¹Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

¹Človek, splodený zo ženy, je krátkeho veku a sýty nepokoja.

²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

²Vyjde jako kvet z puku a uvädne; uteká jako tieň a nezastane.

³And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

³A ešte i na takého otváraš svoje oči a mňa uvodíš so sebou v súd!

⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

⁴Kto môže vydať čisté z nečistého? Nikto! -

⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

⁵Ak tedy sú určené jeho dni, počet jeho mesiacov je u teba; položil si mu hranice, ktorých neprekročí:

⁶Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

⁶odvráť od neho svoj pozor, aby mal chvíľu pokoj, až by sa potešil ako nájomník svojmu dňu.

⁷For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

⁷Lebo strom má nádej: ak ho vytnú, zase vyrastie, a jeho výhonok nevyhynie.

⁸Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

⁸Jestli sa zostarie jeho koreň v zemi, a jeho peň zomrie, v prachu:

⁹Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

⁹keď zavonia vodu, znova vypučí a ženie vetvi jako sadenec.

¹⁰But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

¹⁰Ale muž zomrie, premožený mdlobou; a keď vypustí človek dušu, kdeže je?!

¹¹As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

¹¹Ako keď odtekajú vody z jazera, a rieka siakne a vysychá:

¹²So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

¹²tak i človek, keď ľahne, nevstane; dokiaľ len budú nebesia, neprebudia sa ani sa nezobudia zo svojho spánku.

¹³O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹³Oj, aby si ma ukryl v hrobe, aby si ma zakryl, dokiaľ by sa neodvrátil tvoj hnev, aby si mi uložil lehotu a potom sa rozpamätal na mňa!

¹⁴If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

¹⁴Ak zomrie muž, či ešte kedy ožije? Vtedy po všetky dni svojho vojenia budem sa nadejať, dokiaľ len neprijde moja zmena.

¹⁵Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

¹⁵Zavoláš, a ja sa ti ohlásim; budeš túžiť po diele svojich rúk.

¹⁶For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

¹⁶Lebo vtedy budeš počítať moje kroky: nebudeš striehnuť na môj hriech.

¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

¹⁷Moje prestúpenie bude zapečatené v uzlíku, a zatrieš moju neprávosť.

¹⁸And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

¹⁸Ale teraz ako keď padá vrch, že sa drobí, a skala, keď sa odtrhne od svojho miesta;

¹⁹The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

¹⁹voda mrví kamene, a jej lejaky odplavujú prach zeme, tak si zahubil nádej smrteľného človeka.

²⁰Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

²⁰Večne ho premáhaš, a ide ta; mení svoju tvár a tak ho zaháňaš.

²¹His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

²¹Či sú potom jeho synovia slávni, nevie o tom, a či sú chatrní, nepozoruje na to.

²²But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

²²Ale jeho telo bolestí spolu s ním, a tak i jeho duša smúti tam spolu s ním.