Job 2
1 Nu hændte det en Dag, at Guds Sønner kom og trådte frem for HERREN, og iblandt dem kom også Satan og trådte frem for ham.
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.
2 HERREN spurgte Satan: "Hvor kommer du fra?" Satan svarede HERREN: "Jeg bar gennemvanket Jorden på Kryds og tværs."
And Jehovah said to Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From wandering over the earth, and walking up and down in it.
3 HERREN spurgte da Satan: "Har du lagt Mærke til min Tjener Job? Der findes ingen som han på Jorden, så 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!"
Then said Jehovah to Satan, Hast thou observed my servant Job, that there is none like him upon the earth, an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst excite me against him to destroy him without a cause.
4 Men Satan svarede HERREN: "Hud for Hud! En Mand giver alt, hvad han ejer, for sit Liv!
And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 Men ræk engang din Hånd ud og rør ved hans Ben og Kød! Sandelig, han vil forbande dig lige op i dit Ansigt!"
But put forth now thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and to thy face will he renounce thee.
6 Da sagde HERREN til Satan: "Se, han er i din Hånd; kun skal du skåne hans Liv!"
And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but spare his life.
7 Så gik Satan bort fra HERRENs Åsyn, og han slog Job med ondartet Bylder fra Fodsål til Isse,
Then Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
8 Og Job tog sig et Potteskår til at skrabe sig med, medens han sad i Askedyngen.
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself withal, and 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 to him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.
10 Men han svarede hende: "Du taler som en Dåre! 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 to her, Thou talkest like one of the foolish women. What! shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this, Job sinned not 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 gå hen og vise ham deres Medfølelse og trøste ham.
Now three friends of Job heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and came each one from his home; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had agreed to come to mourn with him, and to comfort him.
12 Men da de i nogen Frastand så 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 they lifted up their eyes at a distance, and knew him not; then they raised their voices and wept, and rent each one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 Så sad de på Jorden hos ham i syv Dage og syv Nætter, uden at nogen af dem mælede et Ord til ham; thi de så, at hans Lidelser var såre store.
And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word to him; for they saw that his grief was very great.
