Jobs 42

1 Da svarte Job Herren og sa:

And Job said in answer to the Lord,

2 Jeg vet at du kan alt, og at ingen tanke er umulig å utføre for dig.

I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

3 Hvem er den som vil formørke ditt råd i uforstand? Derfor må jeg si: Jeg har talt om det jeg ikke forstod, om det som var mig for underlig, og som jeg ikke skjønte.

Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

4 Men hør nu, så vil jeg tale! Jeg vil spørre dig, og du skal lære mig.

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

5 Bare hvad ryktet meldte, hadde jeg hørt om dig; men nu har mitt øie sett dig.

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

6 Derfor kaller jeg alt tilbake og angrer i støv og aske.

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

7 Da Herren hadde talt disse ord til Job, sa han til Elifas fra Teman: Min vrede er optendt mot dig og dine to venner; for I har ikke talt rett om mig, som min tjener Job.

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

8 Ta derfor syv okser og syv værer og gå til min tjener Job og ofre dem som brennoffer for eder! Og min tjener Job skal bede for eder; bare ham vil jeg bønnhøre, så jeg ikke gjør med eder efter eders uforstand; for I har ikke talt rett om mig, som min tjener Job.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

9 Så gikk Elifas fra Teman og Bildad fra Suah og Sofar fra Na'ama og gjorde som Herren hadde talt til dem; og Herren bønnhørte Job.

And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.

10 Og Herren gjorde ende på Jobs ulykke, da han bad for sine venner; og Herren øket alt det Job hadde hatt, til det dobbelte.

And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.

11 Og alle hans brødre kom til ham, og alle hans søstre og alle som hadde kjent ham før, og de åt med ham i hans hus og viste ham medynk og trøstet ham for all den ulykke Herren hadde latt komme over ham; og de gav ham hver en kesitte og hver en gullring.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

12 Og Herren velsignet Jobs siste dager mere enn hans første, og han fikk fjorten tusen får og seks tusen kameler og tusen par okser og tusen aseninner.

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

13 Og han fikk syv sønner og tre døtre.

And he had seven sons and three daughters.

14 Den ene datter kalte han Jemima, den annen Kesia og den tredje Keren-Happuk.

And he gave the first the name of Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch;

15 Så fagre kvinner som Jobs døtre fantes ikke i hele landet; og deres far gav dem arv blandt deres brødre.

And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.

16 Derefter levde Job hundre og firti år, og han så sine barn og barnebarn i fjerde ledd.

And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

17 Og Job døde, gammel og mett av dager.

And Job came to his end, old and full of days.