¹Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

¹Tedaj odgovori Zofar Naamatec in reče:

²“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

²Mnogobesedje ali naj ostane brez odgovora, in jezičnik bo li opravičen?

³Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

³Govoričenje tvoje naj sapo zapre ljudem, da bi se posmehoval, ne da te kdo osramoti,

⁴For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

⁴in da bi dejal: „Čist je moj nauk in čist sem pred Tvojim obličjem“?!

⁵But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

⁵O da bi pa Bog govoril in usta svoja odprl zoper tebe!

⁶that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

⁶Da ti naznani skrivnosti prave modrosti, da je mnogotera v znanju; potem bi spoznal, da Bog tebi v prid mnogo pozablja iz krivde tvoje.

⁷“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

⁷Moreš li globokost Božjo z umom doseči, ali popolnosti Vsegamogočnega do dna priti?

⁸They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. . What can you know?

⁸Višave so to nebeške – kaj hočeš početi? globočja je nego šeol – kaj moreš vedeti?

⁹Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

⁹daljša nego zemlja je mera njena in širša nego morje.

¹⁰If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

¹⁰Če gre On poleg koga in ga dene v zapor in skliče sodni zbor, kdo mu zabrani?

¹¹For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.

¹¹Kajti On pozna ničemurne ljudi in vidi krivico, ne da bi mu bilo treba paziti.

¹²An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

¹²A puhloglavec dobi šele razum, kadar se divjega osla žrebe prerodi v človeka.

¹³“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

¹³Ako obrneš v pravo smer srce svoje in boš k Njemu razprostiral roke –

¹⁴If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

¹⁴če je krivica na roki tvoji, odpravi jo in nepravičnosti ne daj prebivati v šatorih svojih –

¹⁵Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

¹⁵res, tedaj boš smel vzdigniti obličje brez madeža in bodeš nepremakljiv in se ne boš bal.

¹⁶for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

¹⁶Kajti tedaj pozabiš nadlogo, spominjal se je boš kot vodá, ki so potekle mimo;

¹⁷Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

¹⁷in življenje ti zasije jasneje nego poldnevna svetloba, in zmrači li se kdaj, mine mrak kakor ob jutru.

¹⁸You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

¹⁸In boš upal, ker je nada zate, in ogledoval boš svoje, spaval brez skrbi.

¹⁹Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

¹⁹Počival boš in nihče te ne bo plašil, mnogi bodo pa prosili blagovoljnosti tvoje.Brezbožnikom pa bodo oči od koprnenja hirale, in pribežališče jim izgine in njih upanje bo, da izdahnejo dušo.

²⁰But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.”

²⁰Brezbožnikom pa bodo oči od koprnenja hirale, in pribežališče jim izgine in njih upanje bo, da izdahnejo dušo.