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

¹Zavezo sem sklenil s svojimi očmi, in kako bi se bil smel ozirati po devici?

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

²A kaj mi je delež Božji odzgoraj in dediščina Vsemogočnega iz visokosti?

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

³Ni li poguba nepravičniku in nesreča njim, ki delajo krivico?

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

⁴Ne vidi li On potov mojih in ne šteje li vseh korakov mojih?

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

⁵Ako sem se pečal z ničemurnostjo in je noga moja hitela v prevaro

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

⁶(naj me pretehta na tehtnici pravičnosti, in spozna Bog brezmadežnost mojo!),

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;

⁷ako je krenil korak moj s prave poti in mi je srce hodilo za očmi mojimi in se je madež prijel mojih rok:

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

⁸sejem naj, a drug uživaj, in kar sem zasadil, naj se s korenino izdere!

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

⁹Ako mi je znorelo srce za katero ženo in sem prežal pri vratih bližnjega svojega:

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

¹⁰naj žena moja melje drugemu in drugi naj se nadnjo sklanjajo!

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

¹¹Kajti to je ostudnost, to je pregreha, ki jo morajo kaznovati sodniki.

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

¹²Kajti to je ogenj, ki požira do pogubljenja in ki bi s korenom izdrl vse, kar sem pridelal.

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

¹³Ako nisem spoštoval pravice hlapca svojega in dekle svoje, ko sta se prepirala z menoj:

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

¹⁴kaj si počnem, če vstane Bog mogočni, in ko bo preiskoval, kaj mu odgovorim?

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

¹⁵Ni li tudi njega Stvarnik moj naredil v materinem telesu, in ni li eden naju pripravil v materini otrobi?

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

¹⁶Ako sem ubožcem odrekel, kar so želeli, in povzročil, da so vdovine oči medlele,

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

¹⁷ali če sem jedel grižljaj svoj sam in ni tudi jedla od njega 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;)

¹⁸(pač od mladosti moje je rasla pri meni kakor pri očetu in od materinega telesa sem bil vdovi vodnik);

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

¹⁹ako sem koga videl blizu pogina, ker ni imel oblačila, in potrebnega brez odeje,

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

²⁰in če me ni blagoslavljalo ledje njegovo in če se z volno mojih ovac ni ogreval,

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

²¹ako sem vihtel roko proti siroti, ker sem videl, da mi je pomoč med vrati:

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

²²odpadi mi pleče od lopatice svoje in rama moja se odlomi od njene cevi!

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

²³Zakaj pogubljenje od Boga mogočnega mi je bilo v strah in vpričo Njegove vzvišenosti nisem mogel ničesar.

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

²⁴Ako sem postavil zlato za nado svojo in čistemu zlatu rekel: Upanje moje!

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

²⁵ako sem se veselil, da mi je bilo imetja veliko ter da je moja roka mnogo pridobila;

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

²⁶ako sem gledal solnce, kako je sijalo, in v diki plavajoči mesec,

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

²⁷in srce mi je bilo skrivaj omamljeno, da sem njima v čast poljubljal roko svojo:

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

²⁸tudi to bi bila pregreha, kazni vredna pred sodniki, ker bi bil zatajil Boga mogočnega, ki je gori!

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

²⁹Ako sem se veselil nesreče sovražilca svojega in se vzradoval, ko ga je zadelo zlo

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

³⁰(a nikoli nisem dopustil grlu svojemu grešiti, da bi bil s kletvijo zahteval smrt njegovo!),

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

³¹ako niso rekali šatora mojega ljudje: Kdo bi se ne bil nasitil mesa njegove živine?

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

³²na ulicah ni bilo treba prenočevati tujcu, duri svoje sem odprl popotniku –

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

³³ako sem, kakor Adam, prikrival prestopke svoje, skrivaje v nedrijih krivdo svojo,

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?

³⁴ker sem se bal velike množice in me je strašilo zaničevanje rodovin, tako da sem molčal in nisem stopil ven iz duri...

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

³⁵O da bi imel koga, ki bi me poslušal! (tu je moj podpis, Vsemogočni naj mi odgovori!) in da bi imel tožbenico, ki jo je pisal nasprotnik moj!

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

³⁶Res, na rami svoji bi jo nosil in si jo navezal kakor venec!

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

³⁷Korakov svojih število bi mu naznanil, pristopil bi k njemu kakor knez.

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

³⁸Ako vpije nad menoj njiva moja in brazde njene vse vkup jokajo;

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

³⁹ako sem užival njen pridelek, ne da bi bil plačal, in sem provzročil, da je njen posestnik izdahnil:tedaj mi rasti osatje namesto pšenice in namesto ječmena grd plevel! Konec je besedam Jobovim.

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

⁴⁰tedaj mi rasti osatje namesto pšenice in namesto ječmena grd plevel! Konec je besedam Jobovim.