Job 12
1 Then Iob answered, and sayde,
Job je odgovoril in rekel:
2 In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you.
»Brez dvoma ste vi samo ljudje in modrost bo umrla z vami.
3 But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
Toda jaz imam razumevanje prav tako kakor vi. Nisem slabši od vas. Da, kdo ne pozna takšnih stvari, kakor so te?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.
Jaz sem kakor nekdo, zasmehovan od svojega bližnjega, ki kliče k Bogu in ta mu odgovarja. Pravičen človek je zasmehovan do norčevanja.
5 Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
Kdor je pripravljen, da zdrsne s svojimi stopali, je kakor svetilka, prezirana v mislih tistega, ki je ohol.
6 The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.
Šotori roparjev uspevajo in tisti, ki izzivajo Boga, so varni; v katerih roko Bog obilno prinaša.
7 Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:
Toda vprašaj sedaj živali in te bodo poučile in perjad neba in ti bodo povedale.
8 Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.
Ali govori zemlji in te bo poučila in morske ribe ti bodo oznanile.
9 Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?
Kdo v vsem tem ne spoznava, da je to naredila Gospodova roka?
10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
V čigar roki je duša vsake žive stvari in dih vsega človeštva.
11 Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?
Mar uho ne preizkuša besed? In usta ne okusijo njegove hrane?
12 Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.
S starcem je modrost, in v dolžini dni razumnost.
13 With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
Z njim je modrost in moč, on ima nasvet in razumevanje.
14 Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.
Glej, on poruši in to ne more biti ponovno zgrajeno. On zapre človeka in ne more biti odpiranja.
15 Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
Glej, on zadržuje vode in se posušijo. On jih prav tako pošilja ven in razrijejo zemljo.
16 With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
Z njim je moč in modrost; prevarani in slepar sta njegova.
17 He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
Svetovalce odvede oplenjene in sodnike dela bedake.
18 He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.
Kraljem razvezuje vez in njihova ledja opasuje s pasom.
19 He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
Prince odvede oplenjene in podira močne.
20 He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.
Odstranja govor zanesljivih in odvzema razumnost ostarelih.
21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.
Na prince izliva zaničevanje in slabi moč močnih.
22 He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.
Odkriva globoke stvari teme in na svetlobo prinaša smrtno senco.
23 He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.
Povečuje narode in jih uničuje. Razširja narode in jih ponovno vodi v suženjstvo.
24 He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
Odvzema srce vodjem ljudstva zemlje in jim povzroča, da tavajo v divjini, kjer ni poti.
25 They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken man.
Tipajo v temi brez svetlobe in on jim povzroča, da se opotekajo kakor pijan človek.
