¹Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

¹Elifaz Temanac progovori tad i reče:

²Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

²"Zar šupljom naukom odgovara mudrac i vjetrom istočnim trbuh napuhuje?

³Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

³Zar on sebe brani riječima ispraznim, besjedama koje ničem ne koriste?

⁴Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

⁴Još više ti činiš: ništiš strah od Boga, pred njegovim licem pribranost ukidaš.

⁵For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

⁵Tvoje riječi krivicu tvoju odaju, poslužio si se jezikom lukavih,

⁶Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

⁶vlastita te usta osuđuju, ne ja, protiv tebe same ti usne svjedoče.

⁷Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

⁷Zar si prvi čovjek koji se rodio? Zar si na svijet prije bregova došao?

⁸Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

⁸Zar si tajne Božje ti prisluškivao i mudrost čitavu za se prisvojio?

⁹What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

⁹Što ti znadeš, a da i mi ne znamo, što ti razumiješ, a da to ne shvaćamo?

¹⁰With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

¹⁰Ima među nama i sijedih i starih kojima je više ljeta no tvom ocu.

¹¹Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

¹¹Zar su ti utjehe Božje premalene i blage riječi upućene tebi?

¹²Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

¹²Što te srce tvoje tako slijepo goni i što tako divlje prevrćeš očima

¹³That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

¹³kad proti Bogu jarost svoju okrećeš, a iz usta takve riječi ti izlaze!

¹⁴What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁴Što je čovjek da bi čist mogao biti? Zar je itko rođen od žene pravedan?

¹⁵Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

¹⁵Gle, ni u svece se On ne pouzdava, oku njegovu ni nebesa čista nisu,

¹⁶How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

¹⁶a kamoli to biće gadno i buntovno, čovjek što k'o vodu pije opačinu!

¹⁷I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

¹⁷Mene sad poslušaj, poučit' te hoću, što god sam vidjeh, ispričat' ti želim,

¹⁸Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

¹⁸i ono što naučavahu mudraci ne tajeć' što su primili od pređa

¹⁹Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

¹⁹kojima je zemlja ova bila dana kamo tuđin nije nikada stupio.

²⁰The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

²⁰Zlikovac se muči cijelog svoga vijeka, nasilniku već su ljeta odbrojena.

²¹A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

²¹Krik strave svagda mu u ušima ječi, dok miruje, na njeg baca se razbojnik.

²²He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

²²Ne nada se da će izbjeći tminama i znade dobro da je maču namijenjen,

²³He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²³strvinaru da je kao plijen obećan. On znade da mu se dan propasti bliži.

²⁴Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

²⁴Nemir i tjeskoba na njeg navaljuju, k'o kralj spreman na boj na nj se obaraju.

²⁵For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

²⁵On je protiv Boga podizao ruku, usuđivao se prkosit' Svesilnom

²⁶He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

²⁶Ohola je čela na njega srljao, iza štita debela dobro zaklonjen.

²⁷Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

²⁷Lice mu bijaše obloženo salom a bokovi pretilinom otežali.

²⁸And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

²⁸Razrušene je zaposjeo gradove i kućišta nastanio napuštena. Srušit će se ono što za sebe sazda;

²⁹He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

²⁹cvasti mu neće, već rasuti se blago, sjena mu se neće po zemlji širiti.

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³⁰On se tami više izmaknuti neće, opržit će oganj njegove mladice, u dahu plamenih usta nestat će ga.

³¹Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

³¹U taštinu svoju neka se ne uzda, jer će mu ispraznost biti svom nagradom.

³²It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

³²Prije vremena će svenut' mu mladice, grane mu se nikad neće zazelenjet'.

³³He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

³³Kao loza, grozd će stresat' svoj nezreo, poput masline pobacit će cvatove.

³⁴For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

³⁴Da, bezbožničko je jalovo koljeno, i vatra proždire šator podmitljivca.

³⁵They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

³⁵Koji zlom zanesu, rađaju nesreću i prijevaru nose u utrobi svojoj."