¹Ded zazivlji! Zar će ti se tko odazvat'? Kojem li se svecu misliš sad obratit'?

¹Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

²Doista, budalu njegov bijes ubija, luđaka će sasvim skončat ljubomora.

²For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

³Bezumnika vidjeh kako korijen pušta, al' prokletstvo skoro na kuću mu pade.

³I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

⁴Njegovi su sinci daleko od spasa, njih nezaštićene na Vratima tlače.

⁴His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

⁵Ljetinu njihovu pojedoše gladni, sam Bog ju je njima oteo iz usta, a žedni hlepe za njihovim dobrima.

⁵Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

⁶Ne, opačina ne izbija iz zemlje, nit' nevolja iz tla može nići sama,

⁶For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

⁷nego čovjek rađa muku i nevolju kao što let orlov teži u visinu.

⁷For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

⁸Al' ja bih se ipak Bogu utekao i pred njime stvar bih svoju razložio.

⁸But as for me I will seek unto ùGod, and unto God commit my cause;

⁹Nedokučiva on djela silna stvori, čudesa koja se izbrojit' ne mogu.

⁹Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

¹⁰On kišom rosi po svem licu zemljinu i vodu šalje da nam polja natapa.

¹⁰Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;

¹¹Da bi ponižene visoko digao, da bi ojađene srećom obdario,

¹¹Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

¹²redom ruši ono što lukavci smisle, što god započeli, on im izjalovi.

¹²He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

¹³On hvata mudre u njihovu lukavstvu, naume spletkara obraća u ništa.

¹³He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

¹⁴Posred bijela dana zapadnu u tamu, pipaju u podne kao usred noći.

¹⁴They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

¹⁵On iz njinih ralja izbavlja jadnika, iz silničkih ruku diže siromaha.

¹⁵And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

¹⁶Tako se pokaže nada nevoljniku, i nepravda mora zatvoriti usta.

¹⁶So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

¹⁷Da, blago čovjeku koga Bog odbaci! Stoga ti ne prezri karanje Svesilnog!

¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

¹⁸On ranjava, ali i ranu povija, udara i svojom zacjeljuje rukom.

¹⁸For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

¹⁹Iz šest će nevolja tebe izbaviti, ni u sedmoj zlo te dotaknuti neće.

¹⁹He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

²⁰U gladi, od smrti on će te spasiti, a u ratu, oštru će te otet maču.

²⁰In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

²¹Biču zla jezika uklonit će tebe, ispred otimača bez straha ćeš biti.

²¹Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

²²Suši i studeni ti ćeš se smijati i od divljih zvijeri strahovati nećeš.

²²At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

²³Sklopit' ti ćeš savez s kamenjem na njivi, zvjerad divlja s tobom u miru će biti.

²³For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

²⁴U šatoru svome mir ćeš uživati, dom svoj kad pohodiš netaknut će stajat.

²⁴And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.

²⁵Koljeno ćeš svoje gledat' gdje se množi i potomstvo gdje ti kao trava raste.

²⁵And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

²⁶U grob ti ćeš leći kada budeš zreo, kao što se žito snosi kad dozori.

²⁶Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

²⁷Sve motrismo ovo: istina je živa! zato sve za dobro svoje ti poslušaj."

²⁷Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.