¹Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

¹Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:

²Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

²"I vi, mudraci, čujte što ću reći, vi, ljudi umni, poslušajte mene,

³For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

³jer uši nam prosuđuju besjede isto kao što nepce hranu kuša.

⁴Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

⁴Zajedno ispitajmo što je pravo i razmislimo skupa što je dobro.

⁵For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

⁵Job je utvrdio: 'Ja sam pravedan, ali Bog meni pravdu uskraćuje.

⁶Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

⁶U pravu sam, a lašcem prave mene, nasmrt prostrijeljen, a bez krivnje svoje!'

⁷What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

⁷Zar gdje čovjeka ima poput Joba koji porugu pije kao vodu,

⁸Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

⁸sa zlikovcima koji skupa hodi i s opakima isti dijeli put?

⁹For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

⁹On tvrdi: 'Kakva korist je čovjeku od tog što Bogu ugoditi želi?'

¹⁰Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

¹⁰Stoga me čujte, vi ljudi pametni! Od Boga zlo je veoma daleko i nepravednost od Svemogućega,

¹¹For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

¹¹te on čovjeku plaća po djelima, daje svakom po njegovu vladanju.

¹²Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

¹²Odista, Bog zla nikada ne čini, niti Svesilni kad izvrće pravo.

¹³Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

¹³TÓa tko je njemu povjerio zemlju i vasioni svijet tko je stvorio?

¹⁴If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

¹⁴Kad bi on dah svoj u se povukao, kad bi čitav svoj duh k sebi vratio,

¹⁵All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

¹⁵sva bića bi odjednom izdahnula i u prah bi se pretvorio čovjek.

¹⁶If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

¹⁶Ako razuma imaš, slušaj ovo, prikloni uho glasu riječi mojih.

¹⁷Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

¹⁷Može li vladat' koji mrzi pravo? Najpravednijeg hoćeš li osudit'? -

¹⁸Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

¹⁸Onog koji kaže kralju: 'Nitkove!' a odličniku govori: 'Zlikovče!'

¹⁹How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

¹⁹Koji nije spram knezovima pristran i jednak mu je ubog i mogućnik, jer oni su djelo ruku njegovih?

²⁰In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

²⁰Zaglave za tren, usred gluhe noći: komešaju se narodi, prolaze; ni od čije ruke moćni padaju.

²¹For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

²¹Jer, on nadzire pute čovjekove, pazi nad svakim njegovim korakom.

²²There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

²²Nema toga mraka niti crne tmine gdje bi se mogli zlikovci sakriti.

²³For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

²³Bog nikome unaprijed ne kaže kada će na sud pred njega stupiti.

²⁴He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

²⁴Bez saslušanja on satire jake i stavlja druge na njihovo mjesto.

²⁵Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

²⁵TÓa odveć dobro poznaje im djela! Sred noći on ih obara i gazi.

²⁶He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

²⁶Ćuškom ih bije zbog zloće njihove na mjestu gdje ih svi vidjeti mogu.

²⁷Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

²⁷Jer prestadoše za njime hoditi, zanemariše putove njegove

²⁸So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

²⁸goneć uboge da vape do njega i potlačene da k njemu leleču.

²⁹When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

²⁹Al' miruje li, tko da njega gane? Zastre li lice, tko ga vidjet' može?

³⁰That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

³⁰Nad pucima bdi k'o i nad čovjekom da ne zavlada tko narod zavodi.

³¹Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

³¹Kada bezbožnik Bogu svome kaže: 'Zavedoše me, više griješit neću.

³²That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

³²Ne uviđam li, ti me sad pouči, i ako sam kad nepravdu činio, ubuduće ja činiti je neću!'

³³Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

³³Misliš da Bog mora njega kazniti, dok ti zamisli njegove prezireš? Al' kada ti odlučuješ, a ne ja, mudrost nam svoju istresi dÓe sada!

³⁴Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

³⁴Svi ljudi umni sa mnom će se složit' i svatko razuman koji čuje mene:

³⁵Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

³⁵Nepromišljeno Job je govorio, u riječima mu neima mudrosti.

³⁶My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

³⁶Stoga, nek' se Job dokraja iskuša, jer odgovara poput zlikovaca;

³⁷For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

³⁷a svom grijehu još pobunu domeće, među nama on plješće dlanovima i hule svoje na Boga gomila."