Kniha Jób

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(CPDV - Anglický - Catholic PD)

Jób 31, 1-40

1 I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin. 2 For what portion should God from above hold for me, and what inheritance should the Almighty from on high keep? 3 Is not destruction held for the wicked and repudiation kept for those who work injustice? 4 Does he not examine my ways and number all my steps? 5 If I have walked in vanity, or if my foot has hurried towards deceitfulness, 6 let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity. 7 If my steps have turned aside from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if a blemish has clung to my hands, 8 then may I sow, and let another consume, and let my offspring be eradicated. 9 If my heart has been deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend’s door, 10 then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her. 11 For this is a crime and a very great injustice. 12 It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth. 13 If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me, 14 then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him? 15 Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb? 16 If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait; 17 if I have eaten my morsel of food alone, while orphans have not eaten from it; 18 (for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother’s womb;) 19 if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering, 20 if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I the advantage over him at the gate; 22 then 303 may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken. 23 For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear. 24 If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’ 25 if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained; 26 if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly, 27 so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth, 28 which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God; 29 if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him, 30 for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul; 31 if the men around my tabernacle have not said: “He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,” 32 for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler; 33 if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom; 34 if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door; 35 then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book, 36 which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown? 37 With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince. 38 So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it, 39 if I have used its fruits for nothing but money and have afflicted the souls of its tillers, 40 then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.)

Verš 32

for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;

Heb 13:2 - And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.

1Pt 4:9 - Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

Verš 4

Does he not examine my ways and number all my steps?

2Krn 16:9 - For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”

Jób 34:21 - For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he examines all of their steps.

Prís 5:21 - The Lord beholds the ways of man, and he considers all his steps.

Prís 15:3 - In every place, the eyes of the Lord consider good and evil.

Jer 32:19 - You are great in counsel and incomprehensible in thought. Your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of Adam, so that you may repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his intentions.

Verš 9

If my heart has been deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend’s door,

Jób 24:15 - The eye of the adulterer waits for darkness, saying, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.

Prís 7:25 - Do not let your mind be pulled into her ways. And do not be deceived by her paths.

Verš 14

then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him?

Ž 44:21 -

Verš 15

Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?

Jób 34:19 - He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.

Prís 14:31 - Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.

Prís 17:5 - Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.

Verš 24

If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’

Mk 10:24 - And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus, answering again, said to them: “Little sons, how difficult it is for those who trust in money to enter into the kingdom of God!

1Tim 6:17 - Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,

Verš 25

if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;

Ž 62:10 - Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.

Verš 26

if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,

Dt 4:19 - Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are under heaven.

Verš 29

if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,

Prís 17:5 - Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.

Verš 30

for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;

Mt 5:44 - But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.

Rim 12:14 - Bless those who are persecuting you: bless, and do not curse.

Job 31,2-4 - Trest patrí hriešnikovi. Ale v čomže majú svoj pôvod moje hrozné utrpenia, keďže sám som nevinný?

Job 31,7 - "Škvrna na dlani prilipnutá" je vlastne nespravodlivo nadobudnutý cudzí majetok.

Job 31,9-12 - Cudzoložstvo.

Job 31,13 - Jób nepoškodil nikdy právo svojich otrokov. Veď pre všetko jeho konanie bola mu smernicou bázeň Božia a súčasne aj úcta pred dôstojnosťou ľudskou, ktorú priznával každému ako sebe rovnému tvoru.

Job 31,21 - Pre svoje vznešené postavenie, aké požíval práve na mestskom súde, mal síce možnosť dopustiť sa aj neprávosti, no svedomie mu to nikdy nedovolilo.

Job 31,27 - "Moju ruku pery bozkali" – bozk tu znamená najskôr nejaký modlársky obrad, ktorým uctievali slnko alebo mesiac.

Job 31,35-37 - Jób chce osvedčenie o svojej nevinnosti predložiť Bohu písomne a podpísať ho vlastným menom (verš 35 ab). Slová "Tu môj znak" v hebrejskom texte doslovne znejú: Tu je písmeno T. (Porov. Ez 9,4 a Zjv 7,3 n., kde znak služobníkov Božích ich mal všetkým urobiť zjavnými.)

Job 31,38-40 - Tieto verše svojím obsahom lepšie by sa pripojili po verši 34.

Job 31,38 - Chudobným bedárom, vdovám a sirotám ulúpené poľnosti nariekajú nad neprávosťou.