Job 34
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:
Još govori Elijuj i reèe:
2 Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Èujte, mudri, besjedu moju, i razumni poslušajte me.
3 For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
Jer uho poznaje besjedu kao što grlo kuša jelo.
4 Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
Razberimo što je pravo, izvidimo meðu sobom što je dobro.
5 For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right;
Jer Jov reèe: pravedan sam, a Bog odbaci moju pravdu.
6 Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
Hoæu li lagati za svoju pravdu? strijela je moja smrtna, a bez krivice.
7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
Koji je èovjek kao Jov da kao vodu pije potsmijeh?
8 Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
I da se druži s onima koji èine bezakonje, i da hodi s bezbožnijem ljudima?
9 For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
Jer reèe: ne pomaže èovjeku da ugaða Bogu.
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity.
Zato, ljudi razumni, poslušajte me; daleko je od Boga zloæa i nepravda od svemoguæega.
11 For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Jer po djelu plaæa èovjeku i daje svakome da naðe prema putu svojemu.
12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Doista Bog ne radi zlo i svemoguæi ne izvræe pravde.
13 Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
Ko mu je predao zemlju? i ko je uredio vasiljenu?
14 If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;
Kad bi na nj okrenuo srce svoje, uzeo bi k sebi duh njegov i dihanje njegovo;
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.
Izginulo bi svako tijelo, i èovjek bi se povratio u prah.
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words.
Ako si dakle razuman, èuj ovo: slušaj glas rijeèi mojih.
17 Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty —
Može li vladati onaj koji mrzi na pravdu? hoæeš li osuditi onoga koji je najpravedniji?
18 Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —
Kaže li se caru: nitkove! i knezovima: bezbožnici?
19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
Akamoli onomu koji ne gleda knezovima ko su, niti u njega vrijedi više bogati od siromaha, jer su svi djelo ruku njegovijeh.
20 In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
Umiru zaèas, i u po noæi uskoleba se narod i propadne, i odnese se jaki bez ruke ljudske.
21 For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings.
Jer su oèi njegove obraæene na putove èovjeèije i vidi sve korake njegove.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Nema mraka ni sjena smrtnoga gdje bi se sakrili koji èine bezakonje.
23 For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.
Jer nikome ne odgaða kad doðe da se sudi s Bogom.
24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.
Satire jake nedokuèljivo, i postavlja druge na njihovo mjesto.
25 Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.
Jer zna djela njihova, i dok obrati noæ, satru se.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Kao bezbožne razbija ih na vidiku.
27 Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways;
Jer otstupiše od njega i ne gledaše ni na koje putove njegove;
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Te doðe do njega vika siromahova, i èu viku nevoljnijeh.
29 When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;
Kad on umiri, ko æe uznemiriti? i kad on sakrije lice, ko æe ga vidjeti? i to biva i narodu i èovjeku,
30 That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.
Da ne bi carovao licemjer, da ne bi bilo zamke narodu.
31 For hath any said unto God: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;
Zaista, treba kazati Bogu: podnosio sam, neæu više griješiti.
32 That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
A što ne vidim, ti me nauèi; ako sam èinio nepravdu, neæu više.
33 Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.
Eda li æe po tebi plaæati, jer tebi nije po volji, jer ti biraš a ne on? Ako znaš što, govori.
34 Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:
Ljudi æe razumni sa mnom kazati, i mudar æe èovjek pristati,
35 'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'
Da Jov ne govori razumno, i da rijeèi njegove nijesu mudre.
36 Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
Oèe moj, neka se Jov iskuša do kraja, što odgovara kao zli ljudi.
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Jer domeæe na grijeh svoj bezakonje, pljeska rukama meðu nama, i mnogo govori na Boga.
