Job 17
1 Min ande är svag, och mine dagar äro afkortade, och grafven är för handene.
“My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have no strength left; my grave is waiting for me.
2 Ingen är bedragen af mig; likväl måste mitt öga derföre blifva i bedröfvelse.
Those who are around me are making fun of me; I [SYN] watch them while they (taunt/make fun of) me.”
3 Om du än ville hafva borgen af mig; ho ville lofva för mig?
“God, [it is as though I am in prison; ] please pay the money in order that I may be released, because there is certainly no one else who will help me.
4 Förstånd hafver du för deras hjerta fördolt; derföre skall du icke upphöja dem.
You have prevented my friends from understanding [what is true about me]; do not allow them to triumph over me, [saying that I have done things that are wrong].
5 Han rosar fast bytet för sinom vännom; men hans barnas ögon skola försmäkta.
[Our ancestors often said, ‘It often happens that] when someone betrays his friends in order to get some of their property, it is that person’s children who will be punished for it;’ [so I desire/hope that will be true of these friends of mine who are lying about me].
6 Han hafver satt mig till ett ordspråk ibland folk, och jag måste vara ett under ibland dem.
“But now people use that saying of our ancestors when they talk about me; they spit in my face [to insult me].
7 Mitt ansigte är mörkt vordet för sorgs skull, och all min ledamot äro såsom en skugge.
(My sight has become dim/I cannot see well) because I am extremely sad, and my arms and legs are [very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast] [MET] a shadow.
8 Öfver detta varda de rättfärdige häpne, och de oskyldige varda sättande sig emot skrymtarena.
Those who [say that they] are good/righteous are shocked [when they see what has happened to me], and people who [say that they] (are innocent/have not done anything that is wrong) say that I am wicked/godless and should be punished.
9 Den rättfärdige varder behållandes sin väg, och den som rena händer hafver, varder stark blifvandes.
Those who [claim that they] are righteous will continue to do what [they think] is right, and those [who say] they have not sinned will continue to become stronger.
10 Nu väl, vänder eder alle hit, och kommer; jag varder dock icke finnandes någon visan ibland eder.
“But even if all of those people came [and stood in front of me], I would not find anyone among them who is wise.
11 Mine dagar äro förgångne; min anslag äro förskingrade, som mitt hjerta besatt hafva;
My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I confidently expected to do; [I have not been able to accomplish] anything that I [SYN] desired.
12 Och hafva gjort dag af nattene, och af dagenom natt.
My friends do not know when it is night and when it is day; when it is night, they claim that it is daylight; when it is becoming dark, they claim it is becoming light.
13 Om än jag fast länge bidde, så är dock helvetet mitt hus, och min säng är i mörkrena uppgjord. (Sheol h7585)
If my home will be the place where dead people are, where will I sleep in the darkness? (Sheol h7585)
14 Förgängelsen kallade jag min fader, och matkarna mina moder, och mina syster.
I may say to the grave, ‘You will be [like] a father to me,’ and say to the maggots [that will eat my body], ‘You will be [like] a mother or younger sisters to me [because you will be where I will always be].’
15 Efter hvad skall jag bida? Och ho aktar mitt hopp?
But if I say those things, (will there be anything good that I can confidently expect to happen to me?/there will be nothing good that I can confidently expect to happen to me.) [RHQ] (Is there anyone who knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave?/No one knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave.) [RHQ]
After I descend to the place where the dead are, (will I be able to confidently expect anything good there?/I certainly will not be able to confidently expect anything good there.) [RHQ] [It will be as though] [RHQ] I and the things I hope for will descend with me into the dust [where the dead are].” (Sheol h7585)
