Job 15
1 Elifaz Temanac progovori tad i reče:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
2 “Zar šupljom naukom odgovara mudrac i vjetrom istočnim trbuh napuhuje?
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
3 Zar on sebe brani riječima ispraznim, besjedama koje ničem ne koriste?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Još više ti činiš: ništiš strah od Boga, pred njegovim licem pribranost ukidaš.
Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
5 Tvoje riječi krivicu tvoju odaju, poslužio si se jezikom lukavih,
For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 vlastita te usta osuđuju, ne ja, protiv tebe same ti usne svjedoče.
Thine own mouth condemns thee, and not I. Yes, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 Zar si prvi čovjek koji se rodio? Zar si na svijet prije bregova došao?
Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Zar si tajne Božje ti prisluškivao i mudrost čitavu za se prisvojio?
Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9 Što ti znadeš, a da i mi ne znamo, što ti razumiješ, a da to ne shvaćamo?
What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, which is not in us?
10 Ima među nama i sijedih i starih kojima je više ljeta no tvom ocu.
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
11 Zar su ti utjehe Božje premalene i blage riječi upućene tebi?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, even the word that is gentle toward thee?
12 Što te srce tvoje tako slijepo goni i što tako divlje prevrćeš očima
Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
13 kad proti Bogu jarost svoju okrećeš, a iz usta takve riječi ti izlaze!
that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?
14 Što je čovjek da bi čist mogao biti? Zar je itko rođen od žene pravedan?
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Gle, ni u svece se On ne pouzdava, oku njegovu ni nebesa čista nisu,
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 a kamoli to biće gadno i buntovno, čovjek što k'o vodu pije opačinu!
How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
17 Mene sad poslušaj, poučit' te hoću, što god sam vidjeh, ispričat' ti želim,
I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,
18 i ono što naučavahu mudraci ne tajeć' što su primili od pređa
which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,
19 kojima je zemlja ova bila dana kamo tuđin nije nikada stupio.
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:
20 Zlikovac se muči cijelog svoga vijeka, nasilniku već su ljeta odbrojena.
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 Krik strave svagda mu u ušima ječi, dok miruje, na njeg baca se razbojnik.
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 Ne nada se da će izbjeći tminama i znade dobro da je maču namijenjen,
He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.
23 strvinaru da je kao plijen obećan. On znade da mu se dan propasti bliži.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Nemir i tjeskoba na njeg navaljuju, k'o kralj spreman na boj na nj se obaraju.
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
25 On je protiv Boga podizao ruku, usuđivao se prkosit' Svesilnom
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.
26 Ohola je čela na njega srljao, iza štita debela dobro zaklonjen.
He runs upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,
27 Lice mu bijaše obloženo salom a bokovi pretilinom otežali.
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
28 Razrušene je zaposjeo gradove i kućišta nastanio napuštena. Srušit će se ono što za sebe sazda;
And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
29 cvasti mu neće, već rasuti se blago, sjena mu se neće po zemlji širiti.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 On se tami više izmaknuti neće, opržit će oganj njegove mladice, u dahu plamenih usta nestat će ga.
He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of God's mouth he shall go away.
31 U taštinu svoju neka se ne uzda, jer će mu ispraznost biti svom nagradom.
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.
32 Prije vremena će svenut' mu mladice, grane mu se nikad neće zazelenjet'.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 Kao loza, grozd će stresat' svoj nezreo, poput masline pobacit će cvatove.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
34 Da, bezbožničko je jalovo koljeno, i vatra proždire šator podmitljivca.
For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 Koji zlom zanesu, rađaju nesreću i prijevaru nose u utrobi svojoj.”
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
