Jov 29

1 Još nastavi Jov besjedu svoju i reèe:

And Job again took up his measure, and said,

2 O da bih bio kao preðašnjih mjeseca, kao onijeh dana kad me Bog èuvaše,

Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me;

3 Kad svijetljaše svijeæom svojom nad glavom mojom, i pri vidjelu njegovu hoðah po mraku,

When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go through darkness;

4 Kako bijah za mladosti svoje, kad tajna Božija bijaše u šatoru mom,

As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;

5 Kad još bijaše svemoguæi sa mnom, i djeca moja oko mene,

While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;

6 Kad se trag moj oblivaše maslom, i stijena mi toèaše ulje potocima,

When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:

7 Kad izlažah na vrata kroz grad, i na ulici namještah sebi stolicu:

When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,

8 Mladiæi videæi me uklanjahu se, a starci ustajahu i stajahu,

Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose—they stood;

9 Knezovi prestajahu govoriti i metahu ruku na usta svoja,

Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;

10 Upravitelji ustezahu glas svoj i jezik im prianjaše za grlo.

The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;

11 Jer koje me uho èujaše, nazivaše me blaženijem; i koje me oko viðaše, svjedoèaše mi

When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;

12 Da izbavljam siromaha koji vièe, i sirotu i koji nema nikoga da mu pomože;

Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;

13 Blagoslov onoga koji propadaše dolažaše na me, i udovici srce raspijevah;

The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy;

14 U pravdu se oblaèih i ona mi bijaše odijelo, kao plašt i kao vijenac bijaše mi sud moj.

Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice;

15 Oko bijah slijepcu i noga hromu.

Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!

16 Otac bijah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.

A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;

17 I razbijah kutnjake nepravedniku, i iz zuba mu istrzah grabež.

And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, —and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.

18 Zato govorah: u svojem æu gnijezdu umrijeti, i biæe mi dana kao pijeska.

Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:

19 Korijen moj pružaše se kraj vode, rosa bivaše po svu noæ na mojim granama.

My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;

20 Slava moja pomlaðivaše se u mene, i luk moj u ruci mojoj ponavljaše se.

Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.

21 Slušahu me i èekahu, i muèahu na moj svjet.

To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;

22 Poslije mojih rijeèi niko ne pogovaraše, tako ih natapaše besjeda moja.

After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;

23 Jer me èekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvorahu kao na pozni dažd.

And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;

24 Kad bih se nasmijao na njih, ne vjerovahu, i sjajnosti lica mojega ne razgonjahu.

I laughed at them—they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail;

25 Kad bih otišao k njima, sjedah u zaèelje, i bijah kao car u vojsci, kad tješi žalosne.

I chose out their way, and sat chief, —and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.