Job 38
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Potem je Gospod Jobu odgovoril iz vrtinčastega vetra in rekel:
2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
»Kdo je ta, ki zatemnjuje nasvet z besedami brez spoznanja?
3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
Opaši sedaj svoja ledja kakor mož, kajti od tebe bom zahteval in ti mi odgovori.
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
Kje si bil, ko sem položil temelje zemlji? Razglasi, če imaš razumevanje.
5 Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?
Kdo je položil njene mere, če veš? Ali kdo je na njej razprostrl [merilno] vrvico.
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Na čem so njeni temelji pritrjeni? Ali kdo je položil njen vogalni kamen,
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
ko so jutranje zvezde skupaj prepevale in so vsi Božji sinovi vriskali od radosti.
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Ali kdo je morje zaprl z vrati, ko je to izbruhnilo, kakor če bi to izšlo iz maternice?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
Ko sem oblak naredil [za] njegovo oblačilo in gosto temo kot plenice zanj
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
in sem zanj zdrobil svoj določen kraj ter postavil zapahe in vrata
11 And said, Until now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
in rekel: ›Do sem boš šel in nič dlje. Tukaj bodo tvoji ponosni valovi ustavljeni.‹
12 Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Ali si zapovedal jutru, odkar so tvoji dnevi in svitanju storil, da pozna svoje mesto,
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
da bi lahko zgrabil konce zemlje, da bi bili zlobni lahko streseni iz nje?
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Ta je spremenjena kakor ilo pod pečatom, in oni stojijo kakor oblačilo.
15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
Pred zlobnimi je njihova svetloba zadržana in visok laket bo zlomljen.
16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth?
Si vstopil v morske izvire? Ali si hodil v iskanju globin?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
So ti bila odprta velika vrata smrti? Ali si videl vrata smrtne sence?
18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all.
Si zaznal širino zemlje? Razglasi, če veš vse to.
19 Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Kje je pot, kjer prebiva svetloba? In glede teme, kje je njen kraj,
20 That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?
da bi jo odvedel do njene meje in da bi spoznal steze k njeni hiši?
21 Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?
Mar veš to, ker si bil takrat rojen? Ali ker je število tvojih dni veliko?
22 Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
Si vstopil v zakladnice snega? Si mar videl zakladnice toče,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
ki sem jih prihranil za čas stiske, za dan bitke in vojne?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind upon the earth?
Po kateri poti je svetloba razdeljena, ki vzhodnik razkropi po zemlji?
25 Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Kdo je razdelil vodni tok za poplavljanje voda ali pot za bliskanje groma,
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
da mu povzroči, da dežuje na zemljo, kjer ni nobenega moža, na divjino, kjer ni nobenega človeka,
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
da zadovolji zapuščena in opustošena tla in povzroči, da brsti nežnega zelišča vzbrstijo?
28 Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Ima dež očeta? Ali kdo je zaplodil rosne kaplje?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?
Iz čigave maternice je prišel led? In slana z neba, kdo jo je zaplodil?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Vode so skrite kakor s kamnom in obličje globine je zamrznjeno.
31 Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Lahko združiš prijetne vplive Gostosevcev ali razvežeš čete Oriona?
32 Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
Lahko privedeš ozvezdje v svojem obdobju? Lahko usmerjaš Arkturja z njegovimi sinovi?
33 Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Ali poznaš odredbe neba? Lahko vzpostaviš njihovo gospostvo na zemlji?
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
Mar lahko dvigneš svoj glas k oblakom, da te lahko pokrije obilje voda?
35 Can you send lightnings, that they may go and say unto you, Here we are?
Mar lahko pošlješ bliske, da lahko gredo in ti rečejo: »Tukaj smo?«
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?
Kdo je v notranje dele položil modrost? Ali kdo je dal srcu razumevanje?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Kdo lahko v modrosti prešteje oblake? Ali kdo lahko zadržuje mehove neba,
38 When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
ko se prah strjuje in se grude trdno sprimejo skupaj?
39 Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Mar boš lovil plen za leva? Ali tešil apetit mladim levom,
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
ko ležijo v svojih brlogih in ostajajo v skrivališču, da prežijo v zasedi?
41 Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food.
Kdo krokarju pripravlja njegovo hrano? Ko njegovi mladiči kličejo k Bogu, se potikajo zaradi pomanjkanja hrane.
