¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

¹Učinil som smluvu so svojimi očima, a čo by som mal hľadieť na pannu?

²For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

²A jaký je podiel od Boha shora? Alebo jaké dedičstvo od Všemohúceho s výsostí?

³Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

³Či nie zahynutie nešľachetnému a pomsta činiteľom neprávosti?

⁴Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

⁴Či on azda nevidí mojich ciest? A počíta všetky moje kroky?

⁵If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

⁵Jestli som chodil s márnosťou, a jestli moja noha spiechala ku ľsti,

⁶Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

⁶nech ma odváži na váhe spravedlivosti a tak nech pozná Bôh moju bezúhonnosť.

⁷If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

⁷Jestli sa môj krok odchýlil s cesty, a moje srdce odišlo za mojimi očima, a jestli ľpí na mojich rukách nejaká škvrna;

⁸Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

⁸vtedy nech sejem, a iný nech jie, a moje potomstvo nech je vykorenené.

⁹If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

⁹Jestli sa dalo zvábiť moje srdce k cudzej žene, alebo jestli som úkladil pri dveriach svojho blížneho,

¹⁰Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

¹⁰vtedy nech melie moja žena inému, a nech sa zohýňajú nad ňou iní.

¹¹For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

¹¹Lebo je to mrzkosť a je to neprávosť pred sudcov;

¹²For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

¹²lebo je to oheň, ktorý žerie až do zahynutia a vykorenil by všetku moju úrodu.

¹³If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

¹³Keby som bol opovrhol súdom svojho sluhu alebo svojej dievky, keď sa pravotili so mnou,

¹⁴What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

¹⁴čo by som bol urobil, keby bol povstal silný Bôh a keby to bol vyhľadával, čo by som mu bol odpovedal?

¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁵Či azda ten, ktorý mňa učinil v živote matky, neučinil i jeho? A či nás oboch neutvoril jeden a ten istý v lone matky?

¹⁶If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

¹⁶Ak som uňal z toho, čo si priali chudobní, a dal som hynúť očiam vdovy

¹⁷Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

¹⁷a jedol som sám svoju skyvu, a nejedla z nej i sirota -

¹⁸(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

¹⁸Lebo veď mi rástla od mojej mladosti jako otcovi, a od života svojej matky som ju vodil, vdovu -;

¹⁹If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

¹⁹ak som videl hynúceho bez rúcha a díval som sa na toho, kto nemal čím sa odiať, na chudobného;

²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²⁰ak mi nedobrorečily jeho bedrá, a nehrial sa zo strihu mojich oviec;

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

²¹ak som sa zahnal svojou rukou na sirotu, pretože som videl v bráne svoju pomoc;

²²Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

²²nech odpadne moje plece od svojeho väzu, a moje rameno nech sa vylomí zo svojho kĺbu!

²³For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

²³Lebo išiel na mňa strach pred zkazou silného Boha, a pre jeho velebnosť nemohol som vykonať takú vec.

²⁴If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

²⁴Ak som položil zlato za svoju nádej a povedal som čistému zlatu: Moje dúfanie;

²⁵If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

²⁵ak som sa radoval tomu, že mám veľa majetku, a že moja ruka získala tak mnoho;

²⁶If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

²⁶ak som hľadel na svetlo slnka, že svieti, a na mesiac, ako ta ide spanile,

²⁷And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

²⁷a moje srdce sa dalo tajne zviesť, a moja ruka im posielala bozky mojich úst -

²⁸This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

²⁸Aj to by bola bývala neprávosť pred sudcu, lebo tak by som bol zaprel silného Boha hore -,

²⁹If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

²⁹ak som sa radoval záhube svojho nenávistníka a bol som vzrušený radosťou, že ho stihlo zlé -

³⁰Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

³⁰Ale nedal som hrešiť svojim ústam kliatbou žiadať jeho dušu -,

³¹If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

³¹ak nehovorili ľudia môjho stánu, kde kto je vraj, kto by sa nebol najedol jeho mäsa?!

³²The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

³²Pohostín nenocoval vonku; svoje dvere som otváral na cestu -,

³³If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

³³ak som prikrýval svoje prestúpenie, ako robieva človek, skrývajúc svoju neprávosť vo svojom lone,

³⁴Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

³⁴keď som sa azda bál veľkého davu, a desilo ma opovrženie rodín, a mlčal som nevychádzajúc zo dverí -

³⁵Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

³⁵Oj, aby som mal toho, kto by ma vypočul! Tu hľa, je moje znamenie! Nech mi odpovie Všemohúci! A písmo aby som mal, ktoré napísal môj protivník!

³⁶Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

³⁶Áno, vzal by som ho na svoje plece a ovinul by som si ho sťa korunu!

³⁷I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

³⁷Oznámim mu počet svojich krokov a priblížim sa mu jako knieža -,

³⁸If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

³⁸ak volá proti mne moja zem a spolu plačú jej brázdy;

³⁹If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

³⁹ak som jedol jej úrodu bez peňazí, a pre mňa musela vzdychať duša jej držiteľov:

⁴⁰Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

⁴⁰miesto pšenice nech vzíde tŕnie a miesto jačmeňa plevel. Dokončili sa slová Jobove.