¹There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , and turned away from evil.

¹Bol nejaký muž v zemi Úc, ktorému bolo meno Job. Bol to muž bezúhonný, priamy a spravedlivý, ktorý sa bál Boha a chránil sa zlého.

²There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

²Narodilo sa mu sedem synov a tri dcéry.

³His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

³A mal dobytka sedem tisíc kusov drobného stáda, tri tisíce veľblúdov, päťsto párov volov, päťsto oslíc a služobníctva veľmi mnoho. A ten muž bol väčší od všetkých synov východu.

⁴His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

⁴A jeho synovia chodievali a robievali hostiny po dome, každý na svoj deň. A posielavali a povolávali aj svoje tri sestry, aby jedly a pily s nimi.

⁵It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.

⁵A bývalo tak, že keď kolom obišly dni hostiny, posielaval Job a posväcoval ich a vstávajúc skoro ráno obetoval zápalné obeti podľa počtu všetkých ich. Lebo Job hovorieval: Možno, že zhrešili moji synovia a zlorečili Bohu vo svojom srdci. Tak to robieval Job po všetky tie dni.

⁶Now it happened on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. that Satan also came among them.

⁶A stalo sa jedného dňa, keď prišli synovia Boží, aby sa postavili pred Hospodinom, že prišiel medzi nimi aj Satan.

⁷Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

⁷A Hospodin riekol Satanovi: Odkiaľ ideš? A Satan odpovedal Hospodinovi a riekol: Chodil som sem a ta po zemi a prechádzal som sa po nej.

⁸Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”

⁸A zase riekol Hospodin Satanovi: Či si si všimnul môjho služobníka Joba, že nie je jemu rovného na zemi, takého bezúhonného muža, priameho a spravedlivého, ktorý sa bojí Boha a chráni sa zlého?

⁹Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

⁹Na to odpovedal Satan Hospodinovi a riekol: A či sa Job darmo bojí Boha?

¹⁰Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

¹⁰Či si ho ty azda neohradil i jeho domu a všetkého, čo má, zo všetkých strán? Dielo jeho rúk si požehnal, a jeho dobytok sa náramne rozmnožil na zemi.

¹¹But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

¹¹Ale nože vystri svoju ruku a dotkni sa všetkého, čo má, či ti nebude zlorečiť do tvári!

¹²Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t put forth your hand.” So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

¹²Vtedy riekol Hospodin Satanovi: Hľa, všetko, čo má, je v tvojej ruke, len na neho nevystri svojej ruky. A Satan vyšiel od tvári Hospodinovej.

¹³It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

¹³A stalo sa jedného dňa, keď jedli jeho synovia a jeho dcéry a pili víno v dome svojho prvorodeného brata,

¹⁴that there came a messenger to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

¹⁴že prišiel posol k Jobovi a povedal: Voly oraly a oslice sa pásly vedľa nich,

¹⁵and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁵a vtrhli Šebänia a zajali ich a sluhov pobili ostrím meča, a utečúc zachránil som sa iba ja sám, aby som ti to oznámil.

¹⁶While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁶Kým ešte tento hovoril, prišiel druhý a povedal: Oheň Boží padol s neba a roznietil sa na drobné stádo i na sluhov a strávil ich, a utečúc zachránil som sa iba ja sám, aby som ti to oznámil.

¹⁷While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁷Kým ešte tento hovoril, prišiel tretí a povedal: Chaldeji rozostavili tri čaty a vrhli sa na veľblúdov a zajali ich a sluhov pobili ostrím meča, a utečúc zachránil som sa iba ja sám, aby som ti to oznámil.

¹⁸While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

¹⁸A keď tento ešte nebol dopovedal, prišiel štvrtý a riekol: Tvoji synovia a tvoje dcéry jedli a pili víno v dome svojho prvorodeného brata,

¹⁹and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁹a hľa, prišiel veliký vietor zpoza púšte a uderil na štyri uhly domu, takže padol na mladých ľudí, a zomreli, a utečúc zachránil som sa iba ja sám, aby som ti to oznámil.

²⁰Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

²⁰Vtedy vstal Job a roztrhol svoj plášť, ostrihal svoju hlavu a padnúc na zem poklonil sa.

²¹He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”

²¹A riekol: Nahý som vyšiel zo života svojej matky a nahý sa ta navrátim. Hospodin dal, Hospodin vzal. Nech je požehnané meno Hospodinovo.

²²In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

²²V tom vo všetkom nezhrešil Job a neprivlastnil Bohu ničoho nerozumného.