Ījabs: manas ciešanas ir nepelnīti smagas
1 Ījabs atbildēja, sacīdams:
2 “Aizvien vēl žēlabās kurnu,
nopūtas ar pūlēm valdu!
3 Kaut es prastu viņu atrast,
kaut nāktu viņa mājoklī,
4 celtu tam priekšā savu tiesu,
bez mitas liecinātu,
5 es zinātu vārdus, ko viņš man atbild,
un saprastu, ko viņš man saka.
6 Vai viņš, varens spēkā, ar mani tiesātos?
Nē! – bet viņš mani uzklausītu.
7 Tur taisnais ar viņu sacenstos,
uz mūžiem es paglābtos no sava Soģa!
8 Redzi, eju uz austrumiem, bet viņa nav,
uz rietumiem – bet nemanu viņa,
9 viņš ziemeļos rīkojas, bet es neieraugu,
uz dienvidiem dodos – bet neredzu to!
10 Viņš gan zina manu ceļu.
Pārbaudi mani – es būšu kā zelts!
11 Viņa pēdās tecējis esmu,
viņa ceļu gājis un nenovērsies.
12 Viņa lūpu pavēlēm es klausīju,
augstāk par sevi turēju viņa mutes vārdus.
13 Viņš ir viens, kas viņu novērsīs?
Ko viņš vēlas, to dara!
14 Spriedumu man viņš izpildīs –
un vēl daudz kas padomā viņam!
15 Tādēļ viņa vaiga trūkstos
un bīstos, kad pamanu viņu.
16 Dievs liek manai sirdij tirpt,
Visuvarenais mani iztrūcina –
17 jo ne tumsa vien mani māc,
un tumsība sedz manu vaigu.
Job
1-2 I still rebel and complain against God;
I cannot keep from groaning.
3 How I wish I knew where to find him,
and knew how to go where he is.
4 I would state my case before him
and present all the arguments in my favor.
5 I want to know what he would say
and how he would answer me.
6 Would God use all his strength against me?
No, he would listen as I spoke.
7 I am honest; I could reason with God;
he would declare me innocent once and for all.
8 I have searched in the East, but God is not there;
I have not found him when I searched in the West.
9 God has been at work in the North and the South,
but still I have not seen him.
10 Yet God knows every step I take;
if he tests me, he will find me pure.
11 I follow faithfully the road he chooses,
and never wander to either side.
12 I always do what God commands;
I follow his will, not my own desires.
13 He never changes. No one can oppose him
or stop him from doing what he wants to do.
14 He will fulfill what he has planned for me;
that plan is just one of the many he has;
15 I tremble with fear before him.
16-17 Almighty God has destroyed my courage.
It is God, not the dark, that makes me afraid—
even though the darkness has made me blind.
