Jov 7
1 Nije li èovjek na vojsci na zemlji? a dani njegovi nijesu li kao dani nadnièarski?
“People need to work hard on this earth, like soldiers do; all during the time that we are alive, we work hard [RHQ], like laborers/servants do.
2 Kao što sluga uzdiše za sjenom i kao što nadnièar èeka da svrši,
We are like [SIM] slaves who keep wanting to be in the cool shade, and we are like [SIM] workers who are waiting to be paid.
3 Tako su meni dati u našljedstvo mjeseci zaludni i noæi muène odreðene mi.
God has given me many months [in which I think that it is] useless [to remain alive]; he has allotted/given to me many nights during which I feel miserable.
4 Kad legnem, govorim: kad æu ustati? i kad æe proæi noæ? i sitim se prevræuæi se do svanuæa.
When I lie down [at night] I say, ‘How long will it be until morning?’ But nights are long, and I (toss/turn over and over) [on my bed] until dawn.
5 Tijelo je moje obuèeno u crve i u grude zemljane, koža moja puca i rašèinja se.
My body is covered with maggots and scabs; pus oozes out of my open sores.
6 Dani moji brži biše od èunka, i proðoše bez nadanja.
My days pass as quickly as a weaver’s (shuttle/stick that takes the thread back and forth), and they end without my confidently expecting [that things will be better the next day].
7 Opomeni se da je moj život vjetar, da oko moje neæe više vidjeti dobra,
God, do not forget that my life is [as short as] a breath [MET]; I [think that] I [SYN] will never again be happy.
8 Niti æe me vidjeti oko koje me je viðalo; i tvoje oèi kad pogledaju na me, mene neæe biti.
God, you [SYN] see me now, but [some day] you will not see me any more. You will search for me, but I will be gone [because I will be dead].
Like [SIM] clouds (disperse/break up) and then disappear, people [die and] descend to the place where dead people are, and they do not return; (Sheol h7585)
10 Neæe se više vratiti kuæi svojoj, niti æe ga više poznati mjesto njegovo.
they never return to their houses, and people among whom they lived do not remember them any more.
11 Zato ja neæu braniti ustima svojim, govoriæu u tuzi duha svojega, naricati u jadu duše svoje.
So, I will not be silent; while I am suffering I will speak; I will complain [to God about what has happened to me] because I [SYN] am very angry.
12 Eda li sam more ili kit, te si namjestio stražu oko mene?
[God, ] why do you watch closely what I am doing? [Do you think that] I am a [dangerous] sea monster?
13 Kad reèem: potješiæe me odar moj, postelja æe mi moja oblakšati tužnjavu,
When [I lie down at night, ] I think, ‘I will be comforted here on my bed; my pain will be less while I am sleeping.’
14 Tada me strašiš snima i prepadaš me utvarama,
But then you give me dreams that cause me to be afraid; you give me visions that terrify me,
15 Te duša moja voli biti udavljena, voli smrt nego kosti moje.
with the result that I would prefer to be strangled to death than to continue to [be alive] being only a bunch of bones.
16 Dodijalo mi je; neæu dovijeka živjeti; proði me se; jer su dani moji taština.
I detest continuing to be alive; I do not want to live for many years [HYP]. Allow me to be alone, [because I will be alive] for only a very short remaining time [HYP].
17 Šta je èovjek da ga mnogo cijeniš i da mariš za nj?
“We human beings are not [very important]; so, why do you pay a lot of attention to us [DOU]?
18 Da ga pohodiš svako jutro, i svaki èas kušaš ga?
You look at us every morning [to see what we are doing], and examine us every moment [to see if we are doing what is right].
19 Kad æeš se odvratiti od mene i pustiti me da progutam pljuvanku svoju?
(When will you stop looking at me and leave me alone [for a little time], long enough to swallow my spit?/Please stop looking at me and leave me alone [for a little time], long enough to swallow my spit.) [RHQ]
20 Zgriješio sam; šta æu ti èiniti, o èuvaru ljudski? zašto si me metnuo sebi za biljegu, te sam sebi na tegobu?
[Why do] you watch me constantly? If I sin, that certainly does not harm you! Why have you set me up like a target to shoot at? Do you consider me to be a heavy load that you are forced to carry?
21 Zašto mi ne oprostiš grijeh moj i ne ukloniš moje bezakonje? jer æu sad leæi u prah, i kad me potražiš, mene neæe biti.
[If I have sinned, ] are you not able to forgive me for my sins— the things that I have done that are wrong? Soon I will lie in my grave; you will search for me, but [you will not find me because] I will be [dead and] gone.”
