Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Då svara Job og sagde:
2 Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
«Endå gjeld klaga mi for tråss, tungt legg eg handi på min sukk.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
Berre eg kunde finna honom og koma til hans bustad fram!
4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Då la eg fram for han mi sak og fyllte munnen min med prov.
5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
Då høyrde eg kva svar han gav, og merka det han sa til meg.
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
Vilde med magt han mot meg standa? Nei, lyda på meg vilde han.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Ein skuldfri stod då for han fram; for alltid slapp eg domar min.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Gjeng eg i aust, han er’kje der; mot vest, eg vert han ikkje var;
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:
i nord han verkar, ei eg ser han, han snur mot sud, eg ser han ikkje.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
For all den veg eg fer han kjenner; prøvde han meg, eg var som gull.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Min fot hev fylgt i faret hans; hans veg eg gjeng ubrigdeleg,
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
veik ei frå det hans lippa baud, meir enn mi lov eg lydde hans.
13 But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
Men ein er han, kven hindrar honom? Det han hev hug til, gjer han og.
14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
Han um min lagnad avgjerd tek, og hev med meg so mangt i emning.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Eg difor ræddast for hans åsyn, når eg det minnest, skjelv eg for han.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Ja, Gud hev brote ned mitt mod, og Allvald hev gjort meg fælen,
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
ei er det myrkret som meg tyner, og ei mi eigi myrke åsyn.
