Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Job progovori i reče:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
“Zar mi je i danas tužaljka buntovna? Teška mu ruka iz mene vapaj budi:
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
o, kada bih znao kako ću ga naći, do njegova kako doprijeti prijestolja,
4 I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
pred njim parnicu bih svoju razložio, iz mojih bi usta navrli dokazi.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
Rad bih znati što bi meni odvratio i razumjeti riječ što bi je rekao!
6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
Zar mu treba snage velike za raspru? Ne, dosta bi bilo da me on sasluša.
7 There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
U protivniku bi vidio pravedna, i parnica moja tad bi pobijedila.
8 See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
Na istok krenem li, naći ga ne mogu; pođem li na zapad, ne razabirem ga.
9 To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
Ištem na sjeveru, al' ga ne opažam; nevidljiv je ako se k jugu okrenem.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Pa ipak, on dobro zna put kojim kročim! Neka me kuša: čist k'o zlato ću izići!
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
Noga mi se stopa njegovih držala, putem sam njegovim išao ne skrećuć';
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
slušao sam nalog njegovih usana, pohranih mu riječi u grudima svojim.
13 But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
Al' htjedne li štogod, tko će ga odvratit'? Što zaželi dušom, to će ispuniti.
14 For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
Izvršit će što je dosudio meni, kao i sve drugo što je odlučio!
15 Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
Zbog toga pred njime sav ustravljen ja sam, i što više mislim, jače strah me hvata.
16 For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
U komade Bog mi je srce smrvio, užasom me svega prožeo Svesilni,
17 I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
premda nisam ni u tminama propao, ni u mraku što je lice moje zastro.
