¹Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

¹Znaš li kako se legu divokoze? Vidje li kako se mlade košute?

²Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

²Izbroji li koliko nose mjeseci, znaš li u koje doba se omlade?

³They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

³Sagnuvši se, polegu lanad svoju i breme usred pustinje odlažu,

⁴Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

⁴a kad im porod ojača, poraste, ostave ga i ne vraćaju mu se.

⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

⁵Tko dade divljem magarcu slobodu i tko to oglav skinu njemu s glave?

⁶Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

⁶U zavičaj mu dadoh ja pustinju i polja slana da ondje živuje.

⁷He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

⁷Buci gradova on se podruguje i ne sluša goničevih povika.

⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

⁸Luta brdima, svojim pašnjacima, u potrazi za zeleni svakakvom.

⁹Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

⁹Možeš li slugom učinit' bivola, zadržat' ga noć jednu za jaslama?

¹⁰Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

¹⁰Možeš li njega za brazdu prikovat' da ralo vuče po docima tvojim?

¹¹Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

¹¹Možeš li se osloniti na njega jer je njegova snaga prevelika i prepustit' mu težak svoj posao?

¹²Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

¹²Misliš li tebi da će se vratiti i na gumno ti dotjerati žito?

¹³Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

¹³Krilima svojim noj trepće radosno, iako krila oskudnih i perja.

¹⁴Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

¹⁴On svoja jaja na zemlji ostavlja, povjerava ih pijesku da ih grije,

¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

¹⁵ne mareć' što ih zgazit' može noga ili nekakva divlja zvijer zgnječiti.

¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;

¹⁶S nojićima k'o s tuđima postupa; što mu je trud zaludu, on ne mari.

¹⁷Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

¹⁷Jer Bog je njega lišio pameti, nije mu dao nikakva razbora.

¹⁸What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁸Ali kada na let krila raširi, tada se ruga konju i konjaniku.

¹⁹Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

¹⁹Zar si ti konja obdario snagom zar si mu ti vrat grivom ukrasio?

²⁰Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

²⁰Zar ti činiš da skače k'o skakavac, da u strah svakog nagoni hrzanjem?

²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

²¹Kopitom zemlju veselo raskapa, neustrašivo srlja na oružje.

²²He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

²²Strahu se ruga, ničeg se ne boji, ni pred mačem uzmaknuti neće.

²³The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

²³Na sapima mu zvekeće tobolac, koplje sijeva i ubojna sulica.

²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

²⁴Bijesan i nestrpljiv guta prostore; kad rog zasvira, tko će ga zadržat':

²⁵He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁵na svaki zvuk roga on zarže: Ha! Izdaleka on ljuti boj već njuši, viku bojnu i poklič vojskovođa.

²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

²⁶Zar po promislu tvojem lijeće soko i prema jugu krila svoja širi?

²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

²⁷Zar se na nalog tvoj diže orao i vrh timora gnijezdo sebi vije?

²⁸She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

²⁸Na litici on stanuje i noćÄi, na grebenima vrleti visokih.

²⁹From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

²⁹Odatle na plijen netremice vreba, oči njegove vide nadaleko.

³⁰Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

³⁰Krvlju se hrane njegovi orlići; gdje je ubijenih, tamo je i on."