Job 29
1 So Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Još nastavi Jov besjedu svoju i reèe:
2 Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!
O da bih bio kao preðašnjih mjeseca, kao onijeh dana kad me Bog èuvaše,
3 When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,
Kad svijetljaše svijeæom svojom nad glavom mojom, i pri vidjelu njegovu hoðah po mraku,
4 As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:
Kako bijah za mladosti svoje, kad tajna Božija bijaše u šatoru mom,
5 When the almightie was yet with me, and my children round about me.
Kad još bijaše svemoguæi sa mnom, i djeca moja oko mene,
6 When I washed my pathes with butter, and when the rocke powred me out riuers of oyle:
Kad se trag moj oblivaše maslom, i stijena mi toèaše ulje potocima,
7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.
Kad izlažah na vrata kroz grad, i na ulici namještah sebi stolicu:
8 The yong men saw me, and hid themselues, and the aged arose, and stood vp.
Mladiæi videæi me uklanjahu se, a starci ustajahu i stajahu,
9 The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
Knezovi prestajahu govoriti i metahu ruku na usta svoja,
10 The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
Upravitelji ustezahu glas svoj i jezik im prianjaše za grlo.
11 And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
Jer koje me uho èujaše, nazivaše me blaženijem; i koje me oko viðaše, svjedoèaše mi
12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
Da izbavljam siromaha koji vièe, i sirotu i koji nema nikoga da mu pomože;
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
Blagoslov onoga koji propadaše dolažaše na me, i udovici srce raspijevah;
14 I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne.
U pravdu se oblaèih i ona mi bijaše odijelo, kao plašt i kao vijenac bijaše mi sud moj.
15 I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.
Oko bijah slijepcu i noga hromu.
16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
Otac bijah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.
17 I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
I razbijah kutnjake nepravedniku, i iz zuba mu istrzah grabež.
18 Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.
Zato govorah: u svojem æu gnijezdu umrijeti, i biæe mi dana kao pijeska.
19 For my roote is spread out by the water, and the dewe shall lye vpon my branche.
Korijen moj pružaše se kraj vode, rosa bivaše po svu noæ na mojim granama.
20 My glory shall renue towarde me, and my bowe shall be restored in mine hand.
Slava moja pomlaðivaše se u mene, i luk moj u ruci mojoj ponavljaše se.
21 Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.
Slušahu me i èekahu, i muèahu na moj svjet.
22 After my wordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them.
Poslije mojih rijeèi niko ne pogovaraše, tako ih natapaše besjeda moja.
23 And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.
Jer me èekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvorahu kao na pozni dažd.
24 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
Kad bih se nasmijao na njih, ne vjerovahu, i sjajnosti lica mojega ne razgonjahu.
25 I appoynted out their way, and did sit as chiefe, and dwelt as a King in the army, and like him that comforteth the mourners.
Kad bih otišao k njima, sjedah u zaèelje, i bijah kao car u vojsci, kad tješi žalosne.
