Job 29
1 And Job continued and said in his parable,
Još nastavi Jov besjedu svoju i reèe:
2 Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!
O da bih bio kao preðašnjih mjeseca, kao onijeh dana kad me Bog èuvaše,
3 As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.
Kad svijetljaše svijeæom svojom nad glavom mojom, i pri vidjelu njegovu hoðah po mraku,
4 [As] when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.
Kako bijah za mladosti svoje, kad tajna Božija bijaše u šatoru mom,
5 When I was very fruitful, and my children were about me;
Kad još bijaše svemoguæi sa mnom, i djeca moja oko mene,
6 when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk.
Kad se trag moj oblivaše maslom, i stijena mi toèaše ulje potocima,
7 When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.
Kad izlažah na vrata kroz grad, i na ulici namještah sebi stolicu:
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.
Mladiæi videæi me uklanjahu se, a starci ustajahu i stajahu,
9 And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.
Knezovi prestajahu govoriti i metahu ruku na usta svoja,
10 And they that heard [me] blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.
Upravitelji ustezahu glas svoj i jezik im prianjaše za grlo.
11 For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.
Jer koje me uho èujaše, nazivaše me blaženijem; i koje me oko viðaše, svjedoèaše mi
12 For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.
Da izbavljam siromaha koji vièe, i sirotu i koji nema nikoga da mu pomože;
13 Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.
Blagoslov onoga koji propadaše dolažaše na me, i udovici srce raspijevah;
14 Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.
U pravdu se oblaèih i ona mi bijaše odijelo, kao plašt i kao vijenac bijaše mi sud moj.
15 I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.
Oko bijah slijepcu i noga hromu.
16 I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
Otac bijah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.
17 And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
I razbijah kutnjake nepravedniku, i iz zuba mu istrzah grabež.
18 And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.
Zato govorah: u svojem æu gnijezdu umrijeti, i biæe mi dana kao pijeska.
19 [My] root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.
Korijen moj pružaše se kraj vode, rosa bivaše po svu noæ na mojim granama.
20 My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand.
Slava moja pomlaðivaše se u mene, i luk moj u ruci mojoj ponavljaše se.
21 [Men] heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.
Slušahu me i èekahu, i muèahu na moj svjet.
22 At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I spoke to them.
Poslije mojih rijeèi niko ne pogovaraše, tako ih natapaše besjeda moja.
23 As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they [waited for] my speech.
Jer me èekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvorahu kao na pozni dažd.
24 Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe [it]; and the light of my face has not failed.
Kad bih se nasmijao na njih, ne vjerovahu, i sjajnosti lica mojega ne razgonjahu.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.
Kad bih otišao k njima, sjedah u zaèelje, i bijah kao car u vojsci, kad tješi žalosne.
