Jobs 26
1 Då svara Job og sagde:
Then answered Job, and said,
2 Kvar helst hev du den veike hjelpt? Når studde du den trøytte arm?
What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
3 Kvar gav du uklok mann ei råd? Kor ovleg visdom hev du synt?
How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
4 Kven hev du bore melding til? Kva ånd hev tala gjenom deg?
To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 Skuggarne i angest skjelva, vatsdjup og dei som deri bur.
The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
7 Nordheimen han i audni spana, og hengde jordi yver inkje.
He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
8 Han vatnet inn i skyer bind; og skyi brest ei under det.
He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
9 Kongsstolen sin han gøymer burt og breider skyer yver honom.
He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
10 Kring vatni han ei grensa set, der som ljos og myrker byta skal.
A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
11 Stolparne under himmelen skjelv, og rædde vert dei for hans trugsmål.
The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 Han rører havet upp med velde, og med sit vit han krasar ubeist.
By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
13 Og himmelen klårnar ved hans ande; hans hand den snøgge ormen drap.
By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
14 Sjå her utkanten av hans veg; det berre kviskring er me høyrer. Kven skynar, når hans allmagt torar?
Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
