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19 Ezután Jób válaszolt:

„Meddig gyötörtök még,
    meddig kínoztok efféle beszédekkel?!
Százszor is megaláztatok már!
    Nem szégyelltek így rám támadni?!
Még ha valóban tévedtem is,
    mi közötök hozzá?
Csak fölém akartok kerekedni,
    hogy igazabbnak tűnjetek nálam,
ezért mondjátok, hogy megaláztatásomnak
    magam vagyok az oka.
Tudjátok meg hát, hogy Isten alázott meg engem!
    Ő kerített hálójába.
Hiába kiáltozom: »Segítség!«
    Nem érkezik válasz.
Hiába keresem igazamat,
    nem hallgat meg senki.
Isten torlaszolta el utamat,
    nem mehetek tovább!
    Sötétségbe borította ösvényemet.
Megfosztott a tisztelettől és megbecsüléstől,
    amely, mint korona ékesítette fejem.
10 Körös-körül lerombolta minden védelmem,
    egészen végem van!
Annyi reményem maradt,
    mint a gyökerestül kitépett fának.
11 Haragra lobbant ellenem,
    s mint ellenségével, úgy bánt velem.
12 Ellenem küldte seregeit,
    ostromgyűrűt vontak körém,
    lakóhelyem körülvette táboruk.

13 Testvéreimet eltávolította tőlem,
    ismerőseim is idegennek tekintenek,
14 rokonaim elhagytak,
    elfelejtettek még a barátaim is.
15 Fizetett szolgáim és a szolgaleányok
    rám sem ismernek, idegennek tekintenek.
16 Ha szólítom szolgámat, nem felel,
    hiába könyörgök, nem is válaszol.
17 Feleségem undorodik leheletemtől,
    testvéreim iszonyodnak tőlem.
18 Még a gyermekek is lenéznek,
    s kicsúfolnak, ha felkelek.
19 Bizalmas barátaim megutáltak,
    akiket szerettem, ellenem fordultak.
20 Csupa csont és bőr vagyok,
    alig maradt bennem élet.

21 Könyörüljetek rajtam, barátaim, könyörüljetek,
    mert Isten keze sújtott le rám!
22 Még ti is üldöztök, mint Isten?
    Mikor fáradtok már bele?

23 Ó bárcsak feljegyeznék szavaimat!
    Bárcsak könyvtekercsbe írnák azokat!
24 Vasvesszővel írják ólomtáblára,
    sziklába véssék, hogy fennmaradjon örökre!
25 Mert tudom, hogy Megváltóm él!
    Mikor eljön a vég, itt fog állni a Földön,
    és védelmemre kel!
26 Miután bőröm és testem elpusztul,
    meg fogom látni Istent!
27 Igen, meglátom őt a saját szememmel!
    Én magam látom meg,
    és nem lesz számomra idegen![a]

Mennyire égeti belső részeimet,
28     mikor ezt mondjátok: »Jöjjetek, üldözzük Jóbot!
    Mutassuk meg, hogy szenvedésének oka őbenne rejlik!«
29 Így hát jobb, ha féltek a büntetéstől,
    mert haragotok bűn, amely büntetést érdemel,
    S majd ti is megtudjátok, milyen az ítélet!”

Footnotes

  1. Jób 19:27 Mikor… idegen Vagy: „Mikor eljön a vég, itt fog állni a Földön, és védelmemre kel, 26 miután már bőröm és testem elpusztult. De én látni akarom Istent, amíg még ebben a testben vagyok! 27 Saját szememmel akarom látni őt, nem valaki más szemével. Mennyire kívánom, hogy ez megtörténjen!”

Job Trusts in His Redeemer

19 Then Job answered and said:

“How long will you torment my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
These ten times you have [a]reproached me;
You are not ashamed that you [b]have wronged me.
And if indeed I have erred,
My error remains with me.
If indeed you (A)exalt yourselves against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
Know then that (B)God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.

“If I cry out concerning [c]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
(C)He has [d]fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
And He has set darkness in my paths.
(D)He has stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side,
And I am gone;
My (E)hope He has uprooted like a tree.
11 He has also kindled His wrath against me,
And (F)He counts me as one of His enemies.
12 His troops come together
And build up their road against me;
They encamp all around my tent.

13 “He(G) has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.
15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,
Count me as a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer;
I beg him with my mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am [e]repulsive to the children of my own body.
18 Even (H)young children despise me;
I arise, and they speak against me.
19 (I)All my close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.
20 (J)My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me!
22 Why do you (K)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 “Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
26 And after my skin is [f]destroyed, this I know,
That (L)in my flesh I shall see God,
27 Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
How my [g]heart yearns within me!
28 If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’—
Since the root of the matter is found in me,
29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves;
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
That you may know there is a judgment.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:3 shamed or disgraced
  2. Job 19:3 A Jewish tradition make yourselves strange to me
  3. Job 19:7 violence
  4. Job 19:8 walled off my way
  5. Job 19:17 Lit. strange
  6. Job 19:26 Lit. struck off
  7. Job 19:27 Lit. kidneys

Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives

19 Then Job answered and said:

“How long will you torment me
    and break me in pieces with words?
These (A)ten times you have cast reproach upon me;
    are you not ashamed to wrong me?
And even if it be true that I have erred,
    my error remains with myself.
If indeed you (B)magnify yourselves against me
    and make my disgrace an argument against me,
know then that God has (C)put me in the wrong
    and closed his net about me.
Behold, I (D)cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
    I call for help, but there is no justice.
He has (E)walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
    and he has set darkness upon my paths.
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.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:12 Hebrew their way
  2. Job 19:25 Hebrew dust
  3. Job 19:26 Or without
  4. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts in me