Job 2
1 Og det skete en Dag, der Guds Børn kom for at fremstille sig for Herren, da kom ogsaa Satan midt iblandt dem for at fremstille sig for Herren.
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
2 Da sagde Herren til Satan: Hvorfra kommer du? og Satan svarede Herren og sagde: Fra at gaa omkring i Landet og vandre om derudi.
And the LORD said to Satan, From where comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it.
3 Og Herren sagde til Satan: Har du givet Agt paa min Tjener Job? thi der er ingen som han i Landet, en oprigtig og retskaffen Mand, som frygter Gud og viger fra det onde, og han holder endnu fast ved sin Retsindighed; men du har tilskyndet mig imod ham at ødelægge ham uden Aarsag.
And the LORD said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 Da svarede Satan Herren og sagde: Hud for Hud, ja alt det, en Mand har, giver han for sit Liv.
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, even, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 Dog udræk nu din Haand og rør ved hans Ben og hans Kød; hvad gælder det, om han ikke skal fornægte dig lige for dit Ansigt?
But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 Og Herren sagde til Satan: Se, han være i din Haand; dog var hans Liv!
And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but save his life.
7 Da for Satan ud fra Herrens Ansigt og slog Job med onde Bylder fra hans Fodsaal og indtil hans Isse.
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
8 Og han tog sig et Potteskaar til at skrabe sig med, og han sad midt i Asken.
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Og hans Hustru sagde til ham: Holder du endnu fast ved din Retsindighed? velsign Gud og dø!
Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thy integrity? curse God, and die.
10 Men han sagde til hende: Du taler, ligesom en af de daarlige Kvinder taler; skulde vi alene tage imod det gode af Gud og ikke tage imod det onde? I alt dette syndede Job ikke med sine Læber.
But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
11 Og der Jobs tre Venner hørte al den Ulykke, som var kommen over ham, da kom de, hver fra sit Sted: Themaniten Elifas og Sukiten Bildad og Naamathiten Zofar, og de forenede sig med hverandre for at komme at vise ham Medynk og trøste ham.
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12 Men der de opløftede deres Øjne langtfra, da kendte de ham ikke, og de opløftede deres Røst og græd, og de sønderrev hver sin Kappe, og de kastede Støv paa deres Hoveder op imod Himmelen.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they raised their voice, and wept; and they tore every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 Og de sade hos ham paa Jorden syv Dage og syv Nætter, og ingen talte et Ord til ham; thi de saa, at Pinen var saare stor.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
