¹Bol nejaký muž v zemi Úc, ktorému bolo meno Job. Bol to muž bezúhonný, priamy a spravedlivý, ktorý sa bál Boha a chránil sa zlého.

¹A man there hath been in the land of Uz — Job his name — and that man hath been perfect and upright — both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

²Narodilo sa mu sedem synov a tri dcéry.

²And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,

³A mal dobytka sedem tisíc kusov drobného stáda, tri tisíce veľblúdov, päťsto párov volov, päťsto oslíc a služobníctva veľmi mnoho. A ten muž bol väčší od všetkých synov východu.

³and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

⁴A jeho synovia chodievali a robievali hostiny po dome, každý na svoj deň. A posielavali a povolávali aj svoje tri sestry, aby jedly a pily s nimi.

⁴And his sons have gone and made a banquet — the house of each [in] his day — and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;

⁵A bývalo tak, že keď kolom obišly dni hostiny, posielaval Job a posväcoval ich a vstávajúc skoro ráno obetoval zápalné obeti podľa počtu všetkých ich. Lebo Job hovorieval: Možno, že zhrešili moji synovia a zlorečili Bohu vo svojom srdci. Tak to robieval Job po všetky tie dni.

⁵and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings — the number of them all — for Job said, `Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.` Thus doth Job all the days.

⁶A stalo sa jedného dňa, keď prišli synovia Boží, aby sa postavili pred Hospodinom, že prišiel medzi nimi aj Satan.

⁶And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

⁷A Hospodin riekol Satanovi: Odkiaľ ideš? A Satan odpovedal Hospodinovi a riekol: Chodil som sem a ta po zemi a prechádzal som sa po nej.

⁷And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence comest thou?` And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.`

⁸A zase riekol Hospodin Satanovi: Či si si všimnul môjho služobníka Joba, že nie je jemu rovného na zemi, takého bezúhonného muža, priameho a spravedlivého, ktorý sa bojí Boha a chráni sa zlého?

⁸And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?`

⁹Na to odpovedal Satan Hospodinovi a riekol: A či sa Job darmo bojí Boha?

⁹And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `For nought is Job fearing God?

¹⁰Či si ho ty azda neohradil i jeho domu a všetkého, čo má, zo všetkých strán? Dielo jeho rúk si požehnal, a jeho dobytok sa náramne rozmnožil na zemi.

¹⁰Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath — round about?

¹¹Ale nože vystri svoju ruku a dotkni sa všetkého, čo má, či ti nebude zlorečiť do tvári!

¹¹The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath — if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!`

¹²Vtedy riekol Hospodin Satanovi: Hľa, všetko, čo má, je v tvojej ruke, len na neho nevystri svojej ruky. A Satan vyšiel od tvári Hospodinovej.

¹²And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, all that he hath [is] in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.` And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

¹³A stalo sa jedného dňa, keď jedli jeho synovia a jeho dcéry a pili víno v dome svojho prvorodeného brata,

¹³And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

¹⁴že prišiel posol k Jobovi a povedal: Voly oraly a oslice sa pásly vedľa nich,

¹⁴And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

¹⁵a vtrhli Šebänia a zajali ich a sluhov pobili ostrím meča, a utečúc zachránil som sa iba ja sám, aby som ti to oznámil.

¹⁵and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁶Kým ešte tento hovoril, prišiel druhý a povedal: Oheň Boží padol s neba a roznietil sa na drobné stádo i na sluhov a strávil ich, a utečúc zachránil som sa iba ja sám, aby som ti to oznámil.

¹⁶While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁷Kým ešte tento hovoril, prišiel tretí a povedal: Chaldeji rozostavili tri čaty a vrhli sa na veľblúdov a zajali ich a sluhov pobili ostrím meča, a utečúc zachránil som sa iba ja sám, aby som ti to oznámil.

¹⁷While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

¹⁸A keď tento ešte nebol dopovedal, prišiel štvrtý a riekol: Tvoji synovia a tvoje dcéry jedli a pili víno v dome svojho prvorodeného brata,

¹⁸While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Thy sons and thy daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

¹⁹a hľa, prišiel veliký vietor zpoza púšte a uderil na štyri uhly domu, takže padol na mladých ľudí, a zomreli, a utečúc zachránil som sa iba ja sám, aby som ti to oznámil.

¹⁹And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.`

²⁰Vtedy vstal Job a roztrhol svoj plášť, ostrihal svoju hlavu a padnúc na zem poklonil sa.

²⁰And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,

²¹A riekol: Nahý som vyšiel zo života svojej matky a nahý sa ta navrátim. Hospodin dal, Hospodin vzal. Nech je požehnané meno Hospodinovo.

²¹and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.`

²²V tom vo všetkom nezhrešil Job a neprivlastnil Bohu ničoho nerozumného.

²²In all this Job hath not sinned, nor given folly to God.