Job 21
1 Then Job replied,
Allora Giobbe rispose e disse:
2 “Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
“Porgete bene ascolto alle mie parole, e sia questa la consolazione che mi date.
3 Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
Sopportatemi, lasciate ch’io parli, e quando avrò parlato tu mi potrai deridere.
4 “It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
Mi lagno io forse d’un uomo? E come farei a non perder la pazienza?
5 Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
Guardatemi, stupite, e mettetevi la mano sulla bocca.
6 When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Quando ci penso, ne sono smarrito, e la mia carne e presa da raccapriccio.
7 “[But let me ask this:] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
Perché mai vivono gli empi? Perché arrivano alla vecchiaia ed anche crescon di forze?
8 They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
La loro progenie prospera, sotto ai loro sguardi, intorno ad essi, e i lor rampolli fioriscon sotto gli occhi loro.
9 Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
La loro casa è in pace, al sicuro da spaventi, e la verga di Dio non li colpisce.
10 Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
Il loro toro monta e non falla, la loro vacca figlia senz’abortire.
11 Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
Mandan fuori come un gregge i loro piccini, e i loro figliuoli saltano e ballano.
12 Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Cantano a suon di timpano e di cetra, e si rallegrano al suon della zampogna.
13 Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Passano felici i loro giorni, poi scendono in un attimo nel soggiorno dei morti. (Sheol h7585)
14 While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
Eppure, diceano a Dio: “Ritirati da noi! Noi non ci curiamo di conoscer le tue vie!
15 Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
Che è l’Onnipotente perché lo serviamo? che guadagneremo a pregarlo?”
16 Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
Ecco, non hanno essi in mano la loro felicita? (lungi da me il consiglio degli empi!)
17 (“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
Quando avvien mai che la lucerna degli empi si spenga, che piombi loro addosso la ruina, e che Dio, nella sua ira, li retribuisca di pene?
18 [He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Quando son essi mai come paglia al vento, come pula portata via dall’uragano?
19 You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children,] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
“Iddio”, mi dite, “serba castigo pei figli dell’empio”. Ma punisca lui stesso! che lo senta lui,
20 I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
che vegga con gli occhi propri la sua ruina, e beva egli stesso l’ira dell’Onnipotente!
21 After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
E che importa all’empio della sua famiglia dopo di lui, quando il numero dei suoi mesi e ormai compiuto?
22 “Since God judges [everyone,] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
S’insegnerà forse a Dio la scienza? a lui che giudica quelli di lassù?
23 Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
L’uno muore in mezzo al suo benessere, quand’è pienamente tranquillo e felice,
24 Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
ha i secchi pieni di latte, e fresco il midollo dell’ossa.
25 Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
L’altro muore con l’amarezza nell’anima, senz’aver mai gustato il bene.
26 But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
Ambedue giacciono ugualmente nella polvere, e i vermi li ricoprono.
27 “Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
Ah! li conosco i vostri pensieri, e i piani che formate per abbattermi!
28 You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Voi dite: “E dov’è la casa del prepotente? dov’è la tenda che albergava gli empi?”
29 But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
Non avete dunque interrogato quelli che hanno viaggiato? Voi non vorrete negare quello che attestano;
30 that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
che, cioè, il malvagio è risparmiato nel dì della ruina, che nel giorno dell’ira egli sfugge.
31 There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
Chi gli rimprovera in faccia la sua condotta? Chi gli rende quel che ha fatto?
32 The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
Egli è portato alla sepoltura con onore, e veglia egli stesso sulla sua tomba.
33 A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
Lievi sono a lui le zolle della valle; dopo, tutta la gente segue le sue orme; e, anche prima, una folla immensa fu come lui.
34 “So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
Perché dunque m’offrite consolazioni vane? Delle vostre risposte altro non resta che falsità”.
