Job 2
1 And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
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.
2 And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.
HERREN spurgte Satan: "Hvor kommer du fra?" Satan svarede HERREN: "Jeg bar gennemvanket Jorden på Kryds og tværs."
3 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
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!"
4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
Men Satan svarede HERREN: "Hud for Hud! En Mand giver alt, hvad han ejer, for sit Liv!
5 But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
Men ræk engang din Hånd ud og rør ved hans Ben og Kød! Sandelig, han vil forbande dig lige op i dit Ansigt!"
6 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
Da sagde HERREN til Satan: "Se, han er i din Hånd; kun skal du skåne hans Liv!"
7 And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.
Så gik Satan bort fra HERRENs Åsyn, og han slog Job med ondartet Bylder fra Fodsål til Isse,
8 And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
Og Job tog sig et Potteskår til at skrabe sig med, medens han sad i Askedyngen.
9 And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
Da sagde hans Hustru til ham: "Holder du endnu fast ved din Fromhed? Forband Gud og dø!"
10 And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
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.
11 And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
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.
12 And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
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.
13 And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
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.
