¹“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

¹Čuj dakle, Jobe, što ću ti kazati, prikloni uho mojim besjedama.

²See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

²Evo, usta sam svoja otvorio, a jezik riječi pod nepcem mi stvara.

³My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

³Iskreno će ti zborit' srce moje, usne će čistu izreći istinu.

⁴The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

⁴TÓa i mene je duh Božji stvorio, dah Svesilnoga oživio mene.

⁵If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

⁵Ako uzmogneš, ti me opovrgni; spremi se da se suprotstaviš meni!

⁶Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.

⁶Gle, kao i ti, i ja sam pred Bogom, kao i ti, od gline bjeh načinjen;

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

⁷zato ja strahom tebe motrit' neću, ruka te moja neće pritisnuti.

⁸“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

⁸Dakle, na moje uši rekao si - posve sam jasno tvoje čuo riječi:

⁹‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

⁹'Nedužan sam i bez ikakva grijeha; prav sam i nema krivice na meni.

¹⁰Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

¹⁰Al' On izlike protiv mene traži i za svojeg me drži dušmanina.

¹¹He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’

¹¹Noge je moje u klade metnuo, nad svakim mojim on pazi korakom.'

¹²“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

¹²Ovdje, kažem ti, u pravu ti nisi, jer s Bogom čovjek mjerit' se ne može.

¹³Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

¹³Pa zašto s njime zamećeš prepirku što ti na svaku riječ ne odgovara?

¹⁴For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

¹⁴Bog zbori nama jednom i dva puta, al' čovjek na to pažnju ne obraća.

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;

¹⁵U snovima, u viđenjima noćnim, kada san dubok ovlada ljudima i na ležaju dok tvrdo snivaju,

¹⁶Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,

¹⁶tad on govori na uho čovjeku i utvarama plaši ga jezivim

¹⁷That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

¹⁷da ga od djela njegovih odvrati, da u čovjeku obori oholost,

¹⁸He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

¹⁸da dušu njegovu spasi od jame i život mu od puta u Podzemlje.

¹⁹He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;

¹⁹Bolešću on ga kara na ležaju kad mu se kosti tresu bez prestanka,

²⁰So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

²⁰kad se kruh gadi njegovu životu i ponajbolje jelo duši njegovoj;

²¹His flesh is so consumed away, that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

²¹kada mu tijelo gine naočigled i vide mu se kosti ogoljele,

²²Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

²²kad mu se duša približava jami a život njegov boravištu mrtvih.

²³“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;

²³Ako se uza nj nađe tad anđeo, posrednik jedan između tisuću, da čovjeka na dužnost opomene,

²⁴then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’

²⁴pa se sažali nad njim i pomoli: 'Izbavi ga da u jamu ne ide; za život njegov nađoh otkupninu!

²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.

²⁵Neka mu tijelo procvate mladošću, nek' se vrati u dane mladenačke!'

²⁶He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

²⁶Vapije k Bogu i Bog ga usliša: radosno On ga pogleda u lice; vrati čovjeku pravednost njegovu.

²⁷He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

²⁷Tada čovjek pred ljudima zapjeva: 'Griješio sam i pravo izvrtao, ali mi Bog zlom nije uzvratio.

²⁸He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.’

²⁸On mi je dušu spasio od jame i život mi se veseli svjetlosti.'

²⁹“Behold, God works all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,

²⁹Gle, sve to Bog je spreman učiniti do dva i do tri puta za čovjeka:

³⁰to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

³⁰da dušu njegovu spasi od jame i da mu život svjetlošću obasja.

³¹Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

³¹Pazi dÓe, Jobe, dobro me poslušaj; šuti, jer nisam sve još izrekao.

³²If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.

³²Ako riječi još imaš, odvrati mi, zbori - rado bih opravdao tebe.

³³If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”

³³Ako li nemaš, poslušaj me samo: pazi, rad bih te poučit' mudrosti."