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.
Again it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, that Satan came also among 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.
The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on 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.
The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
4 Men Satan svarte Herren: Hud for hud, men alt det en mann har, gir han for sitt liv.
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin. Indeed, all that a man has he will give for 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 put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face."
6 Da sa Herren til Satan: Se, han er i din hånd; spar bare hans liv!
The LORD said to Satan, "Look, he is in your power. Only preserve his life."
7 Så gikk Satan bort fra Herrens åsyn, og han slo Job med onde bylder fra fotsålen til issen.
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
8 Og han tok sig et potteskår og skrapte sig med, der han satt midt i asken.
And he took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with while he sat among the ashes.
9 Da sa hans hustru til ham: Holder du dig ennu like ulastelig? Si Gud farvel og dø!
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold firmly to your integrity? Curse 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 to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we indeed accept good at the hand of God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did 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.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize 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.
When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and did not recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and threw dust in the air over their heads.
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.
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
