¹Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

¹Veš li za čas, kdaj rode divje koze v skalah, ali si opazoval, kdaj so košute v porodnih bolečinah?

²Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

²Si li preštel njih mesece, katere jim je dopolniti, in veš li čas, kdaj rode?

³They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

³kako se zvijajo, mlade svoje izpuščajo, bolečin se oproščajo?

⁴Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

⁴Njih mladiči se ojačujejo, rastó pod milim nebom, jih zapuste in se k njim več ne povrnejo.

⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

⁵Kdo je pustil divjega osla v prostost in vezi njegove kdo je razklenil,

⁶Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

⁶ki sem mu jaz naredil puščavo v hišo in solnato puščo za prebivališče?

⁷He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

⁷Njemu je v smeh mestni hrup, za krik gonjačev se ne meni.

⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

⁸Gleda po gorah, kod je kaj paše, in išče povsod zelenja.

⁹Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

⁹Ali bo hotel divji bivol služiti tebi, bo li prenočeval pri jaslih tvojih?

¹⁰Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

¹⁰Ga li moreš v jarem vkleniti, da bi delal brazde, ali bo za teboj vlačil brano po dolini?

¹¹Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

¹¹Boš li mu zaupal, ker je velika moč njegova, in prepustiš mu li delo svoje?

¹²Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

¹²Moreš se li zanesti nanj, da spravi žetev tvojo in zbere žito na gumnu tvojem?

¹³Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

¹³Veselo fofota nojica s perutjo svojo: a je li je njeno perutje in perje kakor štorkljino?

¹⁴Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

¹⁴Kajti jajca svoja pušča na zemlji in jih ogreva v prahu,

¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

¹⁵a zabi, da jih utegne noga poteptati in zverina poljska streti.

¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;

¹⁶Trdo ravna s svojimi mladiči, kakor da niso njeni, nič je ne skrbi, da se je trudila zaman.

¹⁷Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

¹⁷Kajti Bog ji je prikratil modrost in razumnosti ji ni podelil.

¹⁸What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁸Kadar se vzdigne, da leti, zasmehuje konja in jezdeca.

¹⁹Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

¹⁹Si li dal konju moč njegovo in mu vrat ogrnil z vihrajočo grivo?

²⁰Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

²⁰Naredil si, da skače kakor kobilica? Rezgetanje njegovo je krasno in strašno.

²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

²¹Grebe tla s kopiti, veseli se moči svoje, dirja oborožencem naproti.

²²He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

²²Posmehuje se bojazni in se ne ustraši, in meču se ne umakne.

²³The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

²³Nad njim zvenči strelni tulec, bliska se kopje in sulica.

²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

²⁴Silovito jezno dirja naprej in ne da se udržati, ko se zglasi trobenta.

²⁵He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁵Kadar zadoni tromba, kliče: huj! in oddaleč že čuje boj, grmeči glas poveljnikov in bojni krik.

²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

²⁶Tvoj li razum napravlja, da se jastreb dviga, razpenja peruti proti poldnevu?

²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

²⁷In zleti li orel visoko na tvoje povelje in postavi v višavi gnezdo svoje?

²⁸She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

²⁸V skalah prebiva in gnezdi po pečinah in planinskih vrheh.

²⁹From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

²⁹Odondod preži na živež, v daljavo gledajo oči njegove;in mladiči njegovi srebajo kri, in kjer je mrtvo truplo, je tudi on.

³⁰Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

³⁰in mladiči njegovi srebajo kri, in kjer je mrtvo truplo, je tudi on.