Ayub 26
1 Tetapi Ayub berkata, "Alangkah mahirnya kauberi pertolongan kepadaku orang yang lemah dan kepayahan!
Then Job answered,
"How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.
3 Alangkah baiknya nasihat dan ajaran itu yang telah kauberikan kepadaku, orang yang dungu!
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge.
4 Kepada siapakah tuturmu itu tertuju? Siapa mengilhamimu untuk bicara seperti itu?"
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
5 Jawab Bildad, "Orang-orang di alam maut gemetar; air dan penghuninya bergeletar.
"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 Di hadapan Allah, dunia orang mati terbuka, tak bertutup sehingga kelihatan oleh-Nya. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol is naked before him, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Allah membentangkan langit, di atas samudra, dan menggantungkan bumi pada ruang hampa.
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 Dimuati-Nya awan dengan air berlimpah-limpah, namun awan itu tidak robek karena beratnya.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 Disembunyikan-Nya wajah bulan purnama di balik awan yang telah dibentangkan-Nya.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 Digambar-Nya lingkaran pada muka lautan untuk memisahkan terang dari kegelapan.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 Bila Ia menghardik dengan suara menggelegar, tiang-tiang penyangga langit gemetar.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 Samudra ditaklukkan oleh kuasa-Nya dan Rahab pun dihajar oleh kemahiran-Nya.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 Napas-Nya menyapu langit hingga cerah sekali; tangan-Nya membunuh naga yang nyaris lari.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 Tetapi semua itu hanya pertanda kuasa-Nya; hanya bisikan yang sampai di telinga kita. Betapa sedikit pengertian kita tentang Allah dan hebatnya kuasa-Nya!"
Look, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him. But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
