Ayub 17
1 Ajalku sudah dekat, hampir putuslah napasku; hanyalah kuburan yang tinggal bagiku.
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2 Orang menjadikan aku bahan ejekan; kulihat betapa mereka melontarkan sindiran.
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3 Aku ini jujur, ya Allah. Percayalah padaku! Siapa lagi yang dapat menyokong perkataanku?
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
4 Kaututup hati mereka sehingga tak mengerti; jangan sampai mereka menundukkan aku kini.
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5 Menurut pepatah, siapa mengadukan teman demi keuntungan, anak-anaknya sendiri akan menerima pembalasan.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 Kini aku disindir dengan pepatah itu; mereka datang untuk meludahi mukaku.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7 Mataku kabur karena dukacita; seluruh tubuhku kurus merana.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
8 Orang yang saleh, terkejut dan heran; orang yang tak bersalah, menganggap aku tidak bertuhan.
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9 Orang yang baik dan yang tidak bersalah, makin yakin cara hidupnya berkenan kepada Allah.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 Tapi seandainya kamu semua datang ke mari, tak seorang bijaksana pun yang akan kudapati.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11 Hari-hariku telah lalu, gagallah segala rencanaku; hilang pula semua cita-cita hatiku.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12 Tetapi sahabat-sahabatku berkata, 'Malam itu siang dan terang hampir tiba.' Namun aku tahu dalam hatiku bahwa tetap gelaplah keadaanku.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 Kuburku kunamakan "Ayahku", dan cacing-cacing pemakan tubuhku kusebut "Ibu" dan "Saudara perempuanku".
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou are my mother, and my sister.
15 Di manakah harapan bagiku; siapa melihat adanya bahagia untukku?
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
