¹Človek, splodený zo ženy, je krátkeho veku a sýty nepokoja.

¹“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

²Vyjde jako kvet z puku a uvädne; uteká jako tieň a nezastane.

²He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

³A ešte i na takého otváraš svoje oči a mňa uvodíš so sebou v súd!

³Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

⁴Kto môže vydať čisté z nečistého? Nikto! -

⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

⁵Ak tedy sú určené jeho dni, počet jeho mesiacov je u teba; položil si mu hranice, ktorých neprekročí:

⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass;

⁶odvráť od neho svoj pozor, aby mal chvíľu pokoj, až by sa potešil ako nájomník svojmu dňu.

⁶Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁷Lebo strom má nádej: ak ho vytnú, zase vyrastie, a jeho výhonok nevyhynie.

⁷“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

⁸Jestli sa zostarie jeho koreň v zemi, a jeho peň zomrie, v prachu:

⁸Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,

⁹keď zavonia vodu, znova vypučí a ženie vetvi jako sadenec.

⁹yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

¹⁰Ale muž zomrie, premožený mdlobou; a keď vypustí človek dušu, kdeže je?!

¹⁰But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

¹¹Ako keď odtekajú vody z jazera, a rieka siakne a vysychá:

¹¹As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

¹²tak i človek, keď ľahne, nevstane; dokiaľ len budú nebesia, neprebudia sa ani sa nezobudia zo svojho spánku.

¹²so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

¹³Oj, aby si ma ukryl v hrobe, aby si ma zakryl, dokiaľ by sa neodvrátil tvoj hnev, aby si mi uložil lehotu a potom sa rozpamätal na mňa!

¹³“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹⁴Ak zomrie muž, či ešte kedy ožije? Vtedy po všetky dni svojho vojenia budem sa nadejať, dokiaľ len neprijde moja zmena.

¹⁴If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

¹⁵Zavoláš, a ja sa ti ohlásim; budeš túžiť po diele svojich rúk.

¹⁵You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

¹⁶Lebo vtedy budeš počítať moje kroky: nebudeš striehnuť na môj hriech.

¹⁶But now you number my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?

¹⁷Moje prestúpenie bude zapečatené v uzlíku, a zatrieš moju neprávosť.

¹⁷My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.

¹⁸Ale teraz ako keď padá vrch, že sa drobí, a skala, keď sa odtrhne od svojho miesta;

¹⁸“But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁹voda mrví kamene, a jej lejaky odplavujú prach zeme, tak si zahubil nádej smrteľného človeka.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

²⁰Večne ho premáhaš, a ide ta; mení svoju tvár a tak ho zaháňaš.

²⁰You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

²¹Či sú potom jeho synovia slávni, nevie o tom, a či sú chatrní, nepozoruje na to.

²¹His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

²²Ale jeho telo bolestí spolu s ním, a tak i jeho duša smúti tam spolu s ním.

²²But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”