¹Znaš li kako se legu divokoze? Vidje li kako se mlade košute?

¹Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

²Izbroji li koliko nose mjeseci, znaš li u koje doba se omlade?

²Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

³Sagnuvši se, polegu lanad svoju i breme usred pustinje odlažu,

³They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

⁴a kad im porod ojača, poraste, ostave ga i ne vraćaju mu se.

⁴Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

⁵Tko dade divljem magarcu slobodu i tko to oglav skinu njemu s glave?

⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

⁶U zavičaj mu dadoh ja pustinju i polja slana da ondje živuje.

⁶Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

⁷Buci gradova on se podruguje i ne sluša goničevih povika.

⁷He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

⁸Luta brdima, svojim pašnjacima, u potrazi za zeleni svakakvom.

⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

⁹Možeš li slugom učinit' bivola, zadržat' ga noć jednu za jaslama?

⁹Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

¹⁰Možeš li njega za brazdu prikovat' da ralo vuče po docima tvojim?

¹⁰Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

¹¹Možeš li se osloniti na njega jer je njegova snaga prevelika i prepustit' mu težak svoj posao?

¹¹Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

¹²Misliš li tebi da će se vratiti i na gumno ti dotjerati žito?

¹²Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

¹³Krilima svojim noj trepće radosno, iako krila oskudnih i perja.

¹³The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

¹⁴On svoja jaja na zemlji ostavlja, povjerava ih pijesku da ih grije,

¹⁴For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

¹⁵ne mareć' što ih zgazit' može noga ili nekakva divlja zvijer zgnječiti.

¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

¹⁶S nojićima k'o s tuđima postupa; što mu je trud zaludu, on ne mari.

¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

¹⁷Jer Bog je njega lišio pameti, nije mu dao nikakva razbora.

¹⁷For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

¹⁸Ali kada na let krila raširi, tada se ruga konju i konjaniku.

¹⁸What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁹Zar si ti konja obdario snagom zar si mu ti vrat grivom ukrasio?

¹⁹Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

²⁰Zar ti činiš da skače k'o skakavac, da u strah svakog nagoni hrzanjem?

²⁰Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

²¹Kopitom zemlju veselo raskapa, neustrašivo srlja na oružje.

²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

²²Strahu se ruga, ničeg se ne boji, ni pred mačem uzmaknuti neće.

²²He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

²³Na sapima mu zvekeće tobolac, koplje sijeva i ubojna sulica.

²³The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

²⁴Bijesan i nestrpljiv guta prostore; kad rog zasvira, tko će ga zadržat':

²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

²⁵na svaki zvuk roga on zarže: Ha! Izdaleka on ljuti boj već njuši, viku bojnu i poklič vojskovođa.

²⁵At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁶Zar po promislu tvojem lijeće soko i prema jugu krila svoja širi?

²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

²⁷Zar se na nalog tvoj diže orao i vrh timora gnijezdo sebi vije?

²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

²⁸Na litici on stanuje i noćÄi, na grebenima vrleti visokih.

²⁸He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

²⁹Odatle na plijen netremice vreba, oči njegove vide nadaleko.

²⁹From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

³⁰Krvlju se hrane njegovi orlići; gdje je ubijenih, tamo je i on."

³⁰And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.