¹A Job odpovedal a riekol:

¹And Job answereth and saith: —

²Ešte i dnes bude moje úpenie spúrou! Môj údel strádania je ťažší nad moje vzdychanie.

²Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

³Oj, aby som vedel, kde by som ho našiel! Išiel by som až pred jeho prestol.

³O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

⁴Predložil by som pred neho súd a svoje ústa by som naplnil dôkazmi.

⁴I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.

⁵Chcel by som zvedieť slová, ktorými by mi odpovedal, a porozumieť tomu, čo by mi riekol.

⁵I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

⁶Či by sa pravotil so mnou vo svojej veľkej sile? Nie to, ale by ma pozorne vypočul.

⁶In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

⁷Tam by sa pravotil s ním priamy človek spravedlivý, a navždy by som uniknul svojmu sudcovi.

⁷There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

⁸Ale hľa, keď pojdem napred, neni ho, a keď nazad, nespozorujem ho.

⁸Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

⁹naľavo, ak robí niečo, neuvidím ho; ak zahne napravo, neuzriem ho.

⁹[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

¹⁰Lebo zná, jaká je cesta u mňa; keď ma bude zkúšať, vyjdem ako zlato.

¹⁰For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

¹¹Moja noha sa držala jeho kroku; ostríhal som jeho cestu a neodchýlil som sa

¹¹On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

¹²ani som neuhnul od prikázania jeho rtov; nad svoj stanovený diel pokrmu som schoval reči jeho úst.

¹²The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

¹³Ale keď on trvá na jednom, ktože ho odvráti? A keď si zažiada niečo jeho duša, aj to učiní.

¹³And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].

¹⁴A istotne vykoná i to, čo ustanovil o mne. A podobných vecí je mnoho pri ňom.

¹⁴For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

¹⁵Preto sa desím jeho tvári, keď premýšľam o tom, strachujem sa pred ním.

¹⁵Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

¹⁶A silný Bôh zmalátnil moje srdce, a Všemohúci ma predesil.

¹⁶And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

¹⁷Oj, že nie som zničený od tmy! A bol by tak ukryl predo mnou mrákotu.

¹⁷For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.