Job 42

1 Saa svarede Job HERREN og sagde:

And Job said in answer to the Lord,

2 Jeg ved, at du magter alt, for dig er intet umuligt!

I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

3 »Hvem fordunkler mit Raad med Ord, som er uden Indsigt?« Derfor: jeg talte uden Forstand om noget, som var mig for underfuldt, og som jeg ej kendte til.

Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

4 Hør dog, og jeg vil tale, jeg vil spørge, og du skal lære mig!

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

5 Jeg havde kun hørt et Rygte om dig, men nu har mit Øje set dig;

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

6 jeg tager det derfor tilbage og angrer i Støv og Aske!

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

7 Men efter at HERREN havde talet disse Ord til Job, sagde han til Temaniten Elifaz: »Min Vrede er blusset op mod dig og dine to Venner, fordi I ikke talte rettelig om mig som min Tjener Job!

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

8 Tag eder derfor syv Tyre og syv Vædre og gaa til min Tjener Job og bring et Brændoffer for eder. Og min Tjener Job skal gaa i Forbøn for eder, thi ham vil jeg bønhøre, saa jeg ikke gør en Ulykke paa eder, fordi I ikke talte rettelig om mig som min Tjener Job!«

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

9 Saa gik Temaniten Elifaz, Sjuhiten Bildad og Na'amatiten Zofar hen og gjorde, som HERREN havde sagt, og HERREN bønhørte Job.

And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.

10 Og HERREN vendte Jobs Skæbne, da han gik i Forbøn for sine Venner; og HERREN gav Job alt, hvad han havde ejet, tvefold igen.

And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.

11 Saa kom alle hans Brødre og Søstre og alle, der kendte ham tilforn, og holdt Maaltid med ham i hans Hus, og de viste ham deres Medfølelse og trøstede ham over al den Ulykke, HERREN havde bragt over ham, og de gav ham hver en Kesita og en Guldring.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

12 Og HERREN velsignede Jobs sidste Tid mere end hans første. Han fik 14 000 Stykker Smaakvæg, og 1000 Aseninder.

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

13 Og han fik syv Sønner og tre Døtre,

And he had seven sons and three daughters.

14 og han kaldte den ene Jemima, den anden Kezia og den tredje Keren-Happuk.

And he gave the first the name of Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch;

15 Saa smukke Kvinder som Jobs Døtre fandtes ingensteds paa Jorden; og deres Fader gav dem Arv imellem deres Brødre:

And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.

16 Siden levede Job 140 Aar og saa sine Børn og Børnebørn, fire Slægtled.

And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

17 Saa døde Job gammel og mæt af Dage.

And Job came to his end, old and full of days.