¹My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

¹Ruuxaygii waa tabardarnaaday, cimrigaygiina waa dhammaaday, Oo qabrigu waa ii diyaar.

²Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

²Sida xaqiiqada ah waxaa ila jooga majaajilowyo, Oo ishayduna waxay fiiro u leedahay ka cadhaysiintooda.

³Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

³Haddaba rahaamad i sii, oo dammiin ii noqo; Bal yaa jooga oo gacanta dhaar iigu dhiibaya?

⁴For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

⁴Waayo, qalbigooda waxgarashadii waad ka qarisay, Oo sidaas daraaddeed iyaga ma aad sarraysiin doontid.

⁵He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁵Kii saaxiibbadiis u yeedha inay maal ka qaybgeliyaan, Carruurtiisu way indha beeli doonaan.

⁶He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

⁶Oo weliba isagu wuxuu iga dhigay wax ay dadku ku halqabsadaan, Oo waxaan noqday mid ay dadku candhuuf ku tufaan.

⁷Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

⁷Indhahaygii murug bay la arag daranyihiin, Oo xubnahaygii oo dhammuna waxay noqdeen sidii hoos oo kale.

⁸Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

⁸Dadkii toolmoonu waxan way la yaabayaan, Oo kan aan xaqa qabinuna wuxuu ku kacayaa cibaadalaawaha.

⁹The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

⁹Laakiinse kii xaq ahu jidkiisa wuu ku sii adkaysan doonaa, Oo kii gacmo nadiifsan lahuna aad iyo aad buu u sii xoogaysan doonaa.

¹⁰But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

¹⁰Laakiinse idinku dhammaantiin bal soo noqda oo ii kaalaya, Oo anna nin xigmad leh idinkama heli doono.

¹¹My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

¹¹Cimrigaygii waa dhammaaday, Oo qastigaygii iyo fikirradii qalbigayguba waa baabbe'een.

¹²They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

¹²Habeenka waxay u beddelaan maalin, Oo waxay yidhaahdaan, Iftiinku waa u dhow yahay gudcurka.

¹³If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

¹³Haddaan She'ool u rajeeyo sida gurigaygii oo kale, Ama haddaan gogoshayda gudcurka ku dhex fidsado,

¹⁴I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

¹⁴Oo haddaan qudhunka ku idhaahdo, Adigu waxaad tahay aabbahay, Oo aan dirxigana ku idhaahdo, Adigu waxaad tahay hooyaday iyo walaashay,

¹⁵And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁵Bal markaas meeday rajadaydu? Oo bal yaase rajadayda arki doona?Waxay hoos ugu dhaadhici doontaa qataarrada She'ool, Markaannu ciidda wada galno.

¹⁶They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

¹⁶Waxay hoos ugu dhaadhici doontaa qataarrada She'ool, Markaannu ciidda wada galno.