¹And Job again took up his parable, and said,

¹Ja Iiob jätkas oma kõnet ning ütles:

²Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

²'Kes annaks mulle tagasi endised kuud, need päevad, mil Jumal mind hoidis,

³When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

³kui oma lampi mu pea kohal laskis paista tema, kelle valgusega ma käisin pimeduses,

⁴As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

⁴et ma võiksin olla nagu oma nooruspäevil, mil Jumala osadus oli mu telgi peal,

⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;

⁵kui Kõigevägevam oli alles mu juures ja mu lapsed viibisid mu ümber,

⁶When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!

⁶kui mu sammud ujusid piimas ja kalju laskis mulle voolata õliojasid?

⁷When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

⁷Kui ma siis läksin linna värava juurde, kui ma seadsin oma istme turu peale,

⁸The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

⁸siis mind nähes pugesid noored mehed peitu ja elatanud tõusid üles ning jäid seisma,

⁹The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

⁹pealikud lakkasid kõnelemast ja panid käe suu peale,

¹⁰The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

¹⁰vürstide hääl vaikis ja nende keel kleepus suulakke.

¹¹For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:

¹¹Tõesti, kelle kõrv mind kuulis, see kiitis mind õnnelikuks, ja kelle silm mind nägi, see tunnistas minu kasuks,

¹²Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

¹²sest ma päästsin viletsa, kes appi hüüdis, ja vaeslapse, kellel ei olnud aitajat.

¹³The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹³Mulle sai osaks hukkuja õnnistus ja ma panin hõiskama lese südame.

¹⁴I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

¹⁴Ma riietusin õiglusesse, ja mu õigus ehtis mind nagu kuub ja kübar.

¹⁵I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

¹⁵Ma olin pimedale silmadeks ja jalutule jalgadeks.

¹⁶I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

¹⁶Ma olin vaestele isaks ja ma uurisin isegi tundmatu tüliasja.

¹⁷And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

¹⁷Ma purustasin ülekohtutegija lõualuud ja tõmbasin saagi ta hammaste vahelt.

¹⁸Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

¹⁸Seepärast ma mõtlesin: 'Küllap ma heidan hinge oma pesas ja mu päevade hulk on nagu liiv.

¹⁹My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;

¹⁹Mu juur jääb avatuks veele ja mu okste peal on öösiti kaste.

²⁰My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

²⁰Mu au on alati uus ja amb mu käes on ikka laskevalmis.'

²¹Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

²¹Nad kuulasid mind ja ootasid, ning vaikisid, kui ma nõu andsin.

²²After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

²²Pärast mu kõnet nad ei rääkinud enam, sest mu sõnad otse voolasid nende peale.

²³And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

²³Nad ootasid mind nagu vihma ja ajasid suud ammuli otsekui hilisvihma pärast.

²⁴I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

²⁴Ma naeratasin neile, kui neil puudus usk, ja nad ei tumestanud mu lahket nägu.

²⁵I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.

²⁵Mina valisin neile tee ja istusin ise esikohal, elasin nagu kuningas väehulga keskel, otsekui leinajate trööstija.