Jov 29

1 Još nastavi Jov besjedu svoju i reèe:

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

2 O da bih bio kao preðašnjih mjeseca, kao onijeh dana kad me Bog èuvaše,

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

3 Kad svijetljaše svijeæom svojom nad glavom mojom, i pri vidjelu njegovu hoðah po mraku,

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

4 Kako bijah za mladosti svoje, kad tajna Božija bijaše u šatoru mom,

As I was in the days of my youth, when the friendship and counsel of God was upon my tabernacle;

5 Kad još bijaše svemoguæi sa mnom, i djeca moja oko mene,

When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

6 Kad se trag moj oblivaše maslom, i stijena mi toèaše ulje potocima,

When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

7 Kad izlažah na vrata kroz grad, i na ulici namještah sebi stolicu:

When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

8 Mladiæi videæi me uklanjahu se, a starci ustajahu i stajahu,

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

9 Knezovi prestajahu govoriti i metahu ruku na usta svoja,

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

10 Upravitelji ustezahu glas svoj i jezik im prianjaše za grlo.

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

11 Jer koje me uho èujaše, nazivaše me blaženijem; i koje me oko viðaše, svjedoèaše mi

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

12 Da izbavljam siromaha koji vièe, i sirotu i koji nema nikoga da mu pomože;

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

13 Blagoslov onoga koji propadaše dolažaše na me, i udovici srce raspijevah;

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

14 U pravdu se oblaèih i ona mi bijaše odijelo, kao plašt i kao vijenac bijaše mi sud moj.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

15 Oko bijah slijepcu i noga hromu.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

16 Otac bijah ubogima, i razbirah za raspru za koju ne znah.

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

17 I razbijah kutnjake nepravedniku, i iz zuba mu istrzah grabež.

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

18 Zato govorah: u svojem æu gnijezdu umrijeti, i biæe mi dana kao pijeska.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

19 Korijen moj pružaše se kraj vode, rosa bivaše po svu noæ na mojim granama.

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

20 Slava moja pomlaðivaše se u mene, i luk moj u ruci mojoj ponavljaše se.

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

21 Slušahu me i èekahu, i muèahu na moj svjet.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

22 Poslije mojih rijeèi niko ne pogovaraše, tako ih natapaše besjeda moja.

After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

23 Jer me èekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvorahu kao na pozni dažd.

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

24 Kad bih se nasmijao na njih, ne vjerovahu, i sjajnosti lica mojega ne razgonjahu.

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

25 Kad bih otišao k njima, sjedah u zaèelje, i bijah kao car u vojsci, kad tješi žalosne.

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king among his troops, as one that comforteth the mourners.