Job 29
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Još nastavi Jov besjedu svoju i reèe:
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when Eloah preserved me;
O da bih bio kao preðašnjih mjeseca, kao onijeh dana kad me Bog èuvaše,
3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Kad svijetljaše svijeæom svojom nad glavom mojom, i pri vidjelu njegovu hoðah po mraku,
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of Eloah was upon my tabernacle;
Kako bijah za mladosti svoje, kad tajna Božija bijaše u šatoru mom,
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
Kad još bijaše svemoguæi sa mnom, i djeca moja oko mene,
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Kad se trag moj oblivaše maslom, i stijena mi toèaše ulje potocima,
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Kad izlažah na vrata kroz grad, i na ulici namještah sebi stolicu:
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
Mladiæi videæi me uklanjahu se, a starci ustajahu i stajahu,
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Knezovi prestajahu govoriti i metahu ruku na usta svoja,
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Upravitelji ustezahu glas svoj i jezik im prianjaše za grlo.
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Jer koje me uho èujaše, nazivaše me blaženijem; i koje me oko viðaše, svjedoèaše mi
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help 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 upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Blagoslov onoga koji propadaše dolažaše na me, i udovici srce raspijevah;
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
U pravdu se oblaèih i ona mi bijaše odijelo, kao plašt i kao vijenac bijaše mi sud moj.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Oko bijah slijepcu i noga hromu.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Otac bijah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
I razbijah kutnjake nepravedniku, i iz zuba mu istrzah grabež.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Zato govorah: u svojem æu gnijezdu umrijeti, i biæe mi dana kao pijeska.
19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Korijen moj pružaše se kraj vode, rosa bivaše po svu noæ na mojim granama.
20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Slava moja pomlaðivaše se u mene, i luk moj u ruci mojoj ponavljaše se.
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Slušahu me i èekahu, i muèahu na moj svjet.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Poslije mojih rijeèi niko ne pogovaraše, tako ih natapaše besjeda moja.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Jer me èekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvorahu kao na pozni dažd.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Kad bih se nasmijao na njih, ne vjerovahu, i sjajnosti lica mojega ne razgonjahu.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
Kad bih otišao k njima, sjedah u zaèelje, i bijah kao car u vojsci, kad tješi žalosne.
