Job 29
1 And Job continued and said in his parable,
Poleg tega je Job nadaljeval svojo prispodobo in rekel:
2 Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!
»Oh, da bi bil kakor v preteklih mesecih, kakor v dneh, ko me je Bog varoval,
3 As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.
ko je njegova sveča svetila nad mojo glavo in ko sem z njegovo svetlobo hodil skozi temo,
4 [As] when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.
kakor sem bil v dneh svoje mladosti, ko je bila Božja skrivnost na mojem šotoru,
5 When I was very fruitful, and my children were about me;
ko je bil Vsemogočni še z menoj, ko so bili moji otroci okoli mene,
6 when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk.
ko sem svoje korake umival z maslom in mi je skala izlivala reke olja,
7 When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.
ko sem šel ven k velikim vratom skozi mesto, ko sem svoj sedež pripravil na ulici!
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.
Mladeniči so me videli in se skrili in ostareli so se vzdignili in stali.
9 And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.
Princi so zadržali govorjenje in na svoja usta položili svojo roko.
10 And they that heard [me] blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.
Plemiči so molčali in njihov jezik se je prilepil na nebo njihovih ust.
11 For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.
Ko me je uho zaslišalo, potem me je blagoslovilo in ko me je oko zagledalo, mi je dalo pričevanje,
12 For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.
ker sem osvobodil reveža, ki je jokal in osirotelega in tistega, ki ni imel nikogar, da mu pomaga.
13 Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.
Blagoslov tistega, ki je bil pripravljen, da umre, je prišel nadme. Vdovinemu srcu sem storil, da prepeva od radosti.
14 Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.
Nadel sem si pravičnost in ta me je oblekla. Moja sodba je bila kakor svečano oblačilo in diadem.
15 I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.
Bil sem oči slepemu in stopala hromemu.
16 I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
Bil sem oče revnemu in zadevo, ki je nisem poznal, sem preiskal.
17 And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
Zlomil sem čeljusti zlobnemu in izpulil plen iz njegovih zob.
18 And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.
Potem sem rekel: ›Umrl bom v svojem gnezdu in svoje dneve bom pomnožil kakor pesek.‹
19 [My] root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.
Moja korenina je bila razprostrta pri vodah in rosa je vso noč ležala na moji mladiki.
20 My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand.
Moja slava je bila sveža v meni in moj lok je bil obnovljen v moji roki.
21 [Men] heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.
Možje so mi prisluhnili, čakali in molčali ob mojem nasvetu.
22 At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I spoke to them.
Po mojih besedah niso ponovno spregovorili in moj govor je rosil nanje.
23 As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they [waited for] my speech.
Name so čakali kakor na dež in svoja usta so široko odprli kakor za pozni dež.
24 Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe [it]; and the light of my face has not failed.
Če sem se jim smejal, temu niso verjeli. Svetlobe mojega obličja niso zavrgli.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.
Izbral sem njihovo pot in sedel [kot] vodja in prebival kakor kralj v vojski, kakor nekdo, ki tolaži žalovalce.
