Job 24
1 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do those who know him not see his days?
Zašto Svesilni ne promatra vremena, a dane njegove ne vide mu vjernici?
2 There are men who remove the landmarks. They take away flocks violently, and feed them.
Bezbožnici pomiču granice, otimaju stado i pasu ga.
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Sirotama odvode magarca, udovi u zalog vola dižu.
4 They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Siromahe tjeraju sa puta; skrivaju se ubogari zemlje.
5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their sons.
K'o magarci divlji u pustinji zarana idu da plijen ugrabe: pustinja im hrani mališane.
6 They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked.
Po tuđem polju oni pabirče, paljetkuju vinograd opakog.
7 They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Goli noće, nemaju haljine, ni pokrivača protiv studeni.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Oni kisnu na planinskom pljusku; bez skloništa uz hrid se zbijaju.
9 There are men who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Otkidaju od sise sirotu, ubogom u zalog dijete grabe.
10 so that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves.
Goli hode, nemaju haljina; izgladnjeli, tuđe snoplje nose.
11 They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Oni mlina za ulje nemaju; ožednjeli, gaze u kacama.
12 From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly.
Samrtnici hropću iz gradova, ranjenici u pomoć zazivlju. Al' na sve to Bog se oglušuje.
13 These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.
Ima onih koji mrze svjetlost: ne priznaju njezinih putova niti se staza drže njezinih.
14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.
Za mraka se diže ubojica, kolje ubogog i siromaha. U gluhoj se noći lopov skiće [16a] i u tmini provaljuje kuće.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face.
Sumrak žudi oko preljubnika: 'Nitko me vidjet neće', kaže on i zastire velom svoje lice.
16 In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
[16b]Za vidjela oni se skrivaju, oni neće da za svjetlost znaju.
17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness. For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
Zora im je kao sjena smrtna: kad zarudi, silan strah ih hvata.
18 Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
Prije nego svane, on već hitro bježi kloneći se puta preko vinograda. Njegova su dobra prokleta u zemlji.
K'o što vrućina i žega snijeg upija, tako i Podzemlje proždire grešnike. (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
Zaboravilo ga krilo što ga rodi, ime se njegovo više ne spominje: poput stabla zgromljena je opačina.
21 He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.
Ženu nerotkinju on je zlostavljao, udovici nije učinio dobra.
22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
Al' Onaj što snažno hvata nasilnike, ustaje, a njima sva se nada gasi.
23 God gives them to be in security, and they rest in it. And his eyes are upon their ways.
Dade mu sigurnost, i on se pouzda; okom je njegove nadzirao staze.
24 They are exalted. Yet a little while, and they are gone. Yea, they are brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
Dignu se za kratko, a onda nestanu, ruše se i kao svi drugi istrunu, posječeni kao glave klasovima.”
25 And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?
Nije li tako? Tko će me u laž utjerat'? Tko moje riječi poništiti može?”
