Job 19
1 Job replied,
Job progovori i reče:
2 “How long will you go on tormenting me? How long will you go on crushing me with words?
“TÓa dokle ćete mučit' dušu moju, dokle ćete me riječima satirat'?
3 Ten times already you have humiliated me. Aren't you ashamed for treating me so badly?
Već deseti put pogrdiste mene i stid vas nije što me zlostavljate.
4 Even if I did sin, that's my problem, and has nothing to do with you.
Pa ako sam zastranio doista, na meni moja zabluda ostaje.
5 You think you're so much better than me, and you use my degradation against me.
Mislite li da ste me nadjačali i krivnju moju da ste dokazali?
6 But you should realize that it's God who has wronged me, he has trapped me in his net.
Znajte: Bog je to mene pritisnuo i svojom me je on stegnuo mrežom.
7 Even though I cry for help, I get no answer; even though I shout my objections, I get no justice.
Vičem: 'Nasilje!' - nema odgovora; vapijem - ali za me pravde nema.
8 God has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.
Sa svih strana put mi je zagradio, sve staze moje u tminu zavio.
9 He has stripped my honor from me; he has taken away my reputation.
Slavu je moju sa mene skinuo, sa moje glave strgnuo je krunu.
10 He tears me down from all sides until I am finished; he has destroyed my hope like a tree that is uprooted.
Podsijeca me odasvud te nestajem; k'o drvo, nadu mi je iščupao.
11 His anger burns against me; he treats me as one of his enemies.
Raspalio se gnjev njegov na mene i svojim me drži neprijateljem.
12 God's troops assemble to attack me. They build ramparts against me. They encircle and besiege my home.
U bojnom redu pristižu mu čete, putove proti meni nasipaju, odasvud moj opkoljavaju šator.
13 He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
Od mene su se udaljila braća, otuđili se moji poznanici.
14 My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.
Nestade bližnjih mojih i znanaca, gosti doma mog zaboraviše me.
15 My house guests and my maidservants treat me as a stranger—to them I have become a foreigner.
Sluškinjama sam svojim kao stranac, neznanac sam u njihovim očima.
16 I call my servant, but he doesn't reply. I have to beg him!
Slugu zovnem, a on ne odgovara i za milost ga moram zaklinjati.
17 I am repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers.
Mojoj je ženi dah moj omrznuo, gadim se djeci vlastite utrobe.
18 Even young children despise me; when I stand up they ridicule me.
I deranima na prezir tek služim, ako se dignem, rugaju se meni.
19 All my closest friends despise me, and those I loved have turned on me.
Pouzdanicima sam svojim mrzak, protiv mene su oni koje ljubljah.
20 I've been reduced to skin and bones and I survive by the skin of my teeth.
Kosti mi se za kožu prilijepiše, osta mi jedva koža oko zuba.
21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, because God has struck me down!
Smilujte mi se, prijatelji moji, jer Božja me je ruka udarila.
22 Why are you persecuting me like God does? Aren't you satisfied with getting your pound of flesh?
Zašto da me k'o Bog sam progonite, zar se niste moga nasitili mesa?
23 I wish my words could be written down, recorded in a book,
O, kad bi se riječi moje zapisale i kad bi se u mjed tvrdu urezale;
24 or engraved with an iron pen and molten lead in the rock forever.
kad bi se željeznim dlijetom i olovom u spomen vječan u stijenu uklesale!
25 I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.
Ja znadem dobro: moj Izbavitelj živi i posljednji će on nad zemljom ustati.
26 Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.
A kad se probudim, k sebi će me dići: iz svoje ću puti tad vidjeti Boga.
27 I myself will see him—with my own eyes, and not those of someone else! The thought overcomes me!
Njega ja ću kao svojega gledati, i očima mojim neće biti stranac: za njime srce mi čezne u grudima.
28 You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’
Kad kažete: 'Kako ćemo ga goniti? Koji ćemo razlog protiv njega naći?',
29 You yourselves should fear being punished by God, for you know anger brings God's punishment that accompanies judgment.”
mača tad se bojte: grijehu mač je kazna. Saznat ćete tada da imade suda!”
