Jobin 17
1 Minun henkeni on heikko, minun päiväni ovat lyhetyt, ja hauta on käsissä.
“My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have no strength left; my grave is waiting for me.
2 En minä ketäkään pettänyt, ja kuitenkin minun silmäni täytyy olla murheessa.
Those who are around me are making fun of me; I [SYN] watch them while they (taunt/make fun of) me.”
3 Nyt siis taivuta sinus, ja ole itse minun takaukseni! kukas muu olis, joka minua takais?
“God, [it is as though I am in prison; ] please pay the money in order that I may be released, because there is certainly no one else who will help me.
4 Ymmärryksen olet sinä heidän sydämistänsä kätkenyt, sentähden et sinä korota heitä.
You have prevented my friends from understanding [what is true about me]; do not allow them to triumph over me, [saying that I have done things that are wrong].
5 Hän kerskaa ystävillensä saaliistansa, mutta hänen lastensa silmät pitää vaipuman.
[Our ancestors often said, ‘It often happens that] when someone betrays his friends in order to get some of their property, it is that person’s children who will be punished for it;’ [so I desire/hope that will be true of these friends of mine who are lying about me].
6 Hän on minun pannut sananlaskuksi kansain sekaan, ja ääniksi heidän keskellensä.
“But now people use that saying of our ancestors when they talk about me; they spit in my face [to insult me].
7 Minun silmäni ovat pimenneet minun suruni tähden, ja kaikki minun jäseneni ovat niinkuin varjo.
(My sight has become dim/I cannot see well) because I am extremely sad, and my arms and legs are [very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast] [MET] a shadow.
8 Tästä hurskaat hämmästyvät, ja viattomat asettavat heitänsä ulkokullatuita vastaan.
Those who [say that they] are good/righteous are shocked [when they see what has happened to me], and people who [say that they] (are innocent/have not done anything that is wrong) say that I am wicked/godless and should be punished.
9 Hurskas pysyy tielIänsä: ja jolla on puhtaat kädet, se pysyy vahvana.
Those who [claim that they] are righteous will continue to do what [they think] is right, and those [who say] they have not sinned will continue to become stronger.
10 Kääntäkäät siis teitänne kaikki ja tulkaat nyt: en minä kuitenkaan löydä yhtään taitavaa teidän seassanne.
“But even if all of those people came [and stood in front of me], I would not find anyone among them who is wise.
11 Minun päiväni ovat kuluneet: minun aivoitukseni ovat hajoitetut, jotka minun sydämessäni olivat,
My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I confidently expected to do; [I have not been able to accomplish] anything that I [SYN] desired.
12 Ja ovat yöstä päivän, ja valkeuden pimeydestä tehneet.
My friends do not know when it is night and when it is day; when it is night, they claim that it is daylight; when it is becoming dark, they claim it is becoming light.
13 Ja ehkä minä kauvan odottaisin, niin on kuitenkin hauta minun huoneeni, ja minä olen vuoteeni pimeydessä tehnyt. (Sheol h7585)
If my home will be the place where dead people are, where will I sleep in the darkness? (Sheol h7585)
14 Mätänemisen minä kutsuin isäkseni, ja madot äidikseni ja sisarekseni.
I may say to the grave, ‘You will be [like] a father to me,’ and say to the maggots [that will eat my body], ‘You will be [like] a mother or younger sisters to me [because you will be where I will always be].’
15 Kussa on nyt minun odottamiseni? ja kuka ottaa minun toivostani vaarin?
But if I say those things, (will there be anything good that I can confidently expect to happen to me?/there will be nothing good that I can confidently expect to happen to me.) [RHQ] (Is there anyone who knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave?/No one knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave.) [RHQ]
After I descend to the place where the dead are, (will I be able to confidently expect anything good there?/I certainly will not be able to confidently expect anything good there.) [RHQ] [It will be as though] [RHQ] I and the things I hope for will descend with me into the dust [where the dead are].” (Sheol h7585)
