¹Then Job answered and said,

¹In Job odgovori in reče:

²Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

²Tudi danes še je kljubovalen odgovor moj; udarec moj je težji nego zdihovanje moje.

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

³O da bi vedel, kje Ga morem najti, da bi prišel prav do Njegovega stola!

⁴I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁴Razložil bi pravdo svojo pred Njim, usta svoja bi napolnil z dokazi.

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

⁵Hotel bi znati besede, ki mi jih odgovori, in poslušati, kar mi poreče.

⁶Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

⁶Ali bi se prepiral z menoj v veliki moči svoji? Ne; On bi samo pazil name.

⁷There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁷Tedaj bi se jaz poštenjak pravdal ž njim, in za večno bi se rešil sodnika svojega.

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

⁸Glej pa, če grem proti vzhodu, tam ga ni, in proti zahodu, ga ne zasledim;

⁹On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

⁹če proti severu, ko vrši delo, ga ne zagledam, zavije se proti jugu, in ga ne vidim.

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹⁰Kajti On pozna pot, katere se držim; ko bi me preizkušal, bi se izkazal kakor zlato.

¹¹My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

¹¹Koraka njegovega se je trdno držala noga moja, na pot njegovo sem pazil in nisem stopil ž nje;

¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹²od zapovedi njegovih usten se nisem umaknil; bolj nego lastno postavo sem hranil ust njegovih besede.

¹³But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹³Ali on si je vedno enak, in kdo ga more odvrniti od njegovih misli? Česar želi duša njegova, to stori.

¹⁴For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

¹⁴Kajti on dopolni, kar je določeno zame; in takih reči je veliko pri njem.

¹⁵Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁵Zato se strašim pred njegovim obličjem; ko to premišljam, se ga bojim.

¹⁶For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

¹⁶Ker Bog mogočni mi je preplašil srce in Vsegamogočni me je prestrašil.Kajti nisem poginil od temine, tudi ne, ker mi je mrak zakril obraz.

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

¹⁷Kajti nisem poginil od temine, tudi ne, ker mi je mrak zakril obraz.