¹Још настави Јов беседу своју и рече:

¹Job again took up his parable, and said,

²О да бих био као пређашњих месеца, као оних дана кад ме Бог чуваше,

²“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

³Кад светљаше свећом својом над главом мојом, и при виделу Његовом хођах по мраку,

³when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

⁴Како бејах за младости своје, кад тајна Божија беше у шатору мом,

⁴as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

⁵Кад још беше Свемогући са мном, и деца моја око мене,

⁵when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

⁶Кад се траг мој обливаше маслом, и стена ми точаше уље потоцима,

⁶when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

⁷Кад излажах на врата кроз град, и на улици намештах себи столицу:

⁷when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

⁸Младићи видећи ме уклањаху се, а старци устајаху и стајаху,

⁸The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

⁹Кнезови престајаху говорити и метаху руку на уста своја,

⁹The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

¹⁰Управитељи устезаху глас свој и језик им пријањаше за грло.

¹⁰The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

¹¹Јер које ме ухо чујаше, називаше ме блаженим; и које ме око виђаше, сведочаше ми

¹¹For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

¹²Да избављам сиромаха који виче, и сироту и који нема никог да му помогне;

¹²Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

¹³Благослов оног који пропадаше долажаше на ме, и удовици срце распевах;

¹³the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

¹⁴У правду се облачих и она ми беше одело, као плашт и као венац беше ми суд мој.

¹⁴I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

¹⁵Око бејах слепом и нога хромом.

¹⁵I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

¹⁶Отац бејах убогима, и разбирах за распру за коју не знах.

¹⁶I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.

¹⁷И разбијах кутњаке неправеднику, и из зуба му истрзах грабеж.

¹⁷I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

¹⁸Зато говорах: У свом ћу гнезду умрети, и биће ми дана као песка.

¹⁸Then I said, ‘I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

¹⁹Корен мој пружаше се крај воде, роса биваше по сву ноћ на мојим гранама.

¹⁹My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

²⁰Слава моја подмлађиваше се у мене, и лук мој у руци мојој понављаше се.

²⁰My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

²¹Слушаху ме и чекаху, и ћутаху на мој савет.

²¹“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

²²После мојих речи нико не проговараше, тако их натапаше беседа моја.

²²After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

²³Јер ме чекаху као дажд, и уста своја отвараху као на позни дажд.

²³They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

²⁴Кад бих се насмејао на њих, не вероваху, и сјајност лица мог не разгоњаху.

²⁴I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

²⁵Кад бих отишао к њима, седах у зачеље, и бејах као цар у војсци, кад теши жалосне.

²⁵I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.