¹Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

¹Ja Iiob jätkas oma kõnet ning ütles:

²Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

²'Kes annaks mulle tagasi endised kuud, need päevad, mil Jumal mind hoidis,

³When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

³kui oma lampi mu pea kohal laskis paista tema, kelle valgusega ma käisin pimeduses,

⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

⁴et ma võiksin olla nagu oma nooruspäevil, mil Jumala osadus oli mu telgi peal,

⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

⁵kui Kõigevägevam oli alles mu juures ja mu lapsed viibisid mu ümber,

⁶When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

⁶kui mu sammud ujusid piimas ja kalju laskis mulle voolata õliojasid?

⁷When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

⁷Kui ma siis läksin linna värava juurde, kui ma seadsin oma istme turu peale,

⁸The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

⁸siis mind nähes pugesid noored mehed peitu ja elatanud tõusid üles ning jäid seisma,

⁹The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

⁹pealikud lakkasid kõnelemast ja panid käe suu peale,

¹⁰The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

¹⁰vürstide hääl vaikis ja nende keel kleepus suulakke.

¹¹When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

¹¹Tõesti, kelle kõrv mind kuulis, see kiitis mind õnnelikuks, ja kelle silm mind nägi, see tunnistas minu kasuks,

¹²Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

¹²sest ma päästsin viletsa, kes appi hüüdis, ja vaeslapse, kellel ei olnud aitajat.

¹³The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹³Mulle sai osaks hukkuja õnnistus ja ma panin hõiskama lese südame.

¹⁴I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

¹⁴Ma riietusin õiglusesse, ja mu õigus ehtis mind nagu kuub ja kübar.

¹⁵I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

¹⁵Ma olin pimedale silmadeks ja jalutule jalgadeks.

¹⁶I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

¹⁶Ma olin vaestele isaks ja ma uurisin isegi tundmatu tüliasja.

¹⁷And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

¹⁷Ma purustasin ülekohtutegija lõualuud ja tõmbasin saagi ta hammaste vahelt.

¹⁸Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

¹⁸Seepärast ma mõtlesin: 'Küllap ma heidan hinge oma pesas ja mu päevade hulk on nagu liiv.

¹⁹My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

¹⁹Mu juur jääb avatuks veele ja mu okste peal on öösiti kaste.

²⁰My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

²⁰Mu au on alati uus ja amb mu käes on ikka laskevalmis.'

²¹Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

²¹Nad kuulasid mind ja ootasid, ning vaikisid, kui ma nõu andsin.

²²After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

²²Pärast mu kõnet nad ei rääkinud enam, sest mu sõnad otse voolasid nende peale.

²³And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

²³Nad ootasid mind nagu vihma ja ajasid suud ammuli otsekui hilisvihma pärast.

²⁴If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

²⁴Ma naeratasin neile, kui neil puudus usk, ja nad ei tumestanud mu lahket nägu.

²⁵I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

²⁵Mina valisin neile tee ja istusin ise esikohal, elasin nagu kuningas väehulga keskel, otsekui leinajate trööstija.