Job 21
1 Job progovori i reče:
Then Job answered,
2 “Slušajte, slušajte dobro što ću reći, utjehu mi takvu barem udijelite.
“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
3 Otrpite da riječ jednu ja izrečem, kad završim, tad se rugajte slobodno.
Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.
4 Zar protiv čovjeka dižem ja optužbu? Kako da strpljenje onda ne izgubim?
As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
5 Pogledajte na me: užas će vas spopast', rukom ćete svoja zakloniti usta;
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
6 pomislim li na to, prestravim se i sam i čitavim svojim tad protrnem tijelom.
When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
7 Zašto na životu ostaju zlikovci i, što su stariji, moćniji bivaju?
“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
8 Potomstvo njihovo s njima napreduje a izdanci im se množe pred očima.
Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
9 Strah nikakav kuće njihove ne mori i šiba ih Božja ostavlja na miru.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Njihovi bikovi plode pouzdano, krave im se tele i ne jalove se.
Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
11 K'o jagnjad djeca im slobodno skakuću, veselo igraju njihovi sinovi.
They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
12 Oni pjevaju uz harfe i bubnjeve i vesele se uz zvukove svirale.
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 A govorili su Bogu: 'Ostavi nas, ne želimo znati za tvoje putove!
They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.
15 TÓa tko je Svesilni da njemu služimo i kakva nam korist da ga zazivamo?'
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
16 Zar svoju sreću u ruci ne imahu, makar do Njega ne drže ništa oni?
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 Zar se luč opakog kada ugasila? Zar se na njega oborila nesreća? Zar mu u gnjevu svom On skroji sudbinu?
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
18 Zar je kao slama na vjetru postao, kao pljeva koju vihor svud raznosi?
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
19 Hoće l' ga kaznit' Bog u njegovoj djeci? Ne, njega nek' kazni da sam to osjeti!
You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
20 Vlastitim očima nek' rasap svoj vidi, neka se napije srdžbe Svesilnoga!
Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 TÓa što poslije smrti on za dom svoj mari kad će se presjeć' niz njegovih mjeseci?
For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
22 Ali tko će Boga učiti mudrosti, njega koji sudi najvišim bićima?
“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
23 Jedan umire u punom blagostanju, bez briga ikakvih, u potpunom miru,
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 bokova od pretiline otežalih i kostiju sočne moždine prepunih.
His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
25 A drugi umire s gorčinom u duši, nikad nikakve ne okusivši sreće.
Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
26 Obojica leže zajedno u prahu, crvi ih jednako prekrivaju oba.
They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
27 O, znam dobro kakve vaše su namjere, kakve zlosti protiv mene vi snujete.
“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.
28 Jer pitate: 'Gdje je kuća plemićeva, šator u kojem stanovahu opaki?'
For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
29 Niste li na cesti putnike pitali, zar njihovo svjedočanstvo ne primate:
Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,
30 'Opaki je u dan nesreće pošteđen i u dan Božje jarosti veseo je.'
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
31 Al' na postupcima tko će mu predbacit' i tko će mu vratit' što je počinio?
Who will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done?
32 A kad ga na kraju na groblje odnesu, na grobni mu humak postavljaju stražu.
Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
33 Lake su mu grude zemlje u dolini dok za njime ide čitavo pučanstvo.
The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 O, kako su vaše utjehe isprazne! Kakva su prijevara vaši odgovori!”
So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”
