Jov 21
1 A Jov odgovori i reèe:
Then Job answered,
2 Slušajte dobro rijeèi moje, i to æe mi biti od vas utjeha.
“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
3 Potrpite me da ja govorim, a kad izgovorim, potsmijevajte se.
Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.
4 Eda li se ja èovjeku tužim? i kako ne bi bio žalostan duh moj?
As for me, is my complaint to man? Why should not I be impatient?
5 Pogledajte na me, i divite se, i metnite ruku na usta.
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
6 Ja kad pomislim, strah me je, i groza poduzima tijelo moje.
When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
7 Zašto bezbožnici žive? stare? i bogate se?
“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
8 Sjeme njihovo stoji tvrdo pred njima zajedno s njima, i natražje njihovo pred njihovijem oèima.
Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
9 Kuæe su njihove na miru bez straha, i prut Božji nije nad njima.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Bikovi njihovi skaèu, i ne promašaju; krave njihove tele se, i ne jalove se.
Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and do not miscarry.
11 Ispuštaju kao stado djecu svoju, i sinovi njihovi poskakuju.
They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
12 Podvikuju uz bubanj i uz gusle, vesele se uza sviralu.
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol (Sheol h7585).
14 A Bogu kažu: idi od nas, jer neæemo da znamo za putove tvoje.
They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we do not want to know about your ways.
15 Šta je svemoguæi, da mu služimo? i kaka nam je korist, da mu se molimo?
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
16 Gle, dobro njihovo nije u njihovoj ruci; namjera bezbožnièka daleko je od mene.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 Koliko se puta gasi žižak bezbožnièki i dolazi im pogibao, dijeli im muke u gnjevu svom Bog?
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
18 Bivaju li kao pljeva na vjetru, kao prah koji raznosi vihor?
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
19 Èuva li Bog sinovima njihovijem pogibao njihovu, plaæa im da osjete?
You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
20 Vide li svojim oèima pogibao svoju, i piju li gnjev svemoguæega?
Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 Jer šta je njima stalo do kuæe njihove nakon njih, kad se broj mjeseca njihovijeh prekrati?
For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
22 Eda li æe Boga ko uèiti mudrosti, koji sudi visokima?
“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
23 Jedan umire u potpunoj sili svojoj, u miru i u sreæi.
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 Muzlice su mu pune mlijeka, i kosti su mu vlažne od moždina.
His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
25 A drugi umire ojaðene duše, koji nije uživao dobra.
Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
26 Obojica leže u prahu, i crvi ih pokrivaju.
They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
27 Eto, znam vaše misli i sudove, kojima mi èinite krivo.
“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.
28 Jer govorite: gdje je kuæa silnoga, i gdje je šator u kom nastavaju bezbožnici?
For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
29 Nijeste li nikad pitali putnika? i što vam kazaše neæete da znate,
Have not you asked wayfaring men? Do not you know their evidences,
30 Da se na dan pogibli ostavlja zadac, kad se pusti gnjev.
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
31 Ko æe ga ukoriti u oèi za život njegov? i ko æe mu vratiti što je uèinio?
Who will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done?
32 Ali se iznosi u groblje i ostaje u gomili.
Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
33 Slatke su mu grude od doline, i vuèe za sobom sve ljude, a onima koji ga pretekoše nema broja.
The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 Kako me dakle naprazno tješite kad u odgovorima vašim ostaje prijevara?
So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”
