¹Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

¹War sow hawl diyaar uma aha binu-aadmiga dhulka jooga? Sowse maalmihiisu ma aha sida kuwa shaqaale oo kale?

²As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,

²Sida addoon hoos u xiisooda, Iyo sida shaqaale mushahaaradiisa filanaya,

³So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.

³Sidaasoo kale waxaa lay siiyaa bilo aan waxtar lahayn, Oo waxaa lay siiyaa habeenno daal badan.

⁴If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!` And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

⁴Haddaba markaan jiifsado waxaan idhaahdaa, Bal goormaan kici doonaa? Laakiinse habeenku waa dheer yahay Oo tan iyo waaberiga waan rogrogmadaa.

⁵Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

⁵Jidhkaygii waxaa ku dedan dirxiyo iyo qolfo ciid ah, Haddaba dubkaygu waa isqabsadaa dabadeedna wuu sii dillaacaa.

⁶My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.

⁶Cimrigaygu waa ka dheereeyaa dungudbiyaha dharsameeyaha, Oo rajola'aan baan ku noolahay.

⁷Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.

⁷Bal xusuusta in noloshaydu tahay dabayl uun, Ishayduna mar dambe samaan ma arki doonto.

⁸The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.

⁸Kii i fiiriya ishiisu mar dambe ima arki doonto, Indhahaagu way i fiirin doonaan, laakiinse anigu ma jiri doono.

⁹Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

⁹Sida daruurtu ay u libidho oo ay u baabba'do, Sidaasoo kale ayaa kii She'ool hoos u galaa uusan mar dambe kor uga soo noqonayn.

¹⁰He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

¹⁰Isagu mar dambe gurigiisii kuma soo noqon doono, Oo meeshiisiina mar dambe ma ay aqoon doonto.

¹¹Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

¹¹Sidaas daraaddeed anigu afkayga celin maayo; Waxaan ku hadli doonaa cidhiidhiga qalbigayga, Oo waxaan ku caban doonaa tiiraanyada qadhaadh oo naftayda.

¹²A sea-[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

¹²War anigu ma bad baan ahay, mase nibiriga badda, Bal maxaad ii daawanaysaa?

¹³When I said, `My bed doth comfort me,` He taketh away in my talking my couch.

¹³Markaan idhaahdo, Sariirtaydaa ii raxayn doonta, Oo gogoshaydaa cabatinkayga iga sahali doonta,

¹⁴And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

¹⁴Ayaad riyooyin igu bajisaa, Oo waxaad igu cabsiisaa muuqashooyin.

¹⁵And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

¹⁵Sidaas daraaddeed naftaydu waxay lafahayga ka doorataa Ceejin iyo geeri.

¹⁶I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.

¹⁶Noloshayda waan nacsanahay, oo dooni maayo inaan weligay sii noolaado; War iska kay daa, waayo, cimrigaygu waa neefsasho oo kale.

¹⁷What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

¹⁷Bal binu-aadmigu muxuu yahay oo aad u weynaynaysaa, Balse maxaad uga fikiraysaa isaga?

¹⁸And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

¹⁸Bal maxaad subax kasta u soo booqanaysaa, Oo aad daqiiqad kasta u tijaabinaysaa?

¹⁹How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

¹⁹Bal ilaa goormaadan iga sii jeesanayn, Oo aadan iska kay daynayn intaan candhuuftayda liqayo?

²⁰I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself — and what?

²⁰Oo haddii aan dembaabay bal maxaan kuu sameeyaa Kaaga dadka ilaaliyow? Bal maxaad iiga dhigatay calaamad, Si aan nafsaddayda culaab ugu noqdo?Oo bal maxaad xadgudubkayga iiga saamaxi weyday? Oo dembigaygana maxaad iiga fogayn weyday? Waayo, haatan ciiddaan ku dhex jiifsan doonaa, Aad baadna ii doondooni doontaa, laakiinse siima aan jiri doono.

²¹Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!

²¹Oo bal maxaad xadgudubkayga iiga saamaxi weyday? Oo dembigaygana maxaad iiga fogayn weyday? Waayo, haatan ciiddaan ku dhex jiifsan doonaa, Aad baadna ii doondooni doontaa, laakiinse siima aan jiri doono.