Jobs 23
1 Då svara Job og sagde:
Then answered Job, and said,
2 «Endå gjeld klaga mi for tråss, tungt legg eg handi på min sukk.
Even now is my complaint bitter: my suffering is heavier than my groans.
3 Berre eg kunde finna honom og koma til hans bustad fram!
Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
4 Då la eg fram for han mi sak og fyllte munnen min med prov.
I would put in order before him my cause, and my mouth would I fill with arguments.
5 Då høyrde eg kva svar han gav, og merka det han sa til meg.
I should know the words which he might answer me, and understand what he might say unto me.
6 Vilde med magt han mot meg standa? Nei, lyda på meg vilde han.
Would he with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge.
7 Ein skuldfri stod då for han fram; for alltid slapp eg domar min.
There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.
8 Gjeng eg i aust, han er’kje der; mot vest, eg vert han ikkje var;
But, lo, I go eastward—and he is not there; and to the west— and I cannot perceive him;
9 i nord han verkar, ei eg ser han, han snur mot sud, eg ser han ikkje.
When he doth great things at the north, I behold him not; he hideth himself in the south—and I see him not.
10 For all den veg eg fer han kjenner; prøvde han meg, eg var som gull.
But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold.
11 Min fot hev fylgt i faret hans; hans veg eg gjeng ubrigdeleg,
On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.
12 veik ei frå det hans lippa baud, meir enn mi lov eg lydde hans.
From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.
13 Men ein er han, kven hindrar honom? Det han hev hug til, gjer han og.
But he is unchangeably one, and who can turn him? And what his will desireth, even that he doth.
14 Han um min lagnad avgjerd tek, og hev med meg so mangt i emning.
For he will bring to completion what hath been destined for me: and like these hath he many other things with him.
15 Eg difor ræddast for hans åsyn, når eg det minnest, skjelv eg for han.
Therefore am I terrified at his presence: I will reflect, and be in dread of him.
16 Ja, Gud hev brote ned mitt mod, og Allvald hev gjort meg fælen,
Still God hath made timid my heart, and the Almighty hath terrified me;
17 ei er det myrkret som meg tyner, og ei mi eigi myrke åsyn.
Because I was not destroyed before this darkness, and because he hath not hidden from my face [this] gloom.
