1 \40:6\Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
2 \40:7\Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
3 \40:8\Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
4 \40:9\Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
5 \40:10\Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
6 \40:11\Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
7 \40:12\Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
8 \40:13\Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
9 \40:14\Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
10 \40:15\See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
11 \40:16\His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
12 \40:17\His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
13 \40:18\His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
14 \40:19\He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.
15 \40:20\He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
16 \40:21\He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.
17 \40:22\He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
18 \40:23\Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
19 \40:24\Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
20 \41:1\Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?
21 \41:2\Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?
22 \41:3\Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?
23 \41:4\Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?
24 \41:5\Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?
25 \41:6\Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?
26 \41:7\Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?
27 \41:8\Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!
28 \41:9\Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!
1 Ekkor szóla az Úr Jóbnak a forgószélbõl, és monda:
2 Nosza! övezd fel, mint férfi, derekadat; én kérdezlek, te pedig taníts engem!
3 Avagy semmivé teheted-é te az én igazságomat; kárhoztathatsz-é te engem azért, hogy te igaz légy?
4 És van-é ugyanolyan karod, mint az Istennek, mennydörgõ hangon szólasz- é, mint õ?
5 Ékesítsd csak fel magadat fénynyel és méltósággal, ruházd fel magadat dicsõséggel és fenséggel!
6 Öntsd ki haragodnak tüzét, és láss meg minden kevélyt és alázd meg õket!
7 Láss meg minden kevélyt és törd meg õket, és a gonoszokat az õ helyükön tipord le!
8 Rejtsd el õket együvé a porba, orczájukat kösd be mélységes sötéttel:
9 Akkor én is dicsõítlek, hogy megtartott téged a te jobbkezed!
10 Nézd csak a behemótot, a melyet én teremtettem, a miként téged is, fûvel él, mint az ökör!
11 Nézd csak az erejét az õ ágyékában, és az õ erõsségét hasának izmaiban!
12 Kiegyenesíti farkát, mint valami czédrust, lágyékának inai egymásba fonódnak.
13 Csontjai érczcsövek, lábszárai, mint a vasrudak.
14 Az Isten alkotásainak remeke ez, az õ teremtõje adta meg néki fegyverét.
15 Mert füvet teremnek számára a hegyek, és a mezõ minden vadja ott játszadozik.
16 Lótuszfák alatt heverész, a nádak és mocsarak búvóhelyein.
17 Befedezi õt a lótuszfák árnyéka, [és] körülveszik õt a folyami fûzfák.
18 Ha árad is a folyó, nem siet; bizton van, ha szájához a Jordán csapna is.
19 Megfoghatják-é õt szemei láttára, vagy átfúrhatják-é az orrát tõrökkel?!
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