Jób 31
1 Smlouvu jsem učinil s očima svýma, a proč bych hleděl na pannu?
“I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire [to have sex with her].
2 Nebo jaký jest díl od Boha s hůry, aneb dědictví od Všemohoucího s výsosti?
[If I did not do what I promised, ] what would God who is in heaven [MTY] do to me [RHQ]? Almighty [God] would certainly not [RHQ] give me any reward!
3 Zdaliž zahynutí nešlechetnému a pomsta zázračná činitelům nepravosti připravena není?
[Previously I thought that] surely [RHQ] it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters.
4 Zdaliž on nevidí cest mých, a všech kroků mých nepočítá?
God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, [so why is he causing me to suffer?] [It is as though] he counts every step that I take.
5 Obíral-li jsem se s neupřímostí, a chvátala-li ke lsti noha má:
[“I solemnly declare that] I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.
6 Nechť mne zváží na váze spravedlnosti, a přezví Bůh upřímost mou.
I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong).
7 Uchýlil-li se krok můj s cesty, a za očima mýma odešlo-li srdce mé, a rukou mých chytila-li se jaká poškvrna:
If [it were true that] I have stopped living righteously, or [that] I [SYN] have desired the things that I look at [MTY], or [that] I am guilty of any other sin,
8 Tedy co naseji, nechť jiný sní, a výstřelkové moji ať jsou vykořeněni.
then I hope/wish that when I plant [seeds], someone else will [harvest the crops and] eat [them] and that others will uproot the [fruit trees] that I planted.
9 Jestliže se dalo přivábiti srdce mé k ženě, a u dveří bližního svého činil-li jsem úklady:
“If [it were true that] I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or [that] I have hidden myself and waited outside [the] door [to] her [house],
10 Nechť mele jinému žena má, a nad ní ať se schylují jiní.
I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex [EUP] with him.
11 Neboť jest to nešlechetnost, a nepravost odsudku hodná.
[For me to do] that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished.
12 Oheň ten zajisté by až do zahynutí žral, a všecku úrodu mou vykořenil.
My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)
13 Nechtěl-li jsem státi k soudu s služebníkem svým aneb děvkou svou v rozepři jejich se mnou?
“And, if [it were true that] I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something,
14 Nebo co bych činil, kdyby povstal Bůh silný? A kdyby vyhledával, co bych odpověděl jemu?
God would arise [and declare that he would punish me]; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me [about what I have done], (what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.) [RHQ]
15 Zdali ten, kterýž mne v břiše učinil, neučinil i jeho? A nesformoval nás hned v životě jeden a týž?
God, who created me, certainly also created my servants [RHQ]; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs [RHQ]; [so we all should behave toward each other equally].
16 Odepřel-li jsem žádosti nuzných, a oči vdovy jestliže jsem kormoutil?
“I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if [it were true that] I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or [that] I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or [that] I caused widows to live (in despair/without hope [that they would receive any help from anyone]),
17 A jedl-li jsem skyvu svou sám, a nejedl-li i sirotek z ní?
18 Poněvadž od mladosti mé rostl se mnou jako u otce, a od života matky své býval jsem vdově za vůdce.
19 Díval-li jsem se na koho, že by hynul, nemaje šatů, a nuzný že by neměl oděvu?
or [that] I had seen people die [from cold] because they had no clothes, or [that] I had seen poor people who did not have clothes [to keep them warm],
20 Nedobrořečila-li mi bedra jeho, že rounem beranů mých se zahřel?
and they were not able to become warm [from clothes made] from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for [giving them clothes, ]
21 Opřáhl-li jsem na sirotka rukou svou, když jsem v bráně viděl pomoc svou:
or if [it were true that] I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would (decide in my favor);
22 Lopatka má od svých plecí nechť odpadne, a ruka má z kloubu svého ať se vylomí.
[if those things were true about me], I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder.
23 Nebo jsem se bál, aby mne Bůh nesetřel, jehož bych velebnosti nikoli neznikl.
I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster [if I did any of those evil things], and I would not have been able to endure the powerful [things that he would do to punish me].
24 Skládal-li jsem v zlatě naději svou, aneb hrudě zlata říkal-li jsem: Doufání mé?
“If [it were true that] I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
25 Veselil-li jsem se z toho, že bylo rozmnoženo zboží mé, a že ho množství nabyla ruka má?
or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich,
26 Hleděl-li jsem na světlost slunce svítícího, a na měsíc spanile chodící,
or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon
27 Tak že by se tajně dalo svésti srdce mé, a že by líbala ústa má ruku mou?
and I [SYN] had been tempted [to worship them] by kissing my hand to revere them,
28 I toť by byla nepravost odsudku hodná; neboť bych tím zapíral Boha silného nejvyššího.
those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God [by doing those things].
29 Radoval-li jsem se z neštěstí toho, kterýž mne nenáviděl, a plésal-li jsem, když se mu zle vedlo?
“[It is not true that] I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].
30 Nedopustilť jsem zajisté hřešiti ani ústům svým, abych zlořečení žádal duši jeho.
31 Jestliže neříkala čeládka má: Ó by nám dal někdo masa toho; nemůžeme se ani najísti?
[It is also not true that] I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but [forced them to] sleep in the streets. [All] the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]!
32 Nebo vně nenocoval host, dvéře své pocestnému otvíral jsem.
33 Přikrýval-li jsem jako jiní lidé přestoupení svá, skrývaje v skrýši své nepravost svou?
Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that;
34 A ač bych byl mohl škoditi množství velikému, ale pohanění rodů děsilo mne; protož jsem mlčel, nevycházeje ani ze dveří.
and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very (afraid of/worried about) what people would say [about me], and that they would hate/scorn me.
35 Ó bych měl toho, kterýž by mne vyslyšel. Ale aj, totoť jest znamení mé: Všemohoucí sám bude odpovídati za mne, a kniha, kterouž sepsal odpůrce můj.
“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare [that all that I have said is true]. I wish that those who oppose me would write down [on a scroll] the evil things that they say that I did.
36 Víť Bůh, nenosil-li bych ji na rameni svém, neotočil-li bych ji sobě místo koruny.
[If they did that, ] I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, [in order that everyone could see it].
37 Počet kroků svých oznámil bych jemu, jako kníže přiblížil bych se k němu.
I would tell [God] everything that I have done, and I would approach him [confidently], like a ruler would.
38 Jestliže proti mně země má volala, tolikéž i záhonové její plakali,
If [it were true that] I have stolen land, with the result that [it was as though] its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;
39 Jídal-li jsem úrody její bez peněz, a duši držitelů jejich přivodil-li jsem k vzdychání:
or [if it were true that] I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying [for those crops], with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died [from hunger];
40 Místo pšenice nechť vzejde trní, a místo ječmene koukol. Skonávají se slova Jobova.
then I wish/desire that thorns would grow [in my fields] instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said [to his three friends].
