< Job 4 >
1 Så tog Temaniten Elifaz til Orde og sagde:
and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
2 Ærgrer det dig, om man taler til dig? Men hvem kan her være tavs?
to test: try word to(wards) you be weary and to restrain in/on/with speech who? be able
3 Du har selv talt mange til Rette og styrket de slappe Hænder,
behold to discipline many and hand weak to strengthen: strengthen
4 dine Ord holdt den segnende oppe, vaklende Knæ gav du Kraft.
to stumble to arise: establish [emph?] speech your and knee to bow to strengthen
5 Men nu det gælder dig selv, så taber du Modet, nu det rammer dig selv, er du slaget af Skræk!
for now to come (in): come to(wards) you and be weary to touch till you and to dismay
6 Er ikke din Gudsfrygt din Tillid, din fromme Færd dit Håb?
not fear your confidence your hope your and integrity way: conduct your
7 Tænk efter! Hvem gik uskyldig til Grunde, hvor gik retsindige under?
to remember please who? he/she/it innocent to perish and where? upright to hide
8 Men det har jeg set: Hvo Uret pløjer og sår Fortræd, de høster det selv.
like/as as which to see: see to plow/plot evil: wickedness and to sow trouble to reap him
9 For Guds Ånd går de til Grunde, for hans Vredes Pust går de til.
from breath god to perish and from spirit: breath face: anger his to end: destroy
10 Løvens Brøl og Vilddyrets Glam Ungløvernes Tænder slås ud;
roaring lion and voice lion and tooth lion to break
11 Løven omkommer af Mangel på Rov, og Løveungerne spredes.
lion to perish from without prey and son: young animal lion to separate
12 Der sneg sig til mig et Ord mit Øre opfanged dets Hvisken
and to(wards) me word to steal and to take: recieve ear my whisper from him
13 i Nattesynernes Tanker, da Dvale sank over Mennesker;
in/on/with disquietings from vision night in/on/with to fall: fall deep sleep upon human
14 Angst og Skælven kom over mig, alle mine Ledemod skjalv;
dread to encounter: toward me and trembling and abundance bone my to dread
15 et Pust strøg over mit Ansigt, Hårene rejste sig på min Krop.
and spirit upon face my to pass to bristle up hair flesh my
16 Så stod det stille! Jeg sansed ikke, hvordan det så ud; en Skikkelse stod for mit Øje, jeg hørte en hviskende Stemme:
to stand: stand and not to recognize appearance his likeness to/for before eye my silence and voice to hear: hear
17 "Har et Menneske Ret for Gud, mon en Mand er ren for sin Skaber?
human from god to justify if: surely no from to make him be pure great man
18 End ikke sine Tjenere tror han, hos sine Engle finder han Fejl,
look! in/on/with servant/slave his not be faithful and in/on/with messenger: angel his to set: make error
19 endsige hos dem, der bor i en Hytte af Ler og har deres Grundvold i Støvet!
also to dwell house: home clay which in/on/with dust foundation their to crush them to/for face: before moth
20 De knuses ligesom Møl, imellem Morgen og Aften, de sønderslås uden at ænses, for evigt går de til Grunde.
from morning to/for evening to crush from without to set: consider to/for perpetuity to perish
21 Rives ej deres Teltreb ud? De dør, men ikke i Visdom."
not to set out cord their in/on/with them to die and not in/on/with wisdom