¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

¹Waxaan axdi la dhigtay indhahayga, Haddaba bal sidee baan gabadh u fiirinayaa?

²For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

²Waayo, waa maxay qaybta laga helo Ilaaha xagga sare jooga, Iyo dhaxalka laga helo Ilaaha Qaadirka ah oo sarreeya?

³Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

³Sow belaayo uma aha kuwa xaqa daran, Iyo masiibo kuwa xumaanta ka shaqeeya?

⁴Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

⁴Isagu sow uma jeedin socodkayga oo dhan? Oo sow ma tirinin tallaabooyinkayga oo dhan?

⁵If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

⁵Haddaan hawo been ah ku socday, Oo ay cagtaydu khiyaano u dheeraysay,

⁶Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

⁶(Ha laygu miisaamo miisaan siman, Si Ilaah ku ogaado daacadnimadayda, )

⁷If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

⁷Haddii tallaabadaydu jidka gees uga leexatay, Oo qalbigaygu uu indhahayga raacay, Iyo haddii ay bar ceeb ahu gacmahayga ku dhegtay,

⁸Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

⁸Markaas anigu aan wax beero, oo mid kale ha cuno, Oo xataa waxa beertayda ka soo baxa ha la wada rujiyo.

⁹If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

⁹Haddii qalbigayga ay naagu sasabatay, Oo aan albaabka deriskayga ku ag dhuuntay,

¹⁰Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

¹⁰Markaas naagtaydu nin kale wax ha u shiiddo, Oo kuwa kale ha ku kor foororsadeen iyada.

¹¹For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

¹¹Waayo, kaasu waa dembi baas, Oo waa xumaan ay xaakinnadu ciqaabi lahaayeen,

¹²For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

¹²Waayo, kaasu waa dab wax dhammeeya ilaa uu baabbi'iyo, Oo waxa ii soo baxa oo dhan wuu wada rujin lahaa.

¹³If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

¹³Haddaan addoonkayga ama addoontayda dacwadooda quudhsaday, Markay ila mudacayeen,

¹⁴What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

¹⁴Haddaba bal maxaan samayn doonaa markii Ilaah sara joogsado? Oo markuu i soo booqdose bal maxaan ugu jawaabi doonaa?

¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁵Kii uurka dhexdiisa igu abuuray sow isagana ma abuurin? Oo sow uurka nalaguma dhex samayn?

¹⁶If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

¹⁶Haddaan miskiin u diiday wax uu doonayay, Ama aan indhaha carmalka illin ka keenay,

¹⁷Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

¹⁷Amase haddaan quudkayga keligay cunay, Oo ayan agoontu wax ka cunin,

¹⁸(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

¹⁸(Saas ma aha, laakiinse isaga tan iyo yaraantaydii waan koriyey sidii mid aabbihiis koriyo oo kale, Oo tan iyo markaan uurkii hooyaday ka soo baxayna waxaan iyada u ahaan jiray horseed, )

¹⁹If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

¹⁹Haddaan arkay qof arrad daraaddiis u dhimanaya, Amase sabool baahan oo aan dhar haysan,

²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²⁰Hadduusan uurka iiga ducayn, Amase hadduusan isku kululayn dhogorta idahayga,

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

²¹Caawimaaddaydii oo aan iridda uga jeeday daraaddeed, Haddaan agoon gacantayda u qaaday,

²²Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

²²Markaas garabkaygu ha kala fakado, Oo gacantayduna kalagooyska ha ka jabto.

²³For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

²³Waayo, masiibo xag Ilaah ka timid ayaa i cabsiisay, Oo sarraysnaantiisa daraaddeedna anigu waxba ma aanan samayn karin.

²⁴If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

²⁴Haddaan dahab rajo ka dhigtay, Oo aan dahabka saafiga ah ku idhi, Kalsoonidayda baad tahay,

²⁵If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

²⁵Haddaan ku reyreeyey maalkayga badan daraaddiis, Iyo waxyaalaha badan oo gacantaydu heshay daraaddood,

²⁶If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

²⁶Haddaan fiiriyey qorraxda oo dhalaalaysa, Ama dayaxa oo iftiin ku socda,

²⁷And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

²⁷Oo markaas qalbigayga haddii qarsoodi loo sasabtay, Oo anoo caabudaya aan afkayga gacanta ugu dhunkaday,

²⁸This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

²⁸Kaasu weliba waa dembi ay xaakinnadii ciqaabi lahaayeen, Waayo, waxaan daacadlaawe u ahaan lahaa Ilaaha wax walba ka sarreeya.

²⁹If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

²⁹Haddaan ku reyreeyey kan i neceb halligaaddiisa, Ama aan aad u farxay markii belaayadu isaga heshay,

³⁰Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

³⁰(Afkayga uma aanan oggolaan inuu ku dembaabo Naftiisa oo aan habaar u weyddiisto;)

³¹If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

³¹Dadka teendhadayda jooga haddayan isku odhan, Yaa heli kara mid aan hilibkiisa ka dhergin?

³²The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

³²Shisheeyuhu jidka kuma baryi jirin, Laakiinse socotada ayaan albaabbadayda u furi jiray,

³³If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

³³Haddaan xadgudubkaygii daboolay sidii binu-aadmiga oo kale, Anigoo xumaantayda laabtayda ku qarinaya,

³⁴Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

³⁴Maxaa yeelay, dadka badan waan ka baqay, Oo quudhsiga qaraabaday ayaa i cabsiiyey, Oo saas aawadeed ayaan ku aamusay, oo dibadda uma bixin.

³⁵Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

³⁵Hoogaye haddaan lahaan lahaa mid i maqla! (Bal eeg, waa tan calaamaddaydii, haddaba Ilaaha Qaadirka ahu ha ii jawaabo;) Yaa i siinaya eedayntii uu cadowgaygu iga qoray!

³⁶Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

³⁶Sida xaqiiqada ah garabkaygaan ku qaadan lahaa, Oo weliba madaxaan ku xidhan lahaa sidii taaj oo kale.

³⁷I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

³⁷Oo waxaan isaga u sheegi lahaa tirada tallaabooyinkaygu inta ay tahay; Oo waxaan isaga ugu soo dhowaan lahaa sidii amiir oo kale.

³⁸If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

³⁸Haddii dalkaygu uu iga qayliyo, Oo jeexjeexiisu ay dhammaantood wada ooyaan,

³⁹If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

³⁹Haddaan midhihiisa lacagla'aan ku cunay, Ama aan sabab u noqday in kuwii lahaa ay dhintaan,Sarreenka meeshiisii yamaarug ha ka soo baxo, Oo shiciirka meeshiisiina gocondho ha ka soo baxdo. Ayuub erayadiisii way dhammaadeen.

⁴⁰Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

⁴⁰Sarreenka meeshiisii yamaarug ha ka soo baxo, Oo shiciirka meeshiisiina gocondho ha ka soo baxdo. Ayuub erayadiisii way dhammaadeen.