¹A Job odpovedal a riekol:

¹Then Job answered,

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

²“Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

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

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

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

⁴I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

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

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.

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

⁶Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

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

⁷There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.

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

⁸“If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can’t find him;

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

⁹He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.

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

¹⁰But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.

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

¹¹My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.

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

¹²I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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

¹³But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

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

¹⁴For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.

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

¹⁵Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

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

¹⁶For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

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

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.