Jobs 42
1 Da svarte Job Herren og sa:
Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],
2 Jeg vet at du kan alt, og at ingen tanke er umulig å utføre for dig.
“I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.
3 Hvem er den som vil formørke ditt råd i uforstand? Derfor må jeg si: Jeg har talt om det jeg ikke forstod, om det som var mig for underlig, og som jeg ikke skjønte.
[You asked me], ‘(Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.)’ [RHQ] It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand, things that are very wonderful/marvelous, and therefore I am not able to know them.
4 Men hør nu, så vil jeg tale! Jeg vil spørre dig, og du skal lære mig.
You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’
5 Bare hvad ryktet meldte, hadde jeg hørt om dig; men nu har mitt øie sett dig.
I had heard about you previously, but now [it is as though] I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 Derfor kaller jeg alt tilbake og angrer i støv og aske.
Therefore I (am ashamed of/withdraw) what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry [for what I said].”
7 Da Herren hadde talt disse ord til Job, sa han til Elifas fra Teman: Min vrede er optendt mot dig og dine to venner; for I har ikke talt rett om mig, som min tjener Job.
After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, “I am angry with you and your two friends, [Bildad and Zophar], because what my servant Job said about me was right/true, but what you have spoken about me was not right/true.
8 Ta derfor syv okser og syv værer og gå til min tjener Job og ofre dem som brennoffer for eder! Og min tjener Job skal bede for eder; bare ham vil jeg bønnhøre, så jeg ikke gjør med eder efter eders uforstand; for I har ikke talt rett om mig, som min tjener Job.
So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and [kill them and] burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do, [and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me]. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right/true, but what Job said about me was right/true.”
9 Så gikk Elifas fra Teman og Bildad fra Suah og Sofar fra Na'ama og gjorde som Herren hadde talt til dem; og Herren bønnhørte Job.
So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do [for the three of them].
10 Og Herren gjorde ende på Jobs ulykke, da han bad for sine venner; og Herren øket alt det Job hadde hatt, til det dobbelte.
After Job prayed for his three friends, Yahweh [healed him and] caused him to become rich again. Yahweh gave him twice as many things as he had before.
11 Og alle hans brødre kom til ham, og alle hans søstre og alle som hadde kjent ham før, og de åt med ham i hans hus og viste ham medynk og trøstet ham for all den ulykke Herren hadde latt komme over ham; og de gav ham hver en kesitte og hver en gullring.
Then all his brothers and sisters, and all the people who had known him before, came to his house, and they ate a meal together. They consoled/comforted [DOU] him because of all the troubles that Yahweh had allowed him to experience.
12 Og Herren velsignet Jobs siste dager mere enn hans første, og han fikk fjorten tusen får og seks tusen kameler og tusen par okser og tusen aseninner.
Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
13 Og han fikk syv sønner og tre døtre.
And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.
14 Den ene datter kalte han Jemima, den annen Kesia og den tredje Keren-Happuk.
He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.
15 Så fagre kvinner som Jobs døtre fantes ikke i hele landet; og deres far gav dem arv blandt deres brødre.
In all of [Uz] land there were no young women who were as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and Job declared that they would inherit some of his possessions, just like their brothers would inherit some.
16 Derefter levde Job hundre og firti år, og han så sine barn og barnebarn i fjerde ledd.
After that, Job lived 140 more years. Before he died, he (saw/enjoyed being with) his great-great-grandchildren.
17 Og Job døde, gammel og mett av dager.
He was very old [DOU] when he died.
