Ayub 4
1 Lalu berbicaralah Elifas, katanya: "Ayub, kesalkah engkau bila aku bicara? Tak sanggup aku berdiam diri lebih lama.
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
"If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Banyak orang telah kauberi pelajaran, dan mereka yang lemah telah kaukuatkan.
Look, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
4 Kata-katamu yang memberi semangat, membangunkan orang yang tersandung, lemas dan penat.
Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.
5 Tetapi kini engkau sendiri ditimpa duka; kau terkejut, dan menjadi putus asa.
But now it is come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
6 Bukankah engkau setia kepada Allah; bukankah hidupmu tiada cela? Jika begitu, sepantasnyalah engkau yakin dan tak putus asa.
Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 Pikirlah, pernahkah orang yang tak bersalah ditimpa celaka dan musibah?
"Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
8 Aku tahu dari pengamatan bahwa orang yang membajak ladang kejahatan, dan menabur benih bencana bagai biji tanaman, akan menuai celaka dan kesusahan!
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
9 Bagai badai, begitulah murka Allah membinasakan mereka hingga punah!
By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
10 Orang jahat mengaum dan meraung, bagaikan singa mereka menggerung. Tetapi Allah membungkam mereka serta mematahkan gigi-giginya.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 Mereka mati seperti singa kekurangan makanan, sehingga anak-anaknya bercerai-berai tak keruan.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12 Pernah suatu wahyu sampai kepadaku, bagaikan bisikan halus dalam telingaku.
"Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
13 Tidurku terganggu dan terusik olehnya, seperti mendapat mimpi yang buruk di malam buta.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 Aku pun terkejut dan menggigil gentar; seluruh tubuhku bergundang, gemetar.
fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15 Angin sepoi menyentuh wajahku, maka tegaklah bulu romaku.
Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
16 Suatu sosok berdiri di hadapanku; kutatap, tetapi ia asing bagiku. Lalu kudengar bunyi suara memecah heningnya suasana,
It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
17 'Mungkinkah manusia tanpa salah di hadapan Allah? Mungkinkah ia tidak bercela di mata Penciptanya?
'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Bahkan hamba-hamba Allah di surga, tak dapat dipercayai oleh-Nya. Bahkan pada malaikat-malaikat-Nya didapati-Nya kesalahan dan cela.
Look, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
19 Apalagi makhluk dari tanah liat makhluk debu yang dapat dipencet seperti ngengat!
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.
20 Makhluk itu hidup di waktu pagi, lalu mati terlantar di senja hari, dan untuk selamanya ia tak diingat lagi.
Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
21 Maka hilanglah segala yang dimiliki; ia pun mati tanpa beroleh akal budi.'
Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
