Job 13
1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Očima svojim sve to ja vidjeh, ušima svojim čuh i razumjeh.
2 What ye know, I know also: I am not inferior to you.
Sve što vi znate znadem to i ja, ni u čemu od vas gori nisam.
3 But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;
Zato, zborit' moram sa Svesilnim, pred Bogom svoj razlog izložiti.
4 For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Jer, kovači laži vi ste pravi, i svi ste vi zaludni liječnici!
5 Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
Kada biste bar znali šutjeti, mudrost biste svoju pokazali!
6 Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Dokaze mi ipak poslušajte, razlog mojih usana počujte.
7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?
Zar zbog Boga govorite laži, zar zbog njega riječi te prijevarne?
8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Zar biste pristrano branit' htjeli Boga, zar biste mu htjeli biti odvjetnici?
9 Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?
Zar bi dobro bilo da vas on ispita? Zar biste ga obmanuli k'o čovjeka?
10 He will certainly reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Kaznom preteškom on bi vas pokarao poradi potajne vaše pristranosti.
11 Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
Zar vas veličanstvo njegovo ne plaši i zar vas od njega užas ne spopada?
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.
Razlozi su vam od pepela izreke, obrana je vaša obrana od blata.
13 Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
Umuknite sada! Dajte da govorim, pa neka me poslije snađe što mu drago.
14 Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Zar da meso svoje sam kidam zubima? Da svojom rukom život upropašćujem?
15 Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
On me ubit' može: nade druge nemam već da pred njim svoje držanje opravdam.
16 This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face.
I to je već zalog mojega spasenja, jer bezbožnik preda nj ne može stupiti.
17 Hear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears.
Pažljivo mi riječi poslušajte, nek' vam prodre u uši besjeda.
18 Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Gle: ja sam pripremio parnicu, jer u svoje sam pravo uvjeren.
19 Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.
Tko se sa mnom hoće parničiti? - Umuknut ću potom te izdahnut'.
20 Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.
Dvije mi molbe samo ne uskrati da se od tvog lica ne sakrivam:
21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:
digni s mene tešku svoju ruku i užasom svojim ne straši me.
22 Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.
Tada me pitaj, a ja ću odgovarat'; ili ja da pitam, ti da odgovaraš.
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Koliko počinih prijestupa i grijeha? Prekršaj mi moj pokaži i krivicu.
24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?
Zašto lice svoje kriješ sad od mene, zašto u meni vidiš neprijatelja?
25 Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
Zašto strahom mučiš list vjetrom progonjen, zašto se na suhu obaraš slamčicu?
26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
O ti, koji mi gorke pišeš presude i teretiš mene grijesima mladosti,
27 And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; —
koji si mi noge u klade sapeo i koji bdiš nad svakim mojim korakom i tragove stopa mojih ispituješ!
28 One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.
Život mi se k'o trulo drvo raspada, k'o haljina što je moljci izjedaju!
