¹Then Job answered and said,

¹Tedaj odgovori Job in reče:

²I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

²Resnično, vem, da je tako; a kako more smrtni človek biti pravičen pred Bogom mogočnim?

³If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

³Ako bi se hotel pravdati ž Njim, Mu ne more odgovoriti ene na tisoč.

⁴He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

⁴Modrega je srca in presilne moči – kdo Mu je kdaj kljuboval in ni škode imel?

⁵Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

⁵On premakne gore, in nihče ne zapazi, da jih je prevrnil v jezi svoji.

⁶Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

⁶On strese zemljo ž njenega mesta, in stebri njeni se pretresejo.

⁷Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

⁷On veli solncu, in ne vzide, in zapečati zvezde v temo.

⁸Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

⁸On razprostira nebo sam in hodi po valovih morja.

⁹Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

⁹On nareja voz na nebu in rimščice in gostosevce in ozvezdja na jugu.

¹⁰Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

¹⁰On nareja velike reči, ki se ne morejo preiskati, čudna dela, ki jim ni števila.

¹¹Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

¹¹Glej, on gre poleg mene, pa ga ne vidim, hodi mimo mene, pa ga ne zapazim.

¹²Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

¹²Če plen pograbi, kdo mu zabrani? kdo mu poreče: Kaj delaš?

¹³If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

¹³Bog ne odvrača jeze svoje. Pomočniki Rahaba [Rahab (t. j. prevzetnik) je ime Egiptu.] se pred Njim morajo ukloniti.

¹⁴How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

¹⁴Koliko manj bi Mu mogel jaz odgovarjati, kje naj dobim besed, da bi se prepiral ž Njim?

¹⁵Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

¹⁵Tudi ko bi prav imel, bi mu ne mogel odgovoriti – milosti bi rajši prosil sodnika svojega.

¹⁶If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

¹⁶Ko bi ga klical in bi mi odgovoril, jaz bi ne veroval, da je slišal moj glas,

¹⁷For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

¹⁷on, ki me streti hoče v viharju in množi rane moje brez vzroka,

¹⁸He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

¹⁸še sape mi ne da vase potegniti, a siti me z bridkostjo.

¹⁹If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

¹⁹Če gre za moč močnega, On reče: „Glej, tu sem!“ in če za sodbo: „Kdo si me upa pozvati?“

²⁰If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

²⁰Ako bi tudi prav imel, bi me vendar usta moja obsodila, ako bi bil popoln, bi On dokazal, da sem popačenec.

²¹Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

²¹Nedolžen sem! ne maram za dušo svojo, zaničujem življenje svoje –

²²This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

²²vse eno je! Zato pravim: I nedolžnega i brezbožnega uničuje!

²³If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

²³Ko bič nagloma ubije, smeje se On izkušnji nedolžnih.

²⁴The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

²⁴Zemlja je izročena oblasti krivičnikov, On zakriva obraz njenim sodnikom. Če On ne, kdo pa drugi?

²⁵Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

²⁵Dnevi moji teko h koncu hitreje nego tekač, beže, sreče ne vidijo nič.

²⁶They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

²⁶Lete naprej kakor čolni iz bičja, kakor orel, ko šine doli na plen.

²⁷If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

²⁷Ko rečem: Hočem pozabiti žalovanje svoje, opustim svoj tožni obraz in razvedrim si lice –

²⁸I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

²⁸groza me je vseh bolečin mojih; vem, da me ne spoznaš za nekrivega.

²⁹If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

²⁹Moram veljati za krivca – čemu bi se pa trudil zaman?

³⁰If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

³⁰Ko bi se umil s snežnico in z lugom si očistil roke,

³¹Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

³¹ti me vtakneš v mlakužo, in celo svoji obleki se bom gnusil!

³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

³²Zakaj On ni mož kakor jaz, da bi mu odgovarjal, da bi skupaj šla pred sodbo.

³³Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

³³Ni ga med nama razsodnika, ki bi smel na oba položiti roke.

³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

³⁴Naj umakne od mene šibo svojo in naj me ne plaši strah njegov,in govoril bom in ne bom se Ga bal; kajti nisem tak sam v sebi.

³⁵Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

³⁵in govoril bom in ne bom se Ga bal; kajti nisem tak sam v sebi.