¹“Žmogus, gimęs iš moters, gyvena trumpai, bet daug vargsta.

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

²Jis kaip gėlė auga ir nuvysta. Jis dingsta kaip šešėlis ir nepasilieka.

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

³Ar Tu atversi savo akis į tokį ir nusivesi mane į teismą su savimi?

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

⁴Kas gali iš netyro padaryti tyrą? Niekas!

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

⁵Jo dienos yra tiksliai nustatytos ir mėnesiai suskaičiuoti. Tu nustatai jam ribą, ir jis jos neperžengs.

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

⁶Atsitrauk nuo jo, kad jis pailsėtų, kol kaip samdinys sulauks savo dienos.

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

⁷Medžiui yra viltis, kad ir nukirstas atžels ir iš kelmo išaugs atžalos.

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.

⁸Nors žemėje jo šaknys pasensta ir jo kelmas apmiršta dulkėse,

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

⁹bet, gavęs vandens, jis atželia, krauna pumpurus ir išleidžia šakeles kaip jaunas augalas.

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

¹⁰O žmogus miršta, ir nebėra jo; atiduoda žmogus savo dvasią, kur jis yra?

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

¹¹Kaip vanduo išgaruoja iš jūrų, upės nusenka ir išdžiūsta,

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

¹²taip žmogus atsigula ir nebeatsikelia. Kol dangūs pasibaigs, jis neatsibus; niekas jo nepažadins iš miego.

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.

¹³O kad paslėptum mane kape ir laikytum paslėpęs, kol praeis Tavo rūstybė; nustatytam laikui praėjus, vėl mane atsimintum.

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!

¹⁴Ar miręs žmogus prisikels? Per visas man skirtas dienas aš lauksiu permainos.

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

¹⁵Tu šauksi, ir aš atsiliepsiu; Tu ilgėsiesi savo rankų kūrinio.

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

¹⁶Tu skaičiuoji mano žingsnius, bet neįskaityk mano nuodėmės.

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

¹⁷Mano nusikaltimas paslėptas maišelyje ir mano kaltė užrišta.

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

¹⁸Kaip kalnas krisdamas subyra ir uola pajuda iš savo vietos,

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

¹⁹kaip vanduo nuneša akmenis ir liūtys nuplauna dirvožemį, taip Tu sunaikini žmogaus viltį.

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

²⁰Tu nugali jį nuolat, ir jo nebelieka, Tu pakeiti jo veidą ir pavarai jį.

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

²¹Jei jo sūnūs gerbiami, jis nežino; jei jie niekinami, jis nepastebi.

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

²²Jis jaučia savo kūno skausmus, ir jo siela kenčia”.

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