Jov 24
1 Zašto svemoguæemu nijesu sakrivena vremena? i koji ga znaju, ne vide dana njegovijeh?
“(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
2 Meðe pomièu bezbožni, otimaju stado i pasu;
[Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
3 Magarca sirotama odgone; u zalogu uzimaju vola udovici;
[Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
4 Siromahe odbijaju s puta; ubogi u zemlji kriju se svi.
[Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
5 Gle, kao divlji magarci u pustinji izlaze na posao svoj ustajuæi rano na plijen; pustinja je hrana njima i djeci njihovoj;
The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
6 Žanju njivu i beru vinograd koji nije njihov;
The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
7 Gola nagone da noæuje bez haljine, koji se nemaju èim pokriti na zimi,
During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
8 Okisli od pljuska u gori, nemajuæi zaklona, privijaju se k stijeni.
When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
9 Grabe siroèe od dojke i sa siromaha skidaju zalog.
[Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
10 Gologa ostavljaju da ide bez haljine, i one koji nose snopove da gladuju.
But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
11 Koji meðu njihovijem zidovima ulje cijede i grožðe u kacama gaze, podnose žeð.
Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
12 Ljudi u gradu uzdišu, i duše pobijenijeh vièu, a Bog ne ukida toga.
In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
13 Oni se protive svjetlosti, ne znajuæi za putove njezine i ne staju na stazama njezinijem.
Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
14 Zorom ustajuæi krvnik ubija siromaha i ubogoga; a noæu je kao lupež.
Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
15 I oko kurvarovo pazi na sumrak govoreæi: da me oko ne vidi. I sakriva lice.
Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
16 Prokopavaju po mraku kuæe, koje obdan sebi zabilježe; ne znaju za svjetlost.
It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
17 Jer je zora njima svjema sjen smrtni; ako ih ko pozna, strah ih je sjena smrtnoga.
All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
18 Brzi su kao povrh vode, proklet je dio njihov na zemlji; neæe vidjeti puta vinogradskoga.
“[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
20 Zaboravlja ih utroba materina, slatki su crvima, ne spominju se više; kao drvo skršiæe se nepravednik.
Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
21 Združuje s njim nerotkinju koja ne raða, i udovici ne èini dobra.
They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
22 Grabi jake svojom silom; ostane li koji, ne uzda se u život svoj.
But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
23 Da mu Bog u što æe se pouzdati; ali oèi njegove paze na njihove pute.
God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
24 Uzvise se za malo, pa ih nema; padaju i ginu kao svi drugi, i kao vrh od klasa otsijecaju se.
They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
25 Nije li tako? ko æe me utjerati u laž i obratiti u ništa rijeèi moje?
If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
