Job 3
1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Po tem je Job odprl svoja usta in preklel svoj dan.
2 And this is what he said:
Job je spregovoril in rekel:
3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
»Naj izgine dan, na katerega sem bil rojen in noč, v kateri je bilo rečeno: ›Tukaj je spočet fantek.‹
4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
Naj bo ta dan tema. Naj ga Bog od zgoraj ne upošteva niti naj svetloba ne sije nad njim.
5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Naj ga tema in smrtna senca omadežujeta. Naj oblak prebiva nad njim. Naj ga straši črnina dneva.
6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
Glede tiste noči naj se je polasti tema. Naj ta ne bo pridružena dnevom leta, naj ta ne pride v število mesecev.
7 Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
Glej, naj bo ta noč osamljena, naj noben radosten glas ne pride vanjo.
8 May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Naj jo prekolnejo tisti, ki preklinjajo dan, ki so pripravljeni dvigniti svoje žalovanje.
9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Naj bodo zvezde njene polteme temne; naj oprezujejo za svetlobo, toda nimajo nobene niti naj ne zagledajo jutranjega svitanja,
10 For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
ker ta ni zaprla vrat maternice moje matere niti pred mojimi očmi ni skrila bridkosti.
11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Čemu nisem umrl v maternici? Zakaj nisem izročil duha, ko sem prišel iz trebuha?
12 Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
Zakaj sem bil [vzet na] kolena? Ali zakaj [na] prsi, da bi sesal?
13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Kajti sedaj bi mirno ležal in bi bil tiho; spal bi. Potem bi počival
14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
s kralji in svetovalci zemlje, ki so zapuščene kraje gradili zase,
15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
ali s princi, ki so imeli zlato, ki so svoje hiše napolnjevali s srebrom,
16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
ali ne bi bil kakor prezgodnji porod, kakor otročiči, ki nikoli niso videli svetlobe.
17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
Tam zlobni odnehajo od nadlegovanja in tam bodo izmučeni pri počitku.
18 The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
Tam jetniki počivajo skupaj. Oni ne poslušajo glasu zatiralca.
19 Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
Majhni in veliki so tam in služabnik je prost pred svojim gospodarjem.
20 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Zakaj je svetloba dana tistemu, ki je v bedi in življenje zagrenjenemu v duši,
21 who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
ki hrepeni po smrti, toda ta ne prihaja in koplje za njo bolj kakor za skritimi zakladi,
22 who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
ki se silno razveseljujejo in so veseli, ko lahko najdejo grob?
23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Zakaj je svetloba dana možu, čigar pot je skrita in katerega je Bog ogradil?
24 I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Kajti moje vzdihovanje prihaja preden jem in moja rjovenja so izlita ven kakor vode.
25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Kajti stvar, ki sem se je silno bal, je prišla nadme in to, česar sem se bal, je prišlo k meni.
26 I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
Nisem bil na varnem niti nisem imel počitka niti nisem bil tiho, vendar je težava prišla.«
