Job 15
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
Elifaz
15 Tada je Jobu odgovorio Elifaz iz Temana:
2 »Zar bi mudar čovjek odgovarao
takvim štetnim zamislima?
Zar bi govorio ljutito
kao vruć pustinjski vjetar?
3 Zar bi raspravljao beskorisnim riječima
i govorima koji ne postižu ništa?
4 A ti poništavaš pobožnost
i ukidaš predanost Bogu.
5 Tvoj grijeh govori tvojim ustima što da kažu,
služiš se jezikom lukavih.
6 Tvoja usta te osuđuju, a ne ja;
tvoje usne svjedoče protiv tebe.
7 Jesi li ti prvi čovjek koji se rodio?
Zar si došao prije planina?
8 Jesi li uhodio Božje misli?
Zar samo sebi pripisuješ mudrost?
9 Što ti znaš, a da ne znamo i mi?
Što si spoznao, a da nismo i mi?
10 S nama se slažu sijedi starci,
ljudi rođeni prije tvog oca.
11 Zar su ti premale Božje utjehe
i blage riječi koje su ti upućene?
12 Zašto te srce zanijelo,
zašto ti oči sijevaju
13 pa svoj gnjev okrećeš protiv Boga
i takvim ga riječima obasipaš?
14 Čovjek ne može biti čist,
niti je pravedan tko je ljudsko biće[a].
15 Bog ni svojim svetima ne vjeruje,
ni nebesa nisu čista u njegovim očima,
16 a kamoli čovjek.
Čovjek je pokvaren i pun grijeha,
a zlo pije kao vodu.
17 Saslušaj me, i ja ću ti sve objasniti.
Pusti me da ti ispričam što sam vidio.
18 Reći ću ti što su rekli mudraci,
ponavljajući ono što su primili od očeva—
19 od onih kojima je dana zemlja
prije nego što su došli stranci.
20 Čitav život zli ljudi pate,
mnoge nevolje čekaju okrutne.
21 Svaki ga zvuk ispunjava stravom,
a kad je sve tiho, pljačkaš na njega nasrće.
22 Ne vjeruje da će pobjeći tami,
suđeno mu je da pogine od mača.
23 Luta naokolo i bit će hrana lešinarima;
zna da mu se primaknuo dan mračan.
24 Muka i tjeskoba ga prestravljuju,
obaraju se na njega kao kralj koji napada—
25 a sve zato što je šakom prijetio Bogu
i bahatio se pred Svemoćnim.
26 Prkosno je na njega nasrtao
zaklonjen iza čvrstog štita.
27 Iako mu je obraz debeo,
a struk se obložio salom,
28 živjet će u razvaljenim gradovima
i u kućama gdje nitko ne stanuje,
svedenima na gomile ruševina.
29 Neće više biti bogat,
niti će njegov imetak opstati.
Neće mu se imanje širiti zemljom.
30 Neće moći pobjeći tami.
Stradat će poput mladica koje je opržila vatra,
a dah Božjih usta otpuhat će ga.
31 Neka se ne zavarava vjerom u ništavilo
jer će upravo ništa i dobiti zauzvrat.
32 Prije svog vremena bit će posve isplaćen
i grane mu se neće zazelenjeti.
33 Bit će kao loza koja strese nezrelo grožđe,
kao maslina koja odbacuje svoje cvjetove.
34 Bez potomaka će biti zajednica bezbožnika,
a oganj će spaliti šatore podmitljivaca.
35 Oni začinju nevolju i rađaju nesreću,
iz utrobe im izlazi prijevara.«
Footnotes
- 15,14 ljudsko biće Doslovno: »rođen od žene«.
Job 15
English Standard Version
Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God
15 Then (A)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Should (B)a wise man answer with (C)windy knowledge,
and fill his (D)belly with (E)the east wind?
3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
4 But you are doing away with the fear of God[a]
and hindering meditation before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your (F)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
(G)your own lips testify against you.
7 (H)“Are you the first man who was born?
Or (I)were you brought forth (J)before the hills?
8 Have you listened in (K)the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (L)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 (M)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
older than your father.
11 Are the comforts of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 that you turn your (N)spirit against God
and bring such words out of your mouth?
14 (O)What is man, (P)that he can be pure?
Or he who is (Q)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15 Behold, God[b] (R)puts no trust in his (S)holy ones,
and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 (T)how much less one who is abominable and (U)corrupt,
a man who (V)drinks injustice like water!
17 “I will show you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare
18 (what wise men have told,
without hiding it (W)from their fathers,
19 to whom alone the land was given,
and no (X)stranger passed among them).
20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the (Y)years that are laid up for (Z)the ruthless.
21 (AA)Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in (AB)prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.
23 He (AC)wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
24 distress and anguish terrify him;
they (AD)prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,
26 (AE)running (AF)stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
27 because he has (AG)covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist
28 and has lived in desolate cities,
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the earth;[c]
30 he will not depart from darkness;
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by (AH)the breath of his mouth he will depart.
31 Let him not (AI)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his payment.
32 It will be paid in full (AJ)before his time,
and his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
34 For (AK)the company of the godless is barren,
and (AL)fire consumes the tents of bribery.
35 They (AM)conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their (AN)womb prepares deceit.”
Job 15
Lexham English Bible
Eliphaz’s Second Response to Job
15 Then[a] Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge,
and should he fill his stomach with the east wind?
3 Should he argue in talk that is not profitable
or in words with which he cannot do good?
4 “What is worse,[b] you yourself[c] are doing away with fear,
and you are lessening meditation before[d] God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your mouth condemns you, and not I;
and your lips testify against you.
7 “Were you born the firstborn of the human race?
And were you brought forth before[e] the hills?
8 Have you listened in God’s confidential discussion?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 Both the gray-haired and the old are among us—
those older than your father.[f]
11 “Are the consolations of God too small for you,
a word spoken gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
13 that you turn your spirit against God,
and you let such words go out of your mouth?
14 “What is a human being, that he can be clean,
or[g] that one born of a woman can be righteous?
15 Look, he does not trust his holy ones,
and the heavens are not clean in his eyes.
16 How much less[h] he who is abominable and corrupt,[i]
a man drinking wickedness like water.
17 “I will show you, listen to me;
and what I have seen, I will tell[j]—
18 what wise men have told,
and they have not hidden that which is from their ancestors,
19 to whom alone[k] the land was given,
and no stranger passed through their midst.
20 “All of the wicked one’s days he is writhing,
even[l] through the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant.
21 Sounds of terror are in his ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come against him.
22 He cannot trust that he will return[m] from darkness,
and he himself[n] is destined for the sword.
23 “He is wandering for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at hand.[o]
24 Anguish and distress terrify him;
they[p] overpower him like a king ready for the battle.
25 Because he stretched out his hand against God,
and he was arrogant to Shaddai;
26 he stubbornly[q] runs against him
with his thick-bossed shield.[r]
27 “Because he has covered his face with his fat
and has gathered fat upon his loins,
28 he will dwell[s] in desolate cities,
in houses that they should not inhabit,
which are destined for rubble.
29 He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure,
and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.[t]
30 “He will not escape from darkness;
a flame will dry up his new shoot,
and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.
31 Let him not trust in emptiness—he will be deceiving himself—
for worthlessness will be his recompense.
32 It will be paid in full before his time,[u]
and his branch will not flourish.
33 “He will shake off his unripe fruit like the vine,
and he will cast off his blossom like the olive tree;
34 for the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.
35 They conceive trouble and bring forth mischief,
and their womb prepares deceit.”
Footnotes
- Job 15:1 Hebrew “And”
- Job 15:4 Literally “Also,” or “Even”
- Job 15:4 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Job 15:4 Literally “to the faces of”
- Job 15:7 Literally “to the faces of”
- Job 15:10 Literally “more aged than your father in days”
- Job 15:14 Or “and”
- Job 15:16 Literally “Also for,” or “Indeed for,” or “Indeed that”
- Job 15:16 Or “he who is corrupt”
- Job 15:17 Literally “and I will tell”
- Job 15:19 Literally “to them to alone them”
- Job 15:20 Hebrew “and”
- Job 15:22 Literally “He cannot trust to return,” or “He is not certain to return,” or “He cannot be sure to return” (compare NJPS)
- Job 15:22 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Job 15:23 Hebrew “at his hand”; the meaning seems to be, “his ruin is certain”
- Job 15:24 Hebrew “it”
- Job 15:26 Literally “with neck”
- Job 15:26 Literally “with the thickness of the boss of his shield”
- Job 15:28 Hebrew “and he will dwell”
- Job 15:29 See HCSB, ESV; or “will not reach to the earth”; perhaps “his possessions will not go to the underworld”
- Job 15:32 Literally “in not his day,” or “without his day”
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