Ayub 22
1 Lalu berkatalah Elifas, "Di antara umat manusia, tidak seorang pun berguna bagi Allah. Orang yang sangat berakal budi, hanya berguna bagi dirinya sendiri.
Then Eliphaz the Themanite responded by saying:
Can man be compared with God, even if he were perfect in knowledge?
3 Apakah ada faedahnya bagi Allah, jika engkau melakukan kehendak-Nya? Apakah ada untung bagi-Nya, jika hidupmu sempurna?
What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate?
4 Bukan karena takutmu kepada Allah, engkau dituduh dan dianggap bersalah,
Will he reprove you and take you to judgment for being afraid,
5 melainkan karena sangat banyak dosamu, dan amat jahat tindakan dan kelakuanmu.
and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness?
6 Jika saudaramu tak dapat membayar hutangnya, kaurampas semua pakaiannya.
For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.
7 Orang yang lelah tidak kauberi minuman, yang lapar tidak kautawari makanan.
You have not given water to the weary; you have taken bread away from the hungry.
8 Kaupakai jabatan dan kuasa untuk menyita tanah seluruhnya.
By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.
9 Bukan saja kau tidak menolong para janda, tetapi yatim piatu kautindas pula.
You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.
10 Karena itu di sekitarmu, kini penuh jebakan, dan dengan tiba-tiba hatimu diliputi ketakutan.
Because of this, you are surrounded by traps, and unexpected fears will disturb you.
11 Hari semakin gelap, tak dapat engkau melihat; engkau tenggelam dilanda banjir yang dahsyat.
And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the onrush of overflowing waters?
12 Bukankah Allah mendiami langit yang tertinggi, dan memandang ke bawah, ke bintang-bintang yang tinggi sekali?
Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?
13 Namun engkau bertanya, "Tahu apa Dia? Ia ada di balik awan dan tak dapat mengadili kita."
And you say: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,”
14 Engkau menyangka bahwa pandangan-Nya tertutup awan dan bahwa hanya pada batas antara langit dan bumi Ia berjalan?
and, “The clouds are his hiding-place,” and, “He does not examine us closely,” and, “He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens.”
15 Apakah engkau tetap hendak lewat di jalan yang dipilih orang-orang jahat?
Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned?
16 Mereka direnggut sebelum tiba saat kematiannya, dan dihanyutkan oleh banjir yang melanda.
These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.
17 Mereka itulah yang berani menolak Yang Mahakuasa, dan mengira Ia tak dapat berbuat apa-apa kepada mereka.
They said to God, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,
18 Padahal Allah yang telah menjadikan mereka kaya! Sungguh aku tak mengerti pikiran orang durjana!
though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.
19 Orang yang baik, tertawa penuh kegembiraan, bila melihat orang jahat mendapat hukuman.
The just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock them.
20 Segala milik orang jahat telah hancur binasa, dan api membakar habis apa yang masih tersisa.
Has not their haughtiness been cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them?
21 Nah, Ayub, berdamailah dengan TUHAN, supaya engkau mendapat ketentraman. Kalau itu kaulakukan, pasti engkau mendapat keuntungan.
So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.
22 Terimalah apa yang diajarkan TUHAN kepadamu; simpanlah itu semua di dalam hatimu.
Accept the law from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
23 Kembalilah kepada TUHAN dengan rendah hati kejahatan di rumahmu hendaknya kauakhiri.
If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.
24 Buanglah emasmu yang paling murni; lemparlah ke dasar sungai yang tidak berair lagi.
He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.
25 Biarlah Yang Mahakuasa menjadi emasmu, dan perakmu yang sangat bermutu.
And the Almighty will be against your enemies, and silver will be gathered together for you.
26 Maka kau boleh percaya kepada Allah selalu, dan mengetahui bahwa Dia sumber bahagiamu.
Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.
27 Bila engkau berdoa, Ia akan menjawabmu, dan engkau dapat menepati segala janjimu.
You will plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows.
28 Usahamu akan berhasil selalu, dan terang akan menyinari hidupmu.
You will decide on something, and it will come to you, and the light will shine in your ways.
29 Orang yang sombong direndahkan TUHAN, tetapi yang rendah hati diselamatkan.
For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved.
30 Allah akan menolongmu jika kau tidak bersalah, dan jika kau melakukan kehendak-Nya."
The innocent will be saved, and he will be saved with purity in his hands.
