¹Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

¹Sofar iz Naamata progovori tad i reče:

²“Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

²"Misli me tjeraju da ti odgovorim, i zato u meni vri to uzbuđenje

³I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

³dok slušam ukore koji me sramote, al' odgovor mudar um će moj već naći.

⁴Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

⁴Zar tebi nije od davnine poznato, otkad je čovjek na zemlju stavljen bio,

⁵that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

⁵da je kratka vijeka radost opakoga, da kao tren prođe sreća bezbožnička.

⁶Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

⁶Pa ako stasom i do neba naraste, ako mu se glava dotakne oblaka,

⁷yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, ‘Where is he?’

⁷poput utvare on zauvijek nestaje; koji ga vidješe kažu: 'Gdje je sad on?'

⁸He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

⁸Kao san bez traga on se rasplinjuje, nestaje ga kao priviđenja noćnog.

⁹The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.

⁹Nijedno ga oko više gledat neće, niti će ga mjesto njegovo vidjeti

¹⁰His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

¹⁰Njegovu će djecu gonit' siromasi: rukama će svojim vraćati oteto.

¹¹His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.

¹¹Kosti su njegove bujale mladošću; gle, zajedno s njome pokošen je sada.

¹²“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

¹²Zlo bijaše slatko njegovim ustima te ga je pod svojim jezikom skrivao;

¹³though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

¹³sladio se pazeć' da ga ne proguta i pod nepcem svojim zadržavao ga.

¹⁴yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

¹⁴Ali hrana ta mu trune u utrobi, otrovom zmijskim u crijevima postaje.

¹⁵He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

¹⁵Blago progutano mora izbljuvati. Bog će ga istjerat' njemu iz utrobe.

¹⁶He shall suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue shall kill him.

¹⁶Iz zmijine glave otrov je sisao: sada umire od jezika gujina.

¹⁷He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

¹⁷Potoke ulja on gledat' više neće, ni vidjet' gdje rijekom med i mlijeko teku.

¹⁸That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

¹⁸Vratit će dobitak ne okusivši ga, neće uživat' u plodu trgovine.

¹⁹For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

¹⁹Jer je sirotinju gnjeo i tlačio, otimao kuće koje ne sazida,

²⁰“Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

²⁰jer ne bješe kraja požudi njegovoj, njegova ga blaga neće izbaviti.

²¹There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

²¹Jer mu proždrljivost ništa ne poštedi, ni sreća njegova dugo trajat neće.

²²In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

²²Sred izobilja u škripcu će se naći, svom će snagom na nj se oboriti bijeda.

²³When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

²³I dok hranom bude trbuh svoj punio, Bog će na nj pustiti jarost svoga gnjeva, sasut' dažd strelica na meso njegovo.

²⁴He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.

²⁴Ako i izmakne gvozdenom oružju, luk će mjedeni njega prostrijeliti.

²⁵He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

²⁵Strijelu bi izvuk'o, al' mu probi leđa, a šiljak blistavi viri mu iz žuči. Kamo god krenuo, strepnje ga vrebaju,

²⁶All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

²⁶na njega tmine sve tajom očekuju. Vatra ga ništi, ni od kog zapaljena, i proždire sve pod njegovim šatorom.

²⁷The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.

²⁷Gle, nebo krivicu njegovu otkriva i čitava zemlja na njega se diže.

²⁸The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

²⁸Njegovu će kuću raznijeti poplava, otplaviti je u dan Božje jarosti.

²⁹This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”

²⁹Takvu sudbinu Bog priprema zlikovcu i takvu baštinu on mu dosuđuje."