¹Sofar iz Naama progovori tad i reče:

¹And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

²"Zar na riječi mnoge da se ne odvrati? Zar će se brbljavac još i opravdati?

²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

³Zar će tvoje trice ušutkati ljude, zar će ruganje ostat' neizrugano?

³Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?

⁴Rekao si: 'Nauk moj je neporočan, u očima tvojim čist sam i bez ljage.'

⁴For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

⁵Ali kada bi Bog htio progovorit' i otvorit usta da ti odgovori

⁵But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

⁶kada bi ti tajne mudrosti otkrio koje um nijedan ne može doumit', znao bi da ti za grijehe račun ište.

⁶And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!

⁷Možeš li dubine Božje proniknuti, dokučiti savršenstvo Svesilnoga?

⁷Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

⁸Od neba je više: što još da učiniš? Od Šeola dublje: što još da mudruješ?

⁸[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

⁹Duže je od zemlje - šire je od mora!

⁹The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

¹⁰Ako se povuče, ako te pograbi, ako na sud preda, tko će mu braniti?

¹⁰If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

¹¹Jer on u čovjeku prozire prijevaru, vidi opačinu ako i ne gleda.

¹¹For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;

¹²Čovjek se bezuman obraća k pameti i divlji magarac uzdi se pokori.

¹²Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.

¹³Ako li srce svoje ti uspraviš i ruke svoje pružiš prema njemu,

¹³If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,

¹⁴ako li zloću iz ruku odbaciš i u šatoru svom ne daš zlu stana,

¹⁴If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

¹⁵čisto ćeš čelo moći tad podići, čvrst ćeš biti i bojati se nećeš.

¹⁵Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

¹⁶Svojih se kušnja nećeš sjećat' više kao ni vode koja je protekla.

¹⁶For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;

¹⁷Jasnije će tvoj život sjat' no podne, tmina će se obratit' u svanuće.

¹⁷And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

¹⁸U uzdanju svom živjet ćeš sigurno i zaštićen počivat ćeš u miru.

¹⁸And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.

¹⁹Kad legneš, nitko te buniti neće; mnogi će tvoju tražiti naklonost.

¹⁹Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

²⁰A zlikovcima ugasnut će oči, neće im više biti utočišta: izdahnut', bit će jedina im nada."

²⁰But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.