¹Sekarang, hai Ayub, dengarkanlah dengan teliti kata-kata yang hendak kusampaikan ini.

¹“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

²Aku sudah siap sedia hendak berkata-kata.

²See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

³Dengan tulus hati aku berbicara; yang kukatakan adalah yang sebenarnya.

³My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

⁴Roh Allah telah menciptakan aku dan memberikan hidup kepadaku.

⁴The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

⁵Jadi, jika dapat, jawablah aku. Siapkanlah pembelaanmu.

⁵If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

⁶Bagi Allah, kau dan aku tidak berbeda dari tanah liat kita dibentuk-Nya.

⁶Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.

⁷Jadi, tak usah kau takut kepadaku; aku tidak bermaksud mengalahkanmu.

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

⁸Nah, telah kudengar apa yang kaukatakan, dan aku mengerti apa yang kaumaksudkan.

⁸“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

⁹Kau berkata, 'Aku bersih, tak melakukan pelanggaran. Aku tak bercela dan tak berbuat kesalahan.

⁹‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

¹⁰Tetapi Allah mencari-cari alasan melawan aku, dan diperlakukan-Nya aku sebagai seteru.

¹⁰Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

¹¹Ia mengenakan rantai pada kakiku; dan mengawasi segala gerak-gerikku.'

¹¹He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’

¹²Hai Ayub, pendapatmu salah belaka! Sebab Allah lebih besar daripada manusia.

¹²“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

¹³Mengapa engkau menuduh Allah bahwa Ia tak mengindahkan keluhan manusia?

¹³Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

¹⁴Allah berbicara dengan berbagai cara, namun tak seorang pun memperhatikan perkataan-Nya.

¹⁴For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

¹⁵Sedang orang tidur nyenyak di waktu malam, dalam mimpi dan penglihatan, Allah berbicara.

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;

¹⁶Allah menyuruh mereka mendengarkan; dikejutkan-Nya mereka dengan teguran-teguran.

¹⁶Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,

¹⁷Maksud-Nya supaya mereka berhenti berdosa dan meninggalkan kesombongan mereka.

¹⁷That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

¹⁸Tidak dibiarkan-Nya mereka mengalami kehancuran; dilindungi-Nya mereka dari kematian.

¹⁸He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

¹⁹Allah menegur orang dengan mendatangkan penyakit sehingga tubuhnya penuh rasa sakit.

¹⁹He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;

²⁰Si sakit kehilangan nafsu makan, makanan yang paling lezat pun memuakkan.

²⁰So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

²¹Tubuhnya menjadi kurus merana, tulang-tulangnya kelihatan semua.

²¹His flesh is so consumed away, that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

²²Ia sudah hampir pulang ke alam baka dunia orang mati telah dekat kepadanya.

²²Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

²³Mungkin satu di antara seribu malaikat Allah yang mengingatkan manusia akan tugasnya, akan datang menolong dia.

²³“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;

²⁴Dengan iba malaikat itu akan berkata, 'Lepaskanlah dia, tak boleh ia turun ke dunia orang mati. Inilah uang tebusan, agar ia bebas lagi.'

²⁴then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’

²⁵Tubuhnya akan menjadi kuat perkasa segar seperti orang muda.

²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.

²⁶Bila ia berdoa, Allah akan mengasihaninya, maka ia akan memuji Allah dengan gembira dan Allah akan memulihkan keadaannya.

²⁶He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

²⁷Maka di depan umum ia akan berkata, 'Yang jahat kuanggap baik, besarlah dosaku, namun Allah tidak menghukum aku.'

²⁷He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

²⁸Allah mencegah aku pergi ke dunia orang mati, sehingga aku masih hidup kini.

²⁸He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.’

²⁹Dengan berulang kali, Allah telah melakukan semua ini,

²⁹“Behold, God works all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,

³⁰supaya Ia dapat menyelamatkan manusia dan memberi kebahagiaan dalam hidupnya.

³⁰to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

³¹Maka dengarlah Ayub, pasanglah telinga diamlah, kini akulah yang berbicara.

³¹Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

³²Tetapi jika ada yang hendak kaukatakan, silakan bicara; dan jika engkau benar, aku akan rela mengakuinya.

³²If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.

³³Tetapi jika tidak, diamlah dan dengarkanlah aku, aku hendak mengajarkan hikmat kepadamu.

³³If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”