¹Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Aku meronta dan mengeluh terhadap Allah; tak dapat aku menahan keluh kesah.

¹Then Job answered and said,

²(23:1)

²Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

³Ah, kiranya kuketahui tempat Ia berada, supaya aku dapat pergi dan bertemu dengan Dia.

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

⁴Maka kepada-Nya perkaraku ini kuhadapkan, dari mulutku berderai kata-kata pembelaan.

⁴I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵Aku ingin tahu apa yang akan Ia katakan, dan bagaimana Ia memberi jawaban.

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

⁶Apakah Ia akan melancarkan kuasa-Nya kepadaku? Tidak! Ia pasti akan mendengarkan kata-kataku.

⁶Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

⁷Aku tak bersalah dan dapat membela diri di hadapan-Nya, maka aku akan dinyatakan bebas untuk selama-lamanya.

⁷There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁸Kucari Allah di timur, barat, selatan, utara, tetapi di mana-mana Allah tak ada; dan aku tak dapat menemukan Dia.

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

⁹(23:8)

⁹On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

¹⁰Namun Dia tahu segala jalanku juga setiap langkahku. Kalau seperti emas aku diuji, akan terbukti bahwa hatiku murni.

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹¹Aku taat kepada-Nya dengan setia; tak pernah aku menyimpang dari jalan yang ditentukan-Nya.

¹¹My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

¹²Perintah-perintah Allah selalu kutaati, kehendak-Nya kuikuti, dan bukan keinginanku sendiri.

¹²I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹³Allah itu tak berubah; tak ada yang dapat melawan Dia. Ia melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya.

¹³But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹⁴Ia akan menjalankan rencana-Nya bagiku, dan masih banyak lagi rencana-Nya selain itu.

¹⁴For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

¹⁵Karena takut kepada-Nya, gemetarlah aku; semakin semua itu kupikirkan, semakin takutlah aku.

¹⁵Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁶Yang Mahakuasa menghancurkan segala keberanianku. Aku takut karena Allah, dan bukan karena gelap gulita, meskipun kegelapan itu mengelilingi aku, dan menutupi wajahku.

¹⁶For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

¹⁷(23:16)

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.