Coleridge, Samuel Taylor – Jób szerencséje
Ravasz Belzebub mindent kihasznált,
próbára tette Jób kitartását,
elvette az egészségét,
vagyonát, összes gyermekét,
tevéit, lovát, tehenét –
Ám nem vitte el a feleségét.
De lám, a menny a rosszból jót csinál,
s az ördöggel nem cimborál,
úgy döntött, mindent helyre rak,
Jóbnak mindent kétszer visszaad,
vagyonát, összes gyermekét –
A vak ördög nem vitte hitvesét!
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor – Job’s Luck
Sly Beelzebub took all occasions
To try Job’s constancy and patience;
He took his honours, took his health,
He took his children, took his wealth,
His camels, horses, asses, cows –
And the sly Devil did not take his spouse.
But Heaven that brings out good from evil,
And loves to disappoint the Devil,
Had predetermined to restore
Twofold all Job had before,
His children, camels, horses, cows –
Short-sighted Devil, not to take his spouse!