Job 16
1 Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]
Wtedy Hiob odpowiedział:
2 “I have heard things like that before; all of you, [instead of helping me, ] are only causing me to feel more miserable.
Słyszałem wiele takich rzeczy; wy wszyscy jesteście przykrymi pocieszycielami.
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?
Kiedy [będzie] koniec tych próżnych słów? Albo co cię skłania do tego, że tak odpowiadasz?
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].
Ja także mógłbym mówić jak wy; gdybyście byli w moim położeniu, mógłbym nagromadzić słów przeciwko wam i potrząsać głową nad wami.
5 But, [unlike all of you, ] with what I said [MTY] I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less.
Ja jednak pokrzepiałbym was swoimi ustami i poruszanie moich warg ulżyłoby [waszym cierpieniom].
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.
[Ale] jeśli będę mówił, mojemu bólowi to nie ulży, a jeśli przestanę, czyż opuści mnie?
7 God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family.
A teraz zmęczył mnie. Spustoszyłeś całe moje zgromadzenie.
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].
Pomarszczyłeś mnie na świadectwo, a moje wychudzenie powstaje i świadczy przeciwko mnie w twarz.
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.
Jego gniew [mnie] porwał, nienawidzi mnie; zgrzyta na mnie zębami. Mój wróg przeszywa mnie wzrokiem.
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.
Otworzyli na mnie swe usta; znieważając, bili mnie po policzkach; zebrali się razem przeciwko mnie.
11 [It is as though] God has handed me over to ungodly people and turned me over to the wicked [DOU].
Bóg wydał mnie przewrotnemu, oddał mnie w ręce niegodziwych.
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;
Żyłem w spokoju, ale on mnie pokruszył; chwycił mnie za kark, roztrzaskał i postawił sobie za cel.
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.
Otoczyli mnie jego strzelcy; przeszywa moje nerki, a nie oszczędził; wylał na ziemię moją żółć.
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].
Rozbija mnie, ranę za raną; naciera na mnie jak olbrzym.
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.
Uszyłem wór na swoją skórę i prochem zbezcześciłem swój róg.
16 My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes.
Moja twarz jest czerwona od płaczu i na moich powiekach [jest] cień śmierci.
17 [All this has happened to me] even though I have not acted violently [toward anyone], and I [always] pray sincerely/honestly [to God].
Chociaż nie ma żadnej krzywdy na moich rękach, a moja modlitwa jest czysta.
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.
Ziemio, nie zakrywaj mojej krwi i niech moje wołanie nie znajdzie miejsca!
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.
Oto teraz mój świadek jest w niebie, mój obrońca na wysokości.
20 My [three] friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears [while I cry out] to God.
Moi przyjaciele szydzą ze mnie, ale moje oko wylewa łzy ku Bogu.
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.
Oby ktoś spierał się z Bogiem o człowieka jak człowiek [spiera się] o swego bliźniego!
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.”
Upłynie bowiem niewiele lat, a pójdę ścieżką, skąd nie powrócę.
