Job 2
1 Nu hændte det en Dag, at Guds Sønner kom og traadte frem for HERREN, og iblandt dem kom ogsaa Satan og traadte frem for ham.
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 HERREN spurgte Satan: »Hvor kommer du fra?« Satan svarede HERREN: »Jeg har gennemvanket Jorden paa Kryds og tværs.«
And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3 HERREN spurgte da Satan: »Har du lagt Mærke til min Tjener Job? Der findes ingen som han paa Jorden, saa from og retsindig en Mand, som frygter Gud og viger fra det onde. Endnu holder han fast ved sin Fromhed, og uden Grund har du ægget mig til at ødelægge ham!«
And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 Men Satan svarede HERREN: »Hud for Hud! En Mand giver alt, hvad han ejer, for sit Liv!
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life.
5 Men ræk engang din Haand ud og rør ved hans Ben og Kød! Sandelig, han vil forbande dig lige op i dit Ansigt!«
But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.
6 Da sagde HERREN til Satan: »Se, han er i din Haand; kun skal du skaane hans Liv!«
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life.
7 Saa gik Satan bort fra HERRENS Aasyn, og han slog Job med ondartede Bylder fra Fodsaal til Isse.
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and stroke Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 Og Job tog sig et Potteskaar til at skrabe sig med, medens han sad i Askedyngen.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself likewise; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Da sagde hans Hustru til ham: »Holder du endnu fast ved din Fromhed? Forband Gud og dø!«
Then said his wife unto him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die.
10 Men han svarede hende: »Du taler som en Daare! Skulde vi tage imod det gode fra Gud, men ikke imod det onde?« I alt dette syndede Job ikke med sine Læber.
But he said unto her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. 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 Da Jobs tre Venner hørte om al den Ulykke, der havde ramt ham, kom de hver fra sin Hjemstavn. Temaniten Elifaz, Sjuhiten Bildad og Na'amatiten Zofar, og aftalte at gaa hen og vise ham deres Medfølelse og trøste ham.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was 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 da de i nogen Frastand saa op og ikke kunde genkende ham, opløftede de deres Røst og græd, sønderrev alle tre deres Kapper og kastede Støv op over deres Hoveder.
And when they lifted up their eyes far off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 Saa sad de paa Jorden hos ham i syv Dage og syv Nætter, uden at nogen af dem mælede et Ord til ham; thi de saa, at hans Lidelser var saare store.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
