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

¹Then Job answered,

²(21:1)

²“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.

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

³Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

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

⁴As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

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

⁵Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

⁶Jika kupikirkan keadaanku ini gemetarlah aku karena ngeri.

⁶When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

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

⁷“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.

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

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

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

¹²They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

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

¹³They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

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

¹⁴They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

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

¹⁵What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

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

¹⁶Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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

¹⁷“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

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

¹⁸How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

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.

¹⁹You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

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

²⁰Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

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

²¹For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

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

²²“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

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

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

²⁴(21:23)

²⁴His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.

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

²⁵Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

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

²⁶They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

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

²⁷“Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.

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

²⁸For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’

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

²⁹Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,

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

³⁰that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

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

³¹Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

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

³²Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.

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

³³The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

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

³⁴So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”