Job 20
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Sofar håller fast vid vad han sagt
20 Sedan yttrade sig Sofar från Naama:
2 Jag måste få säga en sak, för jag har ett svar att ge dig.
3 Du har försökt få mig att skämmas för att jag har kallat dig syndare, men jag tänker inte tiga och tåla det.
4-5 Inser du inte att den ogudaktiges seger alltid är kortlivad och att den gudlöses glädje bara varar ett ögonblick? Så har det varit sedan människan först kom till jorden!
6 Även om den gudlöse stolt sträcker sig mot himlen och vandrar med näsan i vädret,
7 ska han ändå förgås och sluta på samma ställe som sin egen avföring. De som kände honom ska undra vart han tog vägen.
8 Han ska försvinna som en flyktig dröm.
9 Inte heller hans vänner eller familj ska någonsin mer få se honom.
10 Hans barn ska tigga av de fattiga, och deras hårda arbete ska betala hans skulder.
11 Även om han är en ung man, ska han slås till marken.
12 Han njuter av smaken på sin ondska, låter den smälta i munnen
13 och suger sakta på den, så att den inte ska försvinna för snabbt.
14 Men helt plötsligt förvandlas det han njutit av till gift.
15 Han kommer att spy ut den rikedom han slukat, för Gud låter honom inte behålla den.
16 Den är som gift och död för honom.
17 Han kan inte njuta av det goda han samlat på sig.
18 Hans arbete ska inte ge honom någon lön, och rikedomen ska inte ge honom någon glädje.
19 Han har förtryckt de fattiga och roffat åt sig deras hus. Han kommer aldrig att tillfriskna.
20 Han har alltid varit girig, men nu har han ingenting. Av allt det han drömde om finns ingenting kvar.
21 Han slukade allt han kom åt, och därför ska hans framgång inte fortsätta.
22 Han ska råka i svårigheter, när han står på höjden av sin makt. Olycka ska förgöra honom.
23 Just då han håller på att fylla sin mage, ska Gud låta sin vrede regna ner över honom.
24 Han kommer att fly från sitt straff, men en pil ska träffa honom.
25 Dess glänsande spets ska dras ut ur hans galla och dödsskräcken ska då gripa honom.
26 Hans skatter ska gå förlorade i det djupaste mörker. En rasande eld ska förtära hans ägodelar och bränna upp allt han har kvar.
27 Himlen kommer att uppenbara hans synder, och jorden ska vittna mot honom.
28 Hans rikedom ska försvinna under Guds vrede.
29 Detta är vad som väntar den ogudaktige, och vad Gud har berett åt honom.
Job 20
King James Version
20 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Job 20
International Standard Version
Zophar Speaks the Second Time
20 Then Zophar from Naamath replied:
2 “Therefore my anxious thoughts cause me to answer
because I’m agitated within me.
3 Whenever I hear an insulting rebuke,
I respond from my spirit because I understand.”
Destruction Awaits the Wicked
4 “Haven’t you known this from ancient times,
since mankind was placed on the earth?
5 The wicked triumph only briefly;
the joy of the godless is momentary.
6 Though he grow as tall as the sky,
or though his head touches the clouds,
7 he’ll perish forever, like his own excrement;
those who saw him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
8 He’ll vanish[a] like a dream, and no one will find him;
he will be chased away like a night vision.”
9 “An eye that gazes at him won’t do so again;
and his place won’t even recognize him.
10 His sons will make amends to the poor;
their hands will return his wealth.
11 Though his bones were full of youthful vigor;
yet they will lie down with him in the dust.
12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth,
though he conceals it under his tongue,
13 though he savors it and delays swallowing it
so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,[b]
14 his food will turn rancid in his stomach—
it will become a cobra’s poison inside him.
15 “Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it;
God will dislodge it from his stomach.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
the fangs[c] of a viper will slay him.
17 He won’t look at the rivers—
the torrents of honey and curd.[d]
18 “He will restore what he has attained from his work
and won’t consume it;
he won’t enjoy the profits from his business transactions,
19 because he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house that he didn’t build.
20 “Since his appetite won’t quit;[e]
he won’t let anything escape his lust.[f]
21 Because nothing was left for him to devour,
therefore his prosperity won’t last.
22 Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers—
everyone in any sort of trouble will attack him.
23 “It will come about that,
when he has filled himself to the full,
God[g] will vent his burning anger on him;
he will pour it out on him and on his body.
24 Though he dodges an iron weapon,
a bronze arrow will pierce him.
25 It will impale him and come out through his back;
the point will glisten as it protrudes through his gall bladder,
and he will be terrified.
26 “Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures;
a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him
and consume whatever remains in his possession.[h]
27 Heaven will reveal his iniquity,
while the earth will rise up against him.
28 A flood will wash away his house;
dragging it away when God becomes angry.
29 This is what the wicked person inherits from God;
it is the inheritance that God appoints for him.”
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