Job 21
1 Toda Job je odgovoril in rekel:
Then Job answered,
2 »Marljivo prisluhnite mojemu govoru in to naj bodo vaše tolažbe.
“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
3 Pustite mi, da lahko govorim in potem, ko bom govoril, zasmehujte.
Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.
4 Kar se mene tiče ali je moja pritožba proti človeku? In če bi bilo tako, zakaj naj potem moj duh ne bi bil nemiren?
As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
5 Poglejte me in bodite osupli in svojo roko položite na svoja usta.
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
6 Celo kadar se spomnim, sem prestrašen in trepetanje se oprijemlje mojega mesa.
When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
7 Zakaj zlobni živijo, postanejo stari in so mogočni v moči?
“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
8 Njihovo seme je z njimi utrjeno v njihovem pogledu in njihovo potomstvo pred njihovimi očmi.
Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
9 Njihove hiše so varne pred strahom niti nad njimi ni Božje palice.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Njihov bik plodi in ne odpove; njihova krava povrže in ne zavrže svojega teleta.
Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
11 Svoje malčke pošiljajo kakor trop in njihovi otroci plešejo.
They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
12 Vzamejo tamburin in harfo in se veselijo ob zvoku piščali.
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 Zato Bogu rečejo: ›Odidi od nas, kajti mi ne želimo spoznanja tvojih poti.
They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.
15 Kaj je Vsemogočni, da bi mu služili? In kakšno korist bi imeli, če molimo k njemu?‹
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
16 Glej, njihovo dobro ni v njihovi roki; nasvet zlobnega je daleč od mene.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 Kako pogosto je sveča zlobnih ugasnjena! In kako pogosto nanje prihaja njihovo uničenje! Bog v svoji jezi deli bridkosti.
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
18 So kakor strnišče pred vetrom in kakor pleve, ki jih vihar odnaša proč.
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
19 Bog kopiči njegovo krivičnost za njegove otroke. Nagrajuje ga in on bo to vedel.
You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
20 Njegove oči bodo videle njegovo uničenje in pil bo od besa Vsemogočnega.
Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 Kajti kakšen užitek ima on v njegovi hiši za njim, ko je število njegovih mesecev na sredi prekinjeno?
For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
22 Mar bo kdorkoli Boga učil spoznanja? Ker on sodi tiste, ki so visoko.
“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
23 Nekdo umre v svoji polni moči, v celoti spokojen in tiho.
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 Njegove prsi so polne mleka in njegove kosti so navlažene z mozgom.
His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
25 Drugi pa umira v grenkobi svoje duše in nikoli ne jé z užitkom.
Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
26 Podobno se bodo ulegli v prah in ličinke jih bodo pokrile.
They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
27 Glej, poznam vaše misli in naklepe, ki ste jih krivično domišljali zoper mene.
“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.
28 Kajti pravite: »Kje je prinčeva hiša? Kje so bivališča zlobnih?
For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
29 Mar jih niste prosili, da gredo po poti? Ali poznate njihove simbole,
Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,
30 da je zlobni prihranjen za dan uničenja? Privedeni bodo k dnevu besa.
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
31 Kdo bo njegovo pot oznanil njegovemu obrazu? Kdo mu bo poplačal, kar je storil?
Who will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done?
32 Vendar bo priveden h grobu in ostal bo v gomili.
Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
33 Grude iz doline mu bodo sladke in vsak človek bo priveden za njim, kakor so tam brezštevilni pred njim.
The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 Kako me potem zaman tolažite, glede na to, da v vaših odgovorih ostaja neresnica?«
So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”
