Job 16

1 Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]

Allora rispose:

2 “I have heard things like that before; all of you, [instead of helping me, ] are only causing me to feel more miserable.

Ne ho udite gia molte di simili cose! Siete tutti consolatori molesti.

3 Will your speeches, which are only hot air, never end [RHQ]? Eliphaz, what bothers/irritates you so much that you continue replying to me?

Non avran termine le parole campate in aria? O che cosa ti spinge a rispondere così?

4 If it were you [three and not I] who were suffering, I could say the things that you are saying; I could make great speeches [to criticize/condemn you], and I could shake my head at you [to ridicule you].

Anch'io sarei capace di parlare come voi, se voi foste al mio posto: vi affogherei con parole e scuoterei il mio capo su di voi.

5 But, [unlike all of you, ] with what I said [MTY] I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less.

Vi conforterei con la bocca e il tremito delle mie labbra cesserebbe.

6 “But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease, and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not [RHQ] go away.

Ma se parlo, non viene impedito il mio dolore; se taccio, che cosa lo allontana da me?

7 God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family.

Ora però egli m'ha spossato, fiaccato, tutto il mio vicinato mi è addosso;

8 He has shriveled me up, and people think that shows that I [am a sinner]. And people see that I am only skin and bones, and they think that proves that I [am guilty].

si è costituito testimone ed è insorto contro di me: il mio calunniatore mi accusa in faccia.

9 Because God is very angry with me and hates me, [it is as though he is a wild animal that] [MET] has gnashed his teeth at me because he is my enemy.

La sua collera mi dilania e mi perseguita; digrigna i denti contro di me, il mio nemico su di me aguzza gli occhi.

10 People gape/stare at me with their mouths open [to sneer at me]; they have struck me on the face/cheek to ridicule me, and they crowd around me to threaten me.

Spalancano la bocca contro di me, mi schiaffeggiano con insulti, insieme si alleano contro di me.

11 [It is as though] God has handed me over to ungodly people and turned me over to the wicked [DOU].

Dio mi consegna come preda all'empio, e mi getta nelle mani dei malvagi.

12 Previously, I was living peacefully, but he crushed me; [it is as though] he grabbed my neck and smashed me to pieces. [It is as though] [MET] he set me up like a target;

Me ne stavo tranquillo ed egli mi ha rovinato, mi ha afferrato per il collo e mi ha stritolato; ha fatto di me il suo bersaglio.

13 people are surrounding me [and shooting arrows at me]. His arrows pierce my kidneys and cause the bile [from my liver] to spill onto the ground, and God does not pity me at all.

I suoi arcieri mi circondano; mi trafigge i fianchi senza pietà, versa a terra il mio fiele,

14 [It is as though] [MET] I am a wall that he is breaking through; he rushes at me like [SIM] a soldier [attacking his enemies].

mi apre ferita su ferita, mi si avventa contro come un guerriero.

15 [“Because I am mourning, ] I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together, and I sit [here] in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged.

Ho cucito un sacco sulla mia pelle e ho prostrato la fronte nella polvere.

16 My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes.

La mia faccia è rossa per il pianto e sulle mie palpebre v'è una fitta oscurità.

17 [All this has happened to me] even though I have not acted violently [toward anyone], and I [always] pray sincerely/honestly [to God].

Non c'è violenza nelle mie mani e pura è stata la mia preghiera.

18 [When I die, ] I want the ground [APO] to [act as though I had been murdered and] cry out against those who killed me, and I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding [that God act justly toward] me.

O terra, non coprire il mio sangue e non abbia sosta il mio grido!

19 But even now, [I know that] there is someone in heaven who will testify for me, and he will say that what I have done is right.

Ma ecco, fin d'ora il mio testimone è nei cieli, il mio mallevadore è lassù;

20 My [three] friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears [while I cry out] to God.

miei avvocati presso Dio sono i miei lamenti, mentre davanti a lui sparge lacrime il mio occhio,

21 I pray that [the] one [who knows what I have done] would come to plead with God for me like people plead for their friends.

perché difenda l'uomo davanti a Dio, come un mortale fa con un suo amico;

22 [I say this because] within a few years [I will die]; I will walk along the [to the grave] from which I will never return.”

poiché passano i miei anni contati e io me ne vado per una via senza ritorno.