¹I Jahve se obrati Jobu i reče mu:

¹And Jehovah answered Job and said,

²"Zar će se s Jakim preti još kudilac? Tužitelj Božji nek' sam odgovori!"

²Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.

³A Job odgovori Jahvi i reče:

³And Job answered Jehovah and said,

⁴"Odveć sam malen: što da odgovorim? Rukom ću svoja zatisnuti usta.

⁴Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

⁵Riječ rekoh - neću više započeti; rekoh dvije - al' neću nastaviti."

⁵Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.

⁶Nato Jahve odgovori Jobu iz oluje i reče:

⁶And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

⁷"Bokove svoje opaši k'o junak, ja ću te pitat', a ti me pouči.

⁷Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

⁸Zar bi i moj sud pogaziti htio, okrivio me da sebe opravdaš?

⁸Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?

⁹Zar ti mišica snagu Božju ima, zar glasom grmjet' možeš poput njega?

⁹Hast thou an arm like ùGod? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

¹⁰Ogrni se sjajem i veličanstvom, dostojanstvom se odjeni i slavom.

¹⁰Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.

¹¹Plani dÓe bijesom ognja jarosnoga, pogledom jednim snizi oholnika.

¹¹Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:

¹²Ponositoga pogledaj, slomi ga, na mjestu satri svakoga zlikovca.

¹²Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:

¹³U zemlju sve njih zajedno zakopaj, u mračnu ih pozatvaraj tamnicu.

¹³Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.

¹⁴Tada ću i ja tebi odat' hvalu što si se svojom desnicom spasio.

¹⁴Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.

¹⁵A sada, dÓe promotri Behemota! Travom se hrani poput govečeta,

¹⁵See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.

¹⁶u bedrima je, gle, snaga njegova, a krepkost mu u mišićju trbušnom.

¹⁶Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷Poput cedra rep podignut ukruti, sva su mu stegna ispreplele žile.

¹⁷He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.

¹⁸Mjedene cijevi kosti su njegove, zglobovi mu od željeza kvrge.

¹⁸His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.

¹⁹Prvenac on je Božjega stvaranja; mačem ga je naoružao tvorac.

¹⁹He is the chief of ùGod's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

²⁰Gore mu danak u hrani donose i sve zvijerje što po njima se igra.

²⁰For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

²¹Pod lotosom on zavaljen počiva, guštik močvarni i glib kriju ga.

²¹He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:

²²Sjenu mu pravi lotosovo lišće, pod vrbama on hladuje potočnim.

²²Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

²³Nabuja li rijeka, on ne strahuje: nimalo njega ne bi zabrinulo da mu u žvale i sav Jordan jurne.

²³Lo, the river overfloweth -- he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.

²⁴Tko bi za oči uhvatio njega i tko bi mu nos sulicom probio?

²⁴Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?

²⁵Zar loviš Levijatana udicom? Zar ćeš mu jezik zažvalit' užetom?

²⁶Zar mu nozdrve trskom probost' možeš ili mu kukom probiti vilicu?

²⁷Hoće li te on preklinjat' za milost, hoće li s tobom blago govoriti?

²⁸I zar će s tobom savez on sklopiti da sveg života tebi sluga bude?

²⁹Hoćeš li se s njim k'o s pticom poigrat' i vezat' ga da kćeri razveseliš?

³⁰Hoće li se za nj cjenkati ribari, među sobom podijelit' ga trgovci?

³¹Možeš li kopljem njemu kožu izbost ili glavu mu probiti ostima?

³²Podigni de ruku svoju na njega: za boj se spremi - bit će ti posljednji!