Job 29
1 And Job continued his parable and said,
Još nastavi Jov besjedu svoju i reèe:
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
O da bih bio kao preðašnjih mjeseca, kao onijeh dana kad me Bog èuvaše,
3 When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
Kad svijetljaše svijeæom svojom nad glavom mojom, i pri vidjelu njegovu hoðah po mraku,
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent,
Kako bijah za mladosti svoje, kad tajna Božija bijaše u šatoru mom,
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;
Kad još bijaše svemoguæi sa mnom, i djeca moja oko mene,
6 When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...
Kad se trag moj oblivaše maslom, i stijena mi toèaše ulje potocima,
7 When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
Kad izlažah na vrata kroz grad, i na ulici namještah sebi stolicu:
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;
Mladiæi videæi me uklanjahu se, a starci ustajahu i stajahu,
9 Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
Knezovi prestajahu govoriti i metahu ruku na usta svoja,
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
Upravitelji ustezahu glas svoj i jezik im prianjaše za grlo.
11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
Jer koje me uho èujaše, nazivaše me blaženijem; i koje me oko viðaše, svjedoèaše mi
12 For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
Da izbavljam siromaha koji vièe, i sirotu i koji nema nikoga da mu pomože;
13 The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Blagoslov onoga koji propadaše dolažaše na me, i udovici srce raspijevah;
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.
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 was I to the lame;
Oko bijah slijepcu i noga hromu.
16 I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
Otac bijah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.
17 And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
I razbijah kutnjake nepravedniku, i iz zuba mu istrzah grabež.
18 And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;
Zato govorah: u svojem æu gnijezdu umrijeti, i biæe mi dana kao pijeska.
19 My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;
Korijen moj pružaše se kraj vode, rosa bivaše po svu noæ na mojim granama.
20 My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
Slava moja pomlaðivaše se u mene, i luk moj u ruci mojoj ponavljaše se.
21 Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:
Slušahu me i èekahu, i muèahu na moj svjet.
22 After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
Poslije mojih rijeèi niko ne pogovaraše, tako ih natapaše besjeda moja.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Jer me èekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvorahu kao na pozni dažd.
24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
Kad bih se nasmijao na njih, ne vjerovahu, i sjajnosti lica mojega ne razgonjahu.
25 I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.
Kad bih otišao k njima, sjedah u zaèelje, i bijah kao car u vojsci, kad tješi žalosne.
