Job 29
1 And Job again took up his parable, and said:
Poleg tega je Job nadaljeval svojo prispodobo in rekel:
2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
»Oh, da bi bil kakor v preteklih mesecih, kakor v dneh, ko me je Bog varoval,
3 When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
ko je njegova sveča svetila nad mojo glavo in ko sem z njegovo svetlobo hodil skozi temo,
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
kakor sem bil v dneh svoje mladosti, ko je bila Božja skrivnost na mojem šotoru,
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
ko je bil Vsemogočni še z menoj, ko so bili moji otroci okoli mene,
6 When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
ko sem svoje korake umival z maslom in mi je skala izlivala reke olja,
7 When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
ko sem šel ven k velikim vratom skozi mesto, ko sem svoj sedež pripravil na ulici!
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
Mladeniči so me videli in se skrili in ostareli so se vzdignili in stali.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
Princi so zadržali govorjenje in na svoja usta položili svojo roko.
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Plemiči so molčali in njihov jezik se je prilepil na nebo njihovih ust.
11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
Ko me je uho zaslišalo, potem me je blagoslovilo in ko me je oko zagledalo, mi je dalo pričevanje,
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help 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 upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Blagoslov tistega, ki je bil pripravljen, da umre, je prišel nadme. Vdovinemu srcu sem storil, da prepeva od radosti.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Nadel sem si pravičnost in ta me je oblekla. Moja sodba je bila kakor svečano oblačilo in diadem.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Bil sem oči slepemu in stopala hromemu.
16 I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Bil sem oče revnemu in zadevo, ki je nisem poznal, sem preiskal.
17 And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Zlomil sem čeljusti zlobnemu in izpulil plen iz njegovih zob.
18 Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
Potem sem rekel: ›Umrl bom v svojem gnezdu in svoje dneve bom pomnožil kakor pesek.‹
19 My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
Moja korenina je bila razprostrta pri vodah in rosa je vso noč ležala na moji mladiki.
20 My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'
Moja slava je bila sveža v meni in moj lok je bil obnovljen v moji roki.
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
Možje so mi prisluhnili, čakali in molčali ob mojem nasvetu.
22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Po mojih besedah niso ponovno spregovorili in moj govor je rosil nanje.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Name so čakali kakor na dež in svoja usta so široko odprli kakor za pozni dež.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Če sem se jim smejal, temu niso verjeli. Svetlobe mojega obličja niso zavrgli.
25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
Izbral sem njihovo pot in sedel [kot] vodja in prebival kakor kralj v vojski, kakor nekdo, ki tolaži žalovalce.
