¹Bildad iz Šuaha progovori tad i reče:

¹And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

²"Kada kaniš obuzdat' svoje besjede? Opameti se sad da razgovaramo!

²How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

³Zašto nas držiš za stoku nerazumnu, zar smo životinje u tvojim očima?

³Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?

⁴O ti, koji se od jarosti razdireš, hoćeš li da zemlja zbog tebe opusti da iz svoga mjesta iskoče pećine?

⁴Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

⁵Al' ugasit će se svjetlost opakoga, i neće mu sjati plamen na ognjištu.

⁵Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.

⁶Potamnjet će svjetlo u njegovu šatoru i nad njime će se utrnut' svjetiljka.

⁶The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

⁷Krepki mu koraci postaju sputani, o vlastite on se spotiče namjere.

⁷The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

⁸Jer njegove noge vode ga u zamku, i evo ga gdje već korača po mreži.

⁸For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;

⁹Tanka mu je zamka nogu uhvatila, i evo, užeta čvrsto ga pritežu.

⁹The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

¹⁰Njega vreba omča skrivena na zemlji, njega čeka klopka putem kojim hodi.

¹⁰A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

¹¹Odasvuda strahovi ga prepadaju, ustopice sveudilj ga proganjaju.

¹¹Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.

¹²Glad je požderala svu snagu njegovu, nesreća je uvijek o njegovu boku.

¹²His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.

¹³Boleština kobna kožu mu razjeda, prvenac mu smrti nagriza udove.

¹³The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.

¹⁴Njega izvlače iz šatora njegova da bi ga odveli vladaru strahota.

¹⁴His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:

¹⁵U njegovu stanu tuđinac stanuje, po njegovu domu prosipaju sumpor.

¹⁵They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:

¹⁶Odozdo se suši njegovo korijenje, a odozgo grane sve mu redom sahnu.

¹⁶His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;

¹⁷Spomen će se njegov zatrti na zemlji, njegovo se ime s lica zemlje briše.

¹⁷His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.

¹⁸Iz svjetlosti njega u tminu tjeraju, izagnat' ga hoće iz kruga zemaljskog.

¹⁸He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

¹⁹U rodu mu nema roda ni poroda, nit' preživjela na njegovu ognjištu.

¹⁹He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.

²⁰Sudba je njegova Zapad osupnula, i čitav je Istok obuzela strepnja.

²⁰They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before [them] were affrighted.

²¹Evo, takav usud snalazi zlikovca i dom onog koji ne priznaje Boga."

²¹Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not ùGod.