Job 31
1 Sklenil sem zavezo s svojimi očmi. Zakaj naj bi potem mislil na devico?
“I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire [to have sex with her].
2 Kajti kakšen delež od Boga je od zgoraj? In kakšna dediščina od Vsemogočnega od zgoraj?
[If I did not do what I promised, ] what would God who is in heaven [MTY] do to me [RHQ]? Almighty [God] would certainly not [RHQ] give me any reward!
3 Mar ni uničenje za zlobne? In posebna kazen za delavce krivičnosti?
[Previously I thought that] surely [RHQ] it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters.
4 Mar on ne vidi mojih poti in šteje vse moje korake?
God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, [so why is he causing me to suffer?] [It is as though] he counts every step that I take.
5 Če sem hodil z ničnostjo ali če je moje stopalo hitelo k prevari,
[“I solemnly declare that] I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.
6 naj bom stehtan na pravilni tehtnici, da Bog lahko spozna mojo neokrnjenost.
I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong).
7 Če se je moj korak obrnil iz poti in je moje srce hodilo za mojimi očmi in če se je kakršenkoli madež prilepil na moje roke,
If [it were true that] I have stopped living righteously, or [that] I [SYN] have desired the things that I look at [MTY], or [that] I am guilty of any other sin,
8 potem naj jaz sejem in naj drug jé. Da, naj bo moje potomstvo izkoreninjeno.
then I hope/wish that when I plant [seeds], someone else will [harvest the crops and] eat [them] and that others will uproot the [fruit trees] that I planted.
9 Če je bilo moje srce zavedeno z žensko, ali če sem prežal pri vratih svojega soseda,
“If [it were true that] I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or [that] I have hidden myself and waited outside [the] door [to] her [house],
10 potem naj moja žena melje drugemu in naj se drugi sklanjajo nadnjo.
I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex [EUP] with him.
11 Kajti to je grozoten zločin. Da, to je krivičnost, ki naj se kaznuje s sodniki.
[For me to do] that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished.
12 Kajti to je ogenj, ki použiva v uničenje in bi izkoreninil ves moj donos.
My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)
13 Če sem preziral zadevo svojega sluga ali svoje dekle, ko so se pričkali z menoj,
“And, if [it were true that] I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something,
14 kaj bom potem storil, ko se dvigne Bog? In ko on obiskuje, kaj naj mu odgovorim?
God would arise [and declare that he would punish me]; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me [about what I have done], (what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.) [RHQ]
15 Mar ni on, ki me je naredil v maternici, naredil njega? Ali naju ni eden oblikoval v maternici?
God, who created me, certainly also created my servants [RHQ]; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs [RHQ]; [so we all should behave toward each other equally].
16 Če sem uboge zadržal pred njihovo željo, ali očem vdove storil, da opešajo,
“I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if [it were true that] I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or [that] I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or [that] I caused widows to live (in despair/without hope [that they would receive any help from anyone]),
17 ali sem sam pojedel svoj grižljaj in osiroteli ni jedel od njega
18 (kajti od moje mladosti je bil vzgajan z menoj kakor z očetom in usmerjal sem jo od maternice svoje matere),
19 če sem gledal kogarkoli giniti zaradi pomanjkanja obleke ali kateregakoli revnega brez pokrivala,
or [that] I had seen people die [from cold] because they had no clothes, or [that] I had seen poor people who did not have clothes [to keep them warm],
20 če me njegova ledja niso blagoslovila in če ni bil ogret z runom moje ovce;
and they were not able to become warm [from clothes made] from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for [giving them clothes, ]
21 če sem povzdignil svojo roko zoper osirotelega, ko sem videl svojo pomoč v velikih vratih,
or if [it were true that] I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would (decide in my favor);
22 potem naj moj laket pade od moje lopatice in moj laket [naj] bo odlomljen od kosti.
[if those things were true about me], I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder.
23 Kajti uničenje od Boga mi je bilo strahota in zaradi razloga njegovega visočanstva ne bi mogel zdržati.
I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster [if I did any of those evil things], and I would not have been able to endure the powerful [things that he would do to punish me].
24 Če sem zlato naredil za svoje upanje ali sem čistemu zlatu rekel: › Ti si moje zaupanje, ‹
“If [it were true that] I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
25 če sem se veselil, ker je bilo moje premoženje veliko in ker je moja roka veliko pridobila,
or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich,
26 če sem pogledal sonce, ko je sijalo ali luno hoditi v sijaju
or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon
27 in je bilo moje srce skrivno premamljeno, oziroma so moja usta poljubila mojo roko?
and I [SYN] had been tempted [to worship them] by kissing my hand to revere them,
28 Tudi to bi bila krivičnost, da bi bil kaznovan od sodnika, kajti jaz bi zanikal Boga, ki je zgoraj.
those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God [by doing those things].
29 Če sem se veselil ob uničenju tistega, ki me je sovražil ali sem se povzdignil, ko ga je našlo zlo,
“[It is not true that] I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].
30 niti svojim ustom nisem dopustil, da grešijo z želenjem prekletstva njegovi duši.
31 Če možje mojega šotora niso rekli: ›Oh, da bi imeli njegovo meso! Ne moremo biti zadovoljni.‹
[It is also not true that] I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but [forced them to] sleep in the streets. [All] the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]!
32 Tujec ni prenočeval na ulici, temveč sem svoja vrata odprl popotniku.
33 Če sem svoje prestopke pokril kakor Adam, s skrivanjem svoje krivičnosti v svojem naročju,
Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that;
34 ali sem se bal velike množice, ali me straši zaničevanje družin, da sem molčal in nisem šel izpred vrat?
and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very (afraid of/worried about) what people would say [about me], and that they would hate/scorn me.
35 Oh, da bi me nekdo poslušal! Glej, moja želja je, da bi mi Vsemogočni odgovoril in da bi moj nasprotnik napisal knjigo.
“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare [that all that I have said is true]. I wish that those who oppose me would write down [on a scroll] the evil things that they say that I did.
36 Zagotovo bi to vzel na svojo ramo in si to privezal kot krono.
[If they did that, ] I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, [in order that everyone could see it].
37 Prikazal bi mu število mojih korakov. Kakor princ bi šel blizu k njemu.
I would tell [God] everything that I have done, and I would approach him [confidently], like a ruler would.
38 Če moja dežela joka zoper mene ali da se njene brazde podobno pritožujejo,
If [it were true that] I have stolen land, with the result that [it was as though] its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;
39 če sem brez denarja pojedel njene sadove ali sem njenim lastnikom povzročil, da izgubijo svoje življenje,
or [if it were true that] I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying [for those crops], with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died [from hunger];
40 naj osat raste namesto pšenice in smrdljiv plevel namesto ječmena.« Jobove besede so končane.
then I wish/desire that thorns would grow [in my fields] instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said [to his three friends].
