diff --git a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Controllers/MachineApiController.cs b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Controllers/MachineApiController.cs
index 9d3448f3c6..cf5682a522 100644
--- a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Controllers/MachineApiController.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Controllers/MachineApiController.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Polly.CircuitBreaker;
 using Serval.Client;
+using SIL.Converters.Usj;
 using SIL.XForge.Models;
 using SIL.XForge.Realtime;
 using SIL.XForge.Scripture.Models;
@@ -427,6 +428,61 @@ CancellationToken cancellationToken
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the pre-translations for the specified chapter as USJ.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="sfProjectId">The Scripture Forge project identifier.</param>
+    /// <param name="bookNum">The book number.</param>
+    /// <param name="chapterNum">The chapter number. If zero, the entire book is returned.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <response code="200">The pre-translations were successfully queried for.</response>
+    /// <response code="403">You do not have permission to retrieve the pre-translations for this project.</response>
+    /// <response code="404">The project does not exist or is not configured on the ML server.</response>
+    /// <response code="405">Retrieving the pre-translations in this format is not supported.</response>
+    /// <response code="409">The engine has not been built on the ML server.</response>
+    /// <response code="503">The ML server is temporarily unavailable or unresponsive.</response>
+    [HttpGet(MachineApi.GetPreTranslationUsj)]
+    public async Task<ActionResult<Usj>> GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+        string sfProjectId,
+        int bookNum,
+        int chapterNum,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken
+    )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Usj usj = await _machineApiService.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+                _userAccessor.UserId,
+                sfProjectId,
+                bookNum,
+                chapterNum,
+                cancellationToken
+            );
+            return Ok(usj);
+        }
+        catch (BrokenCircuitException e)
+        {
+            _exceptionHandler.ReportException(e);
+            return StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status503ServiceUnavailable, MachineApiUnavailable);
+        }
+        catch (DataNotFoundException)
+        {
+            return NotFound();
+        }
+        catch (ForbiddenException)
+        {
+            return Forbid();
+        }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException)
+        {
+            return Conflict();
+        }
+        catch (NotSupportedException)
+        {
+            return new StatusCodeResult(StatusCodes.Status405MethodNotAllowed);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the pre-translations for the specified chapter as USX.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Models/MachineApi.cs b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Models/MachineApi.cs
index cc76baa421..26f171363d 100644
--- a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Models/MachineApi.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Models/MachineApi.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public static class MachineApi
         "translation/engines/project:{sfProjectId}/actions/preTranslate/{bookNum}_{chapterNum}/delta";
     public const string GetPreTranslationUsfm =
         "translation/engines/project:{sfProjectId}/actions/preTranslate/{bookNum}_{chapterNum}/usfm";
+    public const string GetPreTranslationUsj =
+        "translation/engines/project:{sfProjectId}/actions/preTranslate/{bookNum}_{chapterNum}/usj";
     public const string GetPreTranslationUsx =
         "translation/engines/project:{sfProjectId}/actions/preTranslate/{bookNum}_{chapterNum}/usx";
     public const string GetLastCompletedPreTranslationBuild =
diff --git a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/SIL.XForge.Scripture.csproj b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/SIL.XForge.Scripture.csproj
index f50af68bbc..73b7c8be61 100644
--- a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/SIL.XForge.Scripture.csproj
+++ b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/SIL.XForge.Scripture.csproj
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\SIL.Converters.Usj\SIL.Converters.Usj.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SIL.XForge\SIL.XForge.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Services/IMachineApiService.cs b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Services/IMachineApiService.cs
index 7572ab8846..77a0b906ec 100644
--- a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Services/IMachineApiService.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Services/IMachineApiService.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Autofac.Extras.DynamicProxy;
 using Serval.Client;
+using SIL.Converters.Usj;
 using SIL.XForge.EventMetrics;
 using SIL.XForge.Realtime;
 using SIL.XForge.Scripture.Models;
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@ Task<string> GetPreTranslationUsfmAsync(
         bool isServalAdmin,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken
     );
+    Task<Usj> GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+        string curUserId,
+        string sfProjectId,
+        int bookNum,
+        int chapterNum,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken
+    );
     Task<string> GetPreTranslationUsxAsync(
         string curUserId,
         string sfProjectId,
diff --git a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Services/MachineApiService.cs b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Services/MachineApiService.cs
index e95f21282d..53e33531e8 100644
--- a/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Services/MachineApiService.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.XForge.Scripture/Services/MachineApiService.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Serval.Client;
+using SIL.Converters.Usj;
 using SIL.ObjectModel;
 using SIL.XForge.Configuration;
 using SIL.XForge.DataAccess;
@@ -558,6 +559,42 @@ CancellationToken cancellationToken
         }
     }
 
+    public async Task<Usj> GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+        string curUserId,
+        string sfProjectId,
+        int bookNum,
+        int chapterNum,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken
+    )
+    {
+        // Ensure that the user has permission
+        SFProject project = await EnsureProjectPermissionAsync(curUserId, sfProjectId);
+
+        // Retrieve the user secret
+        Attempt<UserSecret> attempt = await userSecrets.TryGetAsync(curUserId);
+        if (!attempt.TryResult(out UserSecret userSecret))
+        {
+            throw new DataNotFoundException("The user does not exist.");
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            string usfm = await preTranslationService.GetPreTranslationUsfmAsync(
+                sfProjectId,
+                bookNum,
+                chapterNum,
+                cancellationToken
+            );
+            string usx = paratextService.GetBookText(userSecret, project.ParatextId, bookNum, usfm);
+            return UsxToUsj.UsxStringToUsj(usx);
+        }
+        catch (ServalApiException e)
+        {
+            ProcessServalApiException(e);
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
     public async Task<string> GetPreTranslationUsxAsync(
         string curUserId,
         string sfProjectId,
diff --git a/test/SIL.XForge.Scripture.Tests/Controllers/MachineApiControllerTests.cs b/test/SIL.XForge.Scripture.Tests/Controllers/MachineApiControllerTests.cs
index 03de4cc6d5..63f780e51a 100644
--- a/test/SIL.XForge.Scripture.Tests/Controllers/MachineApiControllerTests.cs
+++ b/test/SIL.XForge.Scripture.Tests/Controllers/MachineApiControllerTests.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Polly.CircuitBreaker;
 using Serval.Client;
+using SIL.Converters.Usj;
 using SIL.XForge.Models;
 using SIL.XForge.Realtime;
 using SIL.XForge.Scripture.Models;
@@ -1045,6 +1046,123 @@ await env
             .GetPreTranslationUsfmAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, false, CancellationToken.None);
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public async Task GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_MachineApiDown()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        env.MachineApiService.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+            .Throws(new BrokenCircuitException());
+
+        // SUT
+        ActionResult<Usj> actual = await env.Controller.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+            Project01,
+            40,
+            1,
+            CancellationToken.None
+        );
+
+        env.ExceptionHandler.Received(1).ReportException(Arg.Any<BrokenCircuitException>());
+        Assert.IsInstanceOf<ObjectResult>(actual.Result);
+        Assert.AreEqual(StatusCodes.Status503ServiceUnavailable, (actual.Result as ObjectResult)?.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_NoPermission()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        env.MachineApiService.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+            .Throws(new ForbiddenException());
+
+        // SUT
+        ActionResult<Usj> actual = await env.Controller.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+            Project01,
+            40,
+            1,
+            CancellationToken.None
+        );
+
+        Assert.IsInstanceOf<ForbidResult>(actual.Result);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_NoProject()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        env.MachineApiService.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+            .Throws(new DataNotFoundException(string.Empty));
+
+        // SUT
+        ActionResult<Usj> actual = await env.Controller.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+            Project01,
+            40,
+            1,
+            CancellationToken.None
+        );
+
+        Assert.IsInstanceOf<NotFoundResult>(actual.Result);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_NotBuilt()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        env.MachineApiService.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+            .Throws(new InvalidOperationException());
+
+        // SUT
+        ActionResult<Usj> actual = await env.Controller.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+            Project01,
+            40,
+            1,
+            CancellationToken.None
+        );
+
+        Assert.IsInstanceOf<ConflictResult>(actual.Result);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_NotSupported()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        env.MachineApiService.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+            .Throws(new NotSupportedException());
+
+        // SUT
+        ActionResult<Usj> actual = await env.Controller.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+            Project01,
+            40,
+            1,
+            CancellationToken.None
+        );
+
+        Assert.IsInstanceOf<IStatusCodeActionResult>(actual.Result);
+        Assert.AreEqual(StatusCodes.Status405MethodNotAllowed, (actual.Result as IStatusCodeActionResult)?.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_Success()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        env.MachineApiService.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+            .Returns(Task.FromResult(new Usj()));
+
+        // SUT
+        ActionResult<Usj> actual = await env.Controller.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(
+            Project01,
+            40,
+            1,
+            CancellationToken.None
+        );
+
+        Assert.IsInstanceOf<OkObjectResult>(actual.Result);
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public async Task GetPreTranslationUsxAsync_MachineApiDown()
     {
diff --git a/test/SIL.XForge.Scripture.Tests/Services/MachineApiServiceTests.cs b/test/SIL.XForge.Scripture.Tests/Services/MachineApiServiceTests.cs
index f022dd2a23..e2d09a3eac 100644
--- a/test/SIL.XForge.Scripture.Tests/Services/MachineApiServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/SIL.XForge.Scripture.Tests/Services/MachineApiServiceTests.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Polly.CircuitBreaker;
 using Serval.Client;
+using SIL.Converters.Usj;
 using SIL.XForge.DataAccess;
 using SIL.XForge.Models;
 using SIL.XForge.Realtime;
@@ -1263,6 +1264,78 @@ public async Task GetPreTranslationUsfmAsync_Success()
         Assert.AreEqual(expected, usfm);
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_CorpusDoesNotSupportUsfm()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        env.PreTranslationService.GetPreTranslationUsfmAsync(Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+            .Throws(ServalApiExceptions.InvalidCorpus);
+
+        // SUT
+        Assert.ThrowsAsync<NotSupportedException>(
+            () => env.Service.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+        );
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_MissingUserSecret()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        await env.UserSecrets.DeleteAllAsync(_ => true);
+
+        // SUT
+        Assert.ThrowsAsync<DataNotFoundException>(
+            () => env.Service.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+        );
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task GetPreTranslationUsjAsync_Success()
+    {
+        // Set up test environment
+        var env = new TestEnvironment();
+        const string usfm = "\\c 1 \\v1 Verse 1";
+        const string usx =
+            "<usx version=\"3.0\"><book code=\"MAT\" style=\"id\"></book><chapter number=\"1\" style=\"c\" />"
+            + "<verse number=\"1\" style=\"v\" />Verse 1</usx>";
+        Usj expected = new Usj
+        {
+            Type = Usj.UsjType,
+            Version = Usj.UsjVersion,
+            Content =
+            [
+                new UsjMarker
+                {
+                    Type = "book",
+                    Marker = "id",
+                    Code = "MAT",
+                },
+                new UsjMarker
+                {
+                    Type = "chapter",
+                    Marker = "c",
+                    Number = "1",
+                },
+                new UsjMarker
+                {
+                    Type = "verse",
+                    Marker = "v",
+                    Number = "1",
+                },
+                "Verse 1",
+            ],
+        };
+        env.PreTranslationService.GetPreTranslationUsfmAsync(Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None)
+            .Returns(Task.FromResult(usfm));
+        env.ParatextService.GetBookText(Arg.Any<UserSecret>(), Arg.Any<string>(), 40, usfm).Returns(usx);
+
+        // SUT
+        Usj actual = await env.Service.GetPreTranslationUsjAsync(User01, Project01, 40, 1, CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.That(actual, Is.EqualTo(expected).UsingPropertiesComparer());
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void GetPreTranslationUsxAsync_CorpusDoesNotSupportUsfm()
     {