Ījabs: dod man atdusu kaut vai kapā
1 Mans gars ir salauzts,
manas dienas izsīkušas –
kaps klāt!
2 Vai neesmu izsmieklā likts?
Viņu ņirgās man kavējas skatiens!
3 Galvo pats sev par mani!
Kurš cits sitīs man saujā?
4 Viņu sirdis tu esi saprātam slēdzis,
tad jau tu viņus nepaaugstināsi!
5 Kas draugus savtīgi nosūdz,
tā dēliem acis izīgs!
6 Viņš mani licis tautām par parunu,
par tādu, kam vaigā spļauj, esmu kļuvis.
7 No bēdām acis man tumst,
visi mani locekļi kā ēnas.
8 Taisnie iztrūcinātos par to,
un šķīstais noskaistos uz bezgodi.
9 Taisnais turēsies uz sava ceļa,
kam tīras rokas, tas pieaugs spēkā!
10 Nu visi nāciet vēlreiz pret mani!
Tik nerodu gudra jūsu vidū –
11 manas dienas ir garām, mani nodomi prom,
manas sirds alkas –
12 tās darītu nakti par dienu,
gaisma nāktu tūlīt pēc tumsas.
13 Ja kapu es cerētu sev par namu,
ja tumsā uzklātu cisas,
14 sacītu bedrei: tu mans tēvs! –
un tārpam: mana māte un māsa! –
15 Kur tad būtu mana cerība?
Kurš manu cerību ieraudzītu?
16 Vai tā nokāps man kapā līdzi?
Vai mēs kopā gulsimies pīšļos?”
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them . 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
