¹Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

¹Ayub melanjutkan uraiannya, katanya,

²Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

²"Kiranya hidupku dapat lagi seperti dahulu, waktu Allah melindungi aku.

³When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

³Aku selalu diberi-Nya pertolongan, diterangi-Nya waktu berjalan dalam kegelapan.

⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

⁴Itulah hari-hari kejayaanku, ketika keakraban Allah menaungi rumahku.

⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

⁵Waktu itu, Yang Mahakuasa masih mendampingi aku, dan anak-anakku ada di sekelilingku.

⁶When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

⁶Ternakku menghasilkan banyak sekali susu. Banyak minyak dihasilkan oleh pohon-pohon zaitunku, meskipun ditanam di tanah berbatu.

⁷When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

⁷Jika para tua-tua kota duduk bersama, dan kuambil tempatku di antara mereka,

⁸The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

⁸minggirlah orang-orang muda, segera setelah aku dilihat mereka. Juga orang-orang tua bangkit dengan khidmat; untuk memberi hormat.

⁹The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

⁹Bahkan para pembesar berhenti berkata-kata,

¹⁰The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

¹⁰dan orang penting pun tidak berbicara.

¹¹When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

¹¹Siapa pun kagum jika mendengar tentang aku; siapa yang melihat aku, memuji jasaku.

¹²Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

¹²Sebab, kutolong orang miskin yang minta bantuan; kusokong yatim piatu yang tak punya penunjang.

¹³The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹³Aku dipuji oleh orang yang sangat kesusahan, kutolong para janda sehingga mereka tentram.

¹⁴I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

¹⁴Tindakanku jujur tanpa cela; kutegakkan keadilan senantiasa.

¹⁵I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

¹⁵Bagi orang buta, aku menjadi mata; bagi orang lumpuh, aku adalah kakinya.

¹⁶I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

¹⁶Bagi orang miskin, aku menjadi ayah; bagi orang asing, aku menjadi pembela.

¹⁷And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

¹⁷Tapi kuasa orang kejam, kupatahkan, dan kurban mereka kuselamatkan.

¹⁸Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

¹⁸Harapanku ialah mencapai umur yang tinggi, dan mati dengan tenang di rumahku sendiri.

¹⁹My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

¹⁹Aku seperti pohon yang subur tumbuhnya, akarnya cukup air dan embun membasahi dahannya.

²⁰My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

²⁰Aku selalu dipuji semua orang, dan tak pernah kekuatanku berkurang.

²¹Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

²¹Orang-orang diam, jika aku memberi nasihat; segala perkataanku mereka dengarkan dengan cermat.

²²After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

²²Sehabis aku bicara, tak ada lagi yang perlu ditambahkan; perkataan meresap seperti tetesan air hujan.

²³And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

²³Semua orang menyambut kata-kataku dengan gembira, seperti petani menyambut hujan di musim bunga.

²⁴If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

²⁴Kutersenyum kepada mereka ketika mereka putus asa; air mukaku yang bahagia menambah semangat mereka.

²⁵I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

²⁵Akulah yang memegang pimpinan, dan mengambil segala keputusan. Kupimpin mereka seperti raja di tengah pasukannya, dan kuhibur mereka dalam kesedihannya.