¹“Can you draw out Leviathan Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature. with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

¹CXu vi povas eltiri levjatanon per fisxhoko, Aux ligi per sxnuro gxian langon?

²Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

²CXu vi povas trameti kanon tra gxia nazo Kaj trapiki gxian vangon per pikilo?

³Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

³CXu gxi multe petegos vin, Aux parolos al vi flatajxojn?

⁴Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

⁴CXu gxi faros interligon kun vi? CXu vi povas preni gxin kiel porcxiaman sklavon?

⁵Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

⁵CXu vi amuzigxos kun gxi kiel kun birdo? Aux cxu vi ligos gxin por viaj knabinoj?

⁶Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

⁶CXu kamaradoj gxin dishakos, Kaj dividos inter komercistoj?

⁷Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

⁷CXu vi povas plenigi per pikiloj gxian hauxton Kaj per fisxistaj hokoj gxian kapon?

⁸Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

⁸Metu sur gxin vian manon; Tiam vi bone memoros la batalon, kaj gxin ne plu entreprenos.

⁹Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?

⁹Vidu, la espero cxiun trompos; Jam ekvidinte gxin, li falos.

¹⁰None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

¹⁰Neniu estas tiel kuragxa, por inciti gxin; Kiu do povas stari antaux Mi?

¹¹Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

¹¹Kiu antauxe ion donis al Mi, ke Mi redonu al li? Sub la tuta cxielo cxio estas Mia.

¹²“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

¹²Mi ne silentos pri gxiaj membroj, Pri gxia forto kaj bela staturo.

¹³Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

¹³Kiu povas levi gxian veston? Kiu aliros al gxia paro da makzeloj?

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.

¹⁴Kiu povas malfermi la pordon de gxia vizagxo? Teruro cxirkauxas gxiajn dentojn.

¹⁵Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.

¹⁵GXiaj fieraj skvamoj estas kiel sxildoj, Interligitaj per fortika sigelo;

¹⁶One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

¹⁶Unu kuntusxigxas kun la alia tiel, Ke aero ne povas trairi tra ili;

¹⁷They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.

¹⁷Unu alfortikigxis al la alia, Interkunigxis kaj ne disigxas.

¹⁸His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

¹⁸GXia terno briligas lumon, Kaj gxiaj okuloj estas kiel la palpebroj de la cxielrugxo.

¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap forth.

¹⁹El gxia busxo eliras torcxoj, Elkuras flamaj fajreroj.

²⁰Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

²⁰El gxiaj nazotruoj eliras fumo, Kiel el bolanta poto aux kaldrono.

²¹His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

²¹GXia spiro ekbruligas karbojn, Kaj flamo eliras el gxia busxo.

²²There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.

²²Sur gxia kolo logxas forto, Kaj antaux gxi kuras teruro.

²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.

²³La partoj de gxia karno estas firme kunligitaj inter si, Tenas sin fortike sur gxi, kaj ne sxanceligxas.

²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

²⁴GXia koro estas malmola kiel sxtono, Kaj fortika kiel suba muelsxtono.

²⁵When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

²⁵Kiam gxi sin levas, ektremas fortuloj, Konsternigxas de teruro.

²⁶If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

²⁶Glavo, kiu alproksimigxas al gxi, ne povas sin teni, Nek lanco, sago, aux kiraso.

²⁷He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

²⁷Feron gxi rigardas kiel pajlon, Kupron kiel putran lignon.

²⁸The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

²⁸Ne forpelos gxin sago; SXtonoj el sxtonjxetilo farigxas pajleroj antaux gxi.

²⁹Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

²⁹Bastonegon gxi rigardas kiel pajlon, Kaj gxi mokas la sonon de lanco.

³⁰His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

³⁰Sube gxi havas akrajn pecetojn; Kiel drasxrulo gxi kusxas sur la sxlimo.

³¹He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

³¹Kiel kaldronon gxi ondigas la profundon; La maron gxi kirlas kiel sxmirajxon.

³²He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

³²La vojo post gxi lumas; La abismo aperas kiel grizajxo.

³³On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.

³³Ne ekzistas sur la tero io simila al gxi; GXi estas kreita sentima.

³⁴He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”

³⁴GXi rigardas malestime cxion altan; GXi estas regxo super cxiuj sovagxaj bestoj.