Job, 17

1. My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will left for me.

1. Daha mi nestaje, gasnu moji dani i za mene veæ se skupljaju grobari.

2. I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.

2. Rugaèi su evo mene dohvatili, od uvreda oka sklopiti ne mogu.

3. Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.

3. Stoga me zaštiti i budi mi jamcem kad mi nitko u dlan neæe da udari.

4. You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.

4. Jer, srca si njina lišio razuma i dopustiti im neæeš da opstanu.

5. He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.

5. K'o taj što imanje dijeli drugovima, a djeci njegovoj dotle oèi gasnu,

6. He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.

6. narodima svim sam na ruglo postao, onaj kom u lice svatko pljunut' može.

7. My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.

7. Od tuge vid mi se muti u oèima, poput sjene moji udovi postaju.

8. The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.

8. Zaèudit æe se zbog toga pravednici, na bezbožnika æe planuti èestiti;

9. And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.

9. neporoèni æe na svom ustrajat' putu, èovjek èistih ruku ojaèat æe još više.

10. Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.

10. Hajde, svi vi, neæete li opet poèet', tÓa meðu vama ja mudra ne nalazim!

11. My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.

11. Minuli su dani, propale zamisli, želje srca moga izjalovile se.

12. They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness.

12. 'U noæi najcrnjoj, dan se približava; blizu je veæ svjetlo što tminu izgoni.'

13. If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed.

13. A meni je nada otiæi u Šeol i prostrijeti sebi ležaj u mrklini.

14. I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”

14. Dovikujem grobu: 'Oèe moj roðeni!' a crve pozdravljam: 'Mati moja, sestro!'

15. Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?

15. Ali gdje za mene ima jošte nade? Sreæu moju tko æe ikada vidjeti?

16. Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?

16. Hoæe li u Šeol ona sa mnom siæi da u prahu zajedno otpoèinemo?"