Jobs 26
1 Då svara Job og sagde:
Then Job answered,
2 Kvar helst hev du den veike hjelpt? Når studde du den trøytte arm?
"How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.
3 Kvar gav du uklok mann ei råd? Kor ovleg visdom hev du synt?
How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge.
4 Kven hev du bore melding til? Kva ånd hev tala gjenom deg?
To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
5 Skuggarne i angest skjelva, vatsdjup og dei som deri bur.
"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Sheol is naked before him, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Nordheimen han i audni spana, og hengde jordi yver inkje.
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
8 Han vatnet inn i skyer bind; og skyi brest ei under det.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
9 Kongsstolen sin han gøymer burt og breider skyer yver honom.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
10 Kring vatni han ei grensa set, der som ljos og myrker byta skal.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
11 Stolparne under himmelen skjelv, og rædde vert dei for hans trugsmål.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
12 Han rører havet upp med velde, og med sit vit han krasar ubeist.
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
13 Og himmelen klårnar ved hans ande; hans hand den snøgge ormen drap.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
14 Sjå her utkanten av hans veg; det berre kviskring er me høyrer. Kven skynar, når hans allmagt torar?
Look, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him. But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
