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.
Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Berre eg kunde finna honom og koma til hans bustad fram!
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
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 would know the words [which] 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 plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
7 Ein skuldfri stod då for han fram; for alltid slapp eg domar min.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Gjeng eg i aust, han er’kje der; mot vest, eg vert han ikkje var;
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 i nord han verkar, ei eg ser han, han snur mot sud, eg ser han ikkje.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that 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 that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Min fot hev fylgt i faret hans; hans veg eg gjeng ubrigdeleg,
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 veik ei frå det hans lippa baud, meir enn mi lov eg lydde hans.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
13 Men ein er han, kven hindrar honom? Det han hev hug til, gjer han og.
But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
14 Han um min lagnad avgjerd tek, og hev med meg so mangt i emning.
For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
15 Eg difor ræddast for hans åsyn, når eg det minnest, skjelv eg for han.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: 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 soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 ei er det myrkret som meg tyner, og ei mi eigi myrke åsyn.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
