Job 3
1 Napokon otvori Job usta i prokle dan svoj;
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
2 poče svoju besjedu i reče:
And Job spoke, and said,
3 “O, ne bilo dana kad sam se rodio i noći što javi: 'Začeo se dječak!'
Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 U crnu tminu dan taj nek se prometne! S visina se njega Bog ne spominjao, svjetlost sunčeva ne svijetlila mu više!
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5 Mrak i sjena smrtna o nj se otimali, posvema ga tmina gusta prekrila, pomrčine dnevne stravom ga morile!
Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 O, da bi ga tama svega presvojila, nek' se ne dodaje danima godine, nek' ne ulazi u brojenje mjeseci!
As [for] that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7 A noć ona bila žalosna dovijeka, ne čulo se u njoj radosno klicanje!
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Prokleli je oni štono dan proklinju i Levijatana probudit' su kadri!
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9 Pomrčale zvijezde njezina svanuća, zaludu se ona vidjelu nadala, i zorinih vjeđa ne gledala nigda!
Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10 Što mi od utrobe ne zatvori vrata da sakrije muku od mojih očiju!
Because it prevented not my birth, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.
11 Što nisam mrtav od krila materina, što ne izdahnuh izlazeć' iz utrobe?
Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] expire at the time of my birth?
12 Čemu su me dva koljena prihvatila i dojke dvije da me nejaka podoje?
Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?
13 U miru bih vječnom počivao sada, spavao bih, pokoj svoj bih uživao
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14 s kraljevima i savjetnicima zemlje koji su sebi pogradili grobnice,
With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;
15 ili s knezovima, zlatom bogatima, što su kuće svoje srebrom napunili.
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Ne bih bio - k'o nedonošče zakopano, k'o novorođenče što svjetla ne vidje.
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.
17 Zlikovci se više ne obijeste ondje, iznemogli tamo nalaze počinka.
There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary are at rest.
18 Sužnjeve na miru tamo ostavljaju: ne slušaju više poviku stražara.
[There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19 Malen ondje leži zajedno s velikim, rob je slobodan od gospodara svoga.
The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free from his master.
20 Čemu darovati svjetlo nesretniku i život ljudima zagorčene duše
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter [in] soul;
21 koji smrt ištu, a ona ne dolazi, i kao za blagom za njome kopaju?
Who long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 Grobnom bi se humku oni radovali, klicali od sreće kad bi grob svoj našli.
Who rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 Što će to čovjeku kom je put sakriven, koga je Bog sa svih strana zapriječio?
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24 Zato videć' hranu, uzdahnuti moram, k'o voda se moji razlijevaju krici.
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25 Obistinjuje se moje strahovanje, snalazi me, evo, čega god se bojah.
For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.
26 Pokoja ni mira meni više nema, u mukama mojim nikad mi počinka.”
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
