¹Elifaz Temanac progovori tad i reče:

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

²"Zar Bogu koristan može biti čovjek? TÓa tko je mudar, sebi samom koristi.

²Can a man be profitable to ùGod? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

³Zar je Svesilnom milost što si pravedan i zar mu je dobit što si neporočan?

³Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

⁴Ili te zbog tvoje pobožnosti kara i zato se hoće s tobom parničiti?

⁴Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

⁵Nije l' to zbog zloće tvoje prevelike i zbog bezakonja kojim broja nema?

⁵Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

⁶Od braće si brao nizašto zaloge i s golih si ljudi svlačio haljine;

⁶For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

⁷ti nisi žednoga vodom napojio, uskraćivao si kruh izgladnjelima;

⁷Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

⁸otimao si od siromaha zemlju da bi na njoj svog nastanio ljubimca;

⁸But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

⁹puštao si praznih ruku udovice i siročadi si satirao ruku.

⁹Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

¹⁰Eto zašto tebe mreže sad sapinju, zašto te strahovi muče iznenadni.

¹⁰Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

¹¹Svjetlost ti mrak posta i ništa ne vidiš, vode su duboke tebe potopile.

¹¹Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

¹²Zar Bog nije u visini nebeskoj i zar zvijezdama tjeme on ne vidi?

¹²Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!

¹³Ali ti kažeš: 'Što Bog može znati? Kroz oblak tmasti zar što razabire?

¹³And thou sayest, What doth ùGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

¹⁴Oblaci pogled njegov zaklanjaju, i rubom kruga on hoda nebeskog.'

¹⁴Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

¹⁵TÓa kaniš li se drevnog držat' puta kojim su išli ljudi nepravedni?

¹⁵Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁶Prije vremena nestadoše oni, bujica im je temelje raznijela.

¹⁶Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;

¹⁷Zborahu Bogu: 'Nas se ti ostavi! Što nam Svesilni učiniti može?'

¹⁷Who said unto ùGod, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?

¹⁸A on im je dom punio dobrima makar do njega ne držahu ništa.

¹⁸Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁹Videć' im propast, klikću pravednici, neporočni se njima izruguju:

¹⁹The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

²⁰'Gle, propadoše protivnici naši, što od njih osta, vatra im proždrije!"

²⁰Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

²¹S Bogom ti se sprijatelji i pomiri, i vraćena će ti opet biti sreća.

²¹Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

²²Ded prihvati Zakon iz njegovih usta, u srce svoje riječ njegovu usadi.

²²Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

²³Ako se raskajan vratiš Svesilnome i nepravdu iz svog šatora odstraniš,

²³If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

²⁴tad ćeš odbaciti zlato u prašinu i ofirsko blago u šljunak potočni.

²⁴And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

²⁵Svesilni će postat' tvoje suho zlato, on će biti tvoje gomile srebrene.

²⁵Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

²⁶Da, Svesilni bit će tvoje radovanje, i lice ćeš k Bogu dizati slobodno.

²⁶Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:

²⁷Molit ćeš mu se, i uslišat će tebe, ispunit ćeš što si mu zavjetovao.

²⁷Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

²⁸Što god poduzeo, sve će ti uspjeti, i putove će ti obasjavat' svjetlost.

²⁸And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

²⁹Jer, on ponizuje ponos oholima, dok u pomoć smjernim očima pritječe.

²⁹When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

³⁰Iz nevolje on izbavlja nevinoga; i tebe će spasit' tvoje čiste ruke."

³⁰[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.