Job 31
Svenska Folkbibeln
31 Jag slöt ett förbund med mina ögon:
att aldrig se på en ung kvinna.
2 Vilken lott skulle jag annars få av Gud i höjden,
vilken del av den Allsmäktige där ovan?
3 Ofärd kommer ju över orättfärdiga,
och olycka drabbar ogärningsmän.
4 Ser inte han mina vägar
och räknar alla mina steg?
5 Har jag umgåtts med lögn,
har min fot varit snar till svek?
6 Låt honom väga mig på en rättvis våg,
så skall Gud få se min rättsinnighet.
7 Har mina steg vikit av ifrån vägen,
har mitt hjärta följt mina ögon,
har jag någon fläck på mina händer?
8 Då må en annan äta vad jag har sått,
och mina plantor må ryckas upp med roten.
9 Har mitt hjärta förförts av en kvinna,
har jag stått på lur vid min nästas dörr?
10 Då må min hustru mala korn åt en annan,
och främmande män ligga i hennes famn.
11 Det hade varit en skändlig handling,
en straffbar missgärning,
12 en eld som skulle förtära ända till avgrunden
och föröda till roten alla mina grödor.
13 Har jag kränkt min tjänares eller tjänarinnas rätt
när de hade någon tvist med mig?
14 Vad skulle jag då göra när Gud står upp?
När han ställer mig till svars, vad skulle jag säga?
15 Har inte han som skapade mig i moderlivet skapat också dem?
Är det inte en enda som har berett oss i modersskötet?
16 Har jag nekat de fattiga vad de önskat
eller låtit änkans ögon försmäkta?
17 Har jag ensam ätit mitt bröd,
utan att den faderlöse fått äta av det?
18 Nej, från min ungdom har jag uppfostrat honom som en far,
och från första stund har jag tagit mig an änkor.
19 Har jag sett någon förgås utan kläder,
eller en fattig utan något att skyla sig med?
20 Har inte hans hjärta välsignat mig
och fick han ej värma sig i ull från mina lamm?
21 Har jag lyft min hand mot den faderlöse
när jag såg mig ha medhåll i porten?
22 Då må min axel lossna från min skuldra
och min arm brytas från sin led.
23 Jag måste då frukta bestraffning från Gud
och skulle stå maktlös inför hans majestät.
24 Satte jag mitt hopp till guldet,
kallade jag det rena guldet min förtröstan?
25 Gladdes jag över att min rikedom blev stor
och att min hand förvärvade så mycket?
26 Hände det, när jag såg solljuset, hur det sken, och månen,
hur härlig den skred fram,
27 att mitt hjärta i hemlighet lät sig förföras och jag gav dem en handkyss?
28 Också det hade varit en straffbar missgärning,
ty jag hade då förnekat Gud i höjden.
29 Har jag glatt mig åt min fiendes olycka,
fröjdat mig när något ont drabbade honom?
30 Nej, jag tillät inte min mun att synda
genom att med en förbannelse begära hans liv.
31 Mitt husfolk kan vittna:
"Var och en fick mätta sig med kött vid hans bord."
32 Främlingen behövde ej övernatta på gatan,
jag öppnade mina dörrar mot vägen.
33 Har jag dolt mina överträdelser likt Adam
och gömt min missgärning inom mig,
34 av fruktan för allt folket
och av rädsla för fränders förakt,
så att jag teg och ej gick utanför min dörr?
35 O, att jag hade någon som lyssnade på mig!
Se, här är min underskrift.
Den Allsmäktige må svara mig.
Låt mig se min motparts anklagelseskrift!
36 Sannerligen, jag skulle bära den på min skuldra,
jag skulle fästa den på mig som en krona.
37 Jag skulle berätta för honom om alla mina steg,
som en furste skulle jag möta honom.
38 Har min mark ropat över mig,
har dess fåror gråtit med varandra?
39 Har jag ätit frukten från den utan att betala,
eller sugit ut dem som brukade jorden?
40 Då må törne växa upp i stället för vete,
ogräs i stället för korn.
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Job 31
English Standard Version
Job's Final Appeal
31 “I have made a covenant with my (A)eyes;
how then could I gaze at a virgin?
2 What would be (B)my portion from God above
and (C)my heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
4 (D)Does not he see my ways
and (E)number all my steps?
5 “If I have walked with falsehood
and my foot has hastened to deceit;
6 (Let me be (F)weighed in a just balance,
and let God know my integrity!)
7 if my step has turned aside from the way
and (G)my heart has gone after my eyes,
and if any (H)spot has stuck to my hands,
8 then let me (I)sow, and another eat,
and let what grows for me[a] be rooted out.
9 “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have (J)lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
10 then let my wife (K)grind for another,
and let others (L)bow down on her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be an iniquity (M)to be punished by the judges;
12 for that would be a fire (N)that consumes as far as Abaddon,
and it would burn to the root all my increase.
13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
when they brought a complaint against me,
14 what then shall I do when God rises up?
When he (O)makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
15 Did (P)not he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 “If I have (Q)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (R)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[b] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[c]),
19 if I have seen anyone (S)perish for (T)lack of clothing,
or the needy without (U)covering,
20 if his body has not (V)blessed me,[d]
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against (W)the fatherless,
because I saw my help in (X)the gate,
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.
23 For I was (Y)in terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his (Z)majesty.
24 (AA)“If I have made gold my (AB)trust
or called (AC)fine gold my confidence,
25 if I have (AD)rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
or because (AE)my hand had found much,
26 (AF)if I have looked at the sun[e] when it shone,
or (AG)the moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be (AH)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.
29 “If I have (AI)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook him
30 ((AJ)I have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),
31 if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been filled with his (AK)meat?’
32 ((AL)the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
I have opened my doors to the traveler),
33 if I (AM)have concealed my transgressions (AN)as others do[f]
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34 because I stood in great fear of (AO)the multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty (AP)answer me!)
Oh, that I had (AQ)the indictment written by my adversary!
36 Surely I would carry it on my (AR)shoulder;
I would (AS)bind it on me as (AT)a crown;
37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.
38 “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,
39 (AU)if I have eaten its yield without payment
and made its owners (AV)breathe their last,
40 let (AW)thorns grow instead of wheat,
and foul weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
Job 31
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
31 I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
2 For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
5 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
8 Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
9 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:
10 Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
11 For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
12 It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
13 If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
14 For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
16 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother's womb:)
19 If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:
20 If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
23 For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
25 If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness:
27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth:
28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
32 The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
34 If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
35 Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
37 At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
38 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:
40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
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