Job 29
1 And Job again took up the word and said,
Još nastavi Jov besjedu svoju i reèe:
2 If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!
O da bih bio kao preðašnjih mjeseca, kao onijeh dana kad me Bog èuvaše,
3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.
Kad svijetljaše svijeæom svojom nad glavom mojom, i pri vidjelu njegovu hoðah po mraku,
4 As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;
Kako bijah za mladosti svoje, kad tajna Božija bijaše u šatoru mom,
5 While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;
Kad još bijaše svemoguæi sa mnom, i djeca moja oko mene,
6 When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.
Kad se trag moj oblivaše maslom, i stijena mi toèaše ulje potocima,
7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
Kad izlažah na vrata kroz grad, i na ulici namještah sebi stolicu:
8 The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;
Mladiæi videæi me uklanjahu se, a starci ustajahu i stajahu,
9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
Knezovi prestajahu govoriti i metahu ruku na usta svoja,
10 The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.
Upravitelji ustezahu glas svoj i jezik im prianjaše za grlo.
11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;
Jer koje me uho èujaše, nazivaše me blaženijem; i koje me oko viðaše, svjedoèaše mi
12 For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.
Da izbavljam siromaha koji vièe, i sirotu i koji nema nikoga da mu pomože;
13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
Blagoslov onoga koji propadaše dolažaše na me, i udovici srce raspijevah;
14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.
U pravdu se oblaèih i ona mi bijaše odijelo, kao plašt i kao vijenac bijaše mi sud moj.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.
Oko bijah slijepcu i noga hromu.
16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
Otac bijah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.
17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
I razbijah kutnjake nepravedniku, i iz zuba mu istrzah grabež.
18 Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
Zato govorah: u svojem æu gnijezdu umrijeti, i biæe mi dana kao pijeska.
19 My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,
Korijen moj pružaše se kraj vode, rosa bivaše po svu noæ na mojim granama.
20 My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.
Slava moja pomlaðivaše se u mene, i luk moj u ruci mojoj ponavljaše se.
21 Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.
Slušahu me i èekahu, i muèahu na moj svjet.
22 After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;
Poslije mojih rijeèi niko ne pogovaraše, tako ih natapaše besjeda moja.
23 They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.
Jer me èekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvorahu kao na pozni dažd.
24 I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.
Kad bih se nasmijao na njih, ne vjerovahu, i sjajnosti lica mojega ne razgonjahu.
25 I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...
Kad bih otišao k njima, sjedah u zaèelje, i bijah kao car u vojsci, kad tješi žalosne.
