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Jobe, ako zavapiš, hoće li ti se tko odazvati?
    Kojem ćeš se od anđela[a] obratiti?
Jer, bezumnika ubija ogorčenost,
    a glupana izjeda zavist.
Vidio sam bezumnika kako pušta korijen,
    ali ubrzo mu dom postade proklet.
Djeca su mu bespomoćna,
    nitko ih na sudu ne brani.
Žetvu mu jedu gladni,
    skupljajući je između trnja,
    a pohlepni žude za njegovim bogatstvom.
Nedaća ne dolazi iz prašine,
    niti nevolja niče iz zemlje.
Naprotiv, čovjek je uzrok vlastite patnje,
    kao što je sigurno da iskre lete iz vatre.
Na tvome bih mjestu potražio Boga
    i iznio mu svoj hvalospjev.
On čini nezamisliva čuda,
    čudesa koja se ne mogu izbrojati.
10 On zemlji daruje kišu
    i poljima šalje vodu.
11 Ponižene podiže visoko,
    žalosnima daje spokoj.
12 On osujećuje naume lukavih,
    da im ništa ne pođe za rukom.
13 On mudrace hvata u njihovom lukavstvu
    i prepredenima mrsi račune.
14 Danju ih obuzima tama,
    a u podne tapkaju kao da je noć.
15 On siromašnoga spašava
    od njihovog oštrog jezika
    i izbavlja ga iz ruke silnika.
16 Stoga, za siromašne ima nade,
    a Bog zatvara usta nepravednima.

17 Blago čovjeku koga Bog ispravlja.
    Zato ne preziri kaznu Svemoćnoga.
18 On ranjava, ali i previja;
    udara, ali i liječi svojim rukama.
19 Izbavit će te iz mnogih nevolja,
    nikakvo te neće snaći zlo.[b]
20 U vrijeme gladi otkupit će te od smrti,
    a u ratu od sile mača.
21 Štitit će te od opakog jezika,
    neće te biti strah kad dođe uništenje.
22 Smijat ćeš se razaranju i gladi,
    i nećeš se plašiti zvijeri.
23 Jer, tvoje će oranice biti bez kamenja,[c]
    a zvijeri će živjeti u miru s tobom.
24 Znat ćeš da ti je šator siguran,
    obilazit ćeš svoje imanje i ništa ti neće manjkati.
25 Imat ćeš mnogo djece,
    potomaka će biti kao trave na zemlji.
26 Do groba ćeš stići u dubokoj starosti,
    bujat ćeš kao žito dok ga ne požanju.

27 Spoznali smo da je to istina.
    Stoga, poslušaj pa i ti spoznaj.

Footnotes

  1. 5,1 anđela Doslovno: »svetih«.
  2. 5,19 Doslovno: »Izbavit će te iz šest nevolja, ni u sedmoj te neće snaći zlo.«
  3. 5,23 Doslovno: »sklopit ćeš savez s kamenjem u polju«.

“Call if you will, but who will answer you?(A)
    To which of the holy ones(B) will you turn?
Resentment(C) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.(D)
I myself have seen(E) a fool taking root,(F)
    but suddenly(G) his house was cursed.(H)
His children(I) are far from safety,(J)
    crushed in court(K) without a defender.(L)
The hungry consume his harvest,(M)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(N)
Yet man is born to trouble(O)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.(P)
He performs wonders(Q) that cannot be fathomed,(R)
    miracles that cannot be counted.(S)
10 He provides rain for the earth;(T)
    he sends water on the countryside.(U)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(V)
    and those who mourn(W) are lifted(X) to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans(Y) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.(Z)
13 He catches the wise(AA) in their craftiness,(AB)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(AC)
14 Darkness(AD) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.(AE)
15 He saves the needy(AF) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(AG)
16 So the poor(AH) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.(AI)

17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(AJ)
    so do not despise the discipline(AK) of the Almighty.[a](AL)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(AM)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(AN)
19 From six calamities he will rescue(AO) you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.(AP)
20 In famine(AQ) he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.(AR)
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,(AS)
    and need not fear(AT) when destruction comes.(AU)
22 You will laugh(AV) at destruction and famine,(AW)
    and need not fear the wild animals.(AX)
23 For you will have a covenant(AY) with the stones(AZ) of the field,
    and the wild animals will be at peace with you.(BA)
24 You will know that your tent is secure;(BB)
    you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.(BC)
25 You will know that your children will be many,(BD)
    and your descendants like the grass of the earth.(BE)
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor,(BF)
    like sheaves gathered in season.(BG)

27 “We have examined this, and it is true.
    So hear it(BH) and apply it to yourself.”(BI)

Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job