Job 24
1 “(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
Kvi hev’kje Allvald tider set? Kvi ser hans vener ei hans dagar?
2 [Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
Dei fører deildesteinar burt, stel fe og sender det på beite,
3 [Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
tek asnet frå den faderlause; tek kui enkja eig i pant.
4 [Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
Driv fatigfolk frå vegen burt; alt landsens småfolk kryp i skjol;
5 The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
Lik ville asen fer dei ut til øydemarki med sitt stræv; og veidefang på ville heid er maten borni deira fær.
6 The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
Dei haustar mark ved nattetid, og gudlaus manns vinhage plundrar.
7 During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
Um natti nakne, utan klæde, dei hev for kulden inkje dekkje.
8 When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
Dei våte vert av regn på fjell, held seg i bergufs utan livd,
9 [Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
Ein farlaus lyt frå moderbarm ein armings klæde gjeng i pant.
10 But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
Dei nakne gjeng og klædelause, i hunger dei på kornband dreg.
11 Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
Dei kreistar olje innum murar, dei persar vin og tyrster lel.
12 In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
Frå byen høyrest styn av menner, og gjenomstungne skrik um hjelp, men Gud ser ei slik meningsløysa.
13 Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
Det finst og fiendar åt ljoset; dei kjenner ikkje ljossens vegar og held seg ei på ljossens stigar.
14 Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
Ved dagsprett mordaren stend upp, slær arm og fatig mann i hel, um natti er han so som tjuven.
15 Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
Horkaren spæjar etter skyming; han tenkjer: «Inkje auga ser meg.» Sitt andlit gøymer han med maska.
16 It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
I myrkret bryt dei inn i hus, dei som ved dag seg inne stengjer dei seg inne; av ljoset vil dei ikkje vita.
17 All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
Myrk natt er morgon for deim alle; for natteskræmslorne dei kjenner.
18 “[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
Snøgt fer han yver vatnet burt, bannstøytt vert jordi hans i landet; til vinberg gjeng han ikkje meir.
19 Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Som snøvatn kverv for turk og hite, so gløyper helheim deim som synda. (Sheol h7585)
20 Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
Av moderlivet gløymd han er, og makkar mettar seg på honom; det ingen er som minnest han; so brotsverk brest liksom eit tre.
21 They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
Han plundra ho som ikkje fødde, som ufør var til barne-eign; mot enkja gjorde han’kje vel.
22 But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
Men han styd valdsmann med si kraft, og dei fær atter standa upp som hadde mist all von um livet.
23 God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
Han styd deim so dei liver trygt, hans augo vaktar deira vegar.
24 They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
Høgt stig dei, brått - dei er’kje meir - dei sig og døyr som alle andre, vert skorne av som aks på strå.
25 If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
Er det’kje so? Kven legg imot? Kven gjer no mine ord um inkje?»
