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

¹Človek, rojen iz žene, je kratkih dni in dosita ima nadlog,

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

²je kakor cvetka, ki se dvigne iz popka, pa uvene, in beži kakor senca in nima obstanka.

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

³In nad takim še odpiraš oko svoje, in mene vodiš v sodbo s seboj?

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

⁴O, da bi kdaj prišel čist iz nečistega! Niti eden!

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

⁵Ker so torej določeni njegovi dnevi in meseci po številu pri tebi, ker si mu napravil meje, ki jih ne sme prestopiti:

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

⁶ozri se stran od njega, da dobi pokoj, dokler ne dokonča kakor najemnik dneva svojega.

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.

⁷Kajti za drevo je upanje: če ga posekajo, zopet požene odrastke, in njegovo mladje ne prestane.

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

⁸Ko se v zemlji mu postara korenina in mu parobek umira v prahu,

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

⁹da le začuti duh vode, vnovič ozeleni in požene veje kakor mlada sajenica.

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

¹⁰Mož pa umre in leži strt, človek izpusti duha, in kje je?

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

¹¹Kakor se voda razteče iz jezera in reka usahne in se posuši,

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

¹²tako leže človek in ne vstane; dokler bodo nebesa, se ne prebude in nič jih ne vzdrami iz spanja.

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!

¹³O da bi me shranil v šeolu, da bi me skril, dokler ne mine jeza tvoja, mi določil rok, in potem se me spomnil!

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

¹⁴(Ko človek umre, bo li spet živel?) Vse dni, dokler sem v vojni službi, bi hotel čakati, dokler mi ne pride prememba.

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

¹⁵Ti bi poklical, in jaz bi ti odgovoril; tožilo bi se ti po svojih rok stvari.

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

¹⁶Kajti sedaj šteješ korake moje; ne paziš li na greh moj?

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

¹⁷Zapečatena je v zvezku pregreha moja, in še pridevaš h krivici moji.

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

¹⁸Saj še gora se sesuje in razdrobi in skalovje preperi z mesta svojega,

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.

¹⁹vode prevotlijo kamene, njih nalivi odplavijo zemeljski prah: enako uničuješ smrtniku upanje.

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

²⁰Ti ga ukrotiš za vselej, in odide; ko mu onespodobiš lice, ga pošlješ v grob.

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

²¹Ako so v časti otroci njegovi, on tega ne ve, in so li ponižani, tega ne zazna.Samo meso njegovo občuti ob njem bolečine in duša njegova žaluje v njem.

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

²²Samo meso njegovo občuti ob njem bolečine in duša njegova žaluje v njem.