Hiob 19
Hoffnung für Alle
Hiob: Ich weiß, dass mein Erlöser lebt!
19 Da fragte Hiob:
2 »Wie lange wollt ihr mich noch quälen
und mich mit euren Worten verletzen?
3 Wie oft habt ihr mich schon beleidigt!
Schämt ihr euch nicht, mir so grausam zuzusetzen?
4 Denn wäre ich wirklich vom richtigen Weg abgeirrt,
müsste ich allein die Folgen tragen!
5 Wollt ihr euch etwa über mich erheben
und mir eine Schuld nachweisen?
6 Merkt ihr denn nicht,
dass Gott mir unrecht tut
und mich in seinem Netz gefangen hat?
7 Ich schreie: ›Hilfe!‹,
aber niemand hört mich.
Ich rufe aus Leibeskräften –
aber keiner verschafft mir Recht.
8 Gott hat mir den Weg versperrt,
ich komme nicht mehr weiter.
Meinen Pfad hat er in tiefe Dunkelheit gehüllt.
9 Ich war angesehen und geachtet,
aber er hat meine Krone weggerissen.
10 Zerschmettert hat er mich, bald muss ich gehen;
meine Hoffnung riss er aus wie einen Baum.
11 Ja, Gottes Zorn ist gegen mich entbrannt,
er behandelt mich als seinen Feind.
12 Vereint sind seine Truppen gegen mich herangerückt,
sie haben einen Weg zu mir gebahnt
und sich rings um mein Zelt aufgestellt.
13 Meine Familie hat Gott mir entfremdet;
die Freunde wollen nichts mehr von mir wissen.
14 Meine Nachbarn haben sich zurückgezogen,
alte Bekannte kennen mich nicht mehr.
15 Alle, die in meinem Hause Zuflucht fanden,
betrachten mich als einen Fremden.
Meine eigenen Mägde kennen mich nicht mehr!
16 Als ich einen Knecht rufen wollte,
gab er keine Antwort. Anflehen musste ich ihn!
17 Meine Frau erträgt meinen stinkenden Atem nicht mehr;
meine eigenen Geschwister ekeln sich vor mir!
18 Sogar Kinder lachen und spotten über mich;
sobald sie mich sehen, fangen sie an zu tuscheln!
19 Meine engsten Freunde verabscheuen mich jetzt;
sie, die mir am nächsten standen, lehnen mich ab!
20 Und ich?
Ich bin nur noch Haut und Knochen,
bin mit knapper Not dem Tod entkommen.
21 Barmherzigkeit! Habt Mitleid, meine Freunde!
Gottes Hand hat mich geschlagen!
22 Warum verfolgt ihr mich, wie Gott es tut?
Habt ihr mich nicht schon genug gequält?[a]
23-24 Ach, würden doch meine Worte in einer Inschrift festgehalten,
in Stein gemeißelt und mit Blei noch ausgegossen,
lesbar für alle Zeiten!
25 Doch eines weiß ich: Mein Erlöser lebt;
auf dieser todgeweihten Erde spricht er das letzte Wort[b]!
26 Auch wenn meine Haut in Fetzen an mir hängt
und mein Leib zerfressen ist,
werde ich doch Gott sehen![c]
27 Ja, ihn werde ich anschauen;
mit eigenen Augen werde ich ihn sehen,
aber nicht als Fremden.
Danach sehne ich mich von ganzem Herzen!
28 Aber wenn ihr sagt:
›Wir wollen Hiob belauern
und etwas finden, das seine Schuld beweist!‹,
29 dann fürchtet euch vor dem Schwert,
vor dem Richterschwert Gottes,
der eure Schuld im Zorn bestrafen wird!
Dann werdet ihr erkennen,
dass es einen Richter gibt!«
Job 19
New International Version
Job
19 Then Job replied:
2 “How long will you torment(A) me
and crush(B) me with words?
3 Ten times(C) now you have reproached(D) me;
shamelessly you attack me.
4 If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error(E) remains my concern alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(F)
and use my humiliation against me,
6 then know that God has wronged me(G)
and drawn his net(H) around me.(I)
7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(J)
though I call for help,(K) there is no justice.(L)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(M)
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(N)
9 He has stripped(O) me of my honor(P)
and removed the crown from my head.(Q)
10 He tears me down(R) on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope(S) like a tree.(T)
11 His anger(U) burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.(V)
12 His troops advance in force;(W)
they build a siege ramp(X) against me
and encamp around my tent.(Y)
13 “He has alienated my family(Z) from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(AA)
14 My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends(AB) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(AC) and my female servants(AD) count me a foreigner;
they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome(AE) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(AF) scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.(AG)
19 All my intimate friends(AH) detest me;(AI)
those I love have turned against me.(AJ)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AK)
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]
21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AL) have pity,
for the hand of God has struck(AM) me.
22 Why do you pursue(AN) me as God does?(AO)
Will you never get enough of my flesh?(AP)
23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,(AQ)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(AR) on[b] lead,
or engraved in rock forever!(AS)
25 I know that my redeemer[c](AT) lives,(AU)
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[d]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet[e] in[f] my flesh I will see God;(AV)
27 I myself will see him
with my own eyes(AW)—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns(AX) within me!
Footnotes
- Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
- Job 19:24 Or and
- Job 19:25 Or vindicator
- Job 19:25 Or on my grave
- Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
- Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
- Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
- Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty
Job 19
English Standard Version
Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives
19 Then Job answered and said:
2 “How long will you torment me
and break me in pieces with words?
3 These (A)ten times you have cast reproach upon me;
are you not ashamed to wrong me?
4 And even if it be true that I have erred,
my error remains with myself.
5 If indeed you (B)magnify yourselves against me
and make my disgrace an argument against me,
6 know then that God has (C)put me in the wrong
and closed his net about me.
7 Behold, I (D)cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
I call for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has (E)walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
9 He has (F)stripped from me my glory
and taken the (G)crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side, and I (H)am gone,
and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
11 He has kindled his wrath against me
and (I)counts me as his adversary.
12 His (J)troops come on together;
they have (K)cast up their siege ramp[a] against me
and encamp around my tent.
13 “He has put my (L)brothers far from me,
and (M)those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
14 My relatives (N)have failed me,
my close (O)friends have forgotten me.
15 The guests (P)in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger;
I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
17 My breath is strange to my (Q)wife,
and I am a stench to the children of (R)my own mother.
18 Even young (S)children despise me;
when I rise they talk against me.
19 All my (T)intimate friends abhor me,
and those whom I loved have turned against me.
20 My (U)bones stick to my skin and to my flesh,
and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,
for the hand of God has (V)touched me!
22 Why do you, like God, (W)pursue me?
Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?
23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were (X)inscribed in a book!
24 Oh that with an iron (Y)pen and lead
they were engraved in the rock forever!
25 For I (Z)know that my (AA)Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the (AB)earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
yet in[c] my flesh I shall (AC)see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold, and not (AD)another.
My heart (AE)faints within me!
28 If you say, ‘How we will (AF)pursue him!’
and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’[d]
29 be afraid of the sword,
for wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
that you may know there is (AG)a judgment.”
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