Job 31
1 I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Sa svojim očima savez sam sklopio da pogledat neću nijednu djevicu.
2 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
A što mi je Bog odozgo dosudio, kakva mi je baština od Svesilnoga?
3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
TÓa nije li nesreća za opakoga, a nevolja za one koji zlo čine?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Ne proniče li on sve moje putove, ne prebraja li on sve moje korake?
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Zar sam ikad u društvu laži hodio, zar mi je noga k prijevari hitjela?
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.
Nek' me na ispravnoj mjeri Bog izmjeri pa će uvidjeti neporočnost moju!
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands;
Ako mi je korak s puta kad zašao, ako mi se srce za okom povelo, ako mi je ljaga ruke okaljala,
8 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.
neka drugi jede što sam posijao, neka sve moje iskorijene izdanke!
9 If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
Ako mi zavede srce žena neka, ako za vratima svog bližnjeg kad vrebah,
10 [Then] let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.
neka moja žena drugom mlin okreće, neka s drugim svoju podijeli postelju!
11 For this [is] a hainous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
Djelo bestidno time bih počinio, zločin kojem pravda treba da presudi,
12 For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
užego vatru što žeže do Propasti i što bi svu moju sažgala ljetinu.
13 If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me;
Ako kada prezreh pravo sluge svoga il' služavke, sa mnom kad su se parbili,
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
što ću učiniti kada Bog ustane? Što ću odvratit' kad račun zatraži?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Zar nas oba on ne stvori u utrobi i jednako sazda u krilu majčinu?
16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Ogluših li se na molbe siromaha ili rasplakah oči udovičine?
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;
Jesam li kada sam svoj jeo zalogaj a da ga nisam sa sirotom dijelio?
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb; )
TÓa od mladosti k'o otac sam mu bio, vodio sam ga od krila materina!
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Zar sam beskućnika vidio bez odjeće ili siromaha kog bez pokrivača
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
a da mu bedra ne blagosloviše mene kad se runom mojih ovaca ogrija?
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Ako sam ruku na nevina podigao znajuć' da mi je na vratima branitelj,
22 [Then] let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
nek' se rame moje od pleća odvali i neka mi ruka od lakta otpadne!
23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Jer strahote Božje na mene bi pale, njegovu ne bih odolio veličanstvu.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
Zar sam u zlato pouzdanje stavio i rekao zlatu: 'Sigurnosti moja!'
25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because my hand had gained much;
Zar sam se veliku blagu radovao, bogatstvima koja su mi stekle ruke?
26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;
Zar se, gledajući sunce kako blista i kako mjesec sjajni nebom putuje,
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
moje srce dalo potajno zavesti da bih rukom njima poljubac poslao?
28 This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
Grijeh bi to bio što za sudom vapije, jer Boga višnjega bih se odrekao.
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him:
Zar se obradovah nevolji dušmana i likovah kad ga je zlo zadesilo,
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
ja koji ne dadoh griješiti jeziku, proklinjući ga i želeći da umre?
31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
Ne govorahu li ljudi mog šatora: 'TÓa koga nije on mesom nasitio'?
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveler.
Nikad nije stranac vani noćivao, putniku sam svoja otvarao vrata.
33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:
Zar sam grijehe svoje ljudima tajio, zar sam u grudima skrivao krivicu
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door?
jer sam se plašio govorkanja mnoštva i strahovao od prezira plemenskog te sam mučao ne prelazeć' svoga praga?
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is], [that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] my adversary had written a book.
O, kad bi koga bilo da mene sasluša! Posljednju sam svoju riječ ja izrekao: na Svesilnom je sad da mi odgovori! Nek' mi optužnicu napiše protivnik,
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
i ja ću je nosit' na svome ramenu, čelo ću njome k'o krunom uresit'.
37 I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.
Dat ću mu račun o svojim koracima i poput kneza pred njega ću stupiti.”
38 If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain;
Ako je na me zemlja moja vikala, ako su s njom brazde njezine plakale;
39 If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:
ako sam plodove jeo ne plativši i ako sam joj ojadio ratare,
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
[40a] neka mjesto žita po njoj niče korov, a mjesto ječma nek' posvud kukolj raste! [40b] Konac riječi Jobovih.
