Job 15
1 Saa tog Temaniten Elifaz til Orde og sagde:
Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
2 Mon Vismand svarer med Mundsvejr og fylder sit Indre med Østenvind
Will a wise man give for answer a [mere] breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,
3 for at hævde sin Ret med gavnløs Tale, med Ord, som intet baader?
reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?
4 Desuden nedbryder du Gudsfrygt og krænker den Stilhed, som tilkommer Gud.
Hast not you moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?
5 Din Skyld oplærer din Mund, du vælger de listiges Sprog.
You are guilty by the words of your mouth, neither have you discerned the words of the mighty.
6 Din Mund domfælder dig, ikke jeg, dine Læber vidner imod dig!
Let your own mouth, and not me, reprove you: and your lips shall testify against you.
7 Var du den første, der fødtes, kom du til Verden, før Højene var?
What! are you the first man that was born? or were you established before the hills?
8 Mon du lytted til, da Gud holdt Raad, og mon du rev Visdommen til dig?
Or have you heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used you as [his] counsellor? and has wisdom come [only] to you?
9 Hvad ved du, som vi ikke ved, hvad forstaar du, som vi ikke kender?
For what know you, that, we know not? or what understand you, which we do not also?
10 Ogsaa vi har en gammel iblandt os, en Olding, hvis Dage er fler end din Faders!
Truly among us [are] both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than your father.
11 Er Guds Trøst dig for lidt, det Ord, han mildelig talede til dig?
You have been scourged for [but] few of your sins: you have spoken haughtily [and] extravagantly.
12 Hvi river dit Hjerte dig hen, hvi ruller dit Øje vildt?
What has your heart dared? or what have your eyes [aimed at],
13 Thi du vender din Harme mod Gud og udstøder Ord af din Mund.
that you have vented [your] rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from [your] mouth?
14 Hvor kan et Menneske være rent, en kvindefødt have Ret?
For who, being a mortal, [is such] that he shall be blameless? or, [who that is] born of a woman, that he should be just?
15 End ikke sine Hellige tror han, og Himlen er ikke ren i hans Øjne,
Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.
16 hvad da den stygge, den onde, Manden, der drikker Uret som Vand!
Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.
17 Jeg vil sige dig noget, hør mig, jeg fortæller, hvad jeg har set,
But I will tell you, listen to me; I will tell you now what I have seen;
18 hvad vise Mænd har forkyndt, deres Fædre ikke dulgt,
things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.
19 dem alene var Landet givet, ingen fremmed færdedes blandt dem:
To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.
20 Den gudløse ængstes hele sit Liv, de stakkede Aar, en Voldsmand lever;
All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
21 Rædselslyde fylder hans Ører, midt under Fred er Hærgeren over ham;
And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.
22 han undkommer ikke fra Mørket, opsparet er han for Sværdet,
Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
23 udset til Føde for Gribbe, han ved, at han staar for Fald;
And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.
24 Mørkets Dag vil skræmme ham. Trængsel og Angst overvælde ham som en Konge, rustet til Strid.
Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
25 Thi Haanden rakte han ud mod Gud og bød den Almægtige Trods,
For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.
26 stormed haardnakket mod ham med sine tykke, buede Skjolde.
And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.
27 Thi han dækked sit Ansigt med Fedt og samlede Huld paa sin Lænd.
For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.
28 tog Bolig i Byer, der øde laa hen, i Huse, man ikke maa bo i, bestemt til at ligge i Grus.
And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
29 Han bliver ej rig, hans Velstand forgaar, til Jorden bøjer sig ikke hans Aks;
Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
30 han undkommer ikke fra Mørket. Solglød udtørrer hans Spire, hans Blomst rives bort af Vinden.
Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.
31 Han stole ikke paa Tomhed — han farer vild — thi Tomhed skal være hans Løn!
Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.
32 I Utide visner hans Stamme, hans Palmegren skal ikke grønnes;
His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.
33 han ryster som Ranken sin Drue af og kaster som Olietræet sin Blomst.
And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.
34 Thi vanhelliges Samfund er goldt, og Ild fortærer Bestikkelsens Telte;
For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
35 svangre med Kvide, føder de Uret, og deres Moderskød fostrer Svig!
And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.
