melahap mayatnya. Maka sadarlah ia bahwa suramlah hari depannya.
They wander around, searching for food, saying ‘Where can I find some?’ And they know that they will soon experience disasters.
24 Bencana bagaikan raja perkasa, sudah siap hendak menyergapnya.
Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like [the army of] a king comes to attack [their enemies and cause them to suffer] [SIM].
25 Begitulah nasib orang yang menantang Allah, dan berani melawan Yang Mahakuasa.
[Those things happen to them] because they (shook their fists/dared to fight) against Almighty God, and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.
26 Dengan sombong ia menyerbu dan melawan Allah; diangkatnya perisainya, ia pantang mengalah.
They stubbornly [IDM] rush to attack God [as though they were carrying] a strong shield [to protect themselves].
They are so fat [that they are unable to fight].
28 Ia menetap di kota-kota yang porak-poranda, di rumah-rumah yang tak ada penghuninya. Kota-kota itu sudah ditentukan untuk tetap menjadi reruntuhan.
They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins.
29 Kekayaan orang itu akan hilang tanpa bekas; harta bendanya akan habis tandas.
But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear.
30 Ia tak akan luput dari gelap gulita; api akan menghanguskan tunas-tunasnya. Ia akan musnah oleh hembusan mulut Allah.
They will not escape from the darkness [of death]; they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
31 Jika ia percaya kepada yang tak berguna, akan tertipulah ia; dan imbalan yang akan diterimanya, tidak berguna juga.
Since they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless, then things that are worthless will be all that they get.
32 Sebelum tiba masanya, ia akan mati, seperti dahan layu yang tak dapat hijau lagi.
Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like [MET] branches that wither and never become green again.
33 Ia seperti pohon anggur yang gugur buahnya, seperti pohon zaitun yang rontok bunganya.
They will be like [SIM] vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe, like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit.
34 Orang yang jahat tak akan berketurunan; habis terbakarlah rumah yang dibangunnya dari hasil suapan.
Wicked/godless people will not have any descendants, and fires will completely burn up the homes of [those who built those homes using] money they received from bribes.
35 Itulah mereka yang merancangkan kejahatan dan melaksanakannya; tipu muslihat selalu terkandung dalam hatinya."
They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things, and they are always preparing to deceive people.”
