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Job 3
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Job 3
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Samtal med tre vänner
(3:1—27:23)
Job förbannar att han blivit född
3 Till sist öppnade Job munnen och förbannade den dag då han föddes.
2 Han sa:
3 Må den dag då jag föddes bli utplånad,
och den natt då det sades: ”Ett gossebarn är fött!”
4 Må den dagen vändas i mörker!
Må Gud i höjden inte bry sig om den,
och låt inget ljus lysa över den.
5 Låt mörkret och den djupa skuggan göra anspråk på den
och svarta moln skugga den!
6 Må den natten fångas av dunklet,
strykas bland årets dagar
och aldrig mer träda in i någon månad.
7 Må den natten vara ofruktsam,
och låt inget glädjerop höras i den.
8 Må den dagen förbannas av dagens besvärjare,
av dem som kan mana fram Leviatan.
9 Må dess morgonstjärnor förmörkas,
låt den vänta på ljuset
och aldrig få se gryningens första strålar,
10 för att den inte tillslöt dörrarna till min mors livmoder,
för att den inte lät ofärd[a] döljas för min syn.
11 Varför fick jag inte dö när jag föddes,
förgås när jag kom ut ur min mors liv?
12 Varför fanns det en famn beredd att ta emot mig
och bröst för att amma mig?
13 Då skulle jag ha legat tyst nu,
sovit och varit stilla,
14 tillsammans med kungar och världens rådsherrar,
som byggde åt sig hus som nu ligger i ruiner,
15 med furstar som ägde guld,
och fyllde sina hus med silver.
16 Varför grävdes jag inte ner som ett dödfött foster,
som barn som aldrig såg ljuset?
17 Där rasar de onda inte mer,
och där får de uttröttade vila.
18 Där har fångarna funnit ro,
de hör inte längre slavdrivarens rop.
19 Små och stora är lika där,
och slaven blir fri från sin herre.
20 Varför ska ljus ges åt dem som är olyckliga
och liv åt dem som är bittra i sitt innersta,
21 åt dem som längtar efter den död som aldrig kommer,
eller åt dem som söker efter den som efter en gömd skatt,
22 som gläds och jublar och fröjdar sig
när de når graven?
23 Varför ges liv åt någon,
vars väg är dold,
instängd av Gud?
24 Jag kan inte äta för allt mitt suckande,
min klagan strömmar fram som vatten.
25 Det som jag varit rädd för, har hänt mig.
26 Jag har ingen frid, ingen stillhet och ingen vila,
bara bekymmer.
Footnotes
- 3:10 Det hebreiska ordet förekommer ett flertal gånger i Jobs bok och kan översättas på flera sätt, t.ex. plåga, ofärd, möda, elände. Ordet betecknar stora svårigheter och mycket lidande.
Job 3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Job 3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
II. First Cycle of Speeches
Chapter 3
Job’s Complaint. 1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.[a] 2 Job spoke out and said:
3 Perish the day on which I was born,(A)
the night when they said, “The child is a boy!”
4 May that day be darkness:
may God[b] above not care for it,
may light not shine upon it!
5 May darkness and gloom claim it,
clouds settle upon it,
blackness of day[c] affright it!
6 May obscurity seize that night;
may it not be counted among the days of the year,
nor enter into the number of the months!
7 May that night be barren;
let no joyful outcry greet it!
8 Let them curse it who curse the Sea,
those skilled at disturbing Leviathan![d]
9 May the stars of its twilight be darkened;
may it look for daylight, but have none,
nor gaze on the eyes of the dawn,
10 Because it did not keep shut the doors of the womb
to shield my eyes from trouble!
11 Why did I not die at birth,(B)
come forth from the womb and expire?
12 Why did knees receive me,
or breasts nurse me?
13 For then I should have lain down and been tranquil;
had I slept, I should then have been at rest
14 With kings and counselors of the earth
who rebuilt what were ruins
15 Or with princes who had gold
and filled their houses with silver.
16 Or why was I not buried away like a stillborn child,
like babies that have never seen the light?
17 There[e] the wicked cease from troubling,
there the weary are at rest.
18 The captives are at ease together,
and hear no overseer’s voice.
19 Small and great are there;
the servant is free from the master.
20 Why is light given to the toilers,
life to the bitter in spirit?
21 They wait for death and it does not come;
they search for it more than for hidden treasures.
22 They rejoice in it exultingly,
and are glad when they find the grave:
23 A man whose path is hidden from him,
one whom God has hemmed in![f]
24 For to me sighing comes more readily than food;
my groans well forth like water.
25 For what I feared overtakes me;
what I dreaded comes upon me.
26 I have no peace nor ease;
I have no rest, for trouble has come!
Footnotes
- 3:1 His day: that is, the day of his birth.
- 3:4 God: in Heb. ’Eloah, another name for the divinity, used frequently in Job.
- 3:5 Blackness of day: that is, an eclipse.
- 3:8 Leviathan: a mythological sea monster symbolizing primeval chaos. It is parallel to Sea, which was the opponent of Baal in the Ugaritic legends. Cf. 9:13; 26:13; 40:25–41:26; Ps 74:13–14; 104:26; Is 27:1.
- 3:17 There: in death.
- 3:23 Hemmed in: contrast the same verb as used in 1:10.
Job 3
New International Version
Job 3
New International Version
Job Speaks
3 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.(A) 2 He said:
3 “May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(B)
4 That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
5 May gloom and utter darkness(C) claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
6 That night—may thick darkness(D) seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
7 May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy(E) be heard in it.
8 May those who curse days[a] curse that day,(F)
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(G)
9 May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,(H)
10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?(I)
12 Why were there knees to receive me(J)
and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(K) in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest(L)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(M)
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(N)
15 with princes(O) who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.(P)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(Q)
like an infant who never saw the light of day?(R)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(S)
and there the weary are at rest.(T)
18 Captives(U) also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s(V) shout.(W)
19 The small and the great are there,(X)
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,(Y)
21 to those who long for death that does not come,(Z)
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(AA)
22 who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?(AB)
23 Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,(AC)
whom God has hedged in?(AD)
24 For sighing(AE) has become my daily food;(AF)
my groans(AG) pour out like water.(AH)
25 What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded(AI) has happened to me.(AJ)
26 I have no peace,(AK) no quietness;
I have no rest,(AL) but only turmoil.”(AM)
Footnotes
- Job 3:8 Or curse the sea
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