Jobs 23
1 Då svara Job og sagde:
Then Job answered and said:
2 «Endå gjeld klaga mi for tråss, tungt legg eg handi på min sukk.
Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
3 Berre eg kunde finna honom og koma til hans bustad fram!
O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
4 Då la eg fram for han mi sak og fyllte munnen min med prov.
I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
5 Då høyrde eg kva svar han gav, og merka det han sa til meg.
I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
6 Vilde med magt han mot meg standa? Nei, lyda på meg vilde han.
Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
7 Ein skuldfri stod då for han fram; for alltid slapp eg domar min.
Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
8 Gjeng eg i aust, han er’kje der; mot vest, eg vert han ikkje var;
But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
9 i nord han verkar, ei eg ser han, han snur mot sud, eg ser han ikkje.
To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
10 For all den veg eg fer han kjenner; prøvde han meg, eg var som gull.
But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Min fot hev fylgt i faret hans; hans veg eg gjeng ubrigdeleg,
My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
12 veik ei frå det hans lippa baud, meir enn mi lov eg lydde hans.
I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
13 Men ein er han, kven hindrar honom? Det han hev hug til, gjer han og.
But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
14 Han um min lagnad avgjerd tek, og hev med meg so mangt i emning.
He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
15 Eg difor ræddast for hans åsyn, når eg det minnest, skjelv eg for han.
Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Ja, Gud hev brote ned mitt mod, og Allvald hev gjort meg fælen,
For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
17 ei er det myrkret som meg tyner, og ei mi eigi myrke åsyn.
Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
