Jobs 2
1 Så hendte det en dag at Guds sønner kom og stilte sig frem for Herren, og blandt dem kom også Satan og stilte sig frem for Herren.
And it happened [again] on a certain day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, that the Accuser also came in the midst of them to present himself before the Lord.
2 Og Herren sa til Satan: Hvor kommer du fra? Satan svarte Herren: Jeg har faret og flakket omkring på jorden.
Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Whence comest thou now? And the Accuser answered the Lord, and said, From roaming over the earth, and from wandering through it.
3 Da sa Herren til Satan: Har du gitt akt på min tjener Job? For det er ingen på jorden som han - en ulastelig og rettskaffen mann, som frykter Gud og viker fra det onde; ennu er han like ulastelig, og du har uten grunn egget mig til å ødelegge ham.
Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job: for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil? and he is still holding fast to his integrity, and thou hast incited me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 Men Satan svarte Herren: Hud for hud, men alt det en mann har, gir han for sitt liv.
Then answered the Accuser the Lord, and said, Skin for skin: yea, all that a man hath will he give in behalf of his life.
5 Men rekk bare ut din hånd og rør ved hans ben og hans kjøtt! Da vil han visselig si dig farvel like i ditt ansikt.
But stretch only forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and [see] whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.
6 Da sa Herren til Satan: Se, han er i din hånd; spar bare hans liv!
Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, he is in thy hand: only take care of his life.
7 Så gikk Satan bort fra Herrens åsyn, og han slo Job med onde bylder fra fotsålen til issen.
Thereupon went the Accuser forth from the presence of the Lord, and he smote Job with a sore inflammation, from the sole of his foot unto the crown of his head.
8 Og han tok sig et potteskår og skrapte sig med, der han satt midt i asken.
And [Job] took himself a potsherd to scrape himself there with, while he was sitting down among the ashes.
9 Da sa hans hustru til ham: Holder du dig ennu like ulastelig? Si Gud farvel og dø!
Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast to thy integrity? renounce God, and die.
10 Men han svarte: Du taler som en av de uforstandige kvinner; skal vi bare ta imot det gode av Gud og ikke også det onde? Under alt dette syndet Job ikke med sine leber.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the worthless women would speak. What? should we accept the good alone, from God, and the evil we should not accept? With all this did Job not sin with his lips.
11 Da Jobs tre venner fikk høre om all denne ulykke som var kommet over ham, kom de fra hver sitt hjemsted: Elifas fra Teman, Bildad fra Suah og Sofar fra Na'ama; og de avtalte med hverandre å gå til ham for å vise ham medynk og trøste ham.
When now the three friends of Job had heard of all this evil that was come over him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Bildad the Shuchite, and Zophar the Na'amthite; and they met together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
12 Men da de så op et stykke ifra, kjente de ham ikke, og de brast i gråt og sønderrev sine kapper og kastet støv op imot himmelen, ned over sine hoder.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and they recognised him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and strewed dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 Og de satt hos ham på jorden i syv dager og syv netter, og ingen talte et ord til ham; for de så at hans pine var såre stor.
They likewise sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; but no one spoke a word unto him; for they saw that his pain was very great.
