¹Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

¹CXu vi povas eltiri levjatanon per fisxhoko, Aux ligi per sxnuro gxian langon?

²Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

²CXu vi povas trameti kanon tra gxia nazo Kaj trapiki gxian vangon per pikilo?

³Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

³CXu gxi multe petegos vin, Aux parolos al vi flatajxojn?

⁴Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

⁴CXu gxi faros interligon kun vi? CXu vi povas preni gxin kiel porcxiaman sklavon?

⁵Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

⁵CXu vi amuzigxos kun gxi kiel kun birdo? Aux cxu vi ligos gxin por viaj knabinoj?

⁶Will the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

⁶CXu kamaradoj gxin dishakos, Kaj dividos inter komercistoj?

⁷Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

⁷CXu vi povas plenigi per pikiloj gxian hauxton Kaj per fisxistaj hokoj gxian kapon?

⁸Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

⁸Metu sur gxin vian manon; Tiam vi bone memoros la batalon, kaj gxin ne plu entreprenos.

⁹Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

⁹Vidu, la espero cxiun trompos; Jam ekvidinte gxin, li falos.

¹⁰None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

¹⁰Neniu estas tiel kuragxa, por inciti gxin; Kiu do povas stari antaux Mi?

¹¹Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.

¹¹Kiu antauxe ion donis al Mi, ke Mi redonu al li? Sub la tuta cxielo cxio estas Mia.

¹²I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

¹²Mi ne silentos pri gxiaj membroj, Pri gxia forto kaj bela staturo.

¹³Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

¹³Kiu povas levi gxian veston? Kiu aliros al gxia paro da makzeloj?

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

¹⁴Kiu povas malfermi la pordon de gxia vizagxo? Teruro cxirkauxas gxiajn dentojn.

¹⁵[His] strong scales are [his] pride, Shut up together [as with] a close seal.

¹⁵GXiaj fieraj skvamoj estas kiel sxildoj, Interligitaj per fortika sigelo;

¹⁶One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.

¹⁶Unu kuntusxigxas kun la alia tiel, Ke aero ne povas trairi tra ili;

¹⁷They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.

¹⁷Unu alfortikigxis al la alia, Interkunigxis kaj ne disigxas.

¹⁸His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

¹⁸GXia terno briligas lumon, Kaj gxiaj okuloj estas kiel la palpebroj de la cxielrugxo.

¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.

¹⁹El gxia busxo eliras torcxoj, Elkuras flamaj fajreroj.

²⁰Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and [burning] rushes.

²⁰El gxiaj nazotruoj eliras fumo, Kiel el bolanta poto aux kaldrono.

²¹His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

²¹GXia spiro ekbruligas karbojn, Kaj flamo eliras el gxia busxo.

²²In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

²²Sur gxia kolo logxas forto, Kaj antaux gxi kuras teruro.

²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

²³La partoj de gxia karno estas firme kunligitaj inter si, Tenas sin fortike sur gxi, kaj ne sxanceligxas.

²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

²⁴GXia koro estas malmola kiel sxtono, Kaj fortika kiel suba muelsxtono.

²⁵When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

²⁵Kiam gxi sin levas, ektremas fortuloj, Konsternigxas de teruro.

²⁶If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

²⁶Glavo, kiu alproksimigxas al gxi, ne povas sin teni, Nek lanco, sago, aux kiraso.

²⁷He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.

²⁷Feron gxi rigardas kiel pajlon, Kupron kiel putran lignon.

²⁸The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

²⁸Ne forpelos gxin sago; SXtonoj el sxtonjxetilo farigxas pajleroj antaux gxi.

²⁹Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

²⁹Bastonegon gxi rigardas kiel pajlon, Kaj gxi mokas la sonon de lanco.

³⁰His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.

³⁰Sube gxi havas akrajn pecetojn; Kiel drasxrulo gxi kusxas sur la sxlimo.

³¹He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

³¹Kiel kaldronon gxi ondigas la profundon; La maron gxi kirlas kiel sxmirajxon.

³²He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.

³²La vojo post gxi lumas; La abismo aperas kiel grizajxo.

³³Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.

³³Ne ekzistas sur la tero io simila al gxi; GXi estas kreita sentima.

³⁴He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.

³⁴GXi rigardas malestime cxion altan; GXi estas regxo super cxiuj sovagxaj bestoj.