1Then Job answered and said,
1Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
2(16:1)
3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
3Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
4I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
4Seandainya kamu ini aku, dan aku kamu, aku pun dapat bicara sama seperti itu. Kubanjiri kamu dengan penuturan; kepalaku akan kugeleng-gelengkan.
5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
5Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
6Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
7Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
8Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
9Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
10Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
11Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
12Tadinya hidupku aman dan sentosa, tapi Allah menyerang aku dengan tiba-tiba. Tengkukku dicengkeram-Nya dan aku dicampakkan; dijadikan-Nya aku sasaran untuk latihan.
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
13Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
14Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
15Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
16Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
17Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
18Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
19Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
20Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
21Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
22Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.