¹CXu vi povas eltiri levjatanon per fisxhoko, Aux ligi per sxnuro gxian langon?

¹Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?

²CXu vi povas trameti kanon tra gxia nazo Kaj trapiki gxian vangon per pikilo?

²Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

³CXu gxi multe petegos vin, Aux parolos al vi flatajxojn?

³Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?

⁴CXu gxi faros interligon kun vi? CXu vi povas preni gxin kiel porcxiaman sklavon?

⁴Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?

⁵CXu vi amuzigxos kun gxi kiel kun birdo? Aux cxu vi ligos gxin por viaj knabinoj?

⁵Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

⁶CXu kamaradoj gxin dishakos, Kaj dividos inter komercistoj?

⁶Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?

⁷CXu vi povas plenigi per pikiloj gxian hauxton Kaj per fisxistaj hokoj gxian kapon?

⁷Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?

⁸Metu sur gxin vian manon; Tiam vi bone memoros la batalon, kaj gxin ne plu entreprenos.

⁸Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, -- do no more!

⁹Vidu, la espero cxiun trompos; Jam ekvidinte gxin, li falos.

⁹Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?

¹⁰Neniu estas tiel kuragxa, por inciti gxin; Kiu do povas stari antaux Mi?

¹⁰None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?

¹¹Kiu antauxe ion donis al Mi, ke Mi redonu al li? Sub la tuta cxielo cxio estas Mia.

¹¹Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.

¹²Mi ne silentos pri gxiaj membroj, Pri gxia forto kaj bela staturo.

¹²I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.

¹³Kiu povas levi gxian veston? Kiu aliros al gxia paro da makzeloj?

¹³Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?

¹⁴Kiu povas malfermi la pordon de gxia vizagxo? Teruro cxirkauxas gxiajn dentojn.

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

¹⁵GXiaj fieraj skvamoj estas kiel sxildoj, Interligitaj per fortika sigelo;

¹⁵The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.

¹⁶Unu kuntusxigxas kun la alia tiel, Ke aero ne povas trairi tra ili;

¹⁶One is so near to another that no air can come between them;

¹⁷Unu alfortikigxis al la alia, Interkunigxis kaj ne disigxas.

¹⁷They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.

¹⁸GXia terno briligas lumon, Kaj gxiaj okuloj estas kiel la palpebroj de la cxielrugxo.

¹⁸His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

¹⁹El gxia busxo eliras torcxoj, Elkuras flamaj fajreroj.

¹⁹Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:

²⁰El gxiaj nazotruoj eliras fumo, Kiel el bolanta poto aux kaldrono.

²⁰Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.

²¹GXia spiro ekbruligas karbojn, Kaj flamo eliras el gxia busxo.

²¹His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

²²Sur gxia kolo logxas forto, Kaj antaux gxi kuras teruro.

²²In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.

²³La partoj de gxia karno estas firme kunligitaj inter si, Tenas sin fortike sur gxi, kaj ne sxanceligxas.

²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.

²⁴GXia koro estas malmola kiel sxtono, Kaj fortika kiel suba muelsxtono.

²⁴His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].

²⁵Kiam gxi sin levas, ektremas fortuloj, Konsternigxas de teruro.

²⁵When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.

²⁶Glavo, kiu alproksimigxas al gxi, ne povas sin teni, Nek lanco, sago, aux kiraso.

²⁶If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.

²⁷Feron gxi rigardas kiel pajlon, Kupron kiel putran lignon.

²⁷He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

²⁸Ne forpelos gxin sago; SXtonoj el sxtonjxetilo farigxas pajleroj antaux gxi.

²⁸The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

²⁹Bastonegon gxi rigardas kiel pajlon, Kaj gxi mokas la sonon de lanco.

²⁹Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

³⁰Sube gxi havas akrajn pecetojn; Kiel drasxrulo gxi kusxas sur la sxlimo.

³⁰His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.

³¹Kiel kaldronon gxi ondigas la profundon; La maron gxi kirlas kiel sxmirajxon.

³¹He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;

³²La vojo post gxi lumas; La abismo aperas kiel grizajxo.

³²He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.

³³Ne ekzistas sur la tero io simila al gxi; GXi estas kreita sentima.

³³Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

³⁴GXi rigardas malestime cxion altan; GXi estas regxo super cxiuj sovagxaj bestoj.

³⁴He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.