¹الانسان مولود المرأة قليل الايام وشبعان تعبا.

¹“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

²يخرج كالزهر ثم ينحسم ويبرح كالظل ولا يقف.

²He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

³فعلى مثل هذا حدقت عينيك واياي احضرت الى المحاكمة معك.

³Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

⁴من يخرج الطاهر من النجس. لا احد.

⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

⁵ان كانت ايامه محدودة وعدد اشهره عندك وقد عينت اجله فلا يتجاوزه

⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass;

⁶فاقصر عنه ليسترح الى ان يسرّ كالاجير بانتهاء يومه

⁶Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁷لان للشجرة رجاء. ان قطعت تخلف ايضا ولا تعدم خراعيبها.

⁷“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

⁸ولو قدم في الارض اصلها ومات في التراب جذعها

⁸Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,

⁹فمن رائحة الماء تفرخ وتنبت فروعا كالغرس.

⁹yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

¹⁰اما الرجل فيموت ويبلى. الانسان يسلم الروح فاين هو.

¹⁰But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

¹¹قد تنفد المياه من البحرة والنهر ينشف ويجف

¹¹As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

¹²والانسان يضطجع ولا يقوم. لا يستيقظون حتى لا تبقى السموات ولا ينتبهون من نومهم

¹²so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

¹³ليتك تواريني في الهاوية وتخفيني الى ان ينصرف غضبك وتعيّن لي اجلا فتذكرني.

¹³“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹⁴ان مات رجل أفيحيا. كل ايام جهادي اصبر الى ان يأتي بدلي.

¹⁴If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

¹⁵تدعو فانا اجيبك. تشتاق الى عمل يدك.

¹⁵You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

¹⁶اما الآن فتحصي خطواتي. ألا تحافظ على خطيتي.

¹⁶But now you number my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?

¹⁷معصيتي مختوم عليها في صرّة وتلفّق عليّ فوق اثمي

¹⁷My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.

¹⁸ان الجبل الساقط ينتثر والصخر يزحزح من مكانه.

¹⁸“But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁹الحجارة تبليها المياه وتجرف سيولها تراب الارض. وكذلك انت تبيد رجاء الانسان.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

²⁰تتجبر عليه ابدا فيذهب. تغير وجهه وتطرده.

²⁰You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

²¹يكرم بنوه ولا يعلم او يصغرون ولا يفهم بهم.

²¹His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

²²انما على ذاته يتوجع لحمه وعلى ذاتها تنوح نفسه

²²But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”