¹Job progovori i reče:

¹And Job answered and said,

²"Zaista, dobro ja znadem da je tako: kako da pred Bogom čovjek ima pravo?

²Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with ùGod?

³Ako bi se tkogod htio prÓeti s njime, odvratio mu ne bi ni jednom od tisuću.

³If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.

⁴Srcem on je mudar, a snagom svesilan, i tko bi se njemu nekažnjeno opro?

⁴He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?

⁵On brda premješta, a ona to ne znaju, u jarosti svojoj on ih preokreće.

⁵Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;

⁶Pokreće on zemlju sa njezina mjesta, iz temelja njene potresa stupove.

⁶Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;

⁷Kad zaprijeti suncu, ono se ne rađa, on pečatom svojim i zvijezde pečati.

⁷Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;

⁸Jedini on je nebesa razapeo i pučinom morskom samo on hodao.

⁸Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

⁹Stvorio je Medvjede i Oriona, Vlašiće i zvijezđa na južnome nebu.

⁹Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

¹⁰Tvorac on je djela silnih, nepojmljivih čudesa koja se izbrojit' ne mogu.

¹⁰Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.

¹¹Ide pored mene, a ja ga ne vidim; evo, on prolazi - ja ga ne opažam.

¹¹Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

¹²Ugrabi li što, tko će mu to priječit, i tko ga pitat smije: 'Što si učinio?'

¹²Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

¹³Bog silni srdžbu svoju ne opoziva: pred njim poniču saveznici Rahaba.

¹³+God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:

¹⁴Pa kako onda da njemu odgovorim, koju riječ da protiv njega izaberem?

¹⁴How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?

¹⁵I da sam u pravu, odvratio ne bih, u suca svojega milost bih molio.

¹⁵Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

¹⁶A kad bi se na zov moj i odazvao, vjerovao ne bih da on glas moj sluša.

¹⁶If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, --

¹⁷Jer, za dlaku jednu on mene satire, bez razloga moje rane umnožava.

¹⁷He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

¹⁸Ni časa jednoga predahnut' mi ne da, nego mene svakom gorčinom napaja!

¹⁸He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

¹⁹Ako je na snagu - tÓa on je najjači! Ako je na pravdu - tko će njega na sud?

¹⁹Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?

²⁰Da sam i prav, usta bi me osudila, da sam i nevin, zlim bi me proglasila.

²⁰If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.

²¹A jesam li nevin? Ni sam ne znam više, moj je život meni sasvim omrzao!

²¹Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

²²Jer, to je svejedno; i zato ja kažem: nevina i grešnika on dokončava.

²²It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

²³I bič smrtni kad bi odjednom ubijo ... ali on se ruga nevolji nevinih.

²³If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.

²⁴U zemlji predanoj u šake zlikovaca, on oči sucima njezinim zastire. Ako on to nije, tko je drugi onda?

²⁴The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?

²⁵Od skoroteče su brži moji dani, bježe daleko, nigdje dobra ne videć.'

²⁵And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.

²⁶K'o čamci od rogoza hitro promiču, k'o orao na plijen kada se zaleti.

²⁶They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

²⁷Kažem li: zaboravit ću jadikovku, razvedrit ću lice i veseo biti,

²⁷If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,

²⁸od mojih me muka groza obuzima, jer znadem da me ti ne držiš nevinim.

²⁸I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

²⁹Ako li sam grešan, tÓa čemu onda da zalud mučim sebe.

²⁹Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?

³⁰Kad bih i sniježnicom sebe ja isprao, kad bih i lugom ruke svoje umio,

³⁰If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,

³¹u veću bi me nečist opet gurnuo, i moje bi me se gnušale haljine!

³¹Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.

³²Nije čovjek k'o ja da se s njime pravdam i na sud da idem s njim se parničiti.

³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.

³³Niti kakva suca ima među nama da ruke svoje stavi na nas dvojicu,

³³There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

³⁴da šibu njegovu od mene odmakne, da užas njegov mene više ne plaši!

³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

³⁵Govorit ću ipak bez ikakva straha, jer ja nisam takav u svojim očima!

³⁵[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.