¹And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —

¹Markaasaa Soofar oo ahaa reer Nacamaatii u jawaabay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi,

²Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

²War sow waajib ma aha in laga jawaabo erayada faraha badan? Balse ninka hadalka badan xaq ma laga dhigaa?

³Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

³Amase faankaagu miyuu dadka aamusiin karaa? Oo markaad majaajilootid miyaan ninna ku kashifi karin?

⁴And thou sayest, `Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.`

⁴Waayo, waxaad leedahay, Cilmigaygu waa daahir, Oo nadiif baan ku ahay indhahaaga hortooda.

⁵And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

⁵Bal muu Ilaah hadlo! Oo bal muu bushimihiisa furo isagoo kaa gees ah!

⁶And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.

⁶Oo bal muu ku tuso waxyaalaha qarsoon ee xigmadda ah, Waayo, way badan yihiin. Haddaba bal ogow in Ilaah kaa jisaynayo in ka sii yar ciqaabta dembigaagu istaahilo.

⁷By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

⁷War miyaad baadhi kartaa Ilaah axwaalkiisa moolka dheer? Miyaadse Ilaaha Qaadirka ah si kaamil ah u garan kartaa?

⁸Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou?

⁸Xigmaddiisu way u sarraysaa sida samada, ee bal maxaad samayn kartaa? Oo She'oolna way ka sii mool dheer tahay, ee maxaad garan kartaa?

⁹Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.

⁹Qiyaasteeduna waa ka sii dheer tahay dhulka, waana ka sii ballaadhan tahay badda oo dhan.

¹⁰If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

¹⁰Oo isagu hadduu dhex gudbo, wax kastana xidho, Oo uu garsoorid isugu yeedho, bal yaa isaga hor joogsan kara?

¹¹For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!

¹¹Waayo, wuu gartaa dadka waxmatarayaasha ah, Weliba xumaantana wuu arkaa, sow kama fikirin?

¹²And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

¹²Laakiinse ninkii waxmatare ahu waxgarasho waa ka madhan yahay, Hubaal dadku wuxuu u dhashaa sida qayl dameerdibadeed,

¹³If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

¹³Haddaad qalbigaaga hagaajisid, Oo aad isaga gacmaha u fidsatid,

¹⁴If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

¹⁴Haddii xumaanu gacantaada ku jirto iska fogee, Oo xaqdarrona yaanay teendhooyinkaaga degin.

¹⁵For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

¹⁵Hubaal markaasaad wejigaaga kor u qaadi doontaa isagoo aan ceeb lahayn; Oo waad adkaan doontaa, mana aad baqi doontid,

¹⁶For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

¹⁶Waayo, dhibaatadaada waad illoobi doontaa, Oo waxaad u xusuusan doontaa sidii biyo ku dhaafay,

¹⁷And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.

¹⁷Oo noloshaaduna way ka sii dhalaal dheeraan doontaa hadhkii, Oo in kastoo gudcur jiro, waxay ahaan doontaa sida subaxda.

¹⁸And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,

¹⁸Oo ammaan baad ahaan doontaa, maxaa yeelay, rajaa jirta, Hareerahaagaad fiirin doontaa, oo nabaadiinona waad ku nasan doontaa.

¹⁹And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

¹⁹Weliba waad jiifsan doontaa, oo waxba kuma cabsiin doonaan; Hubaal kuwa badan ayaa raallinimo kaa baryi doona.Laakiinse kuwa sharka ahu way indhabbeeli doonaan. Mana ay heli doonaan jid ay ku cararaan, Rajadooduna waxay ahaan doontaa nafta oo ka dhacda.

²⁰And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!

²⁰Laakiinse kuwa sharka ahu way indhabbeeli doonaan. Mana ay heli doonaan jid ay ku cararaan, Rajadooduna waxay ahaan doontaa nafta oo ka dhacda.