Job 38
1 Nato Jahve odgovori Jobu iz oluje i reče:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 “Tko je taj koji riječima bezumnim zamračuje božanski promisao?
Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Bokove svoje opaši k'o junak: ja ću te pitat', a ti me pouči.
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Gdje si bio kad zemlju utemeljih? Kazuj, ako ti je znanje sigurno.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Znaš li tko joj je mjere odredio i nad njom uže mjerničko napeo?
Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Na čemu joj počivaju temelji? Tko joj postavi kamen ugaoni
Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;
7 dok su klicale zvijezde jutarnje i Božji uzvikivali dvorjani?
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Tko li zatvori more vratnicama kad je navrlo iz krila majčina;
Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
9 kad ga oblakom k'o haljom odjenuh i k'o pelenam' ovih maglom gustom;
When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
10 kad sam njegovu odredio među, vrata stavio sa prijevornicama?
And broke up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
11 Dotle, ne dalje, rekao sam njemu, tu nek' se lomi ponos tvog valovlja!
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
12 Zar si ikad zapovjedio jutru, zar si kazao zori mjesto njeno,
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the day-spring to know its place;
13 da poduhvati zemlju za rubove i da iz nje sve bezbožnike strese;
That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 da je pretvori u glinu pečatnu i oboji je k'o kakvu haljinu.
It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15 Ona uzima svjetlost zlikovcima i pesnicu im lomi uzdignutu.
And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Zar si ti prodro do izvora morskih, po dnu bezdana zar si kad hodio?
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Zar su ti vrata smrti pokazali; vidje li dveri kraja mrtvih sjena?
Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?
18 Zar si prostranstvo zemlje uočio? Govori, ako ti je znano sve to.
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Koji putovi u dom svjetla vode, na kojem mjestu prebivaju tmine,
Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] its place,
20 da ih odvedeš u njine krajeve, da im put k stanu njihovu pokažeš?
That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] its house?
21 Ti znadeš to, tÓa davno ti se rodi, tvojih dana broj veoma je velik!
Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?
22 Zar si stigao do riznica snijega i zar si tuče spremišta vidio
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 što ih pričuvah za dane nevolje, za vrijeme boja krvava i rata?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 Kojim li se putem dijeli munja kada iskre po svoj zemlji prosipa?
By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25 Tko li je jaz iskopao povodnju, tko prokrčio pute grmljavini
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26 da bi daždjelo na kraj nenastanjen, na pustinju gdje žive duše nema,
To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is]; [on] the wilderness in which [there is] no man;
27 da bi neplodnu napojio pustoš, da bi u stepi trava izniknula?
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Ima li kiša svoga roditelja? Tko je taj koji kapi rose rađa?
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
29 Iz čijeg li mraz izlazi krila, tko slanu stvara što s nebesa pada?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 Kako čvrsnu vode poput kamena i led se hvata površja bezdana?
The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Možeš li lancem vezati Vlašiće i razdriješiti spone Orionu,
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 u pravo vrijeme izvesti Danicu, vodit' Medvjeda s njegovim mladima?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?
33 Zar poznaješ ti zakone nebeske pa da njima moć na zemlji dodijeliš?
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?
34 Zar doviknuti možeš oblacima pa da pljuskovi tebe poslušaju?
Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Zar na zapovijed tvoju munje lijeću i tebi zar se odazivlju: 'Evo nas'?
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we [are]?
36 Tko je mudrost darovao ibisu, tko li je pamet ulio u pijetla?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37 Tko to mudro prebrojava oblake i tko nebeske izlijeva mjehove
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 dok se zemlja u tijesto ne zgusne i dok se grude njezine ne slijepe?
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Zar ćeš ti plijen uloviti lavici ili ćeš glad utažit' lavićima
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 na leglu svojem dok gladni čekaju i vrebaju na žrtvu iz zaklona?
When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Tko hranu gavranovima pribavlja kad Bogu ptići njegovi cijuču i naokolo oblijeću bez hrane?
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.
