Job 21
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Jobs svar på Sofars andra tal
21 Då tog Job till orda och sade:
2 Lyssna noga på mina ord,
låt det vara trösten ni ger mig.
3 (A) Visa mig tålamod så att jag får tala,
och när jag har talat kan du håna.
4 Är det en människa jag grälar på?
Varför skulle jag inte vara otålig?
5 (B) Se på mig och häpna,
sätt handen för munnen.
6 När jag tänker på det
blir jag förskräckt,
rysningar griper min kropp.
7 (C) Varför får de gudlösa leva,
bli gamla och växa i kraft?
8 De ser sina barn leva trygga hos dem
och har sina avkomlingar
för ögonen.
9 Deras hus står trygga utan fasor,
Gud drabbar dem inte med sitt ris.
10 Deras boskap lyckas alltid para sig,
deras kor kalvar utan missfall.
11 (D) Sina minsta släpper de ut
som en hjord,
deras barn dansar omkring.
12 De sjunger till tamburin och harpa
och jublar till musik av flöjt.
13 De lever sina dagar i välmåga,
och i frid far de ner till dödsriket.
14 (E) De sade till Gud: ”Låt oss vara!
Vi har ingen lust
att lära känna dina vägar.
15 (F) Vem är den Allsmäktige
att vi skulle tjäna honom?
Vad skulle vi vinna
på att åkalla honom?”
16 (G) Se, deras framgång
ligger inte i deras egen hand.
De gudlösas rådslag
är fjärran från mig.
17 Hur ofta slocknar
de gudlösas lampa?
Hur ofta drabbar dem olycka,
plågor som Gud i vrede
tilldelar dem?
18 (H) Hur ofta blir de som halm för vinden,
som agnar som stormen för bort?
19 (I) Ni säger:
”Gud sparar hans straff
till barnen.”
Låt honom straffa honom själv,
så att han får känna det.
20 (J) Låt den gudlöse få se sitt fall
med egna ögon,
låt honom få dricka
den Allsmäktiges vrede.
21 Frågar han efter sin familj
när han är borta,
när hans månaders antal är slut?
22 (K) Kan någon lära Gud förstånd,
han som dömer över de högsta?
23 Den ene dör i sin krafts dagar,
helt sorglös och trygg.
24 Hans kärl är fulla av mjölk,
och märgen i hans ben
har bevarat sin saft.
25 Den andre dör med bedrövad själ,
utan att ha smakat det goda.
26 (L) Tillsammans ligger de i stoftet,
med förruttnelsens maskar
över sig.
27 Se, jag känner era tankar
och era lömska planer mot mig.
28 Ni frågar:
”Vad blev det av stormännens hus,
av tälten där de gudlösa bodde?”
29 Har ni inte frågat dem som har rest,
lyssnar ni inte
till deras vittnesbörd?
30 Den onde skonas på olyckans dag,
han räddas undan vredens dag.
31 Vem säger honom rakt i ansiktet
hur han lever,
vem straffar honom
för vad han har gjort?
32 När han har förts till graven
vakar man vid gravkullen.
33 Dalens mylla är ljuvlig för honom,
alla människor följer honom
och otaliga har gått före honom.
34 (M) Hur tom är inte trösten ni ger mig.
Era svar är bara bedrägeri.
Job 21
Complete Jewish Bible
21 Then Iyov responded:
2 “Listen carefully to my words;
let this be the comfort you give me.
3 Bear with me as I speak;
then, after I have spoken, you can go on mocking.
4 “As for me, is my complaint merely to other people?
Don’t I have grounds for being short-tempered?
5 Look at me, and be appalled;
cover your mouth with your hand!
6 Whenever I recall it, I am in shock;
my whole body shudders.
7 “Why do the wicked go on living,
grow old and keep increasing their power?
8 They see their children settled with them,
their posterity assured.
9 Their houses are safe, with nothing to fear;
God’s rod is not on them.
10 Their bulls are fertile without fail,
their cows get pregnant and don’t miscarry.
11 They produce flocks of babies,
and their children dance around.
12 They sing with tambourines and lyres
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
13 They spend their days in prosperity
and go down to the grave in peace.
14 “Yet to God they said, ‘Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know about your ways.
15 What is Shaddai, that we should serve him?
What do we gain if we pray to him?’
16 Isn’t their prosperity already theirs?
The plans of the wicked are far from me.
17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their calamity come upon them?
How often does [God] deal out pain in his anger,
18 to make them like straw in the wind,
like chaff carried off by a storm?
19 God lays up for their children
[the punishment for their] iniquity.
He should lay it on [the wicked] themselves,
so that they can feel it!
20 Let their own eyes see their own destruction
and themselves drink the wrath of Shaddai.
21 What joy can they have in their family after them,
given that their months are numbered?
22 “Can anyone teach God knowledge?
After all, he judges those who are on high.
23 One person dies in his full strength,
completely at ease and content;
24 his pails are full of milk,
and the marrow in his bones is moist.
25 Another dies with embittered heart,
never having tasted happiness.
26 They lie down alike in the dust,
and the worm covers them both.
27 “Look, I know what you are thinking
and your plans to do me wrong.
28 You ask, ‘Where is the great man’s house?
Where is the tent where the wicked once lived?’
29 Haven’t you ever questioned travelers?
Don’t you accept their testimony
30 that the evil man is saved on the day of disaster,
rescued on the day of wrath?
31 So who will confront him with his ways?
Who will repay him for what he has done?
32 For he is carried off to the grave,
people keep watch over his tomb,
33 the clods of the valley are sweet to him;
so everyone follows his example,
just as before him were countless others.
34 “Why offer me such meaningless comfort?
Of your answers, only the perfidy remains.”
Job 21
New Living Translation
Job’s Seventh Speech: A Response to Zophar
21 Then Job spoke again:
2 “Listen closely to what I am saying.
That’s one consolation you can give me.
3 Bear with me, and let me speak.
After I have spoken, you may resume mocking me.
4 “My complaint is with God, not with people.
I have good reason to be so impatient.
5 Look at me and be stunned.
Put your hand over your mouth in shock.
6 When I think about what I am saying, I shudder.
My body trembles.
7 “Why do the wicked prosper,
growing old and powerful?
8 They live to see their children grow up and settle down,
and they enjoy their grandchildren.
9 Their homes are safe from every fear,
and God does not punish them.
10 Their bulls never fail to breed.
Their cows bear calves and never miscarry.
11 They let their children frisk about like lambs.
Their little ones skip and dance.
12 They sing with tambourine and harp.
They celebrate to the sound of the flute.
13 They spend their days in prosperity,
then go down to the grave[a] in peace.
14 And yet they say to God, ‘Go away.
We want no part of you and your ways.
15 Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him?
What good will it do us to pray?’
16 (They think their prosperity is of their own doing,
but I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.)
17 “Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished.
Do they ever have trouble?
Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger?
18 Are they driven before the wind like straw?
Are they carried away by the storm like chaff?
Not at all!
19 “‘Well,’ you say, ‘at least God will punish their children!’
But I say he should punish the ones who sin,
so that they understand his judgment.
20 Let them see their destruction with their own eyes.
Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.
21 For they will not care what happens to their family
after they are dead.
22 “But who can teach a lesson to God,
since he judges even the most powerful?
23 One person dies in prosperity,
completely comfortable and secure,
24 the picture of good health,
vigorous and fit.
25 Another person dies in bitter poverty,
never having tasted the good life.
26 But both are buried in the same dust,
both eaten by the same maggots.
27 “Look, I know what you’re thinking.
I know the schemes you plot against me.
28 You will tell me of rich and wicked people
whose houses have vanished because of their sins.
29 But ask those who have been around,
and they will tell you the truth.
30 Evil people are spared in times of calamity
and are allowed to escape disaster.
31 No one criticizes them openly
or pays them back for what they have done.
32 When they are carried to the grave,
an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.
33 A great funeral procession goes to the cemetery.
Many pay their respects as the body is laid to rest,
and the earth gives sweet repose.
34 “How can your empty clichés comfort me?
All your explanations are lies!”
Footnotes
- 21:13 Hebrew to Sheol.
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015, Copyright © 2015 by Svenska Folkbibeln Foundation
Copyright © 1998 by David H. Stern. All rights reserved.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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