Job, 41

1. I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?

1. Zalud je nadu u njega gojiti, na pogled njegov èovjek veæ pogiba.

2. Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

2. Junaka nema da njega razdraži, tko æe mu se u lice suprotstavit'?

3. I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.

3. Tko se sukobi s njim i živ ostade? Pod nebesima tog èovjeka nema!

4. Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?

4. Prešutjet neæu njegove udove, ni silnu snagu, ni ljepotu stasa.

5. Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.

5. Tko mu smije razodjenut' odjeæu, tko li kroz dvostruk prodrijeti mu oklop?

6. His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.

6. Tko æe mu ralje rastvorit' dvokrilne kad strah vlada oko zubi njegovih?

7. One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.

7. Hrbat mu je od ljuskavih štitova, zapeèaæenih peèatom kamenim.

8. They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.

8. Jedni uz druge tako se sljubiše da meðu njima dah ne bi prošao.

9. His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

9. Tako su èvrsto slijepljeni zajedno: priljubljeni, razdvojit' se ne mogu.

10. Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.

10. Kad kihne, svjetlost iz njega zapršti, poput zorinih vjeða oèi su mu.

11. Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.

11. Zublje plamsaju iz njegovih ralja, iskre ognjene iz njih se prosiplju.

12. His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.

12. Iz nozdrva mu sukljaju dimovi kao iz kotla što kipi na vatri.

13. Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.

13. Dah bi njegov zapalio ugljevlje, jer mu iz ralja plamenovi suèu.

14. The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.

14. U šiji leži sva snaga njegova, a ispred njega užas se prostire.

15. His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.

15. Kad se ispravi, zastrepe valovi i prema morskoj uzmièu puèini.

16. When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.

16. Poput peæine srce mu je tvrdo, poput mlinskoga kamena otporno.

17. When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

17. Pregibi tusta mesa srasli su mu, èvrsti su kao da su saliveni.

18. For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.

18. Zgodi li ga maè, od njeg se odbije, tako i koplje, sulica i strijela.

19. The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.

19. Poput slame je za njega željezo, mjed je k'o drvo iscrvotoèeno.

20. He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.

20. On ne uzmièe od strelice s luka, stijenje iz praæke na nj k'o pljeva pada.

21. The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.

21. K'o slamèica je toljaga za njega, koplju se smije kad zazviždi nad njim.

22. He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.

22. Crepovlje oštro ima na trbuhu i blato njime ore k'o drljaèom.

23. A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.

23. Pod njim vrtlog sav k'o lonac uskipi, uspjeni more k'o pomast u kotlu.

24. There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.

24. Za sobom svijetlu ostavlja on brazdu, regbi, bijelo runo bezdan prekriva.

25. He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.

25. Ništa slièno na zemlji ne postoji i niti je tko tako neustrašiv.

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26. I na najviše on s visoka gleda, kralj je svakome, i najponosnijim."