¹Tedaj odgovori Elifaz Temančan in reče:

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

²Bo li moder mož odgovarjal z vetrovitim znanjem in napihoval notranjščino svojo z vzhodnim vetrom,

²“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

³prepirajoč se z govori, ki ničesar ne pospešujejo, in z besedami, s katerimi nič ne koristi?

³Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

⁴Res, v nič devaš bogaboječnost in kratiš molitev pred Bogom.

⁴Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

⁵Kajti krivičnost tvoja ti poučuje usta, in voliš govor prekanjencev.

⁵For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

⁶Tvoja usta te obsojajo, ne jaz, in ustne tvoje pričajo zoper tebe.

⁶Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

⁷Si li ti prvi človek, ki se je rodil, ali si bil ustvarjen, preden so bili hribi?

⁷“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?

⁸Si li poslušal v tajnem svetu Božjem in zase pokupil vso modrost?

⁸Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

⁹Kaj ti veš, česar mi ne vemo, kaj razumeš, in nam ni znano?

⁹What do you know, that we don’t know? What do you understand, which is not in us?

¹⁰Med nami so i osiveli i starčki, številnejših dni nego tvoj oče!

¹⁰With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.

¹¹Ali so ti malovažne tolažitve Božje in pohlevna beseda do tebe ti je li ničvredna?

¹¹Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?

¹²Kaj ti je ujelo srce in zakaj se iskrijo oči tvoje?

¹²Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,

¹³da obračaš zoper Boga mogočnega togoto svojo in take besede bruhaš iz svojih ust?

¹³That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

¹⁴Kaj je smrtnik, da bi bil čist, in rojeni od žene, da bi bil pravičen?

¹⁴What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁵Glej, svetnikom svojim ne upa in nebesa niso čista v njegovih očeh!

¹⁵Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;

¹⁶Koliko manj ostudnež in popačenec, mož, ki pije krivico kakor vodo!

¹⁶how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

¹⁷Naj ti povem, poslušaj me, in kar sem videl, ti bom pripovedoval,

¹⁷“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare:

¹⁸kar so modri oznanjali in niso zakrivali, sprejemši to od očetov svojih,

¹⁸(Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;

¹⁹ki je njim samim bila izročena dežela in tujec ni prešel sredi njih –:

¹⁹to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):

²⁰Vse svoje žive dni se zvija brezbožnik v mukah in majhno število let je prihranjeno silovitežu.

²⁰the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

²¹Groze glas mu doni po ušesih; ko je mir, prihruje naj pogubnik;

²¹A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

²²nima nade, da se vrne iz temine, in namerjen nanj ga čaka meč.

²²He doesn’t believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

²³Blodi okrog zaradi kruha, govoreč: Kje ga dobim? Ve, da blizu njega je pripravljen dan teme.

²³He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²⁴Bridkost in stiska ga plašita, premagujeta ga kakor kralj, ki je pripravljen za naskok.

²⁴Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

²⁵Ker je iztegnil roko zoper Boga mogočnega in je prevzetoval proti Vsegamogočnemu,

²⁵Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;

²⁶zaletaval se je vanj z vzpetim vratom, z debelimi grbami ščitov svojih;

²⁶he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;

²⁷ker se je obraz njegov pokril z mastjo, na ledjih se mu je nabrala tolšča,

²⁷because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

²⁸in prebival je v porušenih mestih, v hišah, v katerih bi se ne bilo smelo stanovati, ki zanje je določeno, da ostanejo v razvalinah:

²⁸He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

²⁹zato ne obogati, imetje njegovo ne ostane in posestvo njegovo se ne razširi v deželi.

²⁹He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

³⁰Ne uteče iz temine, plamen posuši mladike njegove, in on izgine od diha iz ust Njegovih. –

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God’s mouth shall he go away.

³¹Naj se ne zanaša na laž, prevaran bo, kajti prevara mu bo v povračilo.

³¹Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.

³²Še preden pride dan njegov, se to dopolni, in palmova mladika mu več ne ozeleni;

³²It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.

³³bode kakor trta, ki trebi kislo grozdje svoje, in kakor oljka, ki stresa cvetje svoje.

³³He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.

³⁴Kajti družina bogapozabnikova je nerodovitna, in ogenj pokonča podkupljivčev šator.Bogapozabniki nosijo nadlogo, rode krivico, njih srce pripravlja prevaro.

³⁴For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

³⁵Bogapozabniki nosijo nadlogo, rode krivico, njih srce pripravlja prevaro.

³⁵They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”