Iov 29
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Iov, mai înainte
29 Iov a luat din nou cuvântul în pilde şi a zis:
2 „Oh, cum nu pot să fiu ca(A) în lunile trecute,
ca în zilele când mă păzea Dumnezeu,
3 când(B) candela Lui strălucea deasupra capului meu
şi lumina Lui mă călăuzea în întuneric!
4 Cum nu sunt ca în zilele puterii mele,
când Dumnezeu veghea ca un prieten(C) peste cortul meu,
5 când Cel Atotputernic încă era cu mine
şi când copiii mei stăteau în jurul meu;
6 când mi se scăldau paşii(D) în smântână
şi stânca(E) vărsa lângă mine pâraie de untdelemn!
7 Dacă ieşeam să mă duc la poarta cetăţii
şi dacă îmi pregăteam un scaun în piaţă,
8 tinerii se trăgeau înapoi la apropierea mea,
bătrânii se sculau şi stăteau în picioare.
9 Mai-marii îşi opreau cuvântările
şi îşi puneau(F) mâna la gură.
10 Glasul căpeteniilor tăcea
şi li se lipea limba(G) de cerul gurii.
11 Urechea care mă auzea mă numea fericit,
ochiul care mă vedea mă lăuda.
12 Căci scăpam(H) pe săracul care cerea ajutor
şi pe orfanul lipsit de sprijin.
13 Binecuvântarea nenorocitului venea peste mine,
umpleam de bucurie inima văduvei.
14 Mă îmbrăcam cu dreptatea(I) şi-i slujeam de îmbrăcăminte,
neprihănirea îmi era manta şi turban.
15 Orbului(J) îi eram ochi
şi şchiopului, picior.
16 Celor nenorociţi le eram tată
şi cercetam pricina(K) celui necunoscut.
17 Rupeam falca(L) celui nedrept
şi-i smulgeam prada din dinţi.
18 Atunci ziceam: ‘În cuibul(M) meu voi muri,
zilele mele vor fi multe ca nisipul.
19 Apa(N) va pătrunde în rădăcinile mele,
roua va sta toată noaptea peste ramurile mele.
20 Slava mea va înverzi neîncetat
şi arcul(O) îmi va întineri în mână.’
21 Oamenii mă ascultau şi aşteptau,
tăceau înaintea sfaturilor mele.
22 După cuvântările mele, niciunul nu răspundea
şi cuvântul meu era pentru toţi o rouă binefăcătoare.
23 Mă aşteptau ca pe ploaie,
căscau gura ca după ploaia(P) de primăvară.
24 Când li se înmuia inima, le zâmbeam,
şi nu puteau izgoni seninătatea de pe fruntea mea.
25 Îmi plăcea să mă duc la ei şi mă aşezam în fruntea lor;
eram ca un împărat în mijlocul unei oştiri,
ca un mângâietor lângă nişte întristaţi.
Job 29
New King James Version
Job’s Summary Defense
29 Job further continued his discourse, and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in months (A)past,
As in the days when God (B)watched over me;
3 (C)When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
4 Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When (D)the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
6 When (E)my steps were bathed with [a]cream,
And (F)the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
7 “When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
8 The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;
9 The princes refrained from talking,
And (G)put their hand on their mouth;
10 The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their (H)tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
12 Because (I)I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 (J)I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was (K)eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,
And (L)I searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke (M)the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
18 “Then I said, (N)‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
19 (O)My root is spread out (P)to the waters,
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
20 My glory is fresh within me,
And my (Q)bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 “Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
22 After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them as dew.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
And they opened their mouth wide as for (R)the spring rain.
24 If I mocked at them, they did not believe it,
And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
25 I chose the way for them, and sat as chief;
So I dwelt as a king in the army,
As one who comforts mourners.
Job 29
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
29 And Job again took up his discussion and said,
2 Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,(A)
3 When His lamp shone above and upon my head and by His light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the [prime] ripeness of my days, when the friendship and counsel of God were over my tent,
5 When the Almighty was yet with me and my children were about me,
6 When my steps [through rich pasturage] were washed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7 When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the street [the broad place for the council at the city’s gate],
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves; the aged rose up and stood;
9 The princes refrained from talking and laid their hands on their mouths;
10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouths.
11 For when the ear heard, it called me happy and blessed me; and when the eye saw, it testified for me [approvingly],
12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, the fatherless and him who had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on [a]righteousness, and it clothed me or clothed itself with me; my justice was like a robe and a turban or a diadem or a crown!
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor and needy; the cause of him I did not know I searched out.
17 And I broke the jaws or the big teeth of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in or beside my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 My root is spread out and open to the waters, and the dew lies all night upon my branch.
20 My glory and honor are fresh in me [being constantly renewed], and my bow gains [ever] new strength in my hand.
21 Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After I spoke, they did not speak again, and my speech dropped upon them [like a refreshing shower].
23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths wide as for the spring rain.
24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and their depression did not cast down the light of my countenance.
25 I chose their way [for them] and sat as [their] chief, and dwelt like a king among his soldiers, like one who comforts mourners.
Footnotes
- Job 29:14 Blameless and upright as Job had been—and God had so pronounced him—his misunderstood afflictions had caused him to get dangerously off-center. Instead of keeping his mind stayed on God and justifying Him, he is giving his whole thought to justifying himself. Instead of humility there is only self-righteousness. In this chapter he uses pronouns referring to himself fifty times. But when he was able to see himself as God saw him, he loathed himself and repented “in dust and ashes” (Job 42:6).
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