1Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Seringkali kudengar pendapat demikian; penghiburanmu hanyalah siksaan.
1Then Job answered,
2(16:1)
2“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
3Kapankah omong kosong itu kamu hentikan? Apa yang merangsang kamu untuk memberi jawaban?
3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
4Seandainya kamu ini aku, dan aku kamu, aku pun dapat bicara sama seperti itu. Kubanjiri kamu dengan penuturan; kepalaku akan kugeleng-gelengkan.
4I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
5Hatimu akan kukuatkan dengan berbagai anjuran; kata-kataku akan memberi penghiburan.
5but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
6Kalau aku bicara, deritaku tidak reda; jika aku berdiam diri, apa pula gunanya?
6“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
7Allah, membuat aku kepayahan; seluruh keluargaku telah dibinasakan.
7But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.
8Dia menentang dan menangkap aku. Sekarang kurus keringlah tubuhku, dan bagi banyak orang itulah buktinya bahwa aku telah berdosa.
8You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
9Dengan geram Allah merobek-robek tubuhku; dengan sangat benci Ia memandang aku.
9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
10Orang-orang mengejek aku dengan mulut terbuka lebar; aku dikeroyok dan pipiku ditampar.
10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
11Allah menyerahkan aku kepada orang durhaka; aku dijatuhkan-Nya ke tangan orang durjana.
11God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12Tadinya hidupku aman dan sentosa, tapi Allah menyerang aku dengan tiba-tiba. Tengkukku dicengkeram-Nya dan aku dicampakkan; dijadikan-Nya aku sasaran untuk latihan.
12I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
13Tanpa rasa iba Ia terus memanah aku, sehingga terburailah isi perutku.
13His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
14Ia menyerbu seperti seorang pejuang, dan melukai aku dengan berulang-ulang.
14He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.
15Aku memakai karung tanda kesedihan, dan duduk dalam debu karena dikalahkan.
15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
16Wajahku merah karena tangisku; kelopak mataku bengkak dan biru.
16My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
17Tapi aku tidak melakukan kekerasan; nyata tuluslah doaku kepada TUHAN.
17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18Hai bumi, kejahatan terhadapku jangan sembunyikan; jangan diamkan teriakku minta keadilan.
18“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
19Aku tahu bahwa Pembelaku ada di surga; Ia memberi kesaksian bahwa aku tak berdosa.
19Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
20Aku diejek teman-temanku dan ditertawakan; sambil menangis aku menghadap Allah minta bantuan.
20My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
21Ah, kiranya Allah sendiri membela aku di hadapan-Nya, seperti seorang yang rela membela sahabatnya.
21that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
22Tahun-tahunku yang sisa tak banyak lagi; sebentar lagi aku pergi dan tak akan kembali.
22For when a few years have come, I shall go the way of no return.