Job 24
1 Hvi skulle tiderna dem Allsmägtiga icke fördolda vara? Och de honom känna, se intet hans dagar?
“(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
2 De flytta råmärken, de röfva bort hjorden, och föda honom.
[Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
3 De drifva bort de faderlösas åsna, och taga enkones oxa till pant.
[Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
4 De fattige måste vika för dem, och de torftige i landena måste förgömma sig.
[Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
5 Si, vilddjuren i öknene gå ut, såsom de pläga, bittida till rofs, att de skola bereda mat för ungarna.
The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
6 De uppskära af den åker, som dem intet tillhörer; och berga den vingård, som de med orätt hafva.
The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
7 De nakna låta de ligga, och låta dem intet öfvertäckelse i frostena, hvilkom de deras kläder borttagit hafva;
During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
8 Så att de måste hålla sig i bergskrefvom, när en regnskur af bergen faller neder uppå dem; efter de eljest ingen råd hafva.
When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
9 De slita barnet ifrå bröstet, och göra det faderlöst; och göra menniskorna fattiga med pantande.
[Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
10 Den nakna låta de gå utan kläder, och dem hungroga borttaga de axen.
But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
11 De tvinga dem till att göra oljo uppå deras qvarn, och trampa deras pressar, och låta dem likväl törsta.
Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
12 De göra folket i staden suckande, och dess slagnas själar ropande; och Gud straffar dem intet.
In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
13 Derföre äro de affallne ifrå ljusena, och känna icke dess väg, och vända icke om till dess stigar igen.
Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
14 I lysningene står mördaren upp, och dräper den fattiga och torftiga; och om nattena är han som en tjuf.
Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
15 Horkarlens öga hafver akt på skymningena, och säger: Mig ser intet öga; och han förtäcker sitt anlete.
Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
16 I mörkrena bryter han sig in i husen; om dagen gömma de sig med hvarannan, och vilja intet veta af ljusena.
It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
17 Ty om än morgonen kommer dem, är det dem såsom ett mörker; förty han förnimmer mörkrens förskräckelse.
All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
18 Han far lätteliga åstad såsom uppå ett vatten; hans håfvor varda icke stora i landena, och han brukar intet sin vingård.
“[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
20 De barmhertige skola förgäta honom; hans lust varder full med matk; man skall icke mer tänka uppå honom; han skall sönderbruten varda såsom ett ruttet trä.
Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
21 Han hafver bedröfvat den ensamma, som intet föder; och enkone hafver han intet godt gjort;
They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
22 Och hafver dragit de mägtiga under sig med sine kraft. När han står, skall han icke viss vara uppå sitt lif.
But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
23 Han gör sig sjelf en trygghet, der han sig uppå förlåter; dock se hans ögon uppå deras handel.
God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
24 De äro en liten tid upphäfne; men de varda omintet, och undertryckte, och taga en ända såsom all ting; och såsom agnar på axen skola de afslagne varda.
They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
25 Är det icke så? Nu väl, ho vill straffa mig för lögn, och göra min ord om intet?
If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
