¹Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

¹Človek, splodený zo ženy, je krátkeho veku a sýty nepokoja.

²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

²Vyjde jako kvet z puku a uvädne; uteká jako tieň a nezastane.

³Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

³A ešte i na takého otváraš svoje oči a mňa uvodíš so sebou v súd!

⁴Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!

⁴Kto môže vydať čisté z nečistého? Nikto! -

⁵If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

⁵Ak tedy sú určené jeho dni, počet jeho mesiacov je u teba; položil si mu hranice, ktorých neprekročí:

⁶Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁶odvráť od neho svoj pozor, aby mal chvíľu pokoj, až by sa potešil ako nájomník svojmu dňu.

⁷For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

⁷Lebo strom má nádej: ak ho vytnú, zase vyrastie, a jeho výhonok nevyhynie.

⁸Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

⁸Jestli sa zostarie jeho koreň v zemi, a jeho peň zomrie, v prachu:

⁹Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.

⁹keď zavonia vodu, znova vypučí a ženie vetvi jako sadenec.

¹⁰But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

¹⁰Ale muž zomrie, premožený mdlobou; a keď vypustí človek dušu, kdeže je?!

¹¹The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

¹¹Ako keď odtekajú vody z jazera, a rieka siakne a vysychá:

¹²So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

¹²tak i človek, keď ľahne, nevstane; dokiaľ len budú nebesia, neprebudia sa ani sa nezobudia zo svojho spánku.

¹³Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --

¹³Oj, aby si ma ukryl v hrobe, aby si ma zakryl, dokiaľ by sa neodvrátil tvoj hnev, aby si mi uložil lehotu a potom sa rozpamätal na mňa!

¹⁴(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

¹⁴Ak zomrie muž, či ešte kedy ožije? Vtedy po všetky dni svojho vojenia budem sa nadejať, dokiaľ len neprijde moja zmena.

¹⁵Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

¹⁵Zavoláš, a ja sa ti ohlásim; budeš túžiť po diele svojich rúk.

¹⁶For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

¹⁶Lebo vtedy budeš počítať moje kroky: nebudeš striehnuť na môj hriech.

¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.

¹⁷Moje prestúpenie bude zapečatené v uzlíku, a zatrieš moju neprávosť.

¹⁸And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁸Ale teraz ako keď padá vrch, že sa drobí, a skala, keď sa odtrhne od svojho miesta;

¹⁹The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

¹⁹voda mrví kamene, a jej lejaky odplavujú prach zeme, tak si zahubil nádej smrteľného človeka.

²⁰Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

²⁰Večne ho premáhaš, a ide ta; mení svoju tvár a tak ho zaháňaš.

²¹His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.

²¹Či sú potom jeho synovia slávni, nevie o tom, a či sú chatrní, nepozoruje na to.

²²But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.

²²Ale jeho telo bolestí spolu s ním, a tak i jeho duša smúti tam spolu s ním.