Ayub 17
1 Ajalku sudah dekat, hampir putuslah napasku; hanyalah kuburan yang tinggal bagiku.
“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
2 Orang menjadikan aku bahan ejekan; kulihat betapa mereka melontarkan sindiran.
Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
3 Aku ini jujur, ya Allah. Percayalah padaku! Siapa lagi yang dapat menyokong perkataanku?
“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
4 Kaututup hati mereka sehingga tak mengerti; jangan sampai mereka menundukkan aku kini.
For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
5 Menurut pepatah, siapa mengadukan teman demi keuntungan, anak-anaknya sendiri akan menerima pembalasan.
He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
6 Kini aku disindir dengan pepatah itu; mereka datang untuk meludahi mukaku.
“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
7 Mataku kabur karena dukacita; seluruh tubuhku kurus merana.
My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
8 Orang yang saleh, terkejut dan heran; orang yang tak bersalah, menganggap aku tidak bertuhan.
Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
9 Orang yang baik dan yang tidak bersalah, makin yakin cara hidupnya berkenan kepada Allah.
Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 Tapi seandainya kamu semua datang ke mari, tak seorang bijaksana pun yang akan kudapati.
But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.
11 Hari-hariku telah lalu, gagallah segala rencanaku; hilang pula semua cita-cita hatiku.
My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
12 Tetapi sahabat-sahabatku berkata, 'Malam itu siang dan terang hampir tiba.' Namun aku tahu dalam hatiku bahwa tetap gelaplah keadaanku.
They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, (Sheol h7585)
14 Kuburku kunamakan "Ayahku", dan cacing-cacing pemakan tubuhku kusebut "Ibu" dan "Saudara perempuanku".
if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
15 Di manakah harapan bagiku; siapa melihat adanya bahagia untukku?
where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
