Job 9
1 Job progovori i reče:
Then Job answered and said:
2 “Zaista, dobro ja znadem da je tako: kako da pred Bogom čovjek ima pravo?
Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
3 Ako bi se tkogod htio prÓeti s njime, odvratio mu ne bi ni jednom od tisuću.
If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
4 Srcem on je mudar, a snagom svesilan, i tko bi se njemu nekažnjeno opro?
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
5 On brda premješta, a ona to ne znaju, u jarosti svojoj on ih preokreće.
Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
6 Pokreće on zemlju sa njezina mjesta, iz temelja njene potresa stupove.
Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Kad zaprijeti suncu, ono se ne rađa, on pečatom svojim i zvijezde pečati.
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Jedini on je nebesa razapeo i pučinom morskom samo on hodao.
Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Stvorio je Medvjede i Oriona, Vlašiće i zvijezđa na južnome nebu.
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Tvorac on je djela silnih, nepojmljivih čudesa koja se izbrojit' ne mogu.
Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
11 Ide pored mene, a ja ga ne vidim; evo, on prolazi - ja ga ne opažam.
Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
12 Ugrabi li što, tko će mu to priječit, i tko ga pitat smije: 'Što si učinio?'
Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
13 Bog silni srdžbu svoju ne opoziva: pred njim poniču saveznici Rahaba.
God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
14 Pa kako onda da njemu odgovorim, koju riječ da protiv njega izaberem?
How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
15 I da sam u pravu, odvratio ne bih, u suca svojega milost bih molio.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
16 A kad bi se na zov moj i odazvao, vjerovao ne bih da on glas moj sluša.
If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
17 Jer, za dlaku jednu on mene satire, bez razloga moje rane umnožava.
He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
18 Ni časa jednoga predahnut' mi ne da, nego mene svakom gorčinom napaja!
That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
19 Ako je na snagu - tÓa on je najjači! Ako je na pravdu - tko će njega na sud?
If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
20 Da sam i prav, usta bi me osudila, da sam i nevin, zlim bi me proglasila.
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
21 A jesam li nevin? Ni sam ne znam više, moj je život meni sasvim omrzao!
I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
22 Jer, to je svejedno; i zato ja kažem: nevina i grešnika on dokončava.
It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
23 I bič smrtni kad bi odjednom ubijo ... ali on se ruga nevolji nevinih.
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
24 U zemlji predanoj u šake zlikovaca, on oči sucima njezinim zastire. Ako on to nije, tko je drugi onda?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
25 Od skoroteče su brži moji dani, bježe daleko, nigdje dobra ne videć.'
Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
26 K'o čamci od rogoza hitro promiču, k'o orao na plijen kada se zaleti.
They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
27 Kažem li: zaboravit ću jadikovku, razvedrit ću lice i veseo biti,
If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
28 od mojih me muka groza obuzima, jer znadem da me ti ne držiš nevinim.
I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
29 Ako li sam grešan, tÓa čemu onda da zalud mučim sebe.
I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
30 Kad bih i sniježnicom sebe ja isprao, kad bih i lugom ruke svoje umio,
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 u veću bi me nečist opet gurnuo, i moje bi me se gnušale haljine!
Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32 Nije čovjek k'o ja da se s njime pravdam i na sud da idem s njim se parničiti.
For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
33 Niti kakva suca ima među nama da ruke svoje stavi na nas dvojicu,
There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 da šibu njegovu od mene odmakne, da užas njegov mene više ne plaši!
Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
35 Govorit ću ipak bez ikakva straha, jer ja nisam takav u svojim očima!
Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
