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Jobu 21
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Jobu
Capitolo 21
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Job progovori i reče:
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“Slušajte, slušajte dobro što ću reći, utjehu mi takvu barem udijelite.
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Otrpite da riječ jednu ja izrečem, kad završim, tad se rugajte slobodno.
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Zar protiv čovjeka dižem ja optužbu? Kako da strpljenje onda ne izgubim?
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Pogledajte na me: užas će vas spopast', rukom ćete svoja zakloniti usta;
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pomislim li na to, prestravim se i sam i čitavim svojim tad protrnem tijelom.
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Zašto na životu ostaju zlikovci i, što su stariji, moćniji bivaju?
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Potomstvo njihovo s njima napreduje a izdanci im se množe pred očima.
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Strah nikakav kuće njihove ne mori i šiba ih Božja ostavlja na miru.
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Njihovi bikovi plode pouzdano, krave im se tele i ne jalove se.
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K'o jagnjad djeca im slobodno skakuću, veselo igraju njihovi sinovi.
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Oni pjevaju uz harfe i bubnjeve i vesele se uz zvukove svirale.
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Dane svoje završavaju u sreći, u Podzemlje oni silaze spokojno.
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A govorili su Bogu: 'Ostavi nas, ne želimo znati za tvoje putove!
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TÓa tko je Svesilni da njemu služimo i kakva nam korist da ga zazivamo?'
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Zar svoju sreću u ruci ne imahu, makar do Njega ne drže ništa oni?
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Zar se luč opakog kada ugasila? Zar se na njega oborila nesreća? Zar mu u gnjevu svom On skroji sudbinu?
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Zar je kao slama na vjetru postao, kao pljeva koju vihor svud raznosi?
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Hoće l' ga kaznit' Bog u njegovoj djeci? Ne, njega nek' kazni da sam to osjeti!
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Vlastitim očima nek' rasap svoj vidi, neka se napije srdžbe Svesilnoga!
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TÓa što poslije smrti on za dom svoj mari kad će se presjeć' niz njegovih mjeseci?
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Ali tko će Boga učiti mudrosti, njega koji sudi najvišim bićima?
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Jedan umire u punom blagostanju, bez briga ikakvih, u potpunom miru,
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bokova od pretiline otežalih i kostiju sočne moždine prepunih.
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A drugi umire s gorčinom u duši, nikad nikakve ne okusivši sreće.
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Obojica leže zajedno u prahu, crvi ih jednako prekrivaju oba.
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O, znam dobro kakve vaše su namjere, kakve zlosti protiv mene vi snujete.
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Jer pitate: 'Gdje je kuća plemićeva, šator u kojem stanovahu opaki?'
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Niste li na cesti putnike pitali, zar njihovo svjedočanstvo ne primate:
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'Opaki je u dan nesreće pošteđen i u dan Božje jarosti veseo je.'
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Al' na postupcima tko će mu predbacit' i tko će mu vratit' što je počinio?
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A kad ga na kraju na groblje odnesu, na grobni mu humak postavljaju stražu.
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Lake su mu grude zemlje u dolini dok za njime ide čitavo pučanstvo.
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O, kako su vaše utjehe isprazne! Kakva su prijevara vaši odgovori!”
Job
Capitolo 21
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But Job answered and said,
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Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
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Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
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They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
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God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
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His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
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Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
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One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
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His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
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And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
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They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
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For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
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Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
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That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
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Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
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Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
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The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
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How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?