¹Tedaj spregovori GOSPOD iz viharja in reče Jobu:

¹Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

²Kdo je ta, ki v mrak zavija Božje sklepe z besedami brez spoznanja?

²“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

³Opaši, pravim, kakor mož ledja svoja! jaz te bom vprašal, in ti me pouči!

³Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

⁴Kje si bil, ko sem postavljal temelje zemlji? Povej, če kaj imaš razuma!

⁴“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

⁵Kdo je določil mero njeno, če menda veš? ali kdo je čeznjo potegnil merno vrvico?

⁵Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

⁶V kaj so vtaknjeni podstavni stebri njeni? ali kdo je položil njen vogelni kamen,

⁶Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

⁷ko so pele vkup jutranje zvezde in vsi sinovi Božji radostno ukali?

⁷when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁸In kdo je zaprl morje z zatvornicami, ko je ven pridrlo kakor iz materinega telesa,

⁸“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

⁹ko sem mu naredil oblake za oblačilo in megleno tmino za plenice,

⁹when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

¹⁰in sem mu določil stalno mejo in postavil zapahe in vrata

¹⁰marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

¹¹in velel: Dotod pojdeš in nikar naprej, in tu bodi mejnik kljubovalnim valovom tvojim!

¹¹and said, ‘Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?’

¹²Ali si kdaj, odkar živiš, ukazal jutru se svitati, si li odkazal jutranji zarji mesto njeno,

¹²“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

¹³veleč, naj zgrabi robove zemlje in ž nje otrese brezbožnike?

¹³that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

¹⁴Kakor pečatna glina se premenjuje zemlja in vse na njej se kaže kakor v oblačilu;

¹⁴It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.

¹⁵a brezbožnim se jemlje njih luč, in povzdignjena rama bo strta.

¹⁵From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

¹⁶Ali si stopil v studence morja, si li prehodil dno globočine?

¹⁶“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

¹⁷Odprla so se ti vrata smrti in videl si vrata smrtne sence?

¹⁷Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

¹⁸Si li prav pregledal širjavo zemlje? Povej, če vse to veš!

¹⁸Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

¹⁹Katera je pot do bivališča luči in kje je temi rodni kraj?

¹⁹“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

²⁰da bi ju pripeljal do njiju mej in da bi znal steze k njiju hiši?

²⁰that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

²¹Pač to veš? saj si bil takrat rojen in dni tvojih število je veliko!

²¹Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

²²Si li dospel do skladišč snega in videl zaloge toče,

²²Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

²³ki sem jih prihranil za čas nadloge, za dan boja in vojske?

²³which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

²⁴Kateri je pot, ki se na njem svetloba delí, vzhodni veter se razširja nad zemljo?

²⁴By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

²⁵Kdo je razklal v oblakih lijaku tok in odpira pot blisku in grmenju,

²⁵Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

²⁶da bi deževalo na zemljo brez ljudi, na puščavo, kjer ni človeka,

²⁶To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

²⁷da se nasiti pušča in puščava in poganja zelena trava.

²⁷to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

²⁸Ima li dež očeta in kdo plodi rosne kapljice?

²⁸Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

²⁹Iz čigavega telesa prihaja led in kdo rodi slano nebeško?

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

³⁰Vode se zgoščujejo, da so kakor kamen, in gladina globočine se stakne vkup.

³⁰The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

³¹Moreš li zvezati zveze gostosevcev ali razdreti spojine rimščic?

³¹“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

³²Storiš li, da se prikažejo znamenja zverokroga o svojem času, moreš li voditi medveda ž njegovimi mladiči?

³²Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

³³Poznaš li postave neba, ali pa urejaš vlado njegovo nad zemljo?

³³Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

³⁴Moreš li povzdigniti glas svoj do oblakov, da te množina vode pokrije?

³⁴“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

³⁵Moreš li bliske izpuščati, da švigajo, da ti reko: Tu smo!

³⁵Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’

³⁶Kdo je del v notranjščino modrost, ali kdo je dal duhu razum?

³⁶Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

³⁷Kdo šteje najvišje oblake z modrostjo in kdo izliva nebeške mehove,

³⁷Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

³⁸ko se strdi prah, da je kakor ulitina, in se grude prilepijo druga drugi.

³⁸when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

³⁹Mar levinji loviš plen in tešiš mladih levov glad,

³⁹“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰ko čepe v brlogih svojih, v goščavi na preži sede?Kdo pripravlja vranu hrano njegovo, ko mladiči njegovi kriče k Bogu mogočnemu, letajo semtertja, ker nimajo živeža?

⁴⁰when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

⁴¹Kdo pripravlja vranu hrano njegovo, ko mladiči njegovi kriče k Bogu mogočnemu, letajo semtertja, ker nimajo živeža?

⁴¹Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?