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

¹Znaš li kako se legu divokoze? Vidje li kako se mlade košute?

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

²Izbroji li koliko nose mjeseci, znaš li u koje doba se omlade?

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

³Sagnuvši se, polegu lanad svoju i breme usred pustinje odlažu,

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

⁴a kad im porod ojača, poraste, ostave ga i ne vraćaju mu se.

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

⁵Tko dade divljem magarcu slobodu i tko to oglav skinu njemu s glave?

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

⁶U zavičaj mu dadoh ja pustinju i polja slana da ondje živuje.

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

⁷Buci gradova on se podruguje i ne sluša goničevih povika.

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

⁸Luta brdima, svojim pašnjacima, u potrazi za zeleni svakakvom.

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

⁹Možeš li slugom učinit' bivola, zadržat' ga noć jednu za jaslama?

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

¹⁰Možeš li njega za brazdu prikovat' da ralo vuče po docima tvojim?

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

¹¹Možeš li se osloniti na njega jer je njegova snaga prevelika i prepustit' mu težak svoj posao?

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

¹²Misliš li tebi da će se vratiti i na gumno ti dotjerati žito?

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

¹³Krilima svojim noj trepće radosno, iako krila oskudnih i perja.

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

¹⁴On svoja jaja na zemlji ostavlja, povjerava ih pijesku da ih grije,

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

¹⁵ne mareć' što ih zgazit' može noga ili nekakva divlja zvijer zgnječiti.

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

¹⁶S nojićima k'o s tuđima postupa; što mu je trud zaludu, on ne mari.

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

¹⁷Jer Bog je njega lišio pameti, nije mu dao nikakva razbora.

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

¹⁸Ali kada na let krila raširi, tada se ruga konju i konjaniku.

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

¹⁹Zar si ti konja obdario snagom zar si mu ti vrat grivom ukrasio?

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

²⁰Zar ti činiš da skače k'o skakavac, da u strah svakog nagoni hrzanjem?

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

²¹Kopitom zemlju veselo raskapa, neustrašivo srlja na oružje.

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

²²Strahu se ruga, ničeg se ne boji, ni pred mačem uzmaknuti neće.

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

²³Na sapima mu zvekeće tobolac, koplje sijeva i ubojna sulica.

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

²⁴Bijesan i nestrpljiv guta prostore; kad rog zasvira, tko će ga zadržat':

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

²⁵na svaki zvuk roga on zarže: Ha! Izdaleka on ljuti boj već njuši, viku bojnu i poklič vojskovođa.

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

²⁶Zar po promislu tvojem lijeće soko i prema jugu krila svoja širi?

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

²⁷Zar se na nalog tvoj diže orao i vrh timora gnijezdo sebi vije?

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

²⁸Na litici on stanuje i noćÄi, na grebenima vrleti visokih.

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

²⁹Odatle na plijen netremice vreba, oči njegove vide nadaleko.

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

³⁰Krvlju se hrane njegovi orlići; gdje je ubijenih, tamo je i on."