¹Nato odgovori Job in reče:

¹Then Job answered,

²Pazljivo poslušajte govorjenje moje, in to bodi namesto vaših tolažb.

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

³Potrpite, in tudi jaz bom govoril, in ko dogovorim, se posmehujte.

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

⁴Mar tožba moja velja ljudem? ali kako naj ne bi bil žalosten duh moj?

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

⁵Obrnite se k meni in strmite in položite roko na usta svoja!

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

⁶Res, kadar se tega spomnim, se prestrašim in trepet prešine meso moje.

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

⁷Zakaj žive brezbožniki, dočakajo starosti, množe si tudi bogastvo?

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

⁸Njih seme stoji trdno ž njimi vred vpričo njih in njih zarod pred njih očmi.

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

⁹Njih hiše so v miru, brez straha, in Božje šibe ni nad njimi.

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

¹⁰Njih junci skačejo in ne neplodno, njih krave se lahko otele in ne izvržejo.

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

¹¹Deco odpošiljajo kakor ovac krdelo in njih otroci plešejo veselo.

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

¹²Pevajo glasno z bobnicami in citrami in se vesele ob glasu piščali.

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

¹³V sreči prežive svoje dni, in v trenutku se pogreznejo v kraj mrtvih.

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

¹⁴In vendar govore Bogu mogočnemu: Pojdi od nas, ker spoznanja tvojih potov ne želimo!

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

¹⁵Kaj je Vsemogočni, da bi mu služili, ali kaj nam hasni, če se mu z molitvijo bližamo?

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

¹⁶Glej, njih sreča vendar ni v njih rokah. Svetovanje brezbožnih bodi daleč od mene!

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

¹⁷Kolikokrat se dogodi, da ugasne svetilo brezbožnikov in pridrevi nadnje njih poguba? da jim Bog podeli žalosti v srdu svojem?

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?

¹⁸da so kakor rezanica pred vetrom in kakor pleve, ki jih razpiše vihar?

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

¹⁹Bog hrani, pravite, krivdo brezbožnikovo za otroke njegove. Njemu naj jo povrne, da jo on čuti!

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

²⁰S svojimi očmi naj gleda svojo pogubo in pije naj od togote Vsegamogočnega!

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

²¹Kajti kaj bo maral za hišo svojo za seboj, ko se prestreže število mesecev njegovih? –

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

²²More li kdo Boga mogočnega učiti spoznanja, ko vendar on sodi tiste, ki so na višavah?

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

²³Tale umrje v obili moči svoji, ko je popolnoma brez skrbi in v miru;

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

²⁴posode njegove so polne mleka in kosti njegove z mozgom pitane.

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

²⁵Oni umrje v bridkosti duše, in nikdar ni okusil dobrega.

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

²⁶Skupaj ležita v prahu, črvad ju oba pokriva.

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

²⁷Glejte, jaz poznam misli vaše in naklepe, s katerimi me nadlegujete.

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

²⁸Kajti pravite: Kje je hiša mogočneža in kje šator, ki so v njem prebivali brezbožni?

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

²⁹Niste li vprašali popotnikov? in njih znamenita poročila boste pač pripoznali:

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

³⁰da Bog hrani hudobneža do dne pogube, da ga odpravi v dan jeze.

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

³¹Kdo mu sme očitati v obraz pot njegovo? in kdo mu povrne, kar je storil?

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

³²Prav njega spremijo s častjo do groba, in nad gomilo ga še čuvajo.

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

³³Lahke mu so grude v dolini; in za njim pojdejo vsi ljudje, kakor jih je šlo brezštevilno pred njim.Kako me torej zaman tolažite? Od vaših odgovorov ostane le nezvestoba.

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

³⁴Kako me torej zaman tolažite? Od vaših odgovorov ostane le nezvestoba.

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