Dievs par dzīvnieku pasauli un kārtību tajā
1 Vai zini, kad dzemdē kalnu kazas?
Vai par stirnu radībām tu gādā?
2 Vai gaidību mēnešus tām skaiti,
vai zini tām atnesību laiku?
3 Tās pietupstas, savus bērnus dzemdē,
savu radību pasaulē laiž,
4 to mazuļi stipri, tie laukā uzaug,
aizskrien, pie viņām nepārnāk.
5 Kas mežēzeli dara brīvu,
kas lauka ēzelim pinekļus atpin?
6 Es devu tam klajumā mājas
un par mitekli sāls laukus.
7 Par pilsētas pūli tas smej,
dzinēja klaigās tas neklausās,
8 kalnos ganības meklē,
pēc ik zaļuma tas tek.
9 Vai meža vērsis tev vergos,
vai nakšņos pie tavas siles?
10 Vai siesi šo virvēm pie vagas?
Vai ielejās ars, kā tu šim liec?
11 Vai tu paļausies, ka tas stiprs,
vai uzliksi savus pūliņus tam?
12 Vai tici, ka šis tavus graudus vāks,
pārvedīs tavu kūlumu?
13 Strausenes spārni līksmi plīv,
bet tie nav kā stārķenes spārni, –
14 savas olas tā paļauj zemei
un pīšļos tās gozē,
15 aizmirst, ka kāja var samīt tās,
ka lauka zvēri var sabradāt!
16 Pamet, it kā ne pašas bērnus!
Ka pūliņi tukšā, tā nebīstas –
17 jo Dievs licis aizmirst tai gudrību
un nav piešķīris saprašanu.
18 Bet, kad tā ceļas skriet,
par zirgu un jātnieku pasmej!
19 Vai tu devi zirgam spēku,
vai tu tērpi krēpēs tā kaklu,
20 vai tu tam liki kā sisenim lēkāt?
Diži tas sprauslā, ka briesmas!
21 Tas ielejā dīžājas un gavilē spēkā,
drāžas ieročiem pretī,
22 smej par bailēm un netrūkstas,
nebēg no zobena asmens.
23 Kad pie sāna tam bultu maks šķind,
kad šķēpi un pīķi liesmo,
24 trakos auļos viņš sašūpo zemi
un nestāv rāmi, kad taure sauc.
25 Kad taure skan, tas atbild: ī-hā! –
pa gabalu saož, kur karš
un virsnieku rēka un aurošana.
26 Vai vanags laižas pēc tava prāta,
pleš spārnus pret dienvidvēju?
27 Vai ērglis ceļas, kad tu tam liec,
un augstumos taisa ligzdu?
28 Klintīs viņš apmetas, tur viņš mīt,
uz klinšu zobiem un kalnu galiem,
29 no turienes viņš noglūn ēsmu –
tālu samana to viņa acs.
30 Viņa putnēni asinis rij,
kur nokautie – tur viņš.”
1 Do you know when mountain goats are born?
Have you watched wild deer give birth?
2 Do you know how long they carry their young?
Do you know the time for their birth?
3 Do you know when they will crouch down
and bring their young into the world?
4 In the wilds their young grow strong;
they go away and don't come back.
5 Who gave the wild donkeys their freedom?
Who turned them loose and let them roam?
6 I gave them the desert to be their home,
and let them live on the salt plains.
7 They keep far away from the noisy cities,
and no one can tame them and make them work.
8 The mountains are the pastures where they feed,
where they search for anything green to eat.
9 Will a wild ox work for you?
Is he willing to spend the night in your stable?
10 Can you hold one with a rope and make him plow?
Or make him pull a harrow in your fields?
11 Can you rely on his great strength
and expect him to do your heavy work?
12 Do you expect him to bring in your harvest
and gather the grain from your threshing place?
13 How fast the wings of an ostrich beat!
But no ostrich can fly like a stork.
14 The ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground
for the heat in the soil to warm them.
15 She is unaware that a foot may crush them
or a wild animal break them.
16 She acts as if the eggs were not hers,
and is unconcerned that her efforts were wasted.
17 It was I who made her foolish
and did not give her wisdom.
18 But when she begins to run,
she can laugh at any horse and rider.
19 Was it you, Job, who made horses so strong
and gave them their flowing manes?
20 Did you make them leap like locusts
and frighten people with their snorting?
21 They eagerly paw the ground in the valley;
they rush into battle with all their strength.
22 They do not know the meaning of fear,
and no sword can turn them back.
23 The weapons which their riders carry
rattle and flash in the sun.
24 Trembling with excitement, the horses race ahead;
when the trumpet blows, they can't stand still.
25 At each blast of the trumpet they snort;
they can smell a battle before they get near,
and they hear the officers shouting commands.
26 Does a hawk learn from you how to fly
when it spreads its wings toward the south?
27 Does an eagle wait for your command
to build its nest high in the mountains?
28 It makes its home on the highest rocks
and makes the sharp peaks its fortress.
29 From there it watches near and far
for something to kill and eat.
30 Around dead bodies the eagles gather,
and the young eagles drink the blood.
