Jov 23
1 A Jov odgovori i reèe:
Then Job answered and said,
2 Još je tužnjava moja odmet? a nevolja je moja teža od uzdaha mojih.
“Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
3 O kad bih znao kako bih našao Boga! da otidem do prijestola njegova,
Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
4 Da razložim pred njim parbu svoju, i usta svoja napunim razloga,
I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Da znam šta bi mi odgovorio, i razumijem šta bi mi rekao.
I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
6 Bi li se prema velikoj sili svojoj preo sa mnom? Ne; nego bi mi pomogao.
Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
7 Ondje bi se pravedan èovjek mogao pravdati s njim, i oslobodio bih se zasvagda od svoga sudije.
There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 Gle, ako poðem naprijed, nema ga; ako li natrag, ne nahodim ga;
See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
9 Ako nalijevo radi, ne vidim ga; ako nadesno, zaklonio se, ne mogu ga vidjeti.
To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
10 Ali on zna put moj; kad me okuša, izaæi æu kao zlato.
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
11 Po stopama je njegovijem stupala noga moja; puta njegova držao sam se, i ne zaðoh.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
12 Od zapovijesti usta njegovijeh nijesam otstupao; èuvao sam rijeèi usta njegovijeh više nego svoj užitak.
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
13 Ali kad on što naumi, ko æe ga odvratiti? što duša njegova zaželi, ono èini.
But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
14 I izvršiæe što je naumio za me; i toga ima u njega mnogo.
For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
15 Zato sam se uplašio od njega; i kad to mislim, strah me je od njega.
Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
16 Bog je rastopio srce moje, svemoguæi me je uplašio.
For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Što ne pogiboh prije mraka? i što ne sakri mrak ispred mene?
I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
