¹Veš li za čas, kdaj rode divje koze v skalah, ali si opazoval, kdaj so košute v porodnih bolečinah?

¹“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

²Si li preštel njih mesece, katere jim je dopolniti, in veš li čas, kdaj rode?

²Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

³kako se zvijajo, mlade svoje izpuščajo, bolečin se oproščajo?

³They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end their labor pains.

⁴Njih mladiči se ojačujejo, rastó pod milim nebom, jih zapuste in se k njim več ne povrnejo.

⁴Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don’t return again.

⁵Kdo je pustil divjega osla v prostost in vezi njegove kdo je razklenil,

⁵“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

⁶ki sem mu jaz naredil puščavo v hišo in solnato puščo za prebivališče?

⁶Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?

⁷Njemu je v smeh mestni hrup, za krik gonjačev se ne meni.

⁷He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.

⁸Gleda po gorah, kod je kaj paše, in išče povsod zelenja.

⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

⁹Ali bo hotel divji bivol služiti tebi, bo li prenočeval pri jaslih tvojih?

⁹“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

¹⁰Ga li moreš v jarem vkleniti, da bi delal brazde, ali bo za teboj vlačil brano po dolini?

¹⁰Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

¹¹Boš li mu zaupal, ker je velika moč njegova, in prepustiš mu li delo svoje?

¹¹Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

¹²Moreš se li zanesti nanj, da spravi žetev tvojo in zbere žito na gumnu tvojem?

¹²Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?

¹³Veselo fofota nojica s perutjo svojo: a je li je njeno perutje in perje kakor štorkljino?

¹³“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

¹⁴Kajti jajca svoja pušča na zemlji in jih ogreva v prahu,

¹⁴For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,

¹⁵a zabi, da jih utegne noga poteptati in zverina poljska streti.

¹⁵and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.

¹⁶Trdo ravna s svojimi mladiči, kakor da niso njeni, nič je ne skrbi, da se je trudila zaman.

¹⁶She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

¹⁷Kajti Bog ji je prikratil modrost in razumnosti ji ni podelil.

¹⁷because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

¹⁸Kadar se vzdigne, da leti, zasmehuje konja in jezdeca.

¹⁸When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

¹⁹Si li dal konju moč njegovo in mu vrat ogrnil z vihrajočo grivo?

¹⁹“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?

²⁰Naredil si, da skače kakor kobilica? Rezgetanje njegovo je krasno in strašno.

²⁰Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

²¹Grebe tla s kopiti, veseli se moči svoje, dirja oborožencem naproti.

²¹He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.

²²Posmehuje se bojazni in se ne ustraši, in meču se ne umakne.

²²He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.

²³Nad njim zvenči strelni tulec, bliska se kopje in sulica.

²³The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

²⁴Silovito jezno dirja naprej in ne da se udržati, ko se zglasi trobenta.

²⁴He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

²⁵Kadar zadoni tromba, kliče: huj! in oddaleč že čuje boj, grmeči glas poveljnikov in bojni krik.

²⁵As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁶Tvoj li razum napravlja, da se jastreb dviga, razpenja peruti proti poldnevu?

²⁶“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?

²⁷In zleti li orel visoko na tvoje povelje in postavi v višavi gnezdo svoje?

²⁷Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

²⁸V skalah prebiva in gnezdi po pečinah in planinskih vrheh.

²⁸On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

²⁹Odondod preži na živež, v daljavo gledajo oči njegove;in mladiči njegovi srebajo kri, in kjer je mrtvo truplo, je tudi on.

²⁹From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

³⁰in mladiči njegovi srebajo kri, in kjer je mrtvo truplo, je tudi on.

³⁰His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”