Job 29
Schlachter-Bibel 1951
1Und Hiob fuhr in dem Vortrag seiner Sprüche fort und sprach:
2Wer gibt mir die vorigen Monate zurück und die Tage, in welchen Gott mich behütete?
3als seine Leuchte über meinem Haupte schien und ich in seinem Lichte durch das Dunkel ging;
4wie ich in den Tagen meines Herbstes vertrauten Umgang mit Gott bei meinem Zelte pflog;
5als der Allmächtige noch mit mir war und meine Knaben um mich her;
6da ich meine Tritte in Milch badete und der Fels neben mir Öl in Strömen goß;
7als ich noch zum Tore ging, zur Stadt hinauf, und meinen Sitz auf dem Markt aufstellte.
8Wenn mich die Knaben sahen, so verbargen sie sich, die Greise standen auf und blieben stehen.
9Die Fürsten hörten auf zu reden und legten die Hand auf den Mund.
10Die Stimme der Vornehmen stockte, und ihre Zunge klebte am Gaumen.
11Wessen Ohr mich hörte, der pries mich glücklich, und wessen Auge mich sah, der stimmte mir zu.
12Denn ich rettete den Elenden, der da schrie, und das Waislein, das keinen Helfer hatte.
13Der Segen des Verlorenen kam über mich, und ich machte das Herz der Witwe jauchzen.
14Gerechtigkeit zog ich an, und sie bekleidete mich, mein Talar und Turban war das Recht.
15Ich war des Blinden Auge und des Lahmen Fuß.
16Ich war des Armen Vater; und die Streitsache, die ich nicht kannte, untersuchte ich.
17Ich zerbrach die Stockzähne des Ungerechten und riß ihm den Raub aus den Zähnen.
18Und so dachte ich, ich würde mit meinem Neste sterben und wie der Phönix viele Tage erleben.
19Meine Wurzel war an Wassern ausgebreitet, und der Tau übernachtete auf meinem Zweig.
20Meine Herrlichkeit erneuerte sich bei mir, und mein Bogen verjüngte sich in meiner Hand.
21Auf mich hörte und wartete man und lauschte stillschweigend auf meinen Rat.
22Auf meine Rede folgte kein Widerspruch, und meine Worte träufelten auf sie.
23Sie harrten auf mich, wie das Erdreich auf einen Regen, und sperrten ihren Mund auf, wie nach einem Spätregen.
24Lächelte ich sie an, so konnten sie es kaum glauben, und das Licht meines Angesichts konnten sie nicht verdunkeln.
25Ich prüfte ihren Weg und saß oben an und wohnte wie ein König unter dem Volke, wie einer, der die Traurigen tröstet.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y VOLVIÓ Job á tomar su propósito, y dijo:
2¡Quién me tornase como en los meses pasados, como en los días que Dios me guardaba,
3Cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, á la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad;
4Como fué en los días de mi mocedad, cuando el secreto de Dios estaba en mi tienda;
5Cuando aun el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, y mis hijos alrededor de mí;
6Cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite!
7Cuando salía á la puerta á juicio, y en la plaza hacía preparar mi asiento,
8Los mozos me veían, y se escondían; y los viejos se levantaban, y estaban en pie;
9Los príncipes detenían sus palabras, ponían la mano sobre su boca;
10La voz de los principales se ocultaba, y su lengua se pegaba á su paladar:
11Cuando los oídos que me oían, me llamaban bienaventurado, y los ojos que me veían, me daban testimonio:
12Porque libraba al pobre que gritaba, y al huérfano que carecía de ayudador.
13La bendición del que se iba á perder venía sobre mí; y al corazón de la viuda daba alegría.
14Vestíame de justicia, y ella me vestía como un manto; y mi toca era juicio.
15Yo era ojos al ciego, y pies al cojo.
16A los menesterosos era padre; y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:
17Y quebraba los colmillos del inicuo, y de sus dientes hacía soltar la presa.
18Y decía yo: En mi nido moriré, y como arena multiplicaré días.
19Mi raíz estaba abierta junto á las aguas, y en mis ramas permanecía el rocío.
20Mi honra se renovaba en mí, y mi arco se corroboraba en mi mano.
21Oíanme, y esperaban; y callaban á mi consejo.
22Tras mi palabra no replicaban, y mi razón destilaba sobre ellos.
23Y esperábanme como á la lluvia, y abrían su boca como á la lluvia tardía.
24Si me reía con ellos, no lo creían: y no abatían la luz de mi rostro.
25Calificaba yo el camino de ellos, y sentábame en cabecera; y moraba como rey en el ejército, como el que consuela llorosos.
King James Version
1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
World English Bible
1Job again took up his parable, and said,
2“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
3when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
4as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
5when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
7when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
8The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,
12because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
13the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
16I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.
19My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
20My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
22After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
24I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.
25I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.