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.
And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah.
2 HERREN spurgte Satan: "Hvor kommer du fra?" Satan svarede HERREN: "Jeg bar gennemvanket Jorden på Kryds og tværs."
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, 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 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!"
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'
4 Men Satan svarede HERREN: "Hud for Hud! En Mand giver alt, hvad han ejer, for sit Liv!
And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth 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!"
Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh — if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!'
6 Da sagde HERREN til Satan: "Se, han er i din Hånd; kun skal du skåne hans Liv!"
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.'
7 Så gik Satan bort fra HERRENs Åsyn, og han slog Job med ondartet Bylder fra Fodsål til Isse,
And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 Og Job tog sig et Potteskår til at skrabe sig med, medens han sad i Askedyngen.
And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
9 Da sagde hans Hustru til ham: "Holder du endnu fast ved din Fromhed? Forband Gud og dø!"
And his wife saith to him, 'Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless 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.
And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned 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.
And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place — Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite — and they are met together to come in to bemoan 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 lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads — heavenward.
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 sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.
