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