¹But Job answered and said,

¹Ayub menjawab, "Dengarkan apa yang akan kukatakan; hanya itu yang kuminta sebagai penghiburan.

²Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

²(21:1)

³Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

³Izinkanlah aku ganti bicara, setelah itu boleh lagi kamu menghina!

⁴As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

⁴Bukan dengan manusia aku bertengkar, jadi tak mengapalah jika aku kurang sabar.

⁵Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

⁵Pandanglah aku, maka kamu akan tercengang, kamu terpaku dan mulutmu bungkam.

⁶Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

⁶Jika kupikirkan keadaanku ini gemetarlah aku karena ngeri.

⁷Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

⁷Mengapa orang jahat diberi umur panjang oleh Allah, dan harta mereka terus bertambah?

⁸Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

⁸Mereka hidup cukup lama sehingga melihat anak cucu mereka menjadi dewasa.

⁹Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

⁹Rumah tangga mereka aman sentosa; Allah tidak mendatangkan bencana atas mereka.

¹⁰Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

¹⁰Ternak mereka berkembang biak, dan tanpa kesulitan, beranak.

¹¹They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

¹¹Anak-anak orang jahat berlompatan dengan gembira, seperti domba muda yang bersukaria.

¹²They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

¹²Diiringi bunyi rebana, seruling dan kecapi, mereka ramai bernyanyi dan menari-nari.

¹³They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

¹³Hari-harinya dihabiskan dalam kebahagiaan, dan mereka meninggal penuh kedamaian.

¹⁴Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

¹⁴Padahal mereka telah berkata kepada Allah, "Jauhilah kami dan pergilah! Kami tak peduli dan tak ingin mengerti maksud dan kehendak-Mu bagi hidup kami."

¹⁵What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

¹⁵Pikir mereka, "Melayani Allah tak ada gunanya, dan berdoa kepada-Nya tiada manfaatnya.

¹⁶Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁶Bukankah karena kekuatan kita saja, tercapailah segala maksud dan tujuan kita?" Akan tetapi aku sama sekali tidak setuju dengan jalan pikiran dan pendapat begitu.

¹⁷How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

¹⁷Pernahkah pelita orang jahat dipadamkan, dan mereka ditimpa bencana dan kemalangan? Pernahkah Allah marah kepada mereka, sehingga mereka dihukum-Nya?

¹⁸They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

¹⁸Pernahkah mereka seperti jerami dan debu yang ditiup oleh badai dan oleh angin lalu?

¹⁹God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

¹⁹Kamu berkata, "Anak dihukum Allah karena dosa ayahnya." Tapi kataku: Orang berdosa itulah yang harus dihukum Allah, agar mereka sadar bahwa karena dosa mereka, maka Allah mengirimkan hukuman-Nya.

²⁰His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

²⁰Biarlah orang berdosa menanggung dosanya sendiri, biarlah dirasakannya murka Allah Yang Mahatinggi.

²¹For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

²¹Jika manusia habis masanya di dunia, masih pedulikah ia entah keluarganya bahagia?

²²Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

²²Dapatkah manusia mengajar Allah, sedangkan Allah sendiri yang menghakimi makhluk di surga?

²³One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

²³Ada orang yang sehat selama hidupnya; ia meninggal dengan puas dan lega. Matinya tenang dengan rasa bahagia, sedang tubuhnya masih penuh tenaga.

²⁴His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

²⁴(21:23)

²⁵And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

²⁵Tapi ada pula yang mati penuh kepahitan, tanpa pernah mengenyam kebahagiaan.

²⁶They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

²⁶Namun di kuburan, mereka sama-sama terbaring; dikerumuni oleh ulat dan cacing.

²⁷Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

²⁷Memang aku tahu apa yang kamu pikirkan dan segala kejahatan yang kamu rancangkan.

²⁸For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

²⁸Tanyamu, "Di mana rumah penguasa yang melakukan perbuatan durhaka?"

²⁹Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

²⁹Belumkah kamu menanyai orang yang banyak bepergian? Tidak percayakah kamu berita yang mereka laporkan?

³⁰That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

³⁰Kata mereka, "Pada hari Allah memberi hukuman, para penjahat akan diselamatkan."

³¹Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

³¹Tak ada yang menggugat kelakuannya; tak ada yang membalas kejahatannya.

³²Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

³²Ia dibawa ke kuburan, dan dimasukkan ke dalam liang lahat; makamnya dijaga dan dirawat.

³³The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

³³Ribuan orang berjalan mengiringi jenazahnya; dengan lembut tanah pun menimbuninya.

³⁴How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

³⁴Jadi, penghiburanmu itu kosong dan segala jawabanmu bohong!"