¹Ja Iiob jätkas oma kõnet ning ütles:

¹Job again took up his parable, and said,

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

²“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

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

³when his lamp shone on 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 ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

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

⁵when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

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

⁶when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

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

⁷when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

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

⁸The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

⁹pealikud lakkasid kõnelemast ja panid käe suu peale,

⁹The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

¹⁰vürstide hääl vaikis ja nende keel kleepus suulakke.

¹⁰The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

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

¹¹For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

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

¹²Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

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

¹³the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on 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 robe and a diadem.

¹⁵Ma olin pimedale silmadeks ja jalutule jalgadeks.

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

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

¹⁶I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.

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

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

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

¹⁸Then I said, ‘I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

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

¹⁹My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

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

²⁰My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

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

²¹“Men listened to me, 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 didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

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

²³They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

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

²⁴I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

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

²⁵I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.