¹Bal eega, waxan oo dhan ishaydu waa aragtay, Dhegtayduna waa maqashay oo way garatay.

¹Lo, all — hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it.

²Wixii aad taqaaniin, anna waan aqaan sidoo kale, Anigu idinkama liito innaba.

²According to your knowledge I have known — also I. I am not fallen more than you.

³Sida xaqiiqada ah waxaan doonayaa inaan Ilaaha Qaadirka ah la hadlo, Oo waxaan jeclahay inaan Ilaah la xaajoodo.

³Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

⁴Laakiinse idinku waxaad tihiin kuwa beenta hindisa, Oo dhammaantiin waxaad tihiin dhakhtarro aan waxtar lahayn.

⁴And yet, ye [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought — all of you,

⁵Bal maad iska aamustaan! Taasu xigmad bay idiin ahaan lahayd.

⁵O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

⁶Haddaba bal xaajadayda maqla, Oo baryootanka bushimahayga dhegaysta.

⁶Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

⁷War ma Ilaah aawadiis baad xaqdarro wax ugu odhanaysaan, Oo ma isaga aawadiis baad khiyaano ugu hadlaysaan?

⁷For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

⁸War ma isagaad u eexanaysaan? Oo ma Ilaah aawadiis baad u diriraysaan?

⁸His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?

⁹War miyey idiin wanaagsan tahay inuu idin baadho? Mase sida nin loo khiyaaneeyo ayaad isaga u khiyaanaynaysaan?

⁹Is [it] good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?

¹⁰Sida xaqiiqada ah haddaad qarsoodi dadka ugu kala eexatan Isagu wuu idin canaanan doonaa.

¹⁰He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.

¹¹War sow sarraysnaantiisu idin cabsiin mayso? Oo sow baqdintiisu idinku dhici mayso?

¹¹Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?

¹²Hadalkiinna xusuusta lahu waa maahmaahyo dambas ah, Oo dhufaysyadiinnuna waa dhufaysyo dhoobo ah.

¹²Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

¹³Haddaba iska aamusa, oo iska kay daaya aan iska hadlee, Oo wixii dhici lahaaba ha igu dheceen.

¹³Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

¹⁴Haddaba hilibkayga ayaan ilkahayga ku qaadayaa, Oo noloshaydana gacantaydaan ku ridayaa.

¹⁴Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?

¹⁵Oo in kastoo uu i dilo, weli waan rajaynayaa, Habase yeeshee hortiisaan kula xaajoonayaa.

¹⁵Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

¹⁶Oo weliba kaasu wuxuu ahaan doonaa badbaadadayda, Waayo, nin aan cibaado lahaynu hortiisa iman maayo.

¹⁶Also — He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

¹⁷Hadalkayga aad u dhegaysta, Oo warramiddaydu dhegihiinna ha gasho.

¹⁷Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.

¹⁸Bal eega, hadda xaalkayga waan soo hagaajiyey, Oo waan ogahay in xaq layga dhigayo.

¹⁸Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.

¹⁹Bal yuu yahay kan ila doodayaa? Waayo, hadda waan iska aamusayaa oo naftuna waa iga dhacaysaa.

¹⁹Who [is] he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

²⁰Laba waxyaalood oo keliya ha igu samayn, Oo anna markaas nafsaddayda wejigaaga ka qarin maayo.

²⁰Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.

²¹Gacantaada iga fogee, Oo waxyaalahaaga laga cabsadona yaanay i bajin.

²¹Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.

²²Oo markaas ii yeedh, oo anna waan kuu jawaabi doonaa, Amase anigu aan hadlo oo adigu ii jawaab.

²²And call Thou, and I — I answer, Or — I speak, and answer Thou me.

²³Bal xumaatooyinkayga iyo dembiyadaydu waa immisa? Bal xadgudubkayga iyo dembigayga i ogeysii.

²³How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.

²⁴Bal maxaad wejigaaga u qarinaysaa, Oo aad iigu haysataa sidii mid cadow kuu ah?

²⁴Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

²⁵Ma waxaad dhibaysaa caleen iska bidaysa? Oo ma waxaad eryanaysaa xaab engegay?

²⁵A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

²⁶Waayo, waxyaalo qadhaadh baad iga qortaa, Oo waxaad i dhaxalsiisaa xumaatooyinkii dhallinyaranimadayda.

²⁶For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:

²⁷Oo weliba cagahayga waxaad gelisaa jeebbooyin, Oo jidadkayga oo dhanna waad wada fiirisaa, Cagahaygana xad baad u dhigtaa.Oo waxaan la mid ahay wax qudhmay oo baabba'aya, Iyo sida dhar aboor cunay oo kale.

²⁷And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,

²⁸Oo waxaan la mid ahay wax qudhmay oo baabba'aya, Iyo sida dhar aboor cunay oo kale.

²⁸And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.