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Job 19
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Job känner att vännerna sviker

19 Job svarade:

2 Hur länge tänker ni hålla på att plåga mig
    och bryta ner mig med alla era ord?
3 Tio gånger har ni nu skymfat mig,
    utan att skämmas kränkt mig.
4 Och om jag nu verkligen har felat,
    så är det väl min ensak.
5 Om ni vill framhålla er förträfflighet mot mig
    och använda min förnedring emot mig,
6 ska ni då veta att det är Gud som har gjort mig orätt,
    fångat mig i sitt nät.

7 Jag klagar över våldet mot mig
    men får inget svar.
Jag ropar
    men får ingen rättvisa.
8 Han har spärrat vägen för mig
    så att jag inte kommer fram
och lagt mina stigar i mörker.
9     Han har klätt av mig all min ära
och tagit ifrån mig min krona.
10     Han bryter ner mig från alla sidor,
så att jag går under.
    Han drar upp mitt hopp med rötterna som ett träd.
11 Hans vrede brinner mot mig.
    Han räknar mig som en fiende.
12 Hans trupper samlar sig till angrepp,
    de tågar fram mot mig,
de slår läger kring mitt tält.

13 Han har gjort mina bröder till främlingar för mig,
    alla jag kände har vänt mig ryggen.
14 Mina släktingar har svikit mig.
    Mina vänner har övergett mig.
15 De som bor i mitt hus
    och mina slavar och slavinnor
betraktar mig som en främling.
16     Jag ropar på min tjänare,
men han kommer inte,
    inte ens om jag tigger och ber om det.
17 Min andedräkt är vidrig för min hustru,
    och mina bröder vägrar att kännas vid mig.[a]
18 Till och med små barn föraktar mig.
    När jag träder fram, hånar de mig.
19 Mina närmaste vänner avskyr mig.
    De som jag älskade har vänt mig ryggen.
20     Mina ben sticker ut genom köttet,
av mig finns inget annat kvar än tandköttet.[b]

21 Visa nåd mot mig, mina vänner, visa nåd mot mig,
    för Guds hand har slagit mig.
22 Varför måste ni förfölja mig
    som Gud gör?
Får ni aldrig nog av att slita sönder mig?

23 Om ändå mina ord hade skrivits ner, upptecknats i en bok,
24     graverats med järnstift och med bly i en klippa för evigt!
25 Men jag vet att min förlossare[c] lever
    och att han till sist ska träda fram över jorden.
26 Jag vet också att även om mitt skinn förstörs,
    ska jag i min kropp få se Gud.[d]
27 Jag ska se honom med mina egna ögon,
    inte som en främling.
En förtärande längtan fyller mitt hjärta.

28 Ni säger: ”Hur ska vi förfölja honom,
    för roten till det onda finns ju hos honom?”
29 Frukta för svärdet, ni,
    för vrede är en synd som straffas med svärd.
Ni ska veta att det finns en dom.

Footnotes

  1. 19:17 Grundtextens innebörd är osäker.
  2. 19:20 Grundtextens innebörd är osäker.
  3. 19:25 Grundtextens ord som här översätts förlossare används i flera olika sammanhang och översätts därför något olika beroende på sammanhanget, se 4 Mos 35:12 med not. Förlossarens identitet i denna vers är oklar, men ordet kan brukas som bild på Gud och sannolikt är det Gud som avses här.
  4. 19:26 Grundtextens innebörd är osäker.
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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!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(AY) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[g]’
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(AZ)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[h]”(BA)

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
  2. Job 19:24 Or and
  3. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  4. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  5. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  6. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
  7. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  8. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty
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Job 19
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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.”

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
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