Job 35
1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
Og Elihu tog til Orde og sagde:
2 Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?
"Holder du det for Ret, og kalder du det din Ret for Gud,
3 For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
at du siger: "Hvad båder det mig, hvad hjælper det mig, at jeg ikke synder?"
4 I will answer you, and your companions with you.
Jeg vil give dig Svar og tillige med dig dine Venner:
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.
Løft dit Blik imod Himlen og se, læg Mærke til Skyerne, hvor højt de, er over dig!
6 If you sin, what do you against him? or if your transgressions be multiplied, what do you unto him?
Hvis du synder, hvad skader du ham? Er din Brøde svar, hvad gør det da ham?
7 If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of your hand?
Er du retfærdig, hvad gavner du ham, hvad mon han får af din Hånd?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man.
Du Menneske, dig vedkommer din Gudløshed, dig, et Menneskebarn, din Retfærd!
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Man skriger over den megen Vold, råber om Hjælp mod de mægtiges Arm,
10 But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;
men siger ej: "Hvor er Gud, vor Skaber, som giver Lovsang om Natten,
11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
lærer os mer end Jordens Dyr, gør os vise fremfor Himlens Fugle?"
12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Der råber man, uden at han giver Svar, over de ondes Hovmod;
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
til visse, Gud hører ej tomme Ord, den Almægtige ænser dem ikke,
14 Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust you in him.
endsige din Påstand om ikke at se ham! Vær stille for hans Åsyn og bi på ham!
15 But now, because it is not so, he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in great extremity:
Men nu, da hans Vrede ej bringer Straf og han ikke bekymrer sig stort om Synd,
16 Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.
så oplader Job sin Mund med Tant, uden Indsigt taler han store Ord.
