¹A Job odpovedal a riekol:

¹Then Job answered,

²Počujteže moju reč, a bude mi to za vaše potešenia.

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

³Potrpte ma, aby som ja hovoril, a keď dohovorím, potom sa vysmievaj.

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

⁴Či sa ja azda žalujem ľuďom? Alebo prečo by nemal môj duch ustávať v trpezlivosti?

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

⁵Pozrite na mňa a predeste sa a položte ruku na ústa.

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

⁶Keď myslím na to, trniem zdesený, a hrôza pochytáva moje telo.

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

⁷Prečo žijú bezbožníci, zostarejú sa i mohutnejú v sile?

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

⁸Ich semeno stojí pevne u nich pred nimi a ich potomstvo pred ich očami.

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

⁹Ich domy majú pokoj od strachu, ani nedopáda prút Boží na nich.

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

¹⁰Jeho byko skočí a nie bez oplodnenia; jeho krava sa telí a nevyvrhne.

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

¹¹Vypúšťajú svoje decká jako drobné stádo, a ich deti poskakujú.

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

¹²Povyšujú svoj hlas pri bubne a pri citare a radujú sa zvuku píšťaly.

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

¹³Trávia svoje dni v dobrom a v okamihu sostupujú do hrobu.

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

¹⁴A hovoria silnému Bohu: Ujdi od nás! Nechceme známosti tvojich ciest.

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

¹⁵Čože je Všemohúci, aby sme mu slúžili? A čo nám to pomôže, keď sa mu budeme modliť?

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

¹⁶Ale hľa, ich dobré nie je v ich ruke, a preto je rada bezbožných ďaleko odo mňa.

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

¹⁷Koľko ráz zhasne lampa bezbožných? A či prichádzava na nich ich zhuba? Či im Bôh udeľuje bolesti vo svojom hneve?

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?

¹⁸Kedy bývajú ako slama pred vetrom a jako plevy, ktoré ukradne víchor?

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

¹⁹Že vraj Bôh odkladá jeho synom jeho neprávosť? Nech odplatí jemu, aby vedel!

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

²⁰Nech vidia jeho oči jeho nešťastie, a nech sa napije z prchlivosti Všemohúceho!

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

²¹Lebo čo mu je, bezbožnému, po jeho dome po ňom, keď je urezaný počet jeho mesiacov?!

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

²²Či bude niekto učiť známosti silného Boha, jeho, ktorý sám súdi vysokomyseľných?

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

²³Jeden zomiera v plnom svojom blahobyte, cele bezpečný a pokojný;

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

²⁴jeho žochtáre sú plné mlieka, a špik jeho kostí je zvlažovaný,

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

²⁵kým iný zomiera s roztrpčenou dušou a nejedol v živote dobrého.

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

²⁶No, spolu ľahnú do prachu, a červy ich pokryjú.

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

²⁷Hľa, znám vaše myšlienky a vaše úmysly použiť proti mne násilie.

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

²⁸Lebo hovoríte: Kde je dom kniežaťa? A kde je stán príbytkov bezbožných?

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

²⁹Či ste sa nepýtali tých, ktorí idú pomimo cestou? A či ich pokynov neznáte?

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

³⁰Že totiž zlý človek býva ušetrený ku dňu záhuby, že bývajú vedení ku dňu výbuchov Božieho hnevu?

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

³¹Kto mu oznámi jeho cestu do jeho tvári? Alebo keď on niečo spácha, kto mu odplatí?

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

³²A on bude doprevadený k hrobom, a ešte i po smrti bude bdieť nad rovom.

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

³³Budú mu sladnúť hrudy údolia, a za ním potiahne každý človek, a tým pred ním neni počtu.

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

³⁴A jako ma tedy potešíte márnosťou, keď vo vašich odpovediach zostáva iba faloš?

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