Job 23
1 Saa tog Job til Orde og svarede:
And he answered Job and he said.
2 Ogsaa i Dag er der Trods i min Klage, tungt ligger hans Haand paa mit Suk!
Also this day [the] rebellion of complaint my hand my it is heavy on groaning my.
3 Ak, vidste jeg Vej til at finde ham, kunde jeg naa hans Trone!
Who? will he give I knew and I will find him I will come to place his.
4 Da vilde jeg udrede Sagen for ham og fylde min Mund med Beviser,
Let me set in order before him a case and mouth my let me fill arguments.
5 vide, hvad Svar han gav mig, skønne, hvad han sagde til mig!
I want to know [the] words [which] he will answer me and I want to understand what? will he say to me.
6 Mon han da satte sin Almagt imod mig? Nej, visselig agted han paa mig;
¿ With greatness of power will he conduct a case with me not surely he he will put on me.
7 da gik en oprigtig i Rette med ham, og jeg bjærged for evigt min Ret.
There an upright [person] [will be] reasoning with him and I will deliver to perpetuity from judge my.
8 Men gaar jeg mod Øst, da er han der ikke, mod Vest, jeg mærker ej til ham;
Here! forward I go and there not [is] he and backwards and not I perceive him.
9 jeg søger i Nord og ser ham ikke, drejer mod Syd og øjner ham ej.
[the] left [side] When acts he and not I see [him] he turns [the] right [side] and not I see [him].
10 Thi han kender min Vej og min Vandel, som Guld gaar jeg frem af hans Prøve.
That he knows [the] way with me he has tested me like gold I will come forth.
11 Min Fod har holdt fast ved hans Spor, hans Vej har jeg fulgt, veg ikke derfra,
On step his it has taken hold foot my way his I have kept and not I have turned aside.
12 fra hans Læbers Bud er jeg ikke veget, hans Ord har jeg gemt i mit Bryst.
[the] commandment of Lips his and not I have ceased more than portion my I have treasured up [the] words of mouth his.
13 Men han gjorde sit Valg, hvem hindrer ham Han udfører, hvad hans Sjæl attraar.
And he [is] one and who? will he turn back him and [that which] self his it has desired and he has done.
14 Thi han fuldbyrder, hvad han bestemte, og af sligt har han meget for.
For he performs decree my and like them many [are] with him.
15 Derfor forfærdes jeg for ham og gruer ved Tanken om ham.
There-fore of him I am terrified I consider and I may be in dread from him.
16 Ja, Gud har nedbrudt mit Mod, forfærdet mig har den Almægtige;
And God he has made faint heart my and [the] Almighty he has terrified me.
17 thi jeg gaar til i Mørket, mit Aasyn dækkes af Mulm.
For not I have been destroyed from before darkness and from before me it covers gloom.
