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.

¹Živel je mož v deželi Uzovi, ime mu je bilo Job, in ta mož je bil popoln in pošten, ki se je bal Boga in se varoval hudega.

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

²In rodilo se mu je sedem sinov in troje hčer.

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.

³In imel je živine sedem tisoč ovac, tri tisoč velblodov, petsto jarmov volov in petsto oslic in zelo veliko družino. In ta mož je bil imenitnejši od vseh, ki so bivali na Jutrovem.

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.

⁴In sinovi njegovi so hodili in prirejali gostije, vsak v hiši svoji na svoj dan, in so poslali in povabili tri sestre svoje, da bi jedle in pile ž njimi.

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.

⁵In bilo je, ko so minili zaporedoma dnevi njih gostovanja, da je Job poslal ponje in jih posvečeval: vstal je zgodaj zjutraj in daroval žgalne daritve po njih vseh številu; zakaj Job je rekal: Morebiti so se pregrešili sinovi moji in se odrekli [Ali: preklinjali.] Boga v srcu svojem. Tako je delal Job vsekdar.

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.

⁶In zgodi se nekega dne, da pridejo sinovi Božji postavit se pred GOSPODA, pa pride tudi satan [T. j. nasprotnik.] med njimi.

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.”

⁷GOSPOD pa reče satanu: Odkod si prišel? Satan odgovori GOSPODU in reče: Po zemlji sem letal semtertja in vseokrog jo obhajal.

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.”

⁸In GOSPOD reče satanu: Si li opazoval hlapca mojega Joba? Kajti njemu ni na zemlji enakega, mož je popoln in pošten, ki se boji Boga in varuje hudega.

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

⁹Tedaj odgovori satan GOSPODU in reče: Mar je brez plačila, da se Job boji Boga?

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.

¹⁰Nisi li kroginkrog varno ogradil njega in hiše njegove in karkoli ima? Delo njegovih rok si blagoslovil in imetje njegovo se je razraslo po deželi!

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

¹¹Pa le iztegni roko svojo in se dotakni vsega, kar ima, gotovo se ti v obraz tebe odreče!

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.

¹²In GOSPOD veli satanu: Glej, vse, kar ima, v tvoji je roki, samo nanj ne sezi s svojo roko! In ven je šel satan izpred obličja GOSPODOVEGA.

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

¹³In zgodi se nekega dne, ko so jedli in pili vino sinovi njegovi in hčere njegove v prvorojenega brata hiši,

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

¹⁴da pride sel k Jobu in mu reče: Voli so orali in oslice so se pasle poleg njih;

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.”

¹⁵v tem so pridrli Sabejci in jih odgnali, hlapce pa pobili z ostrino meča, in zbežal sem sam edini, da ti to sporočim.

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.”

¹⁶Ta je še govoril, ko pride drugi in reče: Ogenj Božji je šinil z neba in zapalil ovce in hlapce ter jih požgal, in zbežal sem sam edini, da ti sporočim.

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.”

¹⁷Ta je še govoril, ko pride drugi in reče: Kaldejci so naredili tri čete ter naskočili velblode in so jih vzeli ter pobili hlapce z ostrino meča, in zbežal sem sam edini, da ti sporočim.

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,

¹⁸Ta je še govoril, ko pride drugi ter reče: Sinovi tvoji in hčere tvoje so jedli in vino pili v prvorojenega brata svojega hiši,

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.”

¹⁹in glej, pritisne močan veter od puščave sem in butne ob štiri vogle hiše, da se je zrušila na mladino, in mrtvi so; in zbežal sem sam edini, da ti sporočim.

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

²⁰Tedaj vstane Job in raztrga svoj plašč in si obrije glavo ter pade na zemljo in moli

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.”

²¹in reče: Gol sem prišel iz telesa matere svoje in gol se povrnem tja; GOSPOD je dal, GOSPOD je vzel, GOSPODOVO ime bodi hvaljeno!Pri vsem tem ni grešil Job in ni očital Bogu nič napačnega.

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

²²Pri vsem tem ni grešil Job in ni očital Bogu nič napačnega.