¹Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

¹Tedaj odgovori Zofar Naamatec in reče:

²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

²Mnogobesedje ali naj ostane brez odgovora, in jezičnik bo li opravičen?

³Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

³Govoričenje tvoje naj sapo zapre ljudem, da bi se posmehoval, ne da te kdo osramoti,

⁴For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

⁴in da bi dejal: „Čist je moj nauk in čist sem pred Tvojim obličjem“?!

⁵But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

⁵O da bi pa Bog govoril in usta svoja odprl zoper tebe!

⁶And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

⁶Da ti naznani skrivnosti prave modrosti, da je mnogotera v znanju; potem bi spoznal, da Bog tebi v prid mnogo pozablja iz krivde tvoje.

⁷Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

⁷Moreš li globokost Božjo z umom doseči, ali popolnosti Vsegamogočnega do dna priti?

⁸It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

⁸Višave so to nebeške – kaj hočeš početi? globočja je nego šeol – kaj moreš vedeti?

⁹The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

⁹daljša nego zemlja je mera njena in širša nego morje.

¹⁰If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

¹⁰Če gre On poleg koga in ga dene v zapor in skliče sodni zbor, kdo mu zabrani?

¹¹For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

¹¹Kajti On pozna ničemurne ljudi in vidi krivico, ne da bi mu bilo treba paziti.

¹²For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

¹²A puhloglavec dobi šele razum, kadar se divjega osla žrebe prerodi v človeka.

¹³If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

¹³Ako obrneš v pravo smer srce svoje in boš k Njemu razprostiral roke –

¹⁴If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

¹⁴če je krivica na roki tvoji, odpravi jo in nepravičnosti ne daj prebivati v šatorih svojih –

¹⁵For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

¹⁵res, tedaj boš smel vzdigniti obličje brez madeža in bodeš nepremakljiv in se ne boš bal.

¹⁶Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

¹⁶Kajti tedaj pozabiš nadlogo, spominjal se je boš kot vodá, ki so potekle mimo;

¹⁷And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

¹⁷in življenje ti zasije jasneje nego poldnevna svetloba, in zmrači li se kdaj, mine mrak kakor ob jutru.

¹⁸And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

¹⁸In boš upal, ker je nada zate, in ogledoval boš svoje, spaval brez skrbi.

¹⁹Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

¹⁹Počival boš in nihče te ne bo plašil, mnogi bodo pa prosili blagovoljnosti tvoje.Brezbožnikom pa bodo oči od koprnenja hirale, in pribežališče jim izgine in njih upanje bo, da izdahnejo dušo.

²⁰But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

²⁰Brezbožnikom pa bodo oči od koprnenja hirale, in pribežališče jim izgine in njih upanje bo, da izdahnejo dušo.