¹In Job je nadaljeval govor svoj in rekel:

¹Job again took up his parable, and said,

²Kakor res živi Bog silni, ki mi je odvzel pravico, in Vsegamogočni, ki žali dušo mojo

²“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

³(kajti življenje moje je še v meni in duh Božji v nosnicah mojih):

³(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

⁴ustne moje ne govore krivičnega in jezik moj ne izreče prevare!

⁴surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

⁵Vam nikakor ne priznam pravičnosti; dokler ne umrem, ne dam si vzeti brezmadežnosti svoje.

⁵Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

⁶Pravičnosti svoje se držim in je ne pustim; srce mi ne očita ne enega mojih dni.

⁶I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

⁷Sovražnik moj naj se pokaže kot brezbožnik, in kdor se stavi zoper mene, kakor krivičnik.

⁷“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

⁸Kajti kaj je bogapozabnikova nada, če mu Bog prestriže življenje in vzame dušo?

⁹Bo li Bog mogočni slišal njegovo vpitje, ko pride stiska nadenj?

¹⁰More se li veseliti Vsemogočnega in klicati Boga vsakteri čas?

¹⁰Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

¹¹Naj vas poučim o roki Boga silnega; kar je pri Vsegamogočnem, nočem utajiti.

¹¹I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹²Glejte, sami ste to vsi videli, zakaj torej blebetate ničevo?

¹²Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

¹³To je delež krivičnega človeka pri Bogu mogočnem in silovitnikov dediščina, ki jo dobivajo od Vsemogočnega:

¹³“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

¹⁴Ko se mu množe otroci, množe se za meč, in potomci njegovi nimajo kruha dositega.

¹⁴If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵Kar preostane njegovih, bodo pokopani v pomoru, in vdove njegove ne bodo žalovale.

¹⁵Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

¹⁶Ako si nakopiči srebra kakor prahu in si oblačil oskrbi kakor blata:

¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

¹⁷pripravi si jih, a pravičnik jih bo oblekel, in nedolžni si med seboj razdele srebro.

¹⁷he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

¹⁸Zida si hišo, ki je kakor moljava in kakor koča, ki si jo napravi čuvaj.

¹⁸He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

¹⁹Bogat gre spat, a ne leže v drugič, odpre oči, in ni ga več.

¹⁹He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

²⁰Grozote ga dohite kakor voda, po noči ga ugrabi vihar.

²⁰Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

²¹Vzhodni veter ga vzame, da odide, in ga odnese z mesta njegovega.

²¹The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

²²In Bog bo lučal vanj brez prizanašanja, roki Njegovi zaman bo poskušal ubežati.Ploskali bodo nad njim z rokami in izžvižgajo ga z mesta njegovega.

²²For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

²³Ploskali bodo nad njim z rokami in izžvižgajo ga z mesta njegovega.

²³Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.