Job 20
1 Zophar aus Naama antwortete und sprach:
Then Zophar replied,
2 Darum antworten mir meine Gedanken, und weil es in mir mächtig stürmt:
“I am very perturbed about what you have said, so I want to reply very quickly.
3 mich beschimpfende Rüge muß ich hören, und der Geist giebt mir Antwort aus meiner Einsicht.
By saying these things you have insulted me, but I know how (OR, because I understand very much) I can reply to you.
4 Kennst du denn nicht die alte Wahrheit - so alt, als Menschen auf der Erde leben, -
“Do you not know that from long ago, ever since people were first put on the earth,
5 daß der Gottlosen Jubel nicht lange währt, und des Ruchlosen Freude nur einen Augenblick?
wicked people [like you] do not continue to rejoice for a long time, ungodly people are happy only for a (moment/very short time) [HYP]?
6 Oba auch sein hoher Mut sich bis zum Himmel erhebt, und sein Haupt bis an die Wolken reicht,
[Even] though their reputation/pride reaches up to the sky and their fame goes up as high as the clouds,
7 gleich seinem Kote schwindet er für immer; die ihn sahen, sprechen: Wo ist er?
they will disappear forever, like their own dung, and those who knew them will ask, ‘(Where did they go/What happened to them)?’
8 Wie ein Traum verfliegt er spurlos und wird verscheucht wie ein Nachtgesicht.
They will be forgotten like [SIM] a dream is, and they will exist no more. They will vanish, like visions [that people see] during the night.
9 Das Auge, das ihn geschaut, schaut ihn nicht wieder, und seine Stätte sieht ihn nimmermehr.
Those who saw those people previously will never see them again; even their families [MTY] will not see them any more.
10 Seine Kinder müssen die Armen begütigen, seine Hände das Gut herausgeben.
Their children will be forced to return the valuable things that those children stole from poor people [DOU].
11 Ist auch sein Gebein voll Jugendkraft, sie muß sich mit ihm in die Erde betten.
Previously their bodies were young and strong, but they will die and [their bodies will] be buried in the ground.
12 Wenn seinem Munde süß das Böse schmeckt, wenn er es unter seiner Zunge birgt,
“Doing wicked things was like having sweet food in their mouths, and they wanted to continue to taste it.
13 es spart und nicht fahren lassen will und es inmitten seines Gaumens zurückhält:
And they did not want to stop doing those things,
14 seine Speise verwandelt sich in seinen Eingeweiden, - zu Natterngalle in seinem Inneren.
[but some day] the evil things that they enjoyed doing will become like food [that they swallow] [and which becomes] as bitter as snake venom.
15 Hab und Gut verschlang er - er muß es ausspeien: aus seinem Bauche treibt es Gott.
Wicked people will not continue to keep the money they have accumulated, like people do not keep the food that they vomit. God takes their wealth from them.
16 Natterngift sog er ein, es tötet ihn der Viper Zunge.
What wicked people do is [like] [MET] swallowing snake venom; it will kill them like [MET] the bite of a poisonous snake kills people.
17 Nicht darf er sich der Bäche freun, der flutenden Ströme von Honig und Dickmilch.
They will not remain alive to see abundant blessings [IDM] [from God], milk and olive oil and honey, that are [so abundant they are] like [MET] a stream that flows by.
18 Heraus giebt er das Erarbeitete, verschluckt es nicht, des eingetauschten Guts wird er nicht froh.
They will be forced to give back the things that they stole from the poor; they will not be able to continue to enjoy those things. They will not remain happy because of what they got from their businesses,
19 Denn er schlug Arme nieder, ließ sie liegen - ein Haus riß er an sich, aber er baut es nicht aus.
because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses [by cheating them].
20 Denn er kannte keine Ruhe in seinem Bauche; doch mit dem, woran er hängt, entkommt er nicht.
“They were always greedy and never satisfied. They just keep dreaming about owning more and more things.
21 Nichts entging seiner Gier, darum hat sein Gut keinen Bestand.
When they finished eating their food, there was never anything left over [because they had greedily eaten it all]; but now their prosperity will end.
22 In der Fülle seines Überflusses wird ihm Angst, die ganze Gewalt des Elends kommt über ihn.
When they are extremely prosperous/wealthy, they will suddenly experience a lot of trouble. (Misery will strike them and crush them [PRS]/They will suffer very greatly).
23 Dann geschieht's: um seinen Bauch zu füllen, entsendet er in ihn seines Zornes Glut und läßt auf ihn regnen in sein Gedärm hinein.
When the wicked people are filling their stomachs, God will show that he is very angry with them and punish them; the punishment [that he gives them] will be like [MET] rain falling on them.
24 Flieht er vor der eisernen Rüstung, so durchbohrt ihn der eherne Bogen.
They will try to escape from [being killed by] iron weapons, but arrows with bronze points will pierce them.
25 Er sieht, da kommt's aus dem Rücken, und der blitzende Stahl geht aus seiner Galle - über ihm lagern Schrecken!
The arrows will [go completely through their bodies and] stick out of their backs; the shiny points of the arrows will have blood dripping from them, and those wicked people will be terrified.
26 Alles Unglück ist aufgespart seinen Schätzen, ein Feuer verzehrt ihn, das nicht angefacht ward; es weidet ab den Überrest in seinem Zelt.
Their valuable possessions will all be destroyed; a fire that is not lit by humans, [but by God, ] will burn them up and also destroy the things that are left in their tents.
27 Der Himmel deckt seine Schuld auf, und die Erde erhebt sich feindselig wider ihn.
The [angels in] heaven [MTY] will reveal the sins that those wicked people have committed, and [people on] earth will stand up and testify against them.
28 Ins Elend geht seines Hauses Ertrag, zerrinnendes Wasser an seinem Zornestag.
When God punishes [MTY] [people], all the possessions in the wicked people’s houses will be carried away by a flood.
29 Das ist das Los des gottlosen Menschen von seiten Gottes, und das Erbteil das ihm vom Höchsten beschieden ward!
That is what will happen to wicked people [like you]; that is what God has decided will happen to them.”
