Job 23
1 Then answered Job, and said,
Då svara Job og sagde:
2 Even now is my complaint bitter: my suffering is heavier than my groans.
«Endå gjeld klaga mi for tråss, tungt legg eg handi på min sukk.
3 Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
Berre eg kunde finna honom og koma til hans bustad fram!
4 I would put in order before him my cause, and my mouth would I fill with arguments.
Då la eg fram for han mi sak og fyllte munnen min med prov.
5 I should know the words which he might answer me, and understand what he might say unto me.
Då høyrde eg kva svar han gav, og merka det han sa til meg.
6 Would he with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge.
Vilde med magt han mot meg standa? Nei, lyda på meg vilde han.
7 There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.
Ein skuldfri stod då for han fram; for alltid slapp eg domar min.
8 But, lo, I go eastward—and he is not there; and to the west— and I cannot perceive him;
Gjeng eg i aust, han er’kje der; mot vest, eg vert han ikkje var;
9 When he doth great things at the north, I behold him not; he hideth himself in the south—and I see him not.
i nord han verkar, ei eg ser han, han snur mot sud, eg ser han ikkje.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold.
For all den veg eg fer han kjenner; prøvde han meg, eg var som gull.
11 On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.
Min fot hev fylgt i faret hans; hans veg eg gjeng ubrigdeleg,
12 From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.
veik ei frå det hans lippa baud, meir enn mi lov eg lydde hans.
13 But he is unchangeably one, and who can turn him? And what his will desireth, even that he doth.
Men ein er han, kven hindrar honom? Det han hev hug til, gjer han og.
14 For he will bring to completion what hath been destined for me: and like these hath he many other things with him.
Han um min lagnad avgjerd tek, og hev med meg so mangt i emning.
15 Therefore am I terrified at his presence: I will reflect, and be in dread of him.
Eg difor ræddast for hans åsyn, når eg det minnest, skjelv eg for han.
16 Still God hath made timid my heart, and the Almighty hath terrified me;
Ja, Gud hev brote ned mitt mod, og Allvald hev gjort meg fælen,
17 Because I was not destroyed before this darkness, and because he hath not hidden from my face [this] gloom.
ei er det myrkret som meg tyner, og ei mi eigi myrke åsyn.
