¹Ja Iiob jätkas oma kõnet ning ütles:

¹And Job continued his parable and said,

²'Kes annaks mulle tagasi endised kuud, need päevad, mil Jumal mind hoidis,

²Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;

³kui oma lampi mu pea kohal laskis paista tema, kelle valgusega ma käisin pimeduses,

³When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;

⁴et ma võiksin olla nagu oma nooruspäevil, mil Jumala osadus oli mu telgi peal,

⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,

⁵kui Kõigevägevam oli alles mu juures ja mu lapsed viibisid mu ümber,

⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;

⁶kui mu sammud ujusid piimas ja kalju laskis mulle voolata õliojasid?

⁶When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...

⁷Kui ma siis läksin linna värava juurde, kui ma seadsin oma istme turu peale,

⁷When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,

⁸siis mind nähes pugesid noored mehed peitu ja elatanud tõusid üles ning jäid seisma,

⁸The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;

⁹pealikud lakkasid kõnelemast ja panid käe suu peale,

⁹Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

¹⁰vürstide hääl vaikis ja nende keel kleepus suulakke.

¹⁰The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.

¹¹Tõesti, kelle kõrv mind kuulis, see kiitis mind õnnelikuks, ja kelle silm mind nägi, see tunnistas minu kasuks,

¹¹When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;

¹²sest ma päästsin viletsa, kes appi hüüdis, ja vaeslapse, kellel ei olnud aitajat.

¹²For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.

¹³Mulle sai osaks hukkuja õnnistus ja ma panin hõiskama lese südame.

¹³The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹⁴Ma riietusin õiglusesse, ja mu õigus ehtis mind nagu kuub ja kübar.

¹⁴I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.

¹⁵Ma olin pimedale silmadeks ja jalutule jalgadeks.

¹⁵I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

¹⁶Ma olin vaestele isaks ja ma uurisin isegi tundmatu tüliasja.

¹⁶I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

¹⁷Ma purustasin ülekohtutegija lõualuud ja tõmbasin saagi ta hammaste vahelt.

¹⁷And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

¹⁸Seepärast ma mõtlesin: 'Küllap ma heidan hinge oma pesas ja mu päevade hulk on nagu liiv.

¹⁸And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;

¹⁹Mu juur jääb avatuks veele ja mu okste peal on öösiti kaste.

¹⁹My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;

²⁰Mu au on alati uus ja amb mu käes on ikka laskevalmis.'

²⁰My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.

²¹Nad kuulasid mind ja ootasid, ning vaikisid, kui ma nõu andsin.

²¹Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:

²²Pärast mu kõnet nad ei rääkinud enam, sest mu sõnad otse voolasid nende peale.

²²After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;

²³Nad ootasid mind nagu vihma ja ajasid suud ammuli otsekui hilisvihma pärast.

²³And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

²⁴Ma naeratasin neile, kui neil puudus usk, ja nad ei tumestanud mu lahket nägu.

²⁴[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.

²⁵Mina valisin neile tee ja istusin ise esikohal, elasin nagu kuningas väehulga keskel, otsekui leinajate trööstija.

²⁵I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.