Job 29
1 And Job again took up his parable, and said:
Job nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
“O, da mi je prošle proživjet' mjesece, dane one kad je Bog nada mnom bdio,
3 When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
kad mi je nad glavom njegov sjao žižak a kroz mrak me svjetlo njegovo vodilo,
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
kao u dane mojih zrelih jeseni kad s mojim stanom Bog prijateljevaše,
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
kada uz mene još bijaše Svesilni i moji me okruživahu dječaci,
6 When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
kada mi se noge u mlijeku kupahu, a potokom ulja ključaše mi kamen!
7 When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
Kada sam na vrata gradska izlazio i svoju stolicu postavljao na trg,
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
vidjevši me, sklanjali bi se mladići, starci bi ustavši stojeći ostali.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
Razgovor bi prekidali uglednici i usta bi svoja rukom zatvarali.
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Glavarima glas bi sasvim utihnuo, za nepce bi im se zalijepio jezik.
11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
Tko god me slušao, blaženim me zvao, hvalilo me oko kad bi me vidjelo.
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
Jer, izbavljah bijednog kada je kukao i sirotu ostavljenu bez pomoći.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Na meni bješe blagoslov izgubljenih, srcu udovice ja veselje vraćah.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Pravdom se ja kao haljinom odjenuh, nepristranost bje mi plaštem i povezom.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Bjeh oči slijepcu i bjeh noge bogalju,
16 I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
otac ubogima, zastupnik strancima.
17 And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Kršio sam zube čovjeku opaku, plijen sam čupao iz njegovih čeljusti.
18 Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
Govorah: 'U svom ću izdahnuti gnijezdu, k'o palma, bezbrojne proživjevši dane.'
19 My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
Korijenje se moje sve do vode pruža, na granama mojim odmara se rosa.
20 My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'
Pomlađivat će se svagda slava moja i luk će mi se obnavljati u ruci.'
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
Slušali su željno što ću im kazati i šutjeli da od mene savjet čuju.
22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Na riječi mi ne bi ništa dometali i besjede su mi daždile po njima.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Za mnom žudjeli su oni k'o za kišom, otvarali usta k'o za pljuskom ljetnim.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Osmijeh moj bijaše njima ohrabrenje; pazili su na vedrinu moga lica.
25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
Njima ja sam izabirao putove, kao poglavar ja sam ih predvodio, kao kralj među svojim kad je četama kao onaj koji tješi ojađene.
