Job 3
1 After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.
Po tem je Job odprl svoja usta in preklel svoj dan.
2 And Job answereth and saith: —
Job je spregovoril in rekel:
3 Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: 'A man-child hath been conceived.'
»Naj izgine dan, na katerega sem bil rojen in noč, v kateri je bilo rečeno: ›Tukaj je spočet fantek.‹
4 That day — let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
Naj bo ta dan tema. Naj ga Bog od zgoraj ne upošteva niti naj svetloba ne sije nad njim.
5 Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
Naj ga tema in smrtna senca omadežujeta. Naj oblak prebiva nad njim. Naj ga straši črnina dneva.
6 That night — let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.
Glede tiste noči naj se je polasti tema. Naj ta ne bo pridružena dnevom leta, naj ta ne pride v število mesecev.
7 Lo! that night — let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.
Glej, naj bo ta noč osamljena, naj noben radosten glas ne pride vanjo.
8 Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.
Naj jo prekolnejo tisti, ki preklinjajo dan, ki so pripravljeni dvigniti svoje žalovanje.
9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.
Naj bodo zvezde njene polteme temne; naj oprezujejo za svetlobo, toda nimajo nobene niti naj ne zagledajo jutranjega svitanja,
10 Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.
ker ta ni zaprla vrat maternice moje matere niti pred mojimi očmi ni skrila bridkosti.
11 Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!
Čemu nisem umrl v maternici? Zakaj nisem izročil duha, ko sem prišel iz trebuha?
12 Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?
Zakaj sem bil [vzet na] kolena? Ali zakaj [na] prsi, da bi sesal?
13 For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept — then there is rest to me,
Kajti sedaj bi mirno ležal in bi bil tiho; spal bi. Potem bi počival
14 With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.
s kralji in svetovalci zemlje, ki so zapuščene kraje gradili zase,
15 Or with princes — they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.
ali s princi, ki so imeli zlato, ki so svoje hiše napolnjevali s srebrom,
16 (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants — they have not seen light.)
ali ne bi bil kakor prezgodnji porod, kakor otročiči, ki nikoli niso videli svetlobe.
17 There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
Tam zlobni odnehajo od nadlegovanja in tam bodo izmučeni pri počitku.
18 Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
Tam jetniki počivajo skupaj. Oni ne poslušajo glasu zatiralca.
19 Small and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord.
Majhni in veliki so tam in služabnik je prost pred svojim gospodarjem.
20 Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?
Zakaj je svetloba dana tistemu, ki je v bedi in življenje zagrenjenemu v duši,
21 Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
ki hrepeni po smrti, toda ta ne prihaja in koplje za njo bolj kakor za skritimi zakladi,
22 Who are glad — unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.
ki se silno razveseljujejo in so veseli, ko lahko najdejo grob?
23 To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
Zakaj je svetloba dana možu, čigar pot je skrita in katerega je Bog ogradil?
24 For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.
Kajti moje vzdihovanje prihaja preden jem in moja rjovenja so izlita ven kakor vode.
25 For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.
Kajti stvar, ki sem se je silno bal, je prišla nadme in to, česar sem se bal, je prišlo k meni.
26 I was not safe — nor was I quiet — Nor was I at rest — and trouble cometh!
Nisem bil na varnem niti nisem imel počitka niti nisem bil tiho, vendar je težava prišla.«
