Iov 34
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
34 Elihu a luat din nou cuvântul şi a zis:
2 „Ascultaţi, înţelepţilor, cuvintele mele!
Luaţi aminte la mine, pricepuţilor!
3 Căci urechea(A) deosebeşte cuvintele
cum gustă cerul gurii bucatele.
4 Să alegem ce este drept,
să vedem între noi ce este bun.
5 Iov a zis: ‘Sunt nevinovat(B)
Şi Dumnezeu nu vrea(C) să-mi dea dreptate;
6 am(D) dreptate şi trec drept mincinos;
rana mea este jalnică, şi sunt fără păcat.’
7 Este vreun om ca Iov,
care(E) să bea batjocura ca apa,
8 care să umble în tovărăşia celor ce fac rău,
care să meargă mână în mână cu cei nelegiuiţi?
9 Căci(F) el a zis: ‘Nu-i foloseşte nimic omului
să-şi pună plăcerea în Dumnezeu.’
10 Ascultaţi-mă dar, oameni pricepuţi!
Departe(G) de Dumnezeu nedreptatea,
departe de Cel Atotputernic fărădelegea!
11 El dă omului după(H) faptele lui,
răsplăteşte fiecăruia după căile lui.
12 Nu, negreşit, Dumnezeu nu săvârşeşte fărădelegea;
Cel Atotputernic nu calcă dreptatea(I).
13 Cine L-a însărcinat să cârmuiască pământul?
Cine I-a dat lumea în grija Lui?
14 Dacă nu s-ar gândi decât la El,
dacă Şi-ar lua înapoi(J) duhul şi suflarea,
15 tot ce este carne(K) ar pieri deodată
şi omul s-ar întoarce în ţărână.
16 Dacă ai pricepere, ascultă lucrul acesta,
ia aminte la glasul cuvintelor mele!
17 Oare ar putea să domnească(L) un vrăjmaş al dreptăţii?
Şi vei osândi tu pe Cel drept, pe Cel puternic,
18 care(M) strigă către împăraţi: ‘Netrebnicilor!’
Şi către domnitori: ‘Nelegiuiţilor!’
19 Care nu(N) caută la faţa celor mari
şi nu face deosebire între bogat şi sărac,
pentru că toţi sunt lucrarea(O) mâinilor Lui?
20 Într-o clipă, ei îşi pierd viaţa.
La miezul nopţii(P), un popor se clatină şi piere. Cel puternic piere,
fără amestecul mâinii vreunui om.
21 Căci Dumnezeu vede(Q) purtarea tuturor,
priveşte paşii fiecăruia.
22 Nu(R) este nici întuneric, nici umbră a morţii
unde să se poată ascunde cei ce fac fărădelegea.
23 Dumnezeu n-are nevoie să privească multă vreme
ca să tragă pe un om la judecată înaintea Lui.
24 El(S) zdrobeşte pe cei mari fără cercetare
şi pune pe alţii în locul lor.
25 Căci El cunoaşte faptele lor:
noaptea îi răstoarnă, sunt zdrobiţi.
26 Îi loveşte ca pe nişte nelegiuiţi
în faţa tuturor.
27 Abătându-se(T) de la El
şi părăsind(U) toate căile Lui,
28 ei au făcut(V) să se înalţe la Dumnezeu strigătul săracului.
I-au îndreptat luarea aminte(W) la strigătul celui nenorocit.
29 Dacă dă El pace, cine poate s-o tulbure?
Dacă Îşi ascunde El Faţa, cine poate să-L vadă?
La fel Se poartă fie cu un popor, fie cu un om,
30 pentru ca nelegiuitul să nu mai stăpânească
şi să nu mai fie o(X) cursă pentru popor.
31 Căci a zis el vreodată lui Dumnezeu:
‘Am fost pedepsit, nu(Y) voi mai păcătui;
32 arată-mi ce nu văd;
dacă am făcut nedreptăţi, nu voi mai face’?
33 Oare după părerea ta va face Dumnezeu dreptate?
Tu lepezi, tu alegi, şi nu eu;
Spune dar ce ştii!
34 Oamenii cu pricepere vor fi de părerea mea,
înţeleptul care m-ascultă va gândi ca mine:
35 Iov(Z) vorbeşte fără pricepere,
şi cuvântările lui sunt lipsite de judecată.
36 Să fie încercat dar mai departe,
fiindcă răspunde ca cei răi!
37 Căci adaugă la greşelile lui păcate noi;
bate din palme în mijlocul nostru,
îşi înmulţeşte cuvintele împotriva lui Dumnezeu.”
Job 34
Common English Bible
34 Elihu continued:
2 Hear my words, wise ones;
knowledgeable ones, listen to me,
3 for the ear tests words
like the palate tastes food.
4 Let’s choose for us what’s right;
let’s determine among ourselves what’s good;
5 for Job has said, “I’m innocent;
God has denied my just cause;
6 because of my cause I’m thought a liar;
my wound from an arrow is incurable, even though I didn’t rebel.”
7 Who is a man like Job?
He drinks mockery like water
8 and travels a path with wrongdoers,
walking with evil persons.
9 Indeed he said, “No one is rewarded
for delighting in God.”
10 Therefore, intelligent ones, hear me;
far be it from God to do evil
and the Almighty to sin,
11 for he repays people based on what they do,
paying back everyone according to their ways.
12 Surely God doesn’t act wickedly;
the Almighty doesn’t distort justice.
13 Who placed earth in his care,
and who gave him dominion over the entire world?
14 If he were to decide to do it—
to gather his spirit and breath back to himself—
15 all flesh would die together,
and humans would return to dust.
16 But if you have understanding, hear this;
pay attention to the sound of my words.
17 Will one who hates justice rule;
will you condemn the most righteous one?
18 Will you say to a king, “Worthless!”
to royalty, “Evil!”
19 Who shows no favor to princes
nor regards the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of God’s hands?
20 In the middle of the night they suddenly die;
people are shaken and pass away.
The mighty are removed, not by a human hand.
21 God’s eyes are on human ways,
and he sees all their steps.
22 There’s no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves;
23 surely no time is set for a person
to appear before God in judgment.
24 He shatters the mighty without examining them;
makes others take their place.
25 Thus he regards their deeds,
overturns them at night, and they are crushed.
26 He strikes them because of their wickedness
at a place where people can see it.
27 Because they turned from following him
and didn’t value all his ways,
28 causing the cry of the poor to reach him,
he hears the cry of the afflicted.
29 Still, if he remains quiet, who can condemn;
if he hides his face, who can see him?
30 He prevents a lawless person from ruling,
from capturing people.
31 Has Job said to God,
“I have borne punishment; I won’t sin again?
32 You teach me what I can’t see;
if I’ve sinned, I won’t do it again.”
33 Will he repay you because you reject sin,
for you must choose, not I;
declare what you know.
34 Smart people say to me,
the wise who hear me,
35 “Job speaks without knowledge;
his words aren’t astute.”
36 I wish Job would be tested to the limit
because he responds like evil people.
37 He adds rebellion to his sin;
mocks us openly
and adds to his words against God.
Job 34
King James Version
34 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
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