Job 29
1 Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
Poleg tega je Job nadaljeval svojo prispodobo in rekel:
2 Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
»Oh, da bi bil kakor v preteklih mesecih, kakor v dneh, ko me je Bog varoval,
3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
ko je njegova sveča svetila nad mojo glavo in ko sem z njegovo svetlobo hodil skozi temo,
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
kakor sem bil v dneh svoje mladosti, ko je bila Božja skrivnost na mojem šotoru,
5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
ko je bil Vsemogočni še z menoj, ko so bili moji otroci okoli mene,
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
ko sem svoje korake umival z maslom in mi je skala izlivala reke olja,
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
ko sem šel ven k velikim vratom skozi mesto, ko sem svoj sedež pripravil na ulici!
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
Mladeniči so me videli in se skrili in ostareli so se vzdignili in stali.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
Princi so zadržali govorjenje in na svoja usta položili svojo roko.
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Plemiči so molčali in njihov jezik se je prilepil na nebo njihovih ust.
11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
Ko me je uho zaslišalo, potem me je blagoslovilo in ko me je oko zagledalo, mi je dalo pričevanje,
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
ker sem osvobodil reveža, ki je jokal in osirotelega in tistega, ki ni imel nikogar, da mu pomaga.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Blagoslov tistega, ki je bil pripravljen, da umre, je prišel nadme. Vdovinemu srcu sem storil, da prepeva od radosti.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
Nadel sem si pravičnost in ta me je oblekla. Moja sodba je bila kakor svečano oblačilo in diadem.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
Bil sem oči slepemu in stopala hromemu.
16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
Bil sem oče revnemu in zadevo, ki je nisem poznal, sem preiskal.
17 And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Zlomil sem čeljusti zlobnemu in izpulil plen iz njegovih zob.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
Potem sem rekel: ›Umrl bom v svojem gnezdu in svoje dneve bom pomnožil kakor pesek.‹
19 My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Moja korenina je bila razprostrta pri vodah in rosa je vso noč ležala na moji mladiki.
20 My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Moja slava je bila sveža v meni in moj lok je bil obnovljen v moji roki.
21 To me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Možje so mi prisluhnili, čakali in molčali ob mojem nasvetu.
22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Po mojih besedah niso ponovno spregovorili in moj govor je rosil nanje.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
Name so čakali kakor na dež in svoja usta so široko odprli kakor za pozni dež.
24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Če sem se jim smejal, temu niso verjeli. Svetlobe mojega obličja niso zavrgli.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
Izbral sem njihovo pot in sedel [kot] vodja in prebival kakor kralj v vojski, kakor nekdo, ki tolaži žalovalce.
