Ayub 16
1 Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
Then answered Job, and said,
I have heard many things such as these: troublesome comforters are ye all.
3 Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
Shall there be any end to words of wind? or what compelleth thee that thou shouldst answer?
4 Seandainya kamu ini aku, dan aku kamu, aku pun dapat bicara sama seperti itu. Kubanjiri kamu dengan penuturan; kepalaku akan kugeleng-gelengkan.
I also could well speak as ye do: if your soul were but in my soul's stead, I could overwhelm you with words, and could shake my head at you.
5 Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the condolence of my lips should restrain [your grief].
6 Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
Though I were to speak, my pain would not be restrained; and though I should forbear, what will go away from me?
7 Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, they are my witnesses; and my leanness riseth up for me, giveth its testimony to my face.
9 Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
In his wrath he teareth me to pieces, and assaileth me: he gnasheth over me with his teeth; my adversary sendeth threatening looks at me.
10 Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
They now open wide against me their mouth; reproachfully they smite my cheek: altogether do they assemble against me.
11 Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
God hath surrendered me to the unjust, and cast me down into the hands of the wicked.
12 Tadinya hidupku aman dan sentosa, tapi Allah menyerang aku dengan tiba-tiba. Tengkukku dicengkeram-Nya dan aku dicampakkan; dijadikan-Nya aku sasaran untuk latihan.
I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; he hath also grasped me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up unto himself as a mark;
13 Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
His archers encompass me round about; he cleaveth my reins sunder, and doth not pity; he poureth out upon the ground my gall;
14 Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
He breaketh me down with breach upon breach; he runneth against me like a mighty man.
15 Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
Sackcloth have I sewed upon my skin, and my horn I roll in the dust.
16 Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
My face gloweth from weeping, and on my eyelids resteth the shadow of death:
17 Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
Not because any violence is in my hands, and while my prayer is pure.
18 Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
Earth! do thou not cover up my blood, and let no place restrain my cry.
19 Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
Even now, behold, my witness is in the heavens, and one that testifieth for me is on high.
20 Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
Are my friends my defenders? unto God my eye poureth out [its tears].
21 Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
And oh that a man might plead with God, as one son of earth with the other!
22 Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
For when the numbered years are passed, then must I travel a path whence I cannot return.
