Job 11

1 Potem je odgovoril Cofár Naámčan in rekel:

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2 »Mar ne bo množica besed odgovorjena? Mar naj bo mož, poln govora, opravičen?

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

3 Mar naj tvoje laži naredijo možem, da molčijo? In ko zasmehuješ, ali te noben človek ne bo osramotil?

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

4 Kajti rekel si: ›Moj nauk je čist in jaz sem čist v tvojih očeh.‹

For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

5 Toda oh, da bi Bog spregovoril in zoper tebe odprl svoje ustnice

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

6 in da bi ti pokazal skrivnosti modrosti, da so dvojne temu kar je! Vedi torej, da Bog od tebe terja manj, kakor zasluži tvoja krivičnost.

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].

7 Mar lahko z iskanjem najdeš Boga? Mar lahko do popolnosti spoznaš Vsemogočnega?

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

8 To je tako visoko kakor nebo. Kaj lahko storiš? Globlje kakor pekel. Kaj lahko spoznaš? (Sheol h7585)

[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Njegova mera je daljša kakor zemlja in širša kakor morje.

The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

10 Če odseka in zapre, ali zbere skupaj, kdo ga potem lahko ovira?

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

11 Kajti pozna praznoglave ljudi. Tudi zlobnost vidi. Mar ne bo potem tega preudaril?

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?

12 Kajti praznoglav človek bi bil moder, čeprav bi bil človek rojen kakor žrebe divjega osla.

For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt.

13 Če pripraviš svoje srce in svoje roke iztegneš k njemu,

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

14 če je krivičnost v tvoji roki, jo odloži daleč proč in naj zlobnost ne prebiva v tvojih šotorih.

If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

15 Kajti potem boš povzdignil svoj obraz brez madeža. Da, neomajen boš in se ne boš bal,

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

16 ker boš pozabil svojo bedo in se je boš spominjal kakor vode, ki tečejo mimo,

Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:

17 in tvoja starost bo jasnejša kakor opoldan; svetil boš naprej, ti boš kakor jutro.

And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

18 Ti boš varen, ker je upanje. Da, kopal boš okoli sebe in svoj počitek si boš vzel v varnosti.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

19 Tudi ulegel se boš in nihče te ne bo strašil. Da, mnogi te bodo obžalovali.

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

20 Toda oči zlobnih bodo odpovedale in ne bodo pobegnili in njihovo upanje bo kakor izročitev duha.«

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.