Job 21
1 Job progovori i reče:
But Job answered and said,
2 “Slušajte, slušajte dobro što ću reći, utjehu mi takvu barem udijelite.
Hear you, hear you my words, that I may not have this consolation from you.
3 Otrpite da riječ jednu ja izrečem, kad završim, tad se rugajte slobodno.
Raise me, and I will speak; then you shall not laugh me to scorn.
4 Zar protiv čovjeka dižem ja optužbu? Kako da strpljenje onda ne izgubim?
What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry?
5 Pogledajte na me: užas će vas spopast', rukom ćete svoja zakloniti usta;
Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek.
6 pomislim li na to, prestravim se i sam i čitavim svojim tad protrnem tijelom.
For even when I remember, I am alarmed, and pains seize my flesh.
7 Zašto na životu ostaju zlikovci i, što su stariji, moćniji bivaju?
Therefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?
8 Potomstvo njihovo s njima napreduje a izdanci im se množe pred očima.
Their seed is according to [their] desire, and their children are in [their] sight.
9 Strah nikakav kuće njihove ne mori i šiba ih Božja ostavlja na miru.
Their houses are prosperous, neither [have they] any where [cause for] fear, neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them.
10 Njihovi bikovi plode pouzdano, krave im se tele i ne jalove se.
Their cow does not cast her calf, and their [beast] with young is safe, and does not miscarry.
11 K'o jagnjad djeca im slobodno skakuću, veselo igraju njihovi sinovi.
And they remain as an unfailing flock, and their children play before [them], taking up the lute and harp;
12 Oni pjevaju uz harfe i bubnjeve i vesele se uz zvukove svirale.
and they rejoice at the voice of a song.
And they spend their days in wealth, and fall asleep in the rest of the grave. (Sheol h7585)
14 A govorili su Bogu: 'Ostavi nas, ne želimo znati za tvoje putove!
Yet [such a man] says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know your ways.
15 TÓa tko je Svesilni da njemu služimo i kakva nam korist da ga zazivamo?'
What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him?
16 Zar svoju sreću u ruci ne imahu, makar do Njega ne drže ništa oni?
For their good things were in [their] hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly.
17 Zar se luč opakog kada ugasila? Zar se na njega oborila nesreća? Zar mu u gnjevu svom On skroji sudbinu?
Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
18 Zar je kao slama na vjetru postao, kao pljeva koju vihor svud raznosi?
And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.
19 Hoće l' ga kaznit' Bog u njegovoj djeci? Ne, njega nek' kazni da sam to osjeti!
Let his substance fail [to supply] his children: [God] shall recompense him, and he shall know it.
20 Vlastitim očima nek' rasap svoj vidi, neka se napije srdžbe Svesilnoga!
Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him not be saved by the Lord.
21 TÓa što poslije smrti on za dom svoj mari kad će se presjeć' niz njegovih mjeseci?
For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off.
22 Ali tko će Boga učiti mudrosti, njega koji sudi najvišim bićima?
Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? and does not he judge murders?
23 Jedan umire u punom blagostanju, bez briga ikakvih, u potpunom miru,
One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous;
24 bokova od pretiline otežalih i kostiju sočne moždine prepunih.
and his inwards are full of fat, and his marrow is diffused [throughout him].
25 A drugi umire s gorčinom u duši, nikad nikakve ne okusivši sreće.
And another dies in bitterness of soul, not eating any good thing.
26 Obojica leže zajedno u prahu, crvi ih jednako prekrivaju oba.
But they lie down in the earth together, and corruption covers them.
27 O, znam dobro kakve vaše su namjere, kakve zlosti protiv mene vi snujete.
So I know you, that you presumptuously attack me:
28 Jer pitate: 'Gdje je kuća plemićeva, šator u kojem stanovahu opaki?'
so that you will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly?
29 Niste li na cesti putnike pitali, zar njihovo svjedočanstvo ne primate:
Ask those that go by the way, and do not disown their tokens.
30 'Opaki je u dan nesreće pošteđen i u dan Božje jarosti veseo je.'
For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance.
31 Al' na postupcima tko će mu predbacit' i tko će mu vratit' što je počinio?
Who will tell him his way to his face, whereas he has done [it]? who shall recompense him?
32 A kad ga na kraju na groblje odnesu, na grobni mu humak postavljaju stražu.
And he has been led away to the tombs, and he has watched over the heaps.
33 Lake su mu grude zemlje u dolini dok za njime ide čitavo pučanstvo.
The stones of the valley have been sweet to him, and every man shall depart after him, and [there are] innumerable [ones] before him.
34 O, kako su vaše utjehe isprazne! Kakva su prijevara vaši odgovori!”
How then do you comfort me in vain? whereas I have no rest from your molestation.
