¹Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

¹Či vieš čas rodenia kamzíkov? Pozoroval si azda svíjať sa jelenice, keď rodia?

²Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

²Či počítaš mesiace, ktoré vyplňujú? A či vieš čas ich pôrodu,

³They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

³kedy sa skláňajú, rodia svoje mláďatá, odvrhujú svoje bolesti?

⁴Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

⁴Ich mladé silnejú; rastú na poli; vyjdú a viacej sa nevrátia.

⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

⁵Kto pustil divého osla na slobodu, a sväzky toho divocha kto rozviazal?

⁶Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

⁶Ktorému som dal pustinu za jeho dom a za jeho príbytky slanú zem?

⁷He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

⁷Smeje sa lomozu mesta; nečuje povyku pohoniča.

⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

⁸To, čo najde na vrchoch, je jeho pašou, a vyhľadáva všetko, čo je zelené.

⁹Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

⁹Či ti bude chcieť slúžiť jednorožec? Či bude nocovať pri tvojich jasliach?

¹⁰Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

¹⁰Či pripriahneš jednorožca k brázde jeho povrazom? Či bude za tebou brániť údolia?

¹¹Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

¹¹Či sa spoľahneš na neho preto, že má veľkú silu, a zanecháš na neho svoju prácu?

¹²Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

¹²Či mu budeš veriť, že svezie tvoje semeno a sprace tvoje humno?

¹³The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

¹³Krýdlo pštrosov plesá. A istotne to nie je peruť ľútostného bociana ani perie!

¹⁴For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

¹⁴Pretože zanechá zemi svoje vajcia a liahnuc hreje ich na prachu

¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

¹⁵a zabúda, že ich môže rozpučiť noha, alebo že ich môže zašliapať poľná zver.

¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

¹⁶Tvrde zaobchodí so svojimi mláďatami, jako keby neboly jeho, i keby jeho práca mala byť nadarmo, nestrachuje sa o ňu.

¹⁷For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

¹⁷Pretože mu Bôh dal zabudnúť na múdrosť ani mu nedal podielu na rozumnosti.

¹⁸What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁸V taký čas, keď zatrepoce krýdlami na výšine, vysmeje sa koňovi i jeho jazdcovi.

¹⁹Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

¹⁹Či ty dáš koňovi silu? Či odeješ jeho šiju hrivou?

²⁰Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

²⁰Či spôsobíš, že bude skákať sťa kobylka? Jeho nádherný frkot je strašný.

²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

²¹Jeho nohy hrabú na doline, a plesá vo svojej sile; ide von v ústrety zbrani.

²²He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

²²Smeje sa strachu ani sa neľaká ani neustúpi pred mečom,

²³The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

²³hoci nad ním chreští túl, lesklá kopija a pika;

²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

²⁴s hrmotom a s búrlivým hnevom hltá zem ani nepostojí s pokojom, lebo zavznel zvuk trúby.

²⁵At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁵Kedykoľvek zatrúbi trúba, zarehoce, a zďaleka začuchá boj, hrmot kniežat a krik.

²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

²⁶Či je to z tvojho rozumu, že lieta jastrab, rozostrie svoje krýdla oproti juhu?

²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

²⁷Či na tvoj rozkaz vznáša sa orol a že na vysokom mieste kladie svoje hniezdo?

²⁸He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

²⁸Prebýva na skale a hniezdi na výčnelku skaly, a to jako na hrade.

²⁹From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

²⁹Odtiaľ pátra po žrádle; jeho oči hľadia naďaleko.

³⁰And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

³⁰A jeho mláďatá strebú krv. Kde sú nejakí pobití, tam je aj on.