Jobin 21
1 Job vastasi ja sanoi:
Then Job replied,
2 "Kuulkaa, kuulkaa minun sanojani ja suokaa minulle se lohdutus!
“Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
3 Kärsikää minua, että saan puhua. Kun olen puhunut, pilkatkaa sitten.
Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
4 Ihmisiäkö vastaan minä valitan? Tahi kuinka en kävisi kärsimättömäksi?
“It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
5 Kääntykää minuun, niin tyrmistytte ja panette kätenne suullenne.
Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
6 Kun käyn ajattelemaan, niin kauhistun, ja vavistus valtaa ruumiini:
When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
7 Miksi jumalattomat saavat elää, vanheta, jopa voimassa vahvistua?
“[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
8 Heidän sukunsa on vankkana heidän edessään, heidän jälkeläisensä heidän silmäinsä alla.
They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
9 Heidän kotinsa ovat rauhassa, kauhuista kaukana; ei satu heihin Jumalan vitsa.
Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
10 Hänen sonninsa polkee eikä turhaan, hänen lehmänsä poikii eikä kesken.
Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
11 Poikansa he laskevat ulos niinkuin lammaslauman, heidän lapsensa hyppelevät leikiten.
Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
12 He virittävät laulujaan vaskirummun ja kanteleen kaikuessa ja iloitsevat huilun soidessa.
Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
14 Ja kuitenkin he sanoivat Jumalalle: 'Mene pois meidän luotamme, sinun teistäsi emme tahdo tietää.
While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
15 Mikä on Kaikkivaltias, että häntä palvelisimme? Ja mitä hyötyä meillä on siitä, että häntä rukoilemme?'
Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
16 Katso, heidän onnensa ei ole heidän omassa kädessänsä. Jumalattomain neuvo olkoon minusta kaukana.
Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
17 Kuinkapa usein jumalattomain lamppu sammuu ja heidät yllättää heidän turmionsa? Kuinkapa usein hän jakelee arpaosat vihassansa?
(“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
18 Ovatko he niinkuin tuulen vietävät oljet, niinkuin akanat, jotka tuulispää tempaa mukaansa?
[He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
19 Jumala muka säästää hänen lapsilleen hänen onnettomuutensa. Kostakoon hän hänelle itselleen, niin että hän sen tuntee.
You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
20 Nähköön hän perikatonsa omin silmin, juokoon itse Kaikkivaltiaan vihan.
I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
21 Sillä mitä hän välittää perheestänsä, jälkeensä jäävistä, kun hänen kuukausiensa luku on täysi!
After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
22 Onko opetettava ymmärrystä Jumalalle, hänelle, joka taivaallisetkin tuomitsee?
“Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
23 Toinen kuolee täydessä onnessansa, kaikessa rauhassa ja levossa;
Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
24 hänen astiansa ovat maitoa täynnä, ja hänen luunsa juotetaan ytimellä.
Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
25 Toinen kuolee katkeralla mielellä, saamatta onnea maistaa.
Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
26 Yhdessä he panevat maata multaan, ja madot peittävät heidät.
But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
27 Katso, minä tunnen teidän ajatuksenne ja juonet, joilla mielitte sortaa minut.
“Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
28 Kun sanotte: 'Missä on nyt mahtimiehen talo, missä maja, jossa jumalattomat asuivat?'
You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
29 niin ettekö ole kysyneet maita kulkeneilta? Ette voi kieltää, mitä he ovat todeksi nähneet,
But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
30 että paha säästetään onnettomuuden päivältä, vihan päivältä hänet saatetaan suojaan.
that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
31 Kuka puhuu hänelle vasten kasvoja hänen vaelluksestaan, kuka kostaa hänelle, mitä hän on tehnyt?
There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
32 Hänet saatetaan kalmistoon, ja hänen hautakumpuansa vaalitaan.
The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
33 Kepeät ovat hänelle laakson turpeet. Kaikki ihmiset seuraavat hänen jäljessänsä, niinkuin epälukuiset ovat kulkeneet hänen edellänsä.
A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
34 Kuinka tuotte minulle niin turhaa lohdutusta? Entä vastauksenne-niistä jää pelkkä petollisuus jäljelle."
“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
