Job 3
1 Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.
Danach tat Hiob seinen Mund auf und verfluchte seinen Tag.
2 He said,
Und Hiob hob an und sprach:
3 “I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated, and also the night when I was conceived.
Es verschwinde der Tag, an dem ich geboren wurde, und die Nacht, welche sprach: Ein Knäblein ist empfangen!
4 I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness. I wish that God who is in heaven [MTY] would have forgotten about that day, and that the sun would not have shone on it.
Jener Tag sei Finsternis! Nicht frage Gott nach ihm droben, und nicht erglänze über ihm das Licht!
5 I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day, and that a black cloud would have come over it and blotted out all light and caused people to be terrified.
Finsternis und Todesschatten mögen ihn einlösen, Gewölk lagere sich über ihm, es schrecken ihn Tagesverfinsterungen!
6 I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar, with the result that it would never again appear as one night in any month, and that it would not be included in any calendar.
Jene Nacht, Dunkel ergreife sie; sie freue sich nicht unter den Tagen des Jahres, in die Zahl der Monde komme sie nicht!
7 I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET], and that no one would again be happy on that night.
Siehe, jene Nacht sei unfruchtbar, es trete kein Jubel in sie ein!
8 I want those people who (curse/put evil spells on) days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.
Verwünschen mögen sie die Verflucher des Tages, die fähig sind, den Leviathan aufzureizen!
9 I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day [after I was conceived] will not shine again. I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; and that they would not have shone on that day.
Verfinstert seien die Sterne ihrer Dämmerung; sie harre auf Licht, und da sei keines; und nicht schaue sie die Wimpern der Morgenröte!
10 [That was an evil day] because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.
Denn sie hat die Pforte meines Mutterschoßes nicht verschlossen und Mühsal nicht verborgen vor meinen Augen. -
11 “I wish that I had died [RHQ] when I was born— at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb.
Warum starb ich nicht von Mutterleibe an, kam aus dem Schoße hervor und verschied?
12 I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me.
Weshalb kamen Knie mir entgegen, und wozu Brüste, daß ich sog?
13 If I had died at the time when I was born, I would be asleep, resting peacefully [in the place where the dead people are].
Denn jetzt würde ich liegen und rasten, ich würde schlafen: dann hätte ich Ruhe,
14 I would be resting with kings whose [beautiful palaces] that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt [palaces] that had previously been destroyed), and I would be resting with their officials [who have also died].
mit Königen und Räten der Erde, welche sich verödete Plätze erbauten,
15 I would be resting with princes who were wealthy, whose palaces were filled with gold and silver.
oder mit Fürsten, die Gold hatten, die ihre Häuser mit Silber füllten;
16 I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb and never lived to see the light.
oder, gleich einer verborgenen Fehlgeburt, wäre ich nicht da, gleich Kindern, die das Licht nicht erblickt haben.
17 After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest.
Dort lassen die Bösen ab vom Toben, und dort ruhen die an Kraft Erschöpften,
18 Those who were in prison rest peacefully [after they die]; they no longer have slave-drivers who curse them.
rasten die Gefangenen allesamt, hören nicht die Stimme des Treibers.
19 Rich people and poor people are alike after they die, and those who were slaves are no longer controlled by their masters.
Der Kleine und der Große, dort sind sie gleich, und der Knecht ist frei von seinem Herrn.
20 (“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive.) [RHQ] Why does he allow those who are very miserable/distressed to keep living [RHQ]?
Warum gibt er dem Mühseligen Licht, und Leben denen, die bitterer Seele sind;
21 They long/want to die, but they do not die. They desire to die more than people desire to find a hidden treasure.
die auf den Tod harren, und er ist nicht da, und die nach ihm graben, mehr als nach verborgenen Schätzen;
22 When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.
die sich freuen bis zum Jubel, Wonne haben, wenn sie das Grab finden; -
23 Those who do not know where they are [eventually] going when they die [RHQ], people whom God has forced [MET] to continue to live in misery, (it is not right that they continue to live./why do they continue to live?) [RHQ]
dem Manne, dessen Weg ihm verborgen ist, und den Gott eingeschlossen hat ringsum?
24 I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat; and I can never stop groaning.
Denn gleich meinem Brote kommt mein Seufzen, und wie Wasser ergießt sich mein Gestöhn.
25 Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me; things that I always dreaded have happened to me.
Denn ich fürchtete einen Schrecken, und er traf mich, und vor dem mir bangte, das kam über mich.
26 Now I have no peace [in my inner being], I have no peace; I cannot rest; instead, I have only troubles.”
Ich war nicht ruhig, und ich rastete nicht und ruhte nicht, da kam das Toben.
