Job 9
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
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9 Tada je Job odvratio:
2 »Da, znam da je tako.
Ali, kako da smrtnik bude u pravu pred Bogom?
3 Kada bih htio raspravljati s Bogom,
ne bih mu odgovorio ni na jedno pitanje od tisuću.
4 On je svemudar i svemoćan.
Tko mu se uspio oduprijeti?
5 On pomiče planine, a da one to ne znaju,
pa ih prevrće u svom gnjevu.
6 On pokreće zemlju s mjesta
i trese njezine temelje.
7 On može reći suncu da ne izađe,
on može zaključati zvijezde.
8 On jedini stvorio je nebesa
i gazi po morskim valovima.
9 On je stvorio Medvjeda i Oriona,
Vlašiće i južna zviježđa.
10 Da, on čini nezamisliva čuda,
čudesna djela koja se ne mogu izbrojati.
11 On kraj mene prolazi, a ja ga ne vidim;
tik je uz mene, ali ja ga ne opažam.
12 Ako nešto ugrabi, tko će ga spriječiti?
Tko ga smije pitati što radi?
13 Bog ne suspreže svoj gnjev,
čak su mu se i Rahabovi[a] sluge poklonili.
14 Kako onda ja da mu odgovorim?
Kako da nađem riječi protiv njega?
15 Iako sam nedužan, ne bih mu znao odgovoriti.
Svog suca mogao bih samo moliti za milost.
16 Da se odazove na moj sudski poziv,
ne vjerujem da bi me saslušao.
17 Jer, on me u vihoru satire,
i bez razloga mi umnožava rane.
18 Ne dâ mi da dođem do daha,
nego me tugom preplavljuje.
19 Ako se mjeri snaga—
on je najsilniji.
Ako se mjeri pravda—
tko ga može pozvati na sud?
20 Iako sam nedužan, moj govor me osuđuje;
iako sam nevin, dokazuje me krivim.
21 Nisam kriv, ali nije mi stalo do mene
jer prezirem svoj život.
22 Sve je svejedno, stoga kažem:
on zatire i besprijekornog i opakog.
23 Kad bič smrti iznenada ošine,
on se ruga očajanju nedužnih.
24 Kad zemlja padne u ruke zlih,
on zastire oči njenim sucima.
A ako ne on, tko onda?
25 Moji su dani brži od trkača,
bez trunke radosti prolijeću.
26 Promiču hitro kao čamci od papirusa,
kao orao kad se na plijen obrušava.
27 I kad bih rekao: ‘Zaboravit ću svoje jadanje,
promijenit ću izraz lica i smiješit ću se’,
28 opet bih strepio od svih svojih muka
jer znam, Bože, da me ne smatraš nedužnim.
29 Budući da ću biti kriv,
zašto da se trudim uzalud?
30 Da se operem sapunom,
da istrljam ruke lužinom,
31 ti bi me gurnuo u kaljužu
pa bih i svojoj odjeći bio odvratan.
32 Bog nije čovjek kao ja,
da ga mogu pozvati na sud.
33 Nema nikoga tko bi posredovao
i presudio među nama,
34 tko bi odvratio od mene Božju kaznu,
da me njegova strahota više ne plaši.
35 Tada bih govorio bez straha od njega.
Ja nisam čovjek za kakvog me drže.
Footnotes
- 9,13 Rahab Legendarna morska neman koja predstavlja sile kaosa i zla.
Job 9
King James Version
9 Then Job answered and said,
2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
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