¹Siis rääkis Iiob ja ütles:

¹Then Job answered,

²'Kuulge ometi mu sõnu ja see olgu mulle troostiks!

²“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.

³Olge minuga kannatlikud, siis ma räägin, ja kui olen rääkinud, võite irvitada!

³Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

⁴Kas ma kaeban inimese peale? Ja miks ei peakski mu vaim muutuma kannatamatuks?

⁴As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

⁵Vaadake minu poole, siis te ehmute ja panete käe suu peale.

⁵Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

⁶Sest kui ma sellele mõtlen, siis ma jahmun ja värin haarab mu ihu.

⁶When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

⁷Miks jäävad õelad elama, saavad vanaks, võtavad isegi jõudu juurde?

⁷“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

⁸Nende sugu seisab kindlana nendega nende ees ja nende järglased on nende silma all.

⁸Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.

⁹Nende kojad on säästetud hirmust ja Jumala vitsa pole nende peal.

⁹Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

¹⁰Nende sõnn kargab, ja mitte asjata, nende lehmad poegivad loodet heitmata.

¹⁰Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.

¹¹Nad lasevad oma lapsukesi joosta nagu lambaid ja nende noorukid tantsivad.

¹¹They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.

¹²Nad laulavad trummi ja kandle saatel ning tunnevad rõõmu vilepilli häälest.

¹²They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

¹³Nad veedavad oma päevi õnnes ja lähevad rahus alla surmavalda.

¹³They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

¹⁴Nad ütlevad Jumalale: 'Tagane meist, sest sinu teede tundmiseks pole meil lusti!

¹⁴They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

¹⁵Kes on Kõigevägevam, et peaksime teda teenima? Ja mis kasu meil on, kui me ta poole palvetame?'

¹⁵What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

¹⁶Vaata, eks ole nende õnn nende endi käes, õelate nõu minust kaugel?

¹⁶Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁷Kui sageli siis kustub õelate lamp ja tabab neid õnnetus? Kui sageli ta jagab oma vihas hukatust,

¹⁷“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

¹⁸et nad oleksid nagu õled tuules, otsekui aganad, mida tuulekeeris hajutab?

¹⁸How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

¹⁹Jumal talletavat õela süü tema laste jaoks. Ta tasugu temale enesele, nõnda et ta tunneb!

¹⁹You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

²⁰Nähku ta oma silmad tema langust ja ta ise joogu Kõigevägevama viha!

²⁰Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

²¹Tõesti, ei ole siis rõõmu ta kojal pärast teda, kui ta kuude arv on napiks mõõdetud.

²¹For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

²²Aga kas võiks Jumalale tarkust õpetada, temale, kes taevalistelegi kohut mõistab?

²²“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

²³Üks sureb oma täies elujõus, kõigiti rahulikult ja muretult,

²³One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

²⁴reied lihavad ja kondid täis üdi.

²⁴His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.

²⁵Teine sureb kibestunud hingega, õnne maitsta saamata.

²⁵Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

²⁶Nad magavad üheskoos põrmus ja ussikesed katavad neid.

²⁶They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

²⁷Vaata, ma tean teie mõtteid ja riukaid, mis te minu vastu sepitsete.

²⁷“Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.

²⁸Sest te küsite: 'Kus on siis nüüd see võimumehe koda? Ja kus on telk, milles õelad elasid?'

²⁸For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’

²⁹Kas te ei ole küsinud teekäijailt ega ole tähele pannud nende märguandeid,

²⁹Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,

³⁰et kurjale antakse armu õnnetusepäeval ja ta päästetakse vihapäeval?

³⁰that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

³¹Kes kuulutaks temale näkku ta käitumist ja kes tasuks temale, mis ta on teinud?

³¹Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

³²Ja kui ta hauda viiakse, siis hoolitsetakse isegi ta kääpa eest.

³²Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.

³³Oru kivipangadki on temale magusad. Tema järele lähevad kõik inimesed, ja enne teda läinuid on arvutult.

³³The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

³⁴Kuidas te siis mulle toote nõnda tühist troosti? Ja teie vastused - neist jääb järele ainult vale.'

³⁴So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”