¹Inimesel, naisest sündinul, on lühikesed elupäevad ja palju tüli.

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

²Ta tõuseb nagu lilleke ja ta lõigatakse ära, ta põgeneb nagu vari ega jää püsima.

²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

³Ometi pead sa seesugust silmas ja viid mind enesega kohtu ette.

³Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

⁴Kes võib roojasest teha puhta? Mitte keegi!

⁴Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!

⁵Kuna tema elupäevad on määratud ja tema kuude arv on sinu käes - sa oled pannud piiri, millest ta ei saa üle minna -,

⁵If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

⁶siis pööra oma pilk tema pealt ära ja jäta ta rahule, seni kui ta päevilisena oma päevast rõõmu tunneb!

⁶Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁷Sest puulgi on lootus: kui ta maha raiutakse, siis ta võrsub taas ja tal pole võsudest puudu.

⁷For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

⁸Kuigi ta juur maa sees kõduneb ja känd mullas sureb,

⁸Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

⁹hakkab ta veehõngust haljendama ja võsusid ajama otsekui istik.

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

¹⁰Aga kui mees sureb ja kaob, kui inimene hinge heidab - kus on ta siis?

¹⁰But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

¹¹Vesi voolab järvest ja jõgi taheneb ning kuivab,

¹¹The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

¹²nõnda heidab inimene magama ega tõuse enam. Enne kui taevaid pole enam, nad ei ärka, neid ei äratata unest.

¹²So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

¹³Oh, et sa varjaksid mind surmavallas, peidaksid, kuni su viha möödub; et sa määraksid mulle aja ja siis peaksid mind meeles.

¹³Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --

¹⁴Kui mees sureb, kas ta ärkab jälle ellu? Ma ootaksin kogu oma sundaja, kuni mu vabastus tuleb.

¹⁴(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

¹⁵Sa hüüaksid ja ma vastaksin sulle, sa igatseksid oma kätetööd.

¹⁵Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

¹⁶Nüüd loed sa aga mu samme, ei lähe mööda mu patust.

¹⁶For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

¹⁷Mu üleastumine on pitseriga suletud kukrusse ja sa katad kinni mu süü.

¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.

¹⁸Aga variseb ju ka mägi ja kalju nihkub paigast,

¹⁸And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁹vesi kulutab kive, vihmavaling uhub maamulla - nõnda hävitad sina inimese lootuse.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

²⁰Sina alistad tema igaveseks ja ta peab minema, muudad ta näo ja saadad ta ära.

²⁰Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

²¹Kas ta lapsi austatakse - tema ei saa seda teada, või kas neid põlatakse - tema seda ei märka.

²¹His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.

²²Tema tunneb valu ainult omaenese ihus ja leina omaenese hinges.'

²²But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.