1A Job pokračoval vo svojej umnej reči a riekol:
1Job again took up his parable, and said,
2Oj, aby som bol ako za predošlých mesiacov, ako za dní, v ktorých ma strážiac chránil Bôh!
2“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
3Kým svietil svojou sviecou nad mojou hlavou, keď som chodieval v jeho svetle vo tme!
3when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
4Jako som bol za dní svojej jasene, kým bola tajná rada Božia nad mojím stánom;
4as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
5kým ešte bol so mnou Všemohúci, vôkol mňa moji chlapci;
5when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
6kým sa moje kroky kúpaly v masle, a skala vylievala u mňa potoky oleja;
6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
7keď som vychádzaval do brány, hore do mesta, a na ulici postavovával svoje sedište!
7when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
8Keď ma videli mládenci, skrývali sa a starci povstávali a stáli.
8The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
9Kniežatá zdŕžaly slovami a kládli ruku na svoje ústa;
9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10hlas vojvodov sa skrýval, a ich jazyk sa lepil na ich ďasno.
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11Keď počulo o mne ucho, blahoslavilo ma, a keď ma videlo oko, prisviedčalo mi.
11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:
12Lebo som vytrhoval biedneho, volajúceho o pomoc, i sirotu i toho, kto nemal pomocníka.
12Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,
13Požehnanie hynúceho prichádzalo na mňa, a pôsobil som to, aby plesalo srdce vdovy.
13the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14Obliekal som sa v spravedlivosť, a ona si obliekala mňa; jako plášť a jako turban bol môj súd.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15Bol som očima slepému a nohami krivému som bol ja.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
16Býval som otcom chudobným a pravotu, ktorej som neznal, som prezkúmal.
16I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.
17Krúšieval som črenové zuby nešľachetníka a vyrážal som lúpež z jeho zubov.
17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18A povedal som: Zomriem vo svojom hniezde a rozmnožím svoje dni, že ich bude jako piesku.
18Then I said, ‘I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
19Môj koreň bude mať otvorený prístup k vode, a rosa bude nocovať na mojej vetvi.
19My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
20Moja sláva bude vše nová u mňa, a moje lučište sa bude obnovovať v mojej ruke.
20My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
21Počúvali na mňa a očakávali a mlčali na moju radu.
21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
22Po mojom slove viacej nehovorili, a moja reč príjemne pršala na nich;
22After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
23očakávali na mňa jako na dážď a otvárali svoje ústa jako proti jarnému dažďu.
23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
24Smial som sa na nich žartujúc, neverili a nedali padnúť svetlu mojej tvári.
24I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.
25Volil som ich cestu a sedel som ako hlava a prebýval som ako kráľ vo vojsku, jako ten, kto teší zarmútených.
25I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.