< Job 36 >
1 Elihú je tudi nadaljeval in rekel:
Elihu continued on and said,
2 »Dovoli mi malo in pokazal ti bom, da bom še govoril za Boga.
“Permit me to speak a little longer, and I will show you some things because I have a little more to say in defense of God.
3 Svoje spoznanje bom prinesel od daleč in pravičnost pripisal svojemu Stvarniku.
I will obtain my knowledge from far off; I will acknowledge that righteousness belongs to my Maker.
4 Kajti zares moje besede ne bodo napačne. On, ki je popoln v spoznanju, je s teboj.
For indeed, my words will not be false; someone who is mature in knowledge is with you.
5 Glej, Bog je mogočen in ne prezira nikogar. Mogočen je v moči in modrosti.
See, God is mighty, and despises no one; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 Ne varuje življenja zlobnih, temveč daje pravico ubogim.
He does not preserve the life of wicked people but instead does what is right for those who suffer.
7 Svojih oči ne umakne od pravičnih, temveč so oni s kralji na prestolu. Da, utrjuje jih na veke in so povišani.
He does not withdraw his eyes from righteous people but instead sets them on thrones like kings forever, and they are lifted up.
8 In če bodo zvezani v okove in držani v vrveh stiske,
If they are bound in chains and trapped in cords of suffering,
9 tedaj jim kaže njihovo delo in njihove prestopke, ki so jih presegli.
then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions and their pride.
10 Tudi njihovo uho odpira k disciplini in zapoveduje, da se vrnejo od krivičnosti.
He also opens their ears to his instruction, and commands them to turn back from iniquity.
11 Če ga ubogajo in mu služijo, bodo svoje dni preživeli v uspevanju in svoja leta v užitkih.
If they listen to him and worship him, they will spend their days in prosperity, their years in contentment.
12 Toda če ne ubogajo, se bodo pogubili pod mečem in umrli bodo brez spoznanja.
However, if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die because they have no knowledge.
13 Toda hinavci v srcu kopičijo bes. Ne vpijejo, ko jih zvezuje.
Those who are godless in heart store up their anger; they do not cry out for help even when God ties them up.
14 Umrejo v mladosti in njihovo življenje je med nečistimi.
They die in their youth; their lives end among the cultic prostitutes.
15 Revnega osvobaja v njegovi stiski in njihova ušesa odpira v zatiranju.
God rescues afflicted people by means of their afflictions; he opens their ears by means of their oppression.
16 Celo tako bi te odstranil iz tesnega na prostran kraj, kjer ni omejenosti in to, kar naj bi bilo postavljeno na tvojo mizo, bi bilo polno tolšče.
Indeed, he would like to draw you out of distress into a broad place where there is no hardship and where your table would be set with food full of fatness.
17 Toda izpolnil si sodbo zlobnega. Sodba in pravica te bosta zgrabili.
But you are full of judgment on wicked people; judgment and justice have laid hold of you.
18 Ker je bes, pazi, da te ne bi odvzel s svojim udarcem. Potem te velika odkupnina ne more osvoboditi.
Do not let your anger entice you to mockery, or the greatness of a ransom to turn you aside.
19 Bo cenil tvoja bogastva? Ne niti zlata niti vseh sil moči.
Can your wealth benefit you, so that you will not be in distress, or can all the force of your strength help you?
20 Ne želi si noči, ko so ljudje iztrebljeni iz svojega kraja.
Do not desire the night, to commit sin against others, when peoples are cut off in their place.
21 Pazi, ne oziraj se na krivičnost, kajti to si izbral raje kakor stisko.
Be careful that you do not turn to sin because you are being tested by suffering so that you will stay away from sinning.
22 Glej, Bog s svojo močjo povišuje. Kdo poučuje kakor on?
See, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
23 Kdo se mu je pridružil na njegovi poti? Ali kdo lahko reče: ›Počel si krivičnost?‹
Who has ever instructed him about his way? Who can ever say to him, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'
24 Spomni se, da poveličuješ njegovo delo, ki ga ljudje gledajo.
Remember to praise his deeds, of which people have sung.
25 Vsak človek ga lahko vidi. Človek ga lahko gleda od daleč.
All people have looked on those deeds, but they see those deeds only from far away.
26 Glej, Bog je velik in mi ga ne poznamo niti število njegovih let ne more biti preiskano.
See, God is great, but we do not understand him well; the number of his years is incalculable.
27 Kajti kapljice vode dela majhne. Dež izliva glede na njegovo meglico,
For he draws up the drops of water that he distills as rain from his vapor,
28 katero oblaki kapljajo in obilno rosijo na človeka.
which the clouds pour down and drop in abundance on mankind.
29 Mar prav tako lahko kdorkoli razume razširjanje oblakov ali zvok njegovega šotora?
Indeed, can anyone understand the extensive spread of the clouds and the thunder from his hut?
30 Glej, svojo svetlobo razširja nanje in pokriva dna morja.
See, he spreads his lightning around him and covers the roots of the sea.
31 Kajti z njimi sodi ljudstvu, hrano daje v obilju.
In this way he judges the peoples and gives food in abundance.
32 Z oblaki pokriva svetlobo in ji zapoveduje, naj ne sveti z oblakom, ki prihaja vmes.
He fills his hands with the lightning until he commands it to strike its mark.
33 Njegov hrup govori o tem, tudi živina glede meglice.
Its thunder warns of the storm, the cattle can also hear it is coming.