¹Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

¹Na to odpovedal Elifaz Témanský a riekol:

²Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

²Či azda múdry bude odpovedať známosťou vzduchu a naplní svoje vnútro východným vetrom

³Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

³karhajúc slovom, ktoré neprospeje, alebo rečami, ktorými neosoží?

⁴Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

⁴K tomu ty ešte rušíš bázeň Božiu a ubieraš zbožnej mluvy pred silným Bohom.

⁵For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

⁵Lebo tvoja neprávosť učí tvoje ústa, a zvolil si jazyk chytrákov.

⁶Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

⁶Odsudzujú ťa tvoje vlastné ústa a nie ja; tvoje rty svedčia proti tebe.

⁷Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

⁷Či si sa ty prvý narodil z ľudí alebo či si bol počatý prv ako boly brehy?

⁸Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

⁸Či si azda počúval v tajnej rade Božej alebo si strhol múdrosť na seba?

⁹What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

⁹Čo vieš, čoho by sme my nevedeli? Čomu rozumieš, čoho by nebolo aj pri nás?

¹⁰With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

¹⁰I šedivý i starec je medzi nami, čo do veku, starší ako tvoj otec.

¹¹Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

¹¹Či sú ti málo potešenia silného Boha alebo jeho slovo, ktorým tak nežne hovorí s tebou?

¹²Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

¹²Čo ťa unieslo tvoje srdce, a prečo tak pozerajú tvoje oči,

¹³That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

¹³že obraciaš svojho ducha proti silnému Bohu a vyvodíš také reči zo svojich úst?

¹⁴What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁴Čo je smrteľný človek, aby bol čistý, a aby bol spravedlivý ten, kto sa narodil zo ženy?

¹⁵Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

¹⁵Hľa, neverí ani svojim svätým, a nebesia nie sú čisté v jeho očiach!

¹⁶How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

¹⁶A čo potom ohavný a zkazený, človek, ktorý pije neprávosť ako vodu.

¹⁷I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

¹⁷Poviem ti, počuj ma! A nech porozprávam to, čo som videl,

¹⁸Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

¹⁸to, čo povedali múdri a nezatajili toho, čo slýchali od svojich otcov.

¹⁹Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

¹⁹Im samým bola daná zem, ani neprešiel cez nich cudzí.

²⁰The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

²⁰Po všetky svoje dni sa trápi bezbožník, a malý počet rokov je uschovaný pre ukrutníka.

²¹A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

²¹Hlas strachov zavznieva v jeho ušiach; v čas pokoja prijde na neho zhubca.

²²He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

²²Neverí, že by sa kedy navrátil zo tmy, a je vyhliadnutý pre meč.

²³He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²³Túla sa za chlebom starajúc sa: Kde vezmem? Vie, že je už po jeho ruke pripravený deň tmy.

²⁴Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

²⁴Desia ho súženie a úzkosť; uderí to na neho jako kráľ, hotový do boja.

²⁵For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

²⁵Lebo vztiahol svoju ruku proti silnému Bohu a postavil sa spurne proti Všemohúcemu.

²⁶He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

²⁶Pobehol proti nemu tvrdou šijou, hustým hrbov svojich štítov.

²⁷Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

²⁷Lebo pokryl svoju tvár svojím tukom a nabral sadla na slabiny.

²⁸And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

²⁸A býval v zkazených mestách, v domoch, v ktorých nemali bývať, ktoré boly určené na hromady rumov.

²⁹He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

²⁹Nezbohatne, ani neobstojí jeho imanie, ani sa ťarchou nebude kloniť ich nadobudnutý majetok k zemi.

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³⁰Neuhne zo tmy; plameň usuší jeho výhonok, a uhne od ducha jeho úst.

³¹Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

³¹Nech neverí v márnosť, blúdi; lebo márnosť, bude to, čo dostane do zámeny.

³²It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

³²Ešte ani nebude jeho deň, a splní sa to, a jeho vetev sa nebude zelenať.

³³He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

³³Zmarí jako vinič svoj nedozrelok; svrhne svoj kvet ako oliva.

³⁴For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

³⁴Lebo shromaždenie pokrytca zjalovie, a oheň spáli stány úplatného daru.

³⁵They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

³⁵Tehotnejú trápením a rodia neprávosť, a ich lono pripravuje lesť.