Job 42
1 Dann antwortete Hiob Jahwe und sprach:
Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],
2 Ich weiß, daß du alles vermagst, und daß kein Plan für dich unausführbar ist.
“I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.
3 “Wer da verhüllt Ratschluß ohne Einsicht”? Darum sprach ich es aus in Unverstand, Dinge, zu wunderbar für mich, die ich nicht begriff!
[You asked me], ‘(Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.)’ [RHQ] It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand, things that are very wonderful/marvelous, and therefore I am not able to know them.
4 “So höre den, und laß mich reden; ich will dich fragen, und du belehre mich.”
You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’
5 Von Hörensagen hatte ich von dir gehört, nun aber hat mein Auge dich gesehn!
I had heard about you previously, but now [it is as though] I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 Drum widerrufe ich und bereue in Staub und Asche!
Therefore I (am ashamed of/withdraw) what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry [for what I said].”
7 Nachdem Jahwe diese Worte mit Hiob geredet hatte, sprach Jahwe zu Eliphas von Theman: Mein Zorn ist entbrannt gegen dich und gegen deine beiden Freunde, denn ihr habt nicht recht von mir geredet wie mein Knecht Hiob!
After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, “I am angry with you and your two friends, [Bildad and Zophar], because what my servant Job said about me was right/true, but what you have spoken about me was not right/true.
8 So nehmt euch nun sieben Farren und sieben Widder und geht hin zu meinem Knechte Hiob und bringt ein Brandopfer für euch dar. Und mein Knecht Hiob möge für euch beten; denn nur die Rücksicht auf ihn wird mich abhalten, eine Übereilung an euch zu begehn, da ihr nicht recht von mir geredet habt wie mein Knecht Hiob!
So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and [kill them and] burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do, [and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me]. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right/true, but what Job said about me was right/true.”
9 Dann gingen Eliphas von Theman, Bildad von Suah und Zophar von Naama hin und thaten, wie Jahwe ihnen geheißen hatte; und Jahwe nahm Rücksicht auf Hiob.
So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do [for the three of them].
10 Und Jahwe wendete das Geschick Hiobs, als er für seine Freunde betete; denn Jahwe gab Hiob alles, was er besessen hatte, doppelt zurück.
After Job prayed for his three friends, Yahweh [healed him and] caused him to become rich again. Yahweh gave him twice as many things as he had before.
11 da kamen zu ihm alle seine Brüder und alle seine Schwestern und alle seine Bekannten von ehedem und aßen mit ihm in seinem Hause, bezeugten ihm ihr Beileid und trösteten ihn wegen all' des Unglücks, das Jahwe über ihn gebracht hatte; auch schenkten sie ihm jeder eine Kesita und jeder einen goldenen Ring.
Then all his brothers and sisters, and all the people who had known him before, came to his house, and they ate a meal together. They consoled/comforted [DOU] him because of all the troubles that Yahweh had allowed him to experience.
12 Jahwe aber segnete die nachfolgende Lebenszeit Hiobs noch mehr als seine frühere; denn er gelangte zu 14000 Schafen, 6000 Kamelen, 1000 Joch Rindern und 1000 Eselinnen.
Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
13 Auch wurden ihm sieben Söhne und drei Töchter geboren;
And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.
14 die eine nannte er Täubchen, die zweite Kassia und die dritte Schminkbüchschen.
He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.
15 Und im ganzen Lande fand man keine so schönen Frauen wie Hiobs Töchter; und ihr Vater gab ihnen Erbteil unter ihren Brüdern.
In all of [Uz] land there were no young women who were as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and Job declared that they would inherit some of his possessions, just like their brothers would inherit some.
16 Darnach lebte Hiob noch hundert und vierzig Jahre und sah seine Kinder und Kindeskinder, vier Geschlechter.
After that, Job lived 140 more years. Before he died, he (saw/enjoyed being with) his great-great-grandchildren.
17 Sodann starb Hiob alt und lebenssatt.
He was very old [DOU] when he died.
