Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and saide,
Sofar iz Naamata progovori tad i reče:
2 Doubtlesse my thoughts cause me to answere, and therefore I make haste.
“Misli me tjeraju da ti odgovorim, i zato u meni vri to uzbuđenje
3 I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.
dok slušam ukore koji me sramote, al' odgovor mudar um će moj već naći.
4 Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
Zar tebi nije od davnine poznato, otkad je čovjek na zemlju stavljen bio,
5 That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
da je kratka vijeka radost opakoga, da kao tren prođe sreća bezbožnička.
6 Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Pa ako stasom i do neba naraste, ako mu se glava dotakne oblaka,
7 Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
poput utvare on zauvijek nestaje; koji ga vidješe kažu: 'Gdje je sad on?'
8 He shall flee away as a dreame, and they shall not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,
Kao san bez traga on se rasplinjuje, nestaje ga kao priviđenja noćnog.
9 So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, and his place shall see him no more.
Nijedno ga oko više gledat neće, niti će ga mjesto njegovo vidjeti
10 His children shall flatter the poore, and his hands shall restore his substance.
Njegovu će djecu gonit' siromasi: rukama će svojim vraćati oteto.
11 His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
Kosti su njegove bujale mladošću; gle, zajedno s njome pokošen je sada.
12 When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,
Zlo bijaše slatko njegovim ustima te ga je pod svojim jezikom skrivao;
13 And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,
sladio se pazeć' da ga ne proguta i pod nepcem svojim zadržavao ga.
14 Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.
Ali hrana ta mu trune u utrobi, otrovom zmijskim u crijevima postaje.
15 He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.
Blago progutano mora izbljuvati. Bog će ga istjerat' njemu iz utrobe.
16 He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.
Iz zmijine glave otrov je sisao: sada umire od jezika gujina.
17 He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.
Potoke ulja on gledat' više neće, ni vidjet' gdje rijekom med i mlijeko teku.
18 He shall restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more.
Vratit će dobitak ne okusivši ga, neće uživat' u plodu trgovine.
19 For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.
Jer je sirotinju gnjeo i tlačio, otimao kuće koje ne sazida,
20 Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.
jer ne bješe kraja požudi njegovoj, njegova ga blaga neće izbaviti.
21 There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shall hope for his goods.
Jer mu proždrljivost ništa ne poštedi, ni sreća njegova dugo trajat neće.
22 When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.
Sred izobilja u škripcu će se naći, svom će snagom na nj se oboriti bijeda.
23 He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall sende vpon him his fierce wrath, and shall cause to rayne vpon him, euen vpon his meate.
I dok hranom bude trbuh svoj punio, Bog će na nj pustiti jarost svoga gnjeva, sasut' dažd strelica na meso njegovo.
24 He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
Ako i izmakne gvozdenom oružju, luk će mjedeni njega prostrijeliti.
25 The arrowe is drawen out, and commeth forth of the body, and shineth of his gall, so feare commeth vpon him.
Strijelu bi izvuk'o, al' mu probi leđa, a šiljak blistavi viri mu iz žuči. Kamo god krenuo, strepnje ga vrebaju,
26 All darkenes shalbe hid in his secret places: the fire that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, and that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroyed.
na njega tmine sve tajom očekuju. Vatra ga ništi, ni od kog zapaljena, i proždire sve pod njegovim šatorom.
27 The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise vp against him.
Gle, nebo krivicu njegovu otkriva i čitava zemlja na njega se diže.
28 The increase of his house shall go away: it shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Njegovu će kuću raznijeti poplava, otplaviti je u dan Božje jarosti.
29 This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage that he shall haue of God for his wordes.
Takvu sudbinu Bog priprema zlikovcu i takvu baštinu on mu dosuđuje.”
