Job 21
1 Then Job replied,
Und Hiob antwortete und sprach:
2 “Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
Höret, höret meine Rede! Und dies ersetze eure Tröstungen.
3 Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
Ertraget mich, und ich will reden, und nachdem ich geredet habe, magst du spotten.
4 “It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
Richtet sich meine Klage an einen Menschen? Oder warum sollte ich nicht ungeduldig sein?
5 Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
Wendet euch zu mir und entsetzet euch, und leget die Hand auf den Mund!
6 When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Ja, wenn ich daran denke, so bin ich bestürzt, und Schauder erfaßt mein Fleisch.
7 “[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
Warum leben die Gesetzlosen, werden alt, nehmen gar an Macht zu?
8 They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
Ihr Same steht fest vor ihnen, mit ihnen, und ihre Sprößlinge vor ihren Augen.
9 Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
Ihre Häuser haben Frieden, ohne Furcht, und Gottes Rute ist nicht über ihnen.
10 Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
Sein Stier belegt und befruchtet sicher, seine Kuh kalbt und wirft nicht fehl.
11 Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
Ihre Buben schicken sie aus gleich einer Herde, und ihre Knaben hüpfen umher.
12 Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Sie erheben die Stimme bei Tamburin und Laute und sind fröhlich beim Klange der Schalmei.
13 Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
In Wohlfahrt verbringen sie ihre Tage, und in einem Augenblick sinken sie in den Scheol hinab. (Sheol h7585)
14 While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
Und doch sprechen sie zu Gott: Weiche von uns! Und nach der Erkenntnis deiner Wege verlangen wir nicht.
15 Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
Was ist der Allmächtige, daß wir ihm dienen sollten, und was nützt es uns, daß wir ihn angehen? -
16 Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
Siehe, ihre Wohlfahrt steht nicht in ihrer Hand. Der Rat der Gesetzlosen sei fern von mir!
17 (“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
Wie oft geschieht es, daß die Leuchte der Gesetzlosen erlischt und ihr Verderben über sie kommt, daß er ihnen Schlingen zuteilt in seinem Zorn,
18 [He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
daß sie wie Stroh werden vor dem Winde, und wie Spreu, die der Sturmwind entführt?
19 You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
Gott spart, saget ihr, sein Unheil auf für seine Kinder. Er vergelte ihm, daß er es fühle!
20 I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
Seine Augen sollen sein Verderben sehen, und von dem Grimme des Allmächtigen trinke er!
21 After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
Denn was liegt ihm an seinem Hause nach ihm, wenn die Zahl seiner Monde durchschnitten ist? -
22 “Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
Kann man Gott Erkenntnis lehren, da er es ja ist, der die Hohen richtet?
23 Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
Dieser stirbt in seiner Vollkraft, ganz wohlgemut und sorglos.
24 Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
Seine Gefäße sind voll Milch, und das Mark seiner Gebeine ist getränkt.
25 Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
Und jener stirbt mit bitterer Seele und hat des Guten nicht genossen.
26 But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
Zusammen liegen sie im Staube, und Gewürm bedeckt sie.
27 “Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
Siehe, ich kenne eure Gedanken, und die Anschläge, womit ihr mir Gewalt antut.
28 You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Denn ihr saget: Wo ist das Haus des Edlen, und wo das Wohngezelt der Gesetzlosen?
29 But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
Habt ihr nicht befragt, die des Weges vorüberziehen? Und erkennet ihr ihre Merkmale nicht:
30 that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
daß der Böse verschont wird am Tage des Verderbens, daß am Tage der Zornesfluten sie weggeleitet werden?
31 There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
Wer wird ihm ins Angesicht seinen Weg kundtun? Und hat er gehandelt, wer wird es ihm vergelten?
32 The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
Und er wird zu den Gräbern hingebracht, und auf dem Grabhügel wacht er.
33 A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
Süß sind ihm die Schollen des Tales. Und hinter ihm her ziehen alle Menschen, und vor ihm her gingen sie ohne Zahl. -
34 “So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
Wie tröstet ihr mich nun mit Dunst? Und von euren Antworten bleibt nur Treulosigkeit übrig.
