Job 2
1 Det begaf sig på en dag, då Guds barn kommo, och trädde fram för Herran, att Satan ock kom med dem, och trädde fram för Herran.
On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
2 Då sade Herren till Satan: Hvadan kommer du? Satan svarade Herranom, och sade: Jag hafver farit genom landet allt omkring.
Yahweh asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan replied, “I have come from the earth, where I have been traveling back and forth, seeing what is happening.”
3 Herren sade till Satan: Hafver du icke gifvit akt på min tjenare Job? Ty hans like är icke i landena, from och rättfärdig, gudfruktig, och flyr det onda, och står ännu i sine fromhet; och du eggade mig, att jag utan sak hafver förderfvat honom.
Yahweh asked Satan, “Have you (noticed/thought about) my [faithful] servant Job? He is very godly/righteous [DOU], he greatly respects/reveres me, and he [always] avoids doing evil things. And he still acts in a very godly/righteous manner, even though you persuaded me to [let you] cause disastrous things to happen to him for no reason.”
4 Satan svarade Herranom, och sade: Hud för hud, och allt det en man hafver, låter han för sitt lif.
Satan replied to Yahweh, “He praises you only because you bless him [IDM]. People will give up everything they have to save their own lives.
5 Men räck ut dina hand, och kom vid hans ben och kött; det gäller, han skall välsigna dig i ansigtet.
But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
6 Herren sade till, Satan: Si, han vare i dine hand; dock skona hans lif.
Yahweh replied to Satan, “(All right/Okay), you may do to him whatever you want to do, but do not cause him to die.”
7 Då for Satan ut ifrå Herrans ansigte, och slog Job med ond sår, ifrå hans fotablad upp till hans hjessa.
So Satan left, and he caused Job to be afflicted with very painful boils, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.
8 Och han tog ett stycke af en potto, och skrapade af sig dermed, och satt i asko.
Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped the boils on his skin, and he sat in ashes [as people did when they were mourning for those who had died].
9 Och hans hustru sade till honom: Står du ännu i dine fromhet? Välsigna Gud, och dö.
His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to (be loyal to/faithfully trust in) God? You should curse God, and then you will die.”
10 Men han sade till henne: Du talar såsom de dåraktiga qvinnor tala. Hafve vi fått godt af Gudi, skole vi ock icke anamma det onda? Uti allt detta syndade Job icke med sina läppar.
But Job replied, “You talk like people who do not know God talk. (Should we accept only the good things that God [does for us]?/We should not accept only the good things that God [does for us].) [RHQ] We should also accept bad things.” So in spite of all these [things that happened to] Job, [he] did not say anything against God.
11 Då nu tre Jobs vänner hörde all den olycka, som öfver honom kommen var, kommo de hvar af sin stad: Eliphas af Thema, Bildad af Suah, och Zophar af Naema; ty de vordo öfverens, att de skulle komma och ömka sig öfver honom, och trösta honom.
Among Job’s friends were Eliphaz from Teman [town], Bildad from Shuah [land] and Zophar from Naamah [land]. When they heard about all the terrible things that had happened to Job, they left their home areas and went together to Job to console/comfort him [DOU].
12 Och då de upphofvo sin ögon långt ifrå, kände de honom intet; och upphofvo sina röst, och greto, och hvardera ref sin kläder sönder, och kastade jord på sin hufvud upp åt himmelen;
When they saw Job from a distance, they almost did not recognize him. They wailed loudly, they tore their robes, and they threw dust over their heads [to show how sorry they were because of what had happened to Job].
13 Och såto med honom på jordene i sju dagar och sju nätter, och talade intet med honom; ty de sågo, att hans sveda var ganska stor.
Then they sat on the ground with Job for seven days. None of them said anything to Job, because they saw that he was suffering greatly, [and they did not think that anything that they said would lessen his pain].
