Job, 29

1. Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:

1. Job nastavi svoju besjedu i reèe:

2. Who will grant to me that I might be as I was in former months, according to the days when God kept watch over me?

2. "O, da mi je prošle proživjet' mjesece, dane one kad je Bog nada mnom bdio,

3. At that time, his lamp shined over my head, and by his light, I walked through the darkness.

3. kad mi je nad glavom njegov sjao žižak a kroz mrak me svjetlo njegovo vodilo,

4. I was then just as in the days of my youth, when God was privately in my tabernacle.

4. kao u dane mojih zrelih jeseni kad s mojim stanom Bog prijateljevaše,

5. At that time, the Almighty was with me and my children surrounded me.

5. kada uz mene još bijaše Svesilni i moji me okruživahu djeèaci,

6. Then, I washed my feet with butter, and a boulder poured out rivers of oil for me.

6. kada mi se noge u mlijeku kupahu, a potokom ulja kljuèaše mi kamen!

7. When I went to the gate of the city, or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me.

7. Kada sam na vrata gradska izlazio i svoju stolicu postavljao na trg,

8. The youths saw me and hid themselves, and the elders, rising up, remained standing.

8. vidjevši me, sklanjali bi se mladiæi, starci bi ustavši stojeæi ostali.

9. The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth.

9. Razgovor bi prekidali uglednici i usta bi svoja rukom zatvarali.

10. The commanders subdued their voice, and their tongue adhered to their throat.

10. Glavarima glas bi sasvim utihnuo, za nepce bi im se zalijepio jezik.

11. The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me.

11. Tko god me slušao, blaženim me zvao, hvalilo me oko kad bi me vidjelo.

12. This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.

12. Jer, izbavljah bijednog kada je kukao i sirotu ostavljenu bez pomoæi.

13. The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.

13. Na meni bješe blagoslov izgubljenih, srcu udovice ja veselje vraæah.

14. I put on justice, and I clothed myself with my judgment, like a robe and a diadem.

14. Pravdom se ja kao haljinom odjenuh, nepristranost bje mi plaštem i povezom.

15. I was an eye for the blind and a foot for the lame.

15. Bjeh oèi slijepcu i bjeh noge bogalju,

16. I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.

16. otac ubogima, zastupnik strancima.

17. I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth.

17. Kršio sam zube èovjeku opaku, plijen sam èupao iz njegovih èeljusti.

18. And I said, “I will die in my little nest, and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days.

18. Govorah: 'U svom æu izdahnuti gnijezdu, k'o palma, bezbrojne proživjevši dane.'

19. My root has been spread beside the waters, and the dew will remain with my harvest.

19. Korijenje se moje sve do vode pruža, na granama mojim odmara se rosa.

20. My glory will always be restored, and my bow will be restored to my hand.”

20. Pomlaðivat æe se svagda slava moja i luk æe mi se obnavljati u ruci.'

21. Those who heard me, expected vindication, and they listened closely in silence to my counsel.

21. Slušali su željno što æu im kazati i šutjeli da od mene savjet èuju.

22. To my words, they dared to add nothing, and my eloquence poured over them.

22. Na rijeèi mi ne bi ništa dometali i besjede su mi daždile po njima.

23. They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.

23. Za mnom žudjeli su oni k'o za kišom, otvarali usta k'o za pljuskom ljetnim.

24. If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground.

24. Osmijeh moj bijaše njima ohrabrenje; pazili su na vedrinu moga lica.

25. If I wished to go to them, I sat down first, and, though I sat like a king surrounded by an army, yet I was a comforter to whose who mourned.

25. Njima ja sam izabirao putove, kao poglavar ja sam ih predvodio, kao kralj meðu svojim kad je èetama kao onaj koji tješi ojaðene.