Job 13
1 Očima svojim sve to ja vidjeh, ušima svojim čuh i razumjeh.
Lo! all this mine eye hath seen; Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2 Sve što vi znate znadem to i ja, ni u čemu od vas gori nisam.
What ye know, I know also; I am not inferior to you.
3 Zato, zborit' moram sa Svesilnim, pred Bogom svoj razlog izložiti.
But O that I might speak with the Almighty! O that I might reason with God!
4 Jer, kovači laži vi ste pravi, i svi ste vi zaludni liječnici!
For ye are forgers of lies; Physicians of no value, all of you!
5 Kada biste bar znali šutjeti, mudrost biste svoju pokazali!
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! This, truly, would be wisdom in you.
6 Dokaze mi ipak poslušajte, razlog mojih usana počujte.
Hear, I pray you, my arguments; Attend to the pleadings of my lips!
7 Zar zbog Boga govorite laži, zar zbog njega riječi te prijevarne?
Will ye speak falsehood for God? Will ye utter deceit for him?
8 Zar biste pristrano branit' htjeli Boga, zar biste mu htjeli biti odvjetnici?
Will ye be partial to his person? Will ye contend earnestly for God?
9 Zar bi dobro bilo da vas on ispita? Zar biste ga obmanuli k'o čovjeka?
Will it be well for you, if he search you thoroughly? Can ye deceive him, as one may deceive a man?
10 Kaznom preteškom on bi vas pokarao poradi potajne vaše pristranosti.
Surely he will rebuke you, If ye secretly have respect to persons.
11 Zar vas veličanstvo njegovo ne plaši i zar vas od njega užas ne spopada?
Doth not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
12 Razlozi su vam od pepela izreke, obrana je vaša obrana od blata.
Your maxims are words of dust; Your fortresses are fortresses of clay.
13 Umuknite sada! Dajte da govorim, pa neka me poslije snađe što mu drago.
Hold your peace, and let me speak: And then come upon me what will!
14 Zar da meso svoje sam kidam zubima? Da svojom rukom život upropašćujem?
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
15 On me ubit' može: nade druge nemam već da pred njim svoje držanje opravdam.
Lo! he slayeth me, and I have no hope! Yet will I justify my ways before him.
16 I to je već zalog mojega spasenja, jer bezbožnik preda nj ne može stupiti.
This also shall be my deliverance; For no unrighteous man will come before him.
17 Pažljivo mi riječi poslušajte, nek' vam prodre u uši besjeda.
Hear attentively my words, And give ear to my declaration!
18 Gle: ja sam pripremio parnicu, jer u svoje sam pravo uvjeren.
Behold, I have now set in order my cause; I know that I am innocent.
19 Tko se sa mnom hoće parničiti? - Umuknut ću potom te izdahnut'.
Who is he that can contend with me? For then would I hold my peace, and die!
20 Dvije mi molbe samo ne uskrati da se od tvog lica ne sakrivam:
Only do not unto me two things, Then will I not hide myself from thy presence;
21 digni s mene tešku svoju ruku i užasom svojim ne straši me.
Let not thy hand be heavy upon me, And let not thy terrors make me afraid:
22 Tada me pitaj, a ja ću odgovarat'; ili ja da pitam, ti da odgovaraš.
Then call upon me, and I will answer; Or I will speak, and answer thou me.
23 Koliko počinih prijestupa i grijeha? Prekršaj mi moj pokaži i krivicu.
How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my faults and transgressions.
24 Zašto lice svoje kriješ sad od mene, zašto u meni vidiš neprijatelja?
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And account me as thine enemy?
25 Zašto strahom mučiš list vjetrom progonjen, zašto se na suhu obaraš slamčicu?
Wilt thou put in fear the driven leaf? Wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26 O ti, koji mi gorke pišeš presude i teretiš mene grijesima mladosti,
For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me inherit the sins of my youth.
27 koji si mi noge u klade sapeo i koji bdiš nad svakim mojim korakom i tragove stopa mojih ispituješ!
Yea, thou puttest my feet in the stocks, And waterest all my paths; Thou hemmest in the soles of my feet.
28 Život mi se k'o trulo drvo raspada, k'o haljina što je moljci izjedaju!
And I, like an abandoned thing, shall waste away; Like a garment which is moth-eaten.
