¹Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

¹Nato Jahve odgovori Jobu iz oluje i reče:

²Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

²"Tko je taj koji riječima bezumnim zamračuje božanski promisao?

³Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

³Bokove svoje opaši k'o junak: ja ću te pitat', a ti me pouči.

⁴Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

⁴Gdje si bio kad zemlju utemeljih? Kazuj, ako ti je znanje sigurno.

⁵Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

⁵Znaš li tko joj je mjere odredio i nad njom uže mjerničko napeo?

⁶Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

⁶Na čemu joj počivaju temelji? Tko joj postavi kamen ugaoni

⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁷dok su klicale zvijezde jutarnje i Božji uzvikivali dvorjani?

⁸Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

⁸Tko li zatvori more vratnicama kad je navrlo iz krila majčina;

⁹When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

⁹kad ga oblakom k'o haljom odjenuh i k'o pelenam' ovih maglom gustom;

¹⁰And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

¹⁰kad sam njegovu odredio među, vrata stavio sa prijevornicama?

¹¹And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

¹¹Dotle, ne dalje, rekao sam njemu, tu nek' se lomi ponos tvog valovlja!

¹²Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

¹²Zar si ikad zapovjedio jutru, zar si kazao zori mjesto njeno,

¹³That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

¹³da poduhvati zemlju za rubove i da iz nje sve bezbožnike strese;

¹⁴It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

¹⁴da je pretvori u glinu pečatnu i oboji je k'o kakvu haljinu.

¹⁵And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

¹⁵Ona uzima svjetlost zlikovcima i pesnicu im lomi uzdignutu.

¹⁶Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

¹⁶Zar si ti prodro do izvora morskih, po dnu bezdana zar si kad hodio?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

¹⁷Zar su ti vrata smrti pokazali; vidje li dveri kraja mrtvih sjena?

¹⁸Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

¹⁸Zar si prostranstvo zemlje uočio? Govori, ako ti je znano sve to.

¹⁹Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

¹⁹Koji putovi u dom svjetla vode, na kojem mjestu prebivaju tmine,

²⁰That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

²⁰da ih odvedeš u njine krajeve, da im put k stanu njihovu pokažeš?

²¹Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

²¹Ti znadeš to, tÓa davno ti se rodi, tvojih dana broj veoma je velik!

²²Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

²²Zar si stigao do riznica snijega i zar si tuče spremišta vidio

²³Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

²³što ih pričuvah za dane nevolje, za vrijeme boja krvava i rata?

²⁴By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

²⁴Kojim li se putem dijeli munja kada iskre po svoj zemlji prosipa?

²⁵Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

²⁵Tko li je jaz iskopao povodnju, tko prokrčio pute grmljavini

²⁶To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

²⁶da bi daždjelo na kraj nenastanjen, na pustinju gdje žive duše nema,

²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

²⁷da bi neplodnu napojio pustoš, da bi u stepi trava izniknula?

²⁸Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

²⁸Ima li kiša svoga roditelja? Tko je taj koji kapi rose rađa?

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

²⁹Iz čijeg li mraz izlazi krila, tko slanu stvara što s nebesa pada?

³⁰The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

³⁰Kako čvrsnu vode poput kamena i led se hvata površja bezdana?

³¹Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

³¹Možeš li lancem vezati Vlašiće i razdriješiti spone Orionu,

³²Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

³²u pravo vrijeme izvesti Danicu, vodit' Medvjeda s njegovim mladima?

³³Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

³³Zar poznaješ ti zakone nebeske pa da njima moć na zemlji dodijeliš?

³⁴Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

³⁴Zar doviknuti možeš oblacima pa da pljuskovi tebe poslušaju?

³⁵Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

³⁵Zar na zapovijed tvoju munje lijeću i tebi zar se odazivlju: 'Evo nas'?

³⁶Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

³⁶Tko je mudrost darovao ibisu, tko li je pamet ulio u pijetla?

³⁷Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

³⁷Tko to mudro prebrojava oblake i tko nebeske izlijeva mjehove

³⁸When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

³⁸dok se zemlja u tijesto ne zgusne i dok se grude njezine ne slijepe?

³⁹Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

³⁹Zar ćeš ti plijen uloviti lavici ili ćeš glad utažit' lavićima

⁴⁰When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

⁴⁰na leglu svojem dok gladni čekaju i vrebaju na žrtvu iz zaklona?

⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

⁴¹Tko hranu gavranovima pribavlja kad Bogu ptići njegovi cijuču i naokolo oblijeću bez hrane?