Job 29
1 So Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Poleg tega je Job nadaljeval svojo prispodobo in rekel:
2 Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!
»Oh, da bi bil kakor v preteklih mesecih, kakor v dneh, ko me je Bog varoval,
3 When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,
ko je njegova sveča svetila nad mojo glavo in ko sem z njegovo svetlobo hodil skozi temo,
4 As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:
kakor sem bil v dneh svoje mladosti, ko je bila Božja skrivnost na mojem šotoru,
5 When the almightie was yet with me, and my children round about me.
ko je bil Vsemogočni še z menoj, ko so bili moji otroci okoli mene,
6 When I washed my pathes with butter, and when the rocke powred me out riuers of oyle:
ko sem svoje korake umival z maslom in mi je skala izlivala reke olja,
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.
ko sem šel ven k velikim vratom skozi mesto, ko sem svoj sedež pripravil na ulici!
8 The yong men saw me, and hid themselues, and the aged arose, and stood vp.
Mladeniči so me videli in se skrili in ostareli so se vzdignili in stali.
9 The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
Princi so zadržali govorjenje in na svoja usta položili svojo roko.
10 The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
Plemiči so molčali in njihov jezik se je prilepil na nebo njihovih ust.
11 And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
Ko me je uho zaslišalo, potem me je blagoslovilo in ko me je oko zagledalo, mi je dalo pričevanje,
12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
ker sem osvobodil reveža, ki je jokal in osirotelega in tistega, ki ni imel nikogar, da mu pomaga.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
Blagoslov tistega, ki je bil pripravljen, da umre, je prišel nadme. Vdovinemu srcu sem storil, da prepeva od radosti.
14 I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne.
Nadel sem si pravičnost in ta me je oblekla. Moja sodba je bila kakor svečano oblačilo in diadem.
15 I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.
Bil sem oči slepemu in stopala hromemu.
16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
Bil sem oče revnemu in zadevo, ki je nisem poznal, sem preiskal.
17 I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
Zlomil sem čeljusti zlobnemu in izpulil plen iz njegovih zob.
18 Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.
Potem sem rekel: ›Umrl bom v svojem gnezdu in svoje dneve bom pomnožil kakor pesek.‹
19 For my roote is spread out by the water, and the dewe shall lye vpon my branche.
Moja korenina je bila razprostrta pri vodah in rosa je vso noč ležala na moji mladiki.
20 My glory shall renue towarde me, and my bowe shall be restored in mine hand.
Moja slava je bila sveža v meni in moj lok je bil obnovljen v moji roki.
21 Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.
Možje so mi prisluhnili, čakali in molčali ob mojem nasvetu.
22 After my wordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them.
Po mojih besedah niso ponovno spregovorili in moj govor je rosil nanje.
23 And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.
Name so čakali kakor na dež in svoja usta so široko odprli kakor za pozni dež.
24 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
Če sem se jim smejal, temu niso verjeli. Svetlobe mojega obličja niso zavrgli.
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.
Izbral sem njihovo pot in sedel [kot] vodja in prebival kakor kralj v vojski, kakor nekdo, ki tolaži žalovalce.
