Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said,
Då svara Job og sagde:
2 “How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
Kvar helst hev du den veike hjelpt? Når studde du den trøytte arm?
3 How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
Kvar gav du uklok mann ei råd? Kor ovleg visdom hev du synt?
4 With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
Kven hev du bore melding til? Kva ånd hev tala gjenom deg?
5 The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
Skuggarne i angest skjelva, vatsdjup og dei som deri bur.
Helheimen open ligg for honom, avgrunnen utan noko dekkje. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
Nordheimen han i audni spana, og hengde jordi yver inkje.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
Han vatnet inn i skyer bind; og skyi brest ei under det.
9 He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
Kongsstolen sin han gøymer burt og breider skyer yver honom.
10 He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
Kring vatni han ei grensa set, der som ljos og myrker byta skal.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
Stolparne under himmelen skjelv, og rædde vert dei for hans trugsmål.
12 He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
Han rører havet upp med velde, og med sit vit han krasar ubeist.
13 By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Og himmelen klårnar ved hans ande; hans hand den snøgge ormen drap.
14 See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
Sjå her utkanten av hans veg; det berre kviskring er me høyrer. Kven skynar, når hans allmagt torar?
