Job 6
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
Job odgovara Elifazu
6 Tada je Job odgovorio:
2 »O, kad bi mi se gorčina mogla izmjeriti,
a sav moj jad staviti na vagu!
3 Bili bi teži od sveg morskoga pijeska.
Zato su mi riječi brzoplete.
4 U meni su strijele Svemoćnoga,
moj duh ispija njihov otrov.
Božje strahote na mene su se ustremile.
5 I magarac njače kad nema trave!
I vol muče kad nema hrane!
6 Neukusno jelo ne jede se bez soli.
Bljutavi bjelanjak nema slasti.
7 Ne želim jesti što mi je Bog pripremio[a]
jer mi je muka od toga.
8 O, kad bi mi molba bila ispunjena,
kad bi mi Bog dao ono za čim čeznem!
9 O, kad bi me Bog htio satrti,
zamahnuti rukom i uništiti me!
10 Tada bih barem imao ovu utjehu:
kroz svu patnju koju sam podnio,
govorio sam istinu o Svetome.
11 Nemam snage da bih se još nadao,
ne mogu izdržati to što me čeka na kraju.
12 Zar sam čvrst kao kamen?
Zar mi je tijelo od bronce?
13 Nemam snage da si pomognem,
sad kad mi je svaki uspjeh uskraćen.
14 Čovjek u nevolji treba prijatelja,
čak i ako se okrenuo od Svemoćnoga.[b]
15 Ali moja su braća nepouzdana
kao potok bez stalnog toka,
kao potoci koji se izlijevaju,
16 kad su ispunjeni ledom
i nabujali od rastopljenog snijega.
17 Ali u sušno doba prestaju teći
i u žezi nestaju iz korita.
18 Skreću s tokova svojih,
zalaze u prazno i propadaju.
19 Karavane iz Teme ih traže,
nadaju im se putnici iz Šebe.
20 Uzdaju se u njih, ali se razočaraju;
kad stignu do njih, shvate da su prevareni.
21 Vi ste meni postali takvi—
vidjeli ste moju nesreću i uplašili se.
22 Jesam li vas tražio da mi nešto date,
da ponudite mito od svog bogatstva,
23 izbavite iz ruku neprijatelja,
otkupite iz pandži tlačitelja?
24 Poučite me, i ušutjet ću.
Pokažite mi gdje sam pogriješio.
25 Iskrene su riječi snažne,
ali vaši su prijekori krivi.
26 Zar mislite ukoravati očajnika,
kao da govori bez razloga?
27 Vi biste bacili kocku za siroče
i trgovali biste svojim prijateljem.
28 Sada me, molim vas, pogledajte.
Kunem se da vam ne bih lagao u lice.
29 Popustite i ne budite nepravedni;
razmislite, radi se o mojoj nedužnosti.
30 Govorim li što krivo?
Zar ne razlikujem laž od istine?
Job 6
King James Version
6 But Job answered and said,
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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