¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

¹Elifaz Temanac progovori tad i reče:

²Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

²"Zar Bogu koristan može biti čovjek? TÓa tko je mudar, sebi samom koristi.

³Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

³Zar je Svesilnom milost što si pravedan i zar mu je dobit što si neporočan?

⁴Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

⁴Ili te zbog tvoje pobožnosti kara i zato se hoće s tobom parničiti?

⁵Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

⁵Nije l' to zbog zloće tvoje prevelike i zbog bezakonja kojim broja nema?

⁶For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

⁶Od braće si brao nizašto zaloge i s golih si ljudi svlačio haljine;

⁷Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

⁷ti nisi žednoga vodom napojio, uskraćivao si kruh izgladnjelima;

⁸But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

⁸otimao si od siromaha zemlju da bi na njoj svog nastanio ljubimca;

⁹Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

⁹puštao si praznih ruku udovice i siročadi si satirao ruku.

¹⁰Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

¹⁰Eto zašto tebe mreže sad sapinju, zašto te strahovi muče iznenadni.

¹¹Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

¹¹Svjetlost ti mrak posta i ništa ne vidiš, vode su duboke tebe potopile.

¹²Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

¹²Zar Bog nije u visini nebeskoj i zar zvijezdama tjeme on ne vidi?

¹³And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

¹³Ali ti kažeš: 'Što Bog može znati? Kroz oblak tmasti zar što razabire?

¹⁴Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

¹⁴Oblaci pogled njegov zaklanjaju, i rubom kruga on hoda nebeskog.'

¹⁵Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁵TÓa kaniš li se drevnog držat' puta kojim su išli ljudi nepravedni?

¹⁶Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

¹⁶Prije vremena nestadoše oni, bujica im je temelje raznijela.

¹⁷Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

¹⁷Zborahu Bogu: 'Nas se ti ostavi! Što nam Svesilni učiniti može?'

¹⁸Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁸A on im je dom punio dobrima makar do njega ne držahu ništa.

¹⁹The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

¹⁹Videć' im propast, klikću pravednici, neporočni se njima izruguju:

²⁰Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

²⁰'Gle, propadoše protivnici naši, što od njih osta, vatra im proždrije!"

²¹Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

²¹S Bogom ti se sprijatelji i pomiri, i vraćena će ti opet biti sreća.

²²Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

²²Ded prihvati Zakon iz njegovih usta, u srce svoje riječ njegovu usadi.

²³If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

²³Ako se raskajan vratiš Svesilnome i nepravdu iz svog šatora odstraniš,

²⁴Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

²⁴tad ćeš odbaciti zlato u prašinu i ofirsko blago u šljunak potočni.

²⁵Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

²⁵Svesilni će postat' tvoje suho zlato, on će biti tvoje gomile srebrene.

²⁶For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

²⁶Da, Svesilni bit će tvoje radovanje, i lice ćeš k Bogu dizati slobodno.

²⁷Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

²⁷Molit ćeš mu se, i uslišat će tebe, ispunit ćeš što si mu zavjetovao.

²⁸Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

²⁸Što god poduzeo, sve će ti uspjeti, i putove će ti obasjavat' svjetlost.

²⁹When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

²⁹Jer, on ponizuje ponos oholima, dok u pomoć smjernim očima pritječe.

³⁰He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

³⁰Iz nevolje on izbavlja nevinoga; i tebe će spasit' tvoje čiste ruke."