Jov 29
1 Još nastavi Jov besjedu svoju i reèe:
So Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
2 O da bih bio kao preðašnjih mjeseca, kao onijeh dana kad me Bog èuvaše,
Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!
3 Kad svijetljaše svijeæom svojom nad glavom mojom, i pri vidjelu njegovu hoðah po mraku,
When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,
4 Kako bijah za mladosti svoje, kad tajna Božija bijaše u šatoru mom,
As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:
5 Kad još bijaše svemoguæi sa mnom, i djeca moja oko mene,
When the almightie was yet with me, and my children round about me.
6 Kad se trag moj oblivaše maslom, i stijena mi toèaše ulje potocima,
When I washed my pathes with butter, and when the rocke powred me out riuers of oyle:
7 Kad izlažah na vrata kroz grad, i na ulici namještah sebi stolicu:
When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.
8 Mladiæi videæi me uklanjahu se, a starci ustajahu i stajahu,
The yong men saw me, and hid themselues, and the aged arose, and stood vp.
9 Knezovi prestajahu govoriti i metahu ruku na usta svoja,
The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
10 Upravitelji ustezahu glas svoj i jezik im prianjaše za grlo.
The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
11 Jer koje me uho èujaše, nazivaše me blaženijem; i koje me oko viðaše, svjedoèaše mi
And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
12 Da izbavljam siromaha koji vièe, i sirotu i koji nema nikoga da mu pomože;
For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
13 Blagoslov onoga koji propadaše dolažaše na me, i udovici srce raspijevah;
The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
14 U pravdu se oblaèih i ona mi bijaše odijelo, kao plašt i kao vijenac bijaše mi sud moj.
I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne.
15 Oko bijah slijepcu i noga hromu.
I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.
16 Otac bijah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.
I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
17 I razbijah kutnjake nepravedniku, i iz zuba mu istrzah grabež.
I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
18 Zato govorah: u svojem æu gnijezdu umrijeti, i biæe mi dana kao pijeska.
Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.
19 Korijen moj pružaše se kraj vode, rosa bivaše po svu noæ na mojim granama.
For my roote is spread out by the water, and the dewe shall lye vpon my branche.
20 Slava moja pomlaðivaše se u mene, i luk moj u ruci mojoj ponavljaše se.
My glory shall renue towarde me, and my bowe shall be restored in mine hand.
21 Slušahu me i èekahu, i muèahu na moj svjet.
Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.
22 Poslije mojih rijeèi niko ne pogovaraše, tako ih natapaše besjeda moja.
After my wordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them.
23 Jer me èekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvorahu kao na pozni dažd.
And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.
24 Kad bih se nasmijao na njih, ne vjerovahu, i sjajnosti lica mojega ne razgonjahu.
If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
25 Kad bih otišao k njima, sjedah u zaèelje, i bijah kao car u vojsci, kad tješi žalosne.
I appoynted out their way, and did sit as chiefe, and dwelt as a King in the army, and like him that comforteth the mourners.
