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17 »Дух ми је скршен, живот ми се гаси,
    гробље ме чека.

»Да, ругаоци ме окружују;
    моје очи на њиховој издаји почивају.
Положи залог за мене, Боже –
    ко би други за мене јемчио?
Јер, ти си им затворио срце, да не разумеју;
    зато им нећеш дати да буду узвишени.
Ко поткаже пријатеља ради награде,
    његовој деци ишчилеће очи.

»Бог учини да сваком будем узречица погрдна,
    онај коме сви у лице пљују.
Очи ми се замутиле од бола,
    сви ми удови попут сенке постали.
Честити се због тога згражавају,
    недужни устаје на безбожнога.
Праведник се држи својих путева
    и човек неокаљаних руку јачи постаје.
10 Хајде, опет сви покушајте;
    међу вама нећу наћи мудрога.
11 Моји дани су прошли,
    изјаловили се моји науми
    и жеље мога срца.
12 Ови ноћ у дан претварају
    и пред лицем тмине говоре:
    ‚Светлост се примиче.‘
13 Ако је Шеол дом ком се надам,
    ако свој лежај простирем у тмини,
14 ако гробној јами говорим: ‚Ти си ми отац‘
    и црву: ‚Мајко‘ или: ‚Сестро‘,
15 где ми је онда нада?
    Види ли неко какву наду за мене?
16 Да ли ће она са мном до капија Шеола сићи?
    Хоћемо ли се заједно спустити у прах?«

17 Мој дух је сатрвен,
    дани су моји згасли
    и рака ме чека.
Ето, подсмевачи су са мном,
    не склапа се око моје због њихове свадљивости.

Молим те, Боже, ти са̂м јамац мој буди!
    Јер ко је тај ко би ми се прихватио руке?
Ти си склонио мудрост од њихових срца
    због чега их издигнути нећеш.
Ко због добити изда пријатеље,
    деци ће му очи усахнути!

Он је мене учинио причом за народе,
    ја сам лице за пљување.
Туга ми је очи замутила,
    сваки је мој уд попут сенке.
Због тога се праведници зграну,
    недужни се грозе над безбожним.
Али праведник ће истрајати на свом путу,
    још више ће ојачати човек чистих руку.

10 Хајде, вратите се сви ви!
    Дођите, молим вас,
    али мудрог међу вама нећу наћи.
11 Прохујали су моји дани,
    намере и жеље срца мога су разбијене.
12 Они праве дан од ноћи,
    а мраку у лице кажу:
    ’Светло је близу!’
13 Ако бих за Светом мртвих чезнуо као за домом својим
    и у тами постељу своју простро,
14 ако гробу викнем: ’Оче мој’,
    а црву: ’Мајко моја’ или ’сестро моја’,
15 где је онда нада моја?!
    Види ли ко наду моју?!
16 Силази ли она до врата Света мртвих?
    Заједно ли ћемо у прах лећи?“

Job Prays for Relief

17 “My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
(A)The grave is ready for me.
Are not mockers with me?
And does not my eye [a]dwell on their (B)provocation?

“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.
Who is he who (C)will shake hands with me?
For You have hidden their heart from (D)understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.
He who speaks flattery to his friends,
Even the eyes of his children will (E)fail.

“But He has made me (F)a byword of the people,
And I have become one in whose face men spit.
(G)My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow,
And all my members are like shadows.
Upright men are astonished at this,
And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
Yet the righteous will hold to his (H)way,
And he who has (I)clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

10 “But please, (J)come back again, [b]all of you,
For I shall not find one wise man among you.
11 (K)My days are past,
My purposes are broken off,
Even the [c]thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day;
‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.
13 If I wait for the grave as my house,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
14 If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
15 Where then is my (L)hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?
16 Will they go down (M)to the gates of [d]Sheol?
Shall we have (N)rest together in the dust?”

Footnotes

  1. Job 17:2 Lit. lodge
  2. Job 17:10 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT, Tg. all of them
  3. Job 17:11 desires
  4. Job 17:16 The abode of the dead

17 My spirit(A) is broken,
    my days are cut short,(B)
    the grave awaits me.(C)
Surely mockers(D) surround me;(E)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(F)
    Who else will put up security(G) for me?(H)
You have closed their minds to understanding;(I)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(J)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(K)

“God has made me a byword(L) to everyone,(M)
    a man in whose face people spit.(N)
My eyes have grown dim with grief;(O)
    my whole frame is but a shadow.(P)
The upright are appalled at this;
    the innocent are aroused(Q) against the ungodly.
Nevertheless, the righteous(R) will hold to their ways,
    and those with clean hands(S) will grow stronger.(T)

10 “But come on, all of you, try again!
    I will not find a wise man among you.(U)
11 My days have passed,(V) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart(W)
12 turn night into day;(X)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(Y)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(Z)
    if I spread out my bed(AA) in the realm of darkness,(AB)
14 if I say to corruption,(AC) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(AD) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(AE)
    who can see any hope for me?(AF)
16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(AG)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”(AH)

17 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.