¹Then Job answered and said,

¹Job progovori i reče:

²Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

²"Zar mi je i danas tužaljka buntovna? Teška mu ruka iz mene vapaj budi:

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

³o, kada bih znao kako ću ga naći, do njegova kako doprijeti prijestolja,

⁴I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁴pred njim parnicu bih svoju razložio, iz mojih bi usta navrli dokazi.

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

⁵Rad bih znati što bi meni odvratio i razumjeti riječ što bi je rekao!

⁶Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

⁶Zar mu treba snage velike za raspru? Ne, dosta bi bilo da me on sasluša.

⁷There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁷U protivniku bi vidio pravedna, i parnica moja tad bi pobijedila.

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

⁸Na istok krenem li, naći ga ne mogu; pođem li na zapad, ne razabirem ga.

⁹On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

⁹Ištem na sjeveru, al' ga ne opažam; nevidljiv je ako se k jugu okrenem.

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹⁰Pa ipak, on dobro zna put kojim kročim! Neka me kuša: čist k'o zlato ću izići!

¹¹My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

¹¹Noga mi se stopa njegovih držala, putem sam njegovim išao ne skrećuć';

¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹²slušao sam nalog njegovih usana, pohranih mu riječi u grudima svojim.

¹³But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹³Al' htjedne li štogod, tko će ga odvratit'? Što zaželi dušom, to će ispuniti.

¹⁴For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

¹⁴Izvršit će što je dosudio meni, kao i sve drugo što je odlučio!

¹⁵Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁵Zbog toga pred njime sav ustravljen ja sam, i što više mislim, jače strah me hvata.

¹⁶For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

¹⁶U komade Bog mi je srce smrvio, užasom me svega prožeo Svesilni,

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

¹⁷premda nisam ni u tminama propao, ni u mraku što je lice moje zastro.