Job 3

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Napokon otvori Job usta i prokle dan svoj;

And Job spake, and said,

poče svoju besjedu i reče:

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

"O, ne bilo dana kad sam se rodio i noći što javi: 'Začeo se dječak!'

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

U crnu tminu dan taj nek se prometne! S visina se njega Bog ne spominjao, svjetlost sunčeva ne svijetlila mu više!

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Mrak i sjena smrtna o nj se otimali, posvema ga tmina gusta prekrila, pomrčine dnevne stravom ga morile!

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

O, da bi ga tama svega presvojila, nek' se ne dodaje danima godine, nek' ne ulazi u brojenje mjeseci!

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

A noć ona bila žalosna dovijeka, ne čulo se u njoj radosno klicanje!

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Prokleli je oni štono dan proklinju i Levijatana probudit' su kadri!

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Pomrčale zvijezde njezina svanuća, zaludu se ona vidjelu nadala, i zorinih vjeđa ne gledala nigda!

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

Što mi od utrobe ne zatvori vrata da sakrije muku od mojih očiju!

Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

Što nisam mrtav od krila materina, što ne izdahnuh izlazeć' iz utrobe?

Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

Čemu su me dva koljena prihvatila i dojke dvije da me nejaka podoje?

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

U miru bih vječnom počivao sada, spavao bih, pokoj svoj bih uživao

With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

s kraljevima i savjetnicima zemlje koji su sebi pogradili grobnice,

Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

ili s knezovima, zlatom bogatima, što su kuće svoje srebrom napunili.

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

Ne bih bio - k'o nedonošče zakopano, k'o novorođenče što svjetla ne vidje.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Zlikovci se više ne obijeste ondje, iznemogli tamo nalaze počinka.

There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

Sužnjeve na miru tamo ostavljaju: ne slušaju više poviku stražara.

The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

Malen ondje leži zajedno s velikim, rob je slobodan od gospodara svoga.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Čemu darovati svjetlo nesretniku i život ljudima zagorčene duše

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

koji smrt ištu, a ona ne dolazi, i kao za blagom za njome kopaju?

Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

Grobnom bi se humku oni radovali, klicali od sreće kad bi grob svoj našli.

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Što će to čovjeku kom je put sakriven, koga je Bog sa svih strana zapriječio?

For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

Zato videć' hranu, uzdahnuti moram, k'o voda se moji razlijevaju krici.

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Obistinjuje se moje strahovanje, snalazi me, evo, čega god se bojah.

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

Pokoja ni mira meni više nema, u mukama mojim nikad mi počinka."