¹Ayub meneruskan uraiannya, katanya, "Demi Allah yang hidup, yang tak memberi keadilan kepadaku,

¹Job again took up his parable, and said,

²(27:1)

²“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

³aku bersumpah: Selama Allah masih memberi napas kepadaku, selama nyawa masih ada dalam badanku,

³(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

⁴bibirku tak akan menyebut kata dusta, lidahku tak akan mengucapkan tipu daya.

⁴surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

⁵Jadi, tak mau aku mengatakan bahwa kamu benar; sampai mati pun kupertahankan bahwa aku tak cemar.

⁵Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

⁶Aku tetap berpegang kepada kepatuhanku, dan hati nuraniku pun bersih selalu.

⁶I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

⁷Semoga musuhku dihukum sebagai pendurhaka, dan lawanku dihajar sebagai orang durjana.

⁷“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

⁸Adakah harapan bagi orang dursila pada saat Allah menuntut jiwanya?

⁹Apakah Allah akan mendengar tangisnya bilamana kesulitan menimpa dia?

¹⁰Seharusnya ia merindukan kesenangan dari Allah, dan berdoa kepada-Nya tanpa merasa lelah.

¹⁰Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

¹¹Kamu akan kuajari tentang besarnya kuasa Allah, kuberitahukan kepadamu rencana Yang Mahakuasa.

¹¹I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹²Tetapi, kamu semua telah melihatnya sendiri. Jadi, mengapa kamu berikan nasihat yang tak berarti?"

¹²Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

¹³Maka berkatalah Zofar, "Beginilah caranya Allah Yang Mahakuasa menghukum orang yang lalim dan durhaka.

¹³“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

¹⁴Jika anaknya banyak, mereka akan mati dalam perang dan anak cucunya akan hidup berkekurangan.

¹⁴If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵Sanaknya yang masih ada, mati karena wabah, dan janda-jandanya tidak menangisi mereka.

¹⁵Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

¹⁶Boleh saja peraknya bertimbun-timbun dan pakaiannya bersusun-susun,

¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

¹⁷tetapi perak dan pakaian itu semua akan menjadi milik orang yang tulus hatinya.

¹⁷he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

¹⁸Rumah orang jahat rapuh seperti sarang laba-laba, hanya rumah sementara seperti gubug seorang penjaga.

¹⁸He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

¹⁹Ia membaringkan diri sebagai orang kaya, tetapi ia tak dapat mengulanginya, ketika ia bangun dari tidurnya, sudah hilang lenyaplah kekayaannya.

¹⁹He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

²⁰Kedahsyatan menimpa seperti air bah yang datang tiba-tiba. Angin ribut di malam hari meniup dan menyeret dia pergi.

²⁰Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

²¹Angin timur mengangkat dia, dan menyapunya dari rumahnya.

²¹The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

²²Ia dilanda tanpa kasihan, dan terpaksa lari mencari perlindungan.

²²For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

²³Jatuhnya disambut orang dengan tepuk tangan; di mana-mana ia mendapat penghinaan."

²³Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.