Job 2
1 Nu hændte det en Dag, at Guds Sønner kom og trådte frem for HERREN, og iblandt dem kom også Satan og trådte frem for ham.
And the day is, that sons of God come to station themselves by YHWH, and there also comes Satan in their midst to station himself by YHWH.
2 HERREN spurgte Satan: "Hvor kommer du fra?" Satan svarede HERREN: "Jeg bar gennemvanket Jorden på Kryds og tværs."
And YHWH says to Satan, “From where have you come?” And Satan answers YHWH and says, “From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.”
3 HERREN spurgte da Satan: "Har du lagt Mærke til min Tjener Job? Der findes ingen som han på Jorden, så from og retsindig en Mand, som frygter Gud og viger fra det onde. Endnu holder han fast ved sin Fromhed, og uden Grund har du ægget mig til at ødelægge ham!"
And YHWH says to Satan, “Have you set your heart to My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? And still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and you move Me against him to swallow him up for nothing!”
4 Men Satan svarede HERREN: "Hud for Hud! En Mand giver alt, hvad han ejer, for sit Liv!
And Satan answers YHWH and says, “A skin for a skin, and all that a man has he gives for his life.
5 Men ræk engang din Hånd ud og rør ved hans Ben og Kød! Sandelig, han vil forbande dig lige op i dit Ansigt!"
Yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”
6 Da sagde HERREN til Satan: "Se, han er i din Hånd; kun skal du skåne hans Liv!"
And YHWH says to Satan, “Behold, he [is] in your hand; only take care of his life.”
7 Så gik Satan bort fra HERRENs Åsyn, og han slog Job med ondartet Bylder fra Fodsål til Isse,
And Satan goes forth from the presence of YHWH, and strikes Job with a severe ulcer from the sole of his foot to his crown.
8 Og Job tog sig et Potteskår til at skrabe sig med, medens han sad i Askedyngen.
And he takes to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
9 Da sagde hans Hustru til ham: "Holder du endnu fast ved din Fromhed? Forband Gud og dø!"
And his wife says to him, “You are still keeping hold on your integrity: bless God and die.”
10 Men han svarede hende: "Du taler som en Dåre! Skulde vi tage imod det gode fra Gud, men ikke imod det onde?" I alt dette syndede Job ikke med sine Læber.
And he says to her, “As one of the foolish women speaks, you speak; indeed, do we receive the good from God, and we do not receive the bad?” In all this Job has not sinned with his lips.
11 Da Jobs tre Venner hørte om al den Ulykke, der havde ramt ham, kom de hver fra sin Hjemstavn. Temaniten Elifaz, Sjuhiten Bildad og Na'amatiten Zofar, og aftalte at gå hen og vise ham deres Medfølelse og trøste ham.
And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that has come on him, and they each come in from his place—Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—and they have met together to come to bemoan him, and to comfort him;
12 Men da de i nogen Frastand så op og ikke kunde genkende ham, opløftede de deres Røst og græd, sønderrev alle tre deres Kapper og kastede Støv op over deres Hoveder.
and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and each tears his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads—heavenward.
13 Så sad de på Jorden hos ham i syv Dage og syv Nætter, uden at nogen af dem mælede et Ord til ham; thi de så, at hans Lidelser var såre store.
And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking to him a word when they have seen that the pain has been very great.
