¹Bildan iz Šuaha progovori tad i reče:

¹And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

²"Dokad ćeš jošte govoriti tako, dokle će ti riječ kao vihor biti?

²How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?

³TÓa zar može Bog pravo pogaziti, može li pravdu izvrnut' Svesilni?

³Doth ùGod pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?

⁴Ako mu djeca tvoja sagriješiše, preda ih zato bezakonju njinu.

⁴If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.

⁵Al' ako Boga potražiš iskreno i od Svesilnog milost ti izmoliš;

⁵If thou seek earnestly unto ùGod, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

⁶ako li budeš čist i neporočan, odsad će svagda on nad tobom bdjeti i obnovit će kuću pravedniku.

⁶If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

⁷Bit će malena tvoja sreća prošla prema budućoj što te očekuje.

⁷And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.

⁸No pitaj samo prošle naraštaje, na mudrost pređa njihovih pripazi.

⁸For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;

⁹Od jučer mi smo i ništa ne znamo, poput sjene su na zemlji nam dani.

⁹For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

¹⁰Oni će te poučit' i reći ti, iz srca će svog izvući besjede:

¹⁰Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

¹¹'Izvan močvare zar će rogoz nići? Zar će bez vode trstika narasti?

¹¹Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?

¹²Zeleni se sva, al' i nekošena usahne prije svake druge trave.

¹²Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.

¹³To je kob svakog tko Boga zaboravi; tako propada nada bezbožnika:

¹³So are the paths of all that forget ùGod; and the profane man's hope shall perish,

¹⁴Nit je tanana njegovo uzdanje, a ufanje mu kuća paukova.

¹⁴Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

¹⁵Nasloni li se, ona mu se ljulja, prihvati li se, ona mu se ruši.

¹⁵He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.

¹⁶Zeleni se i sav na suncu buja, vrt su mu cio mladice prerasle.

¹⁶He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

¹⁷Svojim korijenjem krš je isprepleo te život crpe iz živa kamena.

¹⁷His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.

¹⁸A kad ga s mjesta njegova istrgnu, ono ga niječe: 'Nikada te ne vidjeh!'

¹⁸If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!

¹⁹I evo gdje na putu sada trune dok drugo bilje već niče iz zemlje.

¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.

²⁰Ne, Bog neće odbacit' neporočne, niti će rukom poduprijet' opake.

²⁰Behold, ùGod will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.

²¹Smijeh će ti opet ispuniti usta, s usana će odjeknuti klicanje.

²¹Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,

²²Dušmane će ti odjenut' sramota i šatora će nestat' zlikovačkog.'"

²²They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more.